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Researcher Organizes YorkU Group at Climate Strike March
The Climate Strike March will include a group of students enrolled in Mark Terry’s course on Environmental Activism and members of the York University community. Explaining why he believes in participating in the event, Mark said, “The March shows…
Learnings from Inaugural Seminar, “Ocean Optimism”
At the inaugural Global Health Research Seminar, Dahdaleh Institute Community Scholar Carol Devine presented Ocean Optimism: Oceans and Us in the Anthropocene. Through her own SciArt pieces and through creative projects of others, she explored the far-…
Presentation at Health Congress is Latest Dissemination Initiative from CWQ+SAM
The 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) will include a presentation titled Chemical water quality in inpatient therapeutic feeding centres: Potential risks to paediatric severe acute malnutrition patients and p…
Director & Research Fellow at the Planetary Health Annual Meeting
Director James Orbinski and Planetary Health Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder presented at the Planetary Health Annual Meeting, September 4-6, 2019, at Stanford University, California. The conference’s overarching objective was to catalyze efforts tow…
Project Update: Emergency Data Science
Much has happened since December 2018, when the Dahdaleh Institute and the Lassonde School of Engineering hosted Emergency Data Science: Taking Advantage of the Data Flood (EDS) at York University, where project organizers aimed to take concrete steps…
Promoting Refugee Health: What can we do better?
Dahdaleh Institute Director James Orbinski will discuss how human rights, social policy, and clinical practice all effect the health of incoming and existing refugees at Big Thinking. The event is presented by the Federation for the Humanities and Soci…
Students Present Work on Causal Mapping, AI Ethics and Design Thinking
Four student interns presented their work at an event attended by Dahdaleh Institute leadership, researchers and special guests. Student projects included: Humanitarian Research Mapping, Tanya Narang Planetary Health Causal Mapping & Comparative Fr…
Status Report Released by WHO & UN-Water
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water have released the 2019 status report, titled National systems to support drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene – Global status report 2019…
Job Opportunities: Centre for Global Health Research Positions in Sierra Leone
Two positions with the Centre for Global Health Research are open to applicants until August 25 2019. The Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) is an independent, not-for-profit organization co-sponsored by St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto) and the U…
Deadline Extended for Student Positions
The deadline for following student positions at the Dahdaleh Institute have been extended. Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. See details of each job for more information. For a full list of positions, including those closing on…