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Building Systems Thinking Capacity for NCD Prevention and Healthy Ageing: Reflections from the WHO Summer School in Nice
This summer, Dahdaleh global health graduate scholar Naeema Hassan had the privilege of participating in the WHO Summer School on Systems Thinking and Innovation for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promotion of Healthy Ageing...
Reimagining AMR Governance for a World in Polycrisis
Earlier this month, Dahdaleh research fellow Raphael Aguiar attended the International Public Policy Conference (IPPC) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he presented in the panel “The Governance of Urban Ecosystem/Human Health.” The panel...
Dahdaleh Graduate Scholar Attends UN Climate Negotiations Ahead of COP30
In June 2025, Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar Ana Carolina de Almeida Cardoso attended the 62nd Session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or "SB62", to follow climate negotiations and carry r...
Fall/Winter 2025–2026 Global Health Internship Opportunities
Numerous research assistant positions at the Dahdaleh Institute are open for applications. York University students have the unique opportunity to contribute to research which takes on real-world challenges, gain professional experience in a supportive...
Commentary — Why Canada Needs a “Deep Prevention” Approach to Pandemic Preparedness
A shift from a reactive to proactive approach to address health risks on the horizon is imperative, argue researchers from York University’s Faculty of Health. Published in Policy Options, the commentary examines Canadian governance capacity to prepare...
Finding Connection in the Climate Crisis: A Story from the Gentleman’s Climate Café
As Climate Cafés came and went at York University, a quiet pattern began to take shape. Sadra Toossi found himself surrounded by thoughtful conversations—but rarely by other men. He was not the only one who sensed it: a gap, an absence, a question hang...
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Seed Grants in Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research
Following the sixth annual Critical Perspective for Global Health Research (CPGH) workshop in April, the CPGH Steering Committee is delighted to announce that the following York researchers have been awarded this year’s $7,000 seed grants to initiate n...
Unpacking AMR Podcast: New Episode - New Conceptions to Manage AMR (Part 2)
Urbanization is having an impact on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). According to the World Bank Group, more than half of the global population now lives in cities, and by 2050, nearly 70% of people worldwide will call urban areas home. But as our citie...
York U researchers launch new health partnerships in Uganda
Originally published by Yfile (4 July 2025). Edited byAlex Huls Two new research collaborations led by the Humanitarian Water Engineering (HWE) Lab at York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research aim to improve health outcomes in cri...
Recap — Smoking Intensity, Gender and Contributing Factors, with Tina Nanyangwe-Moyo and Mehedi Hasan Rasel
On May 28, 2025, Tina Nanyangwe-Moyo and Mehedi Hasan Rasel, a postdoctoral research fellow and data analyst, respectively, from the Global Strategy Lab presented their findings from an upcoming research paper on cigarette smoking intensity and gender....