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Student Opportunities Open for Applications
Three Research Assistant positions at the Dahdaleh Institute are open for applications. York University students have the unique opportunity to contribute to research which takes on real-world challenges, gain professional experience in a supportive en...
Postdoc Fellow awarded Stop TB Partnership's TB REACH grant
Jody Boffa, Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, has been awarded one of 13 TB REACH Wave 8 grants. The grants are an initiative of the World Health Organization’s Stop TB Partnership, funded primarily by Global Affairs Canada. Jody will be running a private-...
Trainee Program: 2019-2020 Year In Review
Over the 2019-2020 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute worked with exceptional students through our Trainee Program, which is founded in an experiential education approach. Students completed program practicums with us, were hired through the Researc...
Blockchain for Climate Featured in York University Magazine
Led by Joseph Pallant, Dahdaleh Institute Community Scholar, with Kam Phung, PhD candidate at the Schulich School of Business, the Blockchain for Climate Foundation is advancing accountability around climate change. The project has been featured in the...
Hiring: Graphic Designer, Safe Water Optimization Tool
Application deadline: Monday, 29 June 2020 The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) Project is a joint endeavour of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to build, pilot, and scale a machine learning-enable...
James Orbinski Speaks at The Massey Dialogues — On Global Health
On 2 June, Dahdaleh Institute Director, Dr. James Orbinski, spoke at The Massey Dialogues with Dr. Joanne Liu and Dr. Peter Singer. The panel discussion explored the intersections of global health and data, community resilience, vaccine dissemination,...
Media Release: Inuit community shares innovative COVID-19 tool to support communities globally
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CLYDE RIVER, Nunavut, June 2, 2020 - Ilisaqsivik Society and SeeChange Initiative are launching the CommunityFirst COVID-19 Roadmap at communityfirstcovid19.org: a three-step planning tool to support at-risk and isolated communit...
Awards, Best-Book List and Chair Appointment: Updates from Documentary Film & Global Health Postdoc
Mark Terry, the Dahdaleh Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Documentary Film & Global Health, has been recognized for his work at York University and beyond. His book, The Geo-Doc: Geomedia, Documentary Film, and Social Change, has recently made the...
Dahdaleh Faculty Speak at "Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals & the Law: International Legal Symposium"
Organized by a large partnership of organizations, including the University of Cambridge, McGill University, Canada’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and the University of Costa Rica Law Faculty, the one-day symposium considered new policies...
Planetary Health & Education Fellow Interviewed on Re-Opening of National Parks on Global News Vancouver
Dr. James Stinson, Postdoctoral Fellow of Planetary Health & Education, was interviewed on the Weekend Mornings program of Global News Radio 980 CKNW in Vancouver. Commenting on the re-opening of National and Provincial Parks in British Columbia an...