News
Nature-based Solutions: Five opportunities to strengthen nature-based climate adaptation for people, land and oceans
On January 25-26, the Climate Adaptation Summit takes place worldwide. Hosted by the Netherlands, this international online event hosts world leaders and stakeholders. The highlight of the summit is the launch of the Adaptatio…
Podcast on Environmental Emergencies: Climate Crises and Humanitarian Response
Everyday Emergency · Environmental Emergencies: Climate Crises and Humanitarian Response Check out this newly released podcast by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) featuring Director of the Dahdaleh Institute Dr. James Orbinski, Community Scholars Carol D…
Mark Terry featured in cover story of Eden Magazine
Dahdaleh Institute member Mark Terry has recently been feature in the cover story of the January issue of the renowned Eden Magazine. The story written by Dina Marrone, discusses Mark’s journey and accomplishments as an explorer, filmmaker, scholar, jo…
MSF Scientific Days Latin America – Webinar Series commencing February 1st to 22nd
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 MSF Scientific Days Latin America conference had to be cancelled. As an alternative, a Webinar Series is taking place on February 2021, using selected abstracts from the 2020 edition. MSF Scientific Days …
Dr. Amrita Daftary featured in podcast to highlight diagnosis and treatment of TB
A recently released episode of the RawTalk Podcast features Dahdaleh Institute Faculty Member Dr. Amrita Daftary in which she discusses Tuberculosis. The RawTalk Podcast is a graduate student-run podcast at the University of Toronto about medical scien…
Opportunity: Director, CIFAL York
CIFAL is a French acronym for International Training Centres that are established in collaboration between the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and host local institutions. CIFAL hubs share knowledge and build capacity around the worl…
Decision-making Tool for Allocating Resources to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Dahdaleh Institute Planetary Health Fellow Byomkesh Talukder worked alongside Simone Philpot and Keith Hipel to develop a newly published report at the 2020 EEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). The report seeks to provid…
Recap – Fall 2020 PhD Research Presented by Dahdaleh Global Health Scholars
The Dahdaleh Institute is showcasing the current work of PhD students associated with the Institute at the first annual Graduate Student Symposium. Graduate students detailed their research journey and the progress they have made so far. This year, the…
Assessment of COVID-19 Reporting Discrepancy in Bangladesh
Reporting discrepancies between officially confirmed COVID-19 death counts and unreported COVID-19–like illness (CLI) death counts have been evident across the world, including Bangladesh. Assessing the reporting of the death counts in the country, Dah…
Opportunity: Technical Advisor – SWOT and Humanitarian Water Engineering
The Dahdaleh Institute is seeking a Technical Advisor to support the Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) Project and the Humanitarian Water Engineering Intensive Course (scheduled for mid-2021). This is a one-year position commencing January 1, 2021 un…