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Student Opportunity: Synergies of Planetary Health Research Initiative and Lab Research Assistant
Job ID: 31412 Application Deadline: Thursday, August 19, 2021 @11:59pm Eligibility Criteria: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs/how-to-apply-for-ray-positions Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to careers.yorku.ca/online-system/…
New Book Chapter: Review and Selection of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Technique for Sustainability Assessment
Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow Byomkesh Talukder recently published a chapter in a new book, titled Energy Systems Evaluation(Volume 1). The chapter discusses the procedures of multi-criteria decision analysis and how it can…
2021 Seed Grant Recipients Announced: Dahdaleh Institute Seed Grants for Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research Awarded to Five York Researchers
With many outstanding applications received this year, the Dahdaleh Institute Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Steering Committee made the difficult selection of five 2021 Seed Grant recipients. The purpose of the Seed Grants is to…
Opportunity – Film Editor, Humanitarian & Global Health Organizations at the Nexus of Planetary Health and Climate Change-Related Extreme Weather Events
Background The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, in collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada, held a workshop on Humanitarian & Global Health Organizations at the Nexus of Planetary Health and Climate Change–Related Ext…
Dr Idil Boran appointed Associate Director of CIFAL York – the First Canadian UN Leadership Training Centre launched at York University
Dahadaleh Institute for Global Health Research Faculty Member Dr Idil Boran has been appointed Associate Director of the new CIFAL Centre at York University. CIFAL is the French acronym for International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (Cen…
Narratives of vulnerability and resilience: An investigation of the climate action plans of New York City and Copenhagen
This paper by Dahdaleh Institute Research Fellow Chiara Camponeschi, argues that the rise of a global mainstream resilience narrative is advancing a strategically simplified concept of vulnerability that is being exploited to open up lucrative new oppo…
Opportunity: Back-end Developer, Safe Water Optimization Tool Project
Background The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) is an initiative of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DIGHR), in partnership with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders), to bu…
Publication – Health impacts of climate change on smallholder farmers
Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow Dr. Byomkesh Talukder has recently co-authored a new article on the health impacts of climate change on smallholder farmers. Director of the Dahdaleh Institute Dr. James Orbinski was also one of the contributo…
Updated WHO HIV Service Delivery Guidelines
The World Health Organization recently published the latest version of the “Updated recommendations on service delivery for the treatment and care of people living with HIV”. Dahdaleh Institute Faculty Member Dr. Amrita Daftary served as one of the evi…
Dr. Amrita Daftary featured in Podcast discussing stigma and TB
Dr. Amrita Daftary, Faculty Member here at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, was recently featured on the “Everybody Hates Me: Let’s Talk About Stigma” podcast hosted by Dr. Carmen Logie. Dr. Daftary discusses TB and how this preventab…