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Presenting “Mapping Child and Youth Engagement in Climate Change Governance” at Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures Conference
Authored by Dahdaleh Graduate Student Scholar Chelsea Williams From May 18–20, 2026, I had the opportunity to attend and present at “Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures: The 2nd Global Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health” in Cape Town, S...
HWE Lab at EEHF 2026: Three Studies on Water and Health in Emergencies
The Emergency Environmental Health Forum (EEHF), a leading annual scientific meeting on environmental health in humanitarian crises, convened at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) headquarters in Geneva from 10–...
Healthy Humans and Oceans - UArctic Congress, Faroe Islands May 2026 Highlights
Authored by DI Community Scholar Carol Devine. In May 2026, in my capacity as Chief Operating Officer of SeeChange Initiative and a Community Scholar at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, I participated in the UArctic 'Healthy Humans an...
World Environment Day 2026
On World Environment Day, June 5, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University continues to recognize ecological integrity as a determinant of health worldwide, human activity as pushing ecological limits to a breaking point, an...
Recap — Connecting Our Work to Movements for Social Justice: Critical Perspectives in Global Health Symposium
How should global health researchers understand the world, define their values, and act collectively in the face of profound inequity? These were amongst the questions that framed this year’s Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Resear...
Recap – Examining Civilian Protection in Contemporary Conflicts
The panel discussion on ‘The Global Future of Civilian Protection: Learning from the Gaza Genocide’, was moderated by Sarah Khan. It brought together scholars and practitioners to examine how the “Gaza Playbook”...
Celebrating Nebiyou (Neb) Timotweos
Nebiyou Timotewos (Photo credit Alex Tran) The Wellness Impact Lab (WIL) is proud to celebrate the contributions of Nebiyou (Neb) Timotweos, a Dahdaleh Institute Global Health Intern. Recently named a recipient of the prestigious McCall MacBain Scholar...
York PhD student to advise UN on water, health equity
Originally published by YFile (15 May 2026) By Anesa Albert A York University doctoral researcher will help inform international policy on equitable access to water and sanitation as part of an international advisory group. Michael Davies‑Venn, a ...
Measuring Well-Being Beyond GDP
On April 21, 2026, Yuliya Chorna, a PhD candidate in social anthropology at York University and Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar, attended the tenth session of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) for the United Nations Economic...
Internship Program: 2025-2026 Year In Review
Over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute collaborated with a group of outstanding students as part of the Internship Program. In recent years, our internship program has expanded to include research positions across discip...