The Dahdaleh Institute proudly supports graduate research and scholarly and creative activities in line with the three themes of humanitarianism, foresighting, and planetary health at York University. Our 6th Annual Global Health Graduate Scholars Symposium was held on December 10, 2025. The presenters and their seminar titles are as follows, with time stamps to view […]
Between 2019 and 2023, I had the privilege of serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow cross-appointed to the Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research and the Faculty of Education at York University, co-supervised by Dr. James Orbinski and Dr. Kate Tilleczek. As I begin a new chapter as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, I am […]
Following Ronald Labonte's event on January 14, copies of his book, Global Health Watch 7: Mobilizing for Health Justice, are available for purchase. Once ordered and available, pickup will be at the Dahdaleh Institute office. Copies are $25, please complete the form below by Thursday, January 29, 2026 if you are interested!
Job Title: BioCAM4 Graphic Design & Communications Assistant Application Deadline: Monday, January 26, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. ET Submit your application here: https://airtable.com/app056pBy3C9IrZE1/shrFljrJgflM7FGyl. Hourly wage: $19 per hour Hours per week: Up to 6 hours per week Start date: February 2, 2026 End date: April 24, 2026 About the Project BioCAM4 is a multi-year, international […]
Job Title: BioCAM4 Research & Project Coordination Assistant Application Deadline: Monday, January 26, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. ET Submit your application here: https://airtable.com/app056pBy3C9IrZE1/shrFljrJgflM7FGyl. Hourly wage: $19 per hour Hours per week: 6 hours per week Location: In person, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research Start date: February 2, 2026 End date: April 24, 2026 About […]
On November 12, Dr. Ramya Kumar, a Senior Lecturer and medical doctor at the University of Jaffna, and Dr. Anne-Emanuelle Birn, Professor of Global Development Studies and of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, discussed their book, titled “Going Public: The Unmaking and […]
Canada now has its first dedicated Digital Wellbeing Hub—a national pilot platform offering accessible tools and research for young people, educators, researchers, parents, policymakers, and anyone committed to digital wellbeing. Anchored in UNICEF Canada’s Index for Youth and Child Wellbeing, the Hub explores the impact of digital technologies across nine wellbeing dimensions. It features open-access research […]
This programme of research advances relational approaches to communication in dementia care through an interdisciplinary, community-engaged framework that brings together global health, design, and digital media. A defining feature of the work is the collaborative involvement of York University students from Design, Digital Media, and Global Health who worked alongside Dr. Shital Desai in an […]
On November 5, 2025, Dahdaleh community fellow Pravin Pillay presented his work on immersive learning using embodied systems as a method of furthering sustainable development goals in global health. Pillay began with incorporating an immersive exercise that allowed participants to experience data points via audio. Following this, Pillay dove into the differences between data visualization […]
DI Faculty Fellow Ian Garrett has just published an article in Art & Health on the role of the arts at the intersection of climate change and public health ahead of forthcoming WHO Policy Brief. This international survey study investigates how practitioners working across the arts, public health, and climate action understand the role of […]