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Opportunity: Junior Developer, Safe Water Optimization Tool
The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) Project is a joint endeavour of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DIGHR) at York University and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to build, pilot, and scale a machine learning-enabled web-bas...
Student Job: Antimicrobial Resistance & Environmental Health Research Assistant
JOBID7570 Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs Rate: $16/hour Hours: Up to 10 hours/week Start and End date: ASAP – April 24, 2020 Applications close date: Tuesday January 21st@11:59pm Applications are only accepted...
Dr. Maissaa Almustafa Presents on Refugee Journey Narratives
A moving and insightful seminar took place at the Dahdaleh Institute on November 27, 2019, as Dr. Maissaa Almustafa shared journey narratives of refugees from Syria living in Sweden. Dr. Almustafa is the Dahdaleh Institute Fellow in Global Health & Wel...
Foresighting Fellow Presents on Regulating Internet Pharmacies
Presenting his paper titled Protecting Digital Public Health: Towards a Regulatory Framework for Internet Pharmacies, Global Health Foresighting Fellow Aria Ilyad Ahmad explored the necessity and challenges of establishing global governance structures...
Mark Terry at COP25
At the UN Conference of the Parties (COP25), Postdoc Mark Terry premiered Happening to Us alongside the student filmmakers, a group of Inuit youth from Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The film was screened to international delegates...
Dahdaleh Institute Hosts Critical Perspectives in Global Health Workshop
On December 4th, 2019, the Dahdaleh Institute brought together diverse researchers at York University for Critical Perspectives in Global Health. Hosted by James Orbinski, Director of the Dahdaleh Institute, the workshop saw nine presenters discuss cri...
Foresighting Fellow Hosts Panel at Internet Governance Forum
Global Health Foresighting Fellow Aria Ilyad Ahmad hosted "IGF 2019 WS #92 Public Health Online: Shadow Regulation-Access to Medicines" at the 2019 Internet Governance Forum. Convened by the United Nations, the Internet Governance Forum serves to bring...
Dahdaleh Institute Hosts Panel at Internet Governance Forum
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research hosted "IGF 2019 Pre-Event #47 Protecting Public Health Online: Shadow Regulation & Access to Medicines" at the 2019 Internet Governance Forum. The event was hosted by Global Health Foresighting Fellow...
James Madhier on Jury at Nudge Global Impact Award
Community Scholar James Madhier spoke at the 2019 Nudge Global Impact Challenge and sat on the awards jury for the Nudge Global Impact Award. The Global Impact Challenge is an eight-month development programme for 90 young professionals from all over t...
Planetary Health Research Assistant Presents at Amplify
Eunice Choi, Planetary Health Research Assistant at the Dahdaleh Institute, joined 100 youth from across Europe and Canada at the Amplify Summit in Montreal. From November 4 to 7, participants presented their research on gender inequality, climate chan...