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Insight at "Embodied Ecological Heritage" Seminar
On January 22, 2020, guest lecturer Dr. Kristina Baines shared her work on Embodied Ecological Heritage in a seminar co-presented with the Department of Anthropology. Her visit was featured by CUNY Guttman CC. Through a framework of Embodied Ecological...
Postdoctoral Fellow's New Book Published Online
Ahead of the Spring launch of the print publication of The Geo-Doc: Geomedia, Documentary Film, and Social Change, Palgrave Macmillan has released the e-book for purchase. Written by Dr. Mark Terry, Postdoctoral Fellow in Documentary Film & Global Heal...
Eighteen Established and Emerging Scholars Joined Dahdaleh Institute in Six Months
Since the end of the last academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has welcomed 18 new members at all levels. This growth is indicative of the momentum the Dahdaleh Institute is building around our three research themes, as we p...
Film Lab Participant Featured in Central Queensland University Magazine
Kai Millen is among 12 applicants selected to participate in the Planetary Health Film Lab, an original program developed at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research in partnership with Young Lives Research Lab and Youth Climate Report. Millen...
Opportunity: Junior Developer, Safe Water Optimization Tool
The Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT) Project is a joint endeavour of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DIGHR) at York University and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to build, pilot, and scale a machine learning-enabled web-bas...
Student Job: Antimicrobial Resistance & Environmental Health Research Assistant
JOBID7570 Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs Rate: $16/hour Hours: Up to 10 hours/week Start and End date: ASAP – April 24, 2020 Applications close date: Tuesday January 21st@11:59pm Applications are only accepted...
Dr. Maissaa Almustafa Presents on Refugee Journey Narratives
A moving and insightful seminar took place at the Dahdaleh Institute on November 27, 2019, as Dr. Maissaa Almustafa shared journey narratives of refugees from Syria living in Sweden. Dr. Almustafa is the Dahdaleh Institute Fellow in Global Health & Wel...
Foresighting Fellow Presents on Regulating Internet Pharmacies
Presenting his paper titled Protecting Digital Public Health: Towards a Regulatory Framework for Internet Pharmacies, Global Health Foresighting Fellow Aria Ilyad Ahmad explored the necessity and challenges of establishing global governance structures...
Mark Terry at COP25
At the UN Conference of the Parties (COP25), Postdoc Mark Terry premiered Happening to Us alongside the student filmmakers, a group of Inuit youth from Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The film was screened to international delegates...
Dahdaleh Institute Hosts Critical Perspectives in Global Health Workshop
On December 4th, 2019, the Dahdaleh Institute brought together diverse researchers at York University for Critical Perspectives in Global Health. Hosted by James Orbinski, Director of the Dahdaleh Institute, the workshop saw nine presenters discuss cri...