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Join us for a discussion on the future of Canada’s role in shaping global health

This webinar is organized by the Centre for Global Health (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto) and will take place virtually so please be sure to register to receive the link TWO HOURS before the event.

If anyone thought Global Health was only about health in developing countries, then the COVID-19 pandemic will have taught them differently. We can no longer afford to separate our own health from that of others. If countries do not act collectively on global health, then we all lose. And this does not only apply to pandemics. The triple crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and persistent inequities present major challenges for all countries, including wealthy ones such as Canada. Canada’s domestic needs are linked to health and health equity across the globe, priorities that can be addressed by linking Canada’s domestic and foreign policy. Undertaking these challenges will require the involvement of many sectors, support for multilateralism, inclusion of health considerations in trade agreements, a range of foreign and economic policies, and financing global public goods. What are experiences from other countries? What kind of strategies could help move a global health agenda forward?

Keynote speaker:

Ilona Kickbusch – Professor Kickbusch is the founder and chair of the Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Previously, she served as the head of the global health division of Yale University and held various positions at the World Health Organization. In 2016, Prof. Kickbusch was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of her significant contributions to shaping the field of global health with her practical and theoretical expertise. Currently, she is undertaking responsibilities in several distinguished boards and commissions such as the Lancet FT Commission Governing Health Futures – growing up in a digital world, UHC 2030 and Global Preparedness Monitoring Board.

Co-Moderators:

Dr. Erica Di Ruggierio is the Director for the Centre for Global Health, Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health, and Associate Professor, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto). Her research addresses the evaluation of population health interventions (policies, programs), their health and health equity impacts, work and health policies, the assessment of global policy agenda-setting processes in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, the evaluation of global health research capacity building, and of knowledge utilization and exchange strategies to influence public health decision-making at national and global levels.

Dr. Garry Aslanyan is Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and currently the Manager of Partnerships and Governance at the World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme on Research and Training on Tropical Diseases in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to joining the WHO, Dr. Aslanyan was federal public servant working with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in Ottawa.

Discussants:

Dr. John Kirton is a professor of Political Science, Director of the G7 Research Group, Co-Director of the G20 Research Group, Interim Director of the International Relations program, and a Research Associate of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He is also Co-Director of the BRICS Research Group based at Trinity College, where he is a Fellow. A professor of political science, he teaches international relations, global governance and Canadian foreign policy, and his research interests include global health governance, international finance and trade, trade-environment issues, and foreign policy decision making. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in political science, from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University with an MA in international affairs, and from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University with a PhD in international relations.

Followed by a Q&A with audience