Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change
Graduate Student Scholar
Hillary Birch is a PhD student in environmental studies in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, where she is a SSHRC doctoral fellow. She holds a master’s degree in urban governance from Sciences Po in Paris, France where she studied the urban governance of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. She also holds a master’s degree in political science from McGill University. Hillary has worked in various roles related to global health concerning sexual and reproductive health and early child development. Her PhD explores how projects of global health intersect with processes of urbanization that shape flows of water in a city and change its quality.
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Publication – Climate Change-Accelerated Ocean Biodiversity Loss & Associated Planetary Health Impacts
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Recap — Conservation at What Cost? Surveillance Technology and Community Conservation
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