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Recap — Utilizing Academic Research to Support Real-Time Decision-Making in Health and Humanitarian Crises
On November 30th, Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid delivered an interactive seminar about how the Canadian Red Cross makes decisions using scientific, real-time evidence amidst health and humanitarian crises. Twenty-six participants discussed the Red Cross' invo...
Recap — Ecological Economics: Centering Environmental and Planetary Health, and Moving Past the Neoclassical Paradigm
On Nov 23, 2022, Prof. Lina Brand Correa delivered a seminar research highlighting ecological economics as a more suitable economic paradigm for planetary health than mainstream neoclassical economics. Over 32 attendees learned about how the ecological...
Recap — CommunityFirst Approaches to Health Crises in Sierra Leone
On February 8, in a collaborative seminar with the Dahdaleh Institute and the SeeChange Initiative, Megan Corbett-Thompson (Community Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute) along with Jessica Farber and Osman Sow delivered an insightful seminar. Megan began by in...
Application for the 2023 Planetary Health Film Lab
Now in its fourth year, the Planetary Health Film Lab is an interdisciplinary program featuring a week-long intensive workshop designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools to make short documentary films for the United Nations...
Recap – Climate Change Threatens to Cause Greater Resource Insecurity, Greater Poverty, and Poor Health Outcomes
On February 1, over 40 attendees were introduced to Godfred Boateng's research programs – he discussed some examples of current global environmental changes that have destabilized the earth's climate and threaten to cause resource insecurity, greater p...
Recap – Science is Necessary But Not Sufficient for Positive Public Policy Impacts
On January 25, Dr. Jean-Jacques Rousseau used his broad experiences in government in Canada and abroad to comment on instances when scientific and technical advice fails to have a positive influence on public policy: "Science is necessary but not suffi...
Job Opportunity – Research Finance Clerk
Job Title Research Finance Clerk Various research projects, including Partnership for Youth and Planetary Wellbeing; Governance of One Health Challenges; and AI for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Re...
Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance
A series of panels remembering achievements in the face of struggles. Black History Month is a distinct period for honouring history, negotiating current realities, and imagining potential futures for Black communities. In recent years, the Harrie...
Learning Opportunity – Promoting Global Health
EXPERIENCE COSTA RICAMay 23 to June 1, 2023 Even in the happiest countries on earth, global health disparities and inequities exist. Experience the rich, complex history and social landscape of Costa Rica while examining the root causes of global healt...
Launching New Mini-Series on Wellness and Self Care at the Dahdaleh Institute
Join us for a special three-part series for Wellness and Self Care starting in February 2023! We all encounter stress in our daily lives that at times can be difficult to manage – affecting the health of our body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Participan...