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YorkU Magazine Features Planetary Health Film Lab
YFile, the pan-university YorkU magazine, published Watch wildfires and wading waiters at Planetary Health Film Lab premiere on 17 February 2020. The article introduced readers to the Planetary Health Film Lab, a project developed and delivered by the…
Dahdaleh Institute Attracts its First Climate Denier on Twitter
At once daunting and a sign of increased visibility, the Dahdaleh Institute has been retweeted by what appears to be a climate denier. A tweet about the Planetary Health Film Lab was re-tweeted with the comment, “Please make sure that the stories are n…
Insight at “Embodied Ecological Heritage” Seminar
On January 22, 2020, guest lecturer Dr. Kristina Baines shared her work on Embodied Ecological Heritage in a seminar co-presented with the Department of Anthropology. Her visit was featured by CUNY Guttman CC. Through a framework of Embodied Ecological…
Postdoctoral Fellow’s New Book Published Online
Ahead of the Spring launch of the print publication of The Geo-Doc: Geomedia, Documentary Film, and Social Change, Palgrave Macmillan has released the e-book for purchase. Written by Dr. Mark Terry, Postdoctoral Fellow in Documentary Film & Global Heal…
Eighteen Established and Emerging Scholars Joined Dahdaleh Institute in Six Months
Since the end of the last academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has welcomed 18 new members at all levels. This growth is indicative of the momentum the Dahdaleh Institute is building around our three research themes, as we p…
Film Lab Participant Featured in Central Queensland University Magazine
Kai Millen is among 12 applicants selected to participate in the Planetary Health Film Lab, an original program developed at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research in partnership with Young Lives Research Lab and Youth Climate Report. Millen…
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…