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New Volunteers join Dahdaleh Institute Trainee Program
Alisha Gauhar and Laksmiina Balasubramaniam join the Dahdaleh Institute as volunteers in our Trainee Program. The University of Toronto and McMaster University students will assist Research Fellow Jennie Phillips’ research on the digital response to CO…
Dahdaleh Institute hosts panel at RightsCon
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health research hosts Promoting human rights and access to safe medicines during pandemics: the critical role of internet pharmacies (session #11486) on 29 July 2020 at RightsCon 2020. RightsCon is “the world’s leading…
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-…
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…
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…
James Stinson Co-Publishes in The Conversation
James Stinson, Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Health & Education, co-published Coronavirus closures could lead to a radical revolution in conservation in The Conversation Canada on 10 May 2020. The Conversation Canada is an independent source of…