Migration Matters and York University is proud to announce the launch of its latest podcast series, Voices on the Move, an in-depth exploration of the complex and urgent relationship between climate change and migration. The podcast features expert insights and personal stories from communities directly affected by climate-induced displacement, offering a fresh perspective on the consequences of environmental shifts on mobility, habitability and global migration patterns.
Join us for our podcast launch event on October 29 at York University to learn more about the new series and to celebrate the amplification of the voices of researchers, climate migrants, and community leaders from around the world.
Systems Thinking and Evidence-Based Global Health Policy: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health Research, with Tarra Penney
Local Time
Timezone: America/New_York
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
Hybrid
Food insecurity, the emergence of zoonoses, anti-microbial resistance, and the related consequences of climate change are all major global health challenges, many with common drivers.
Global health policy is an essential instrument for our collective efforts to reorient systems and address the underlying causes of these shared global health challenges.
As global health researchers we want to ensure policy is informed by robust empirical evidence, but also that our approach has relevance and legitimacy – motivating us to think differently about how we do global health research.
By drawing on experience conducting systems focused collaborative research, this seminar will reflect on how the use of systems methods and approaches may enable us ask and answer questions that inform system change.
Register below and join us on Wednesday, October 30, at 1 p.m. ET
Speaker Profile
Dr Penney is a population health scientist focused on the prevention of disease at the global level. She is an associate professor of Global Food Systems and Policy Research, an investigator with the Global Strategy Lab and a faculty member of the Dahdaleh institute for Global Health Research at York University. Dr Penney completed her PhD and Postdoctoral training in epidemiology and preventive medicine at the MRC Epidemiology Unit and School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK. By engaging in highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary, systems focused research, Dr. Penney seeks to support evidence-informed global health policy that is fit to tackle some of our greatest global challenges.
Empathy by Design: Tailoring Life-Centered Solutions for Seniors and Individuals with Dementia, with Shital Desai
Local Time
Timezone: America/New_York
Date: Wednesday, December 04, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
Hybrid
As our global population ages, the need for innovative, thoughtful, and human-centred design solutions becomes increasingly urgent. This presentation, titled “Empathy by Design: Tailoring Life-Centered Solutions for Seniors and Individuals with Dementia,” focuses on the growing field of life-centred design and its transformative potential in creating products, services, and environments that enhance the quality of life for seniors and individuals living with dementia. The talk will explore how design, when grounded in empathy and a deep understanding of humans and the environments around them, can foster independence, dignity, and well-being for these vulnerable populations.
Speaker Profile
Dr. Desai is an Associate Professor in Interaction Design at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, a Research Chair in Accessible Interaction Design at York University and the co-lead of the Connected Minds Training Committee.
With nearly 30 years of experience in Robotics and Participatory Design, she leads the innovative Social and Technological Systems (SaTS) lab, supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Her groundbreaking work focuses on developing accessible and inclusive technologies and services that champion the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in Health and Well-being. Dr. Desai’s research is dedicated to creating assistive technologies for vulnerable populations, including seniors, children, Neurodivergent populations, people with speech, physical and cognitive impairments, and individuals with dementia, utilizing participatory codesign and system thinking approaches.
As a committed member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dementia Knowledge Exchange, she actively contributes to global health policies and care systems. She was recently invited to be a panel member for the new WHO Grand Challenges in Social Connection program at the UN.
She is the recipient of several awards including the 2021-22 AMPD Dean’s Research Award and the Petro Canada Young Innovator Award. She was nominated for the President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award (PERLA). She was one of the 24 semi-finalists selected from applicants worldwide for the prestigious Longitude Dementia Award in the UK, where she is working with researchers in Canada, the UK and the Netherlands to develop technologies for cueing people with dementia in everyday activities.
Register below and join us on Wednesday, December 4, at 1 p.m. ET
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