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Idil Boran Calls for “Adaptation Now” in an Opinion Piece About the IPCC Report on Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Dahdaleh Institute faculty member Idil Boran and Steffen Bauer co-authored an opinion article in the Current Column of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). “Adaptation now! It’s time to shift ge…
Publication – Climate Change-Accelerated Ocean Biodiversity Loss & Associated Planetary Health Impacts
Dahdaleh Institute researchers Byomkesh Talukder, Nilanjana Ganguli, and James Orbinski have published this review article with other co-authors in The Journal of Climate Change and Health. Abstract: A planetary health perspective views human health as…
Call for Applications – 2022 Seed Grants for Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is accepting applications for the 2022 Seed Grants for Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research. Five seed grants worth up to $5,000 CAD each will be awarded to York faculty u…
UNESCO Webinar Showcases Planetary Health Film Lab
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 9 a.m. EST The Youth Climate Report (YCR) and UNESCO are co-hosting a webinar showcasing the Dahdaleh Institute’s Planetary Health Film Lab (PHFL). YCR Executive Director and PHFL co-lead Mark Terry will explain the Film L…
New Book on Disaster Management: All Is Well
Prof. Saptarishi Badhopadhyay’s new book—All Is Well: Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State—is the first book to conceptualize “disaster management” as an active historical and global struggle that creates disasters and political authorities….
Application for the 2022 Planetary Health Film Lab
Now in its third 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….
Call for Workshop Presentations: Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research invites the York University community to join our ongoing discussion on critical social science perspectives in global health research. This is an open call to York researchers for presentati…
James Madhier’s Rainmaker Enterprise Collaborating with World Food Programme
A sure sign of its impact and promise for smallholder farmers impacted by climate change, the Rainmaker Enterprise is now receiving funding and technical assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) to help build lasting solutions for local communiti…
Recap – Fall 2021 Graduate Research by Dahdaleh Global Health Scholars
The Dahdaleh Institute is showcasing the current work of PhD and master’s students associated with the Institute at this year’s second Graduate Student Symposium. Graduate students detailed their research journey and the progress they have made so far….
Job Opportunity – Research Assistant, Synergies of Planetary Health Research Initiative
The Synergies of Planetary Health Research Initiative is recruiting a research assistant to conduct a research project on one of the themes of the Initiative and to support ongoing research projects. The position requires a commitment to demonstrating…