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Lunch and Learn with Jordan Jarvis
Lunch and Learn events present original research and foster discussion in an informal setting. Open to all. Framing Non-Communicable Diseases to Accelerate Collective and Political Action Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) governance is impeded by competiti...
Journal Club on "Unauthorised Migration"
Reading: Unauthorised migration beyond structure/agency? Acts, interventions, effects. Vicki Squire (2017) KEYWORDS: acts, agency, borders, migration, structure PRESENTER: Linn Biorklund Belliveau is a researcher at the DIGHR and at Médecin...
Health Impacts of Climate Change Strikes a Chord
The Canada briefing on the Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change has garnered attention from national and local press, including CBC News, CBC Radio, Global News and the Ottawa Citizen. The Dahdaleh Institute hosted the launc...
Byomkesh Talukder Publishes Article on Ecological Indicators
Byomkesh Talukder, Planetary Health Research Fellow, has published Energy efficiency of agricultural systems in the southwest coastal zone of Bangladesh. Read the abstract: Indicators for energy-use efficiency and levels of CO2 emissions were...
Byomkesh Talukder Publishes Article on the PROMETHEE Framework
Byomkesh Talukder, Planetary Health Research Fellow, has published The PROMETHEE Framework for Comparing the Sustainability of Agricultural Systems Read the abstract: The PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation)...
Researchers Facilitate Humanitarian Problem-Solving
Two researchers at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research have created a forum to tackle decision-making challenges facing humanitarian organizations. Imran Ali and Tino Kreutzer have been on the frontlines of humanitarian response and exper...
DIGHR Lunch & Learn - Rhonda Ferguson
“Exploring Possibilities of a Humanitarian Tax on Arms Transfers” In this Lunch and Learn, Dr. Rhonda Ferguson will present an overview of an ongoing research project that looks at the feasibility of generating revenue to fund humanitarian crises throu...
Coming Up: President's Sustainability Council Seminar
President's Sustainability Council Seminar Series On thin ice: Are lakes feeling the heat? Professor Sapna Sharma Date: November 29th 2018 Location: Bergeron Centre 211 Time: 12:00 PM Abstract: Lakes are warming around the world in...
EcoHealth Course - Spend Reading Week in Costa Rica!
Advanced Topics in Environment and Health (ENVS4800) Instructor: Martin Bunch Course dates: February 16-24, 2019 Course is open to undergraduate (3rd & 4th year) and graduate students During the 2019 Reading Week, the Faculty of...
Lunch & Learn with Matt Arnold
“Large scale surface water treatment and supply in a refugee camp – experiences from Northern Uganda, 2017” PRESENTER: Matthew Arnold, arnold42@yorku.ca, Water Engineering Research Assistant @ DIGHR DATE: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 TIME: 12:00-1pm RSV...