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Student Job: Communications Assistant
JOBID7573 Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs Rate: $14/hour Hours: Up to 10 hours/week Start and End date: Sept 4, 2019 – April 24, 2020 Application close date: Sunday August 25th@11:59pm Applications are only accepted…
Student Job: Data in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies Research Assistant
JOBID7571 Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs Rate: $16/hour Hours: Up to 10 hours/week Start and End date: Sept 4, 2019 – April 24, 2020 Application close date: Sunday August 18th@11:59pm Applications are only acc…
Student Job: Events and Planetary Health Assistant
JOBID7566 Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs Rate: $14/hour Hours: Up to 10 hours/week Start and End date: Sept 4, 2019 – April 24, 2020 Application close date: Monday August 12th@11:59pm Applications are only acc…
Director & Research Fellow at System Dynamics Society Conference
Director James Orbinski and Planetary Health Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder attended the 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, July 21-25, 2019. The conference theme was “Resilience and Sustain…
Mark Terry Signs Book Deal with Palgrave Macmillan
UK publishing giant Palgrave Macmillan just signed a book deal with Postdoc Mark Terry for his new book The Geo-Doc: Geomedia, Documentary Film, and Social Change, which will be released within its Film, Culture and Media Studies stream. It is set…
Byomkesh Talukder Presents at Conference in Nanjing
The 8th Annual International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research saw Planetary Health Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder present on a panel titled Conflict Resolution in Responsible Governance of Water Resources and Environmental…
Dahdaleh Institute Attending Planetary Health Annual Meeting
Leading researchers and policymakers in planetary health, including Director James Orbinski and Research Fellow Byomkesh Talukder, will convene in September at Stanford University. This is the only conference where the Planetary Health Alliance network…
Natural Language Processing Project Takes Shape
Over the course of the 2018-2019 academic year, a new project took shape at the Dahdaleh Institute. Led by PhD. Candidate Tino Kreutzer, Improving Humanitarian Needs Assessments Through Natural Language Processing brings Artificial Intelligen…
Mark Terry Co-Founds ASLE Youth & Environmental Studies Group
While presenting at this year’s Association of the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Conference, Postdoc Mark Terry participated in the inaugural planning meeting for an interest group dedicated to environmental study related to youth. The gro…
Carol Devine Bolsters Motion on Humanitarian Climate Emergency
Community Scholar Carol Devine helped present a successful motion on climate change and humanitarianism at this year’s Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Annual General Assembly. The motion was titled A Matter of Urgency: MSF Role, Responsibility and Capaci…