Event
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...
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...
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...
Launch of the 2018 Canada-specific Lancet Countdown Report
#LancetClimate18 From wildfires to heat emergencies climate change is the greatest threat to health today. Join Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Canadian Policy Brief authors, Drs. Courtney Howard and James Orbinski as they reveal top...
Lecture: "Human Rights in Practice" with Pernille Ironside
November 21, 2018 | 12:30-2pm | IKB 1003 Osgoode Hall Law School Please RSVP at alumniandfriends.yorku.ca/event/pernilleironside Direct from Nigeria, York alumna Pernille Ironside (JD ’99) will be in Toronto to receive the Tentanda Via 2018 Bryden Alum...
CIHR Trailblazer Awards 2017
Join DIGHR Faculty Member Steven Hoffman and YorkU President Rhonda Lenton for an award presentation and interactive panel discussion. September 24, 2018 | 11:30 - 1:00pm | Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre - Accolade East Building
First Annual Lecture with MSF International President
21st Century Humanitarianism Public Lecture Dr. Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders will describe her view of the politics and contemporary challenges of humanitarianism. September 18, 2018 | 7...