Recap
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”...
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...
World Health Assembly Simulation 2026 – Global Health at a CrossRoads: Building a Sustainable Future for Global Health in an Era of Divestment
On April 29, 2026, the School of Global Health at York University, in collaboration with the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health, and the Global Health Students’ Association, held the fourth World Health Assembly (WHA) Si...
Recap – Navigating Complexities: Indigenous health, public policy, and intergovernmental collaboration
On Wednesday, April 1, Dr. Sandra Romain, Medical Anthropologist and senior policy leader in the Government of Canada, led a lecture on navigating the complexities of Indigenous health, public policy, and intergovernmental collaboration. Dr. Roma...
Recap – The Afterlives of the Clinic: AMR, Conflict, and the Future of Global Health, with Omar Dewachi
On February 4, 2026, Dr. Omar Dewachi, medical anthropologist, historian and former physician, Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, led a lecture on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and its implications on the afterlives o...
Recap — The Limits and Responsibilities of Global Health & Humanitarianism: What the Genocide in Gaza Reveals, Part 2
On Wednesday, February 25th, the Dahdaleh Institute was joined by experts across various fields, for part 2 of a series entitled “The Limits and Responsibilities of Global Health & Humanitarianism: What the Genocide in Gaza Reveals.” The panel, Dr....
Recap — Equitable Green Homes? Housing, Health and Energy in a Changing Climate
What are the barriers to providing equitable and climate-resilient housing for all, and how can we begin to address these barriers? This event, chaired by Lina Brand Correa, a Faculty Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Researc...
Recap — Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Workshop 2026 Strengthens Evidence-Based Research Skills
The 2026 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (SRMA) Workshop brought together an engaged cohort of researchers from York University, the University of Toronto, and collaborators from the Global Strategy Lab for an intensive four-day training held from...
Recap — Letting the Fox Build the Hen House: Private Sector Influence at the WHO
On Wednesday, September 24, Dr. Tracey Wagner-Rizvi, a Research Associate from the Global Strategy Lab discussed the private sector influence of substantive initiatives at the WHO (World Health Organization) and the development of the WHO’s Framework o...