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Media Release: Inuit community shares innovative COVID-19 tool to support communities globally
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CLYDE RIVER, Nunavut, June 2, 2020 – Ilisaqsivik Society and SeeChange Initiative are launching the CommunityFirst COVID-19 Roadmap at communityfirstcovid19.org: a three-step planning tool to support at-risk and isolated communit…
Awards, Best-Book List and Chair Appointment: Updates from Documentary Film & Global Health Postdoc
Mark Terry, the Dahdaleh Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Documentary Film & Global Health, has been recognized for his work at York University and beyond. His book, The Geo-Doc: Geomedia, Documentary Film, and Social Change, has recently made the…
Planetary Health & Education Fellow Interviewed on Re-Opening of National Parks on Global News Vancouver
Dr. James Stinson, Postdoctoral Fellow of Planetary Health & Education, was interviewed on the Weekend Mornings program of Global News Radio 980 CKNW in Vancouver. Commenting on the re-opening of National and Provincial Parks in British Columbia an…
Dahdaleh Faculty Speak at “Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals & the Law: International Legal Symposium”
Organized by a large partnership of organizations, including the University of Cambridge, McGill University, Canada’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and the University of Costa Rica Law Faculty, the one-day symposium considered new policies…
James Stinson Co-Publishes in The Conversation
James Stinson, Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Health & Education, co-published Coronavirus closures could lead to a radical revolution in conservation in The Conversation Canada on 10 May 2020. The Conversation Canada is an independent source of…
Inaugural Seed Grant in Critical Perspectives in Global Health Recipients Announced
The Selection Committee for the Seed Grant in Critical Perspectives in Global Health has completed its review of applications and selected five inaugural grant recipients. Each will receive $5,000 to support critical global health research which contri…
SWOT at MSF Scientific Days Conference (virtual)
On Thursday 14 May 2020, Global Health & Humanitarianism Research Fellow Syed Imran Ali will present at MSF Scientific Days, a signature event of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Dr. Ali is involved in the Innovation Day Agenda…
Byomkesh Talukder Publishes on Medium
Planetary Health Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder published Planetary Health Perspectives and Implications of COVID-19 on Medium on 9 May 2020. Medium is a popular online publication with a readership of over 120 million. Excerpt Planetary Health Pers…
Director James Orbinski Panelist on the Future of Drug Development in Emerging Economies
Director James Orbinski spoke on a panel titled COVID-19 Response: New Opportunities & Implications for the Future of Drug Development in Emerging Economies on 7 March 2020. Event Description Description provided by event organizers COVID-19 Respon…
Jennie Phillips & A.M. Viens Awarded COVID-19 Funds by YorkU
York University has awarded $300,000 in research grants to advance 20 new research projects dedicated to Canada’s fight against COVID-19 and its impacts. The University recently announced a $250,000 research fund and call for proposals to support immed…