Beyond Smiles: Tackling Dental Health Care Access When Facing Intimate Partner Violence
Join us for an art exhibit and panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities for improving access to dental care for women dealing with intimate partner violence! Intimate partner violence is a major public health issue in Canada. It disproportionately affects racialized women who face increased obstacles in accessing care....
META:PHI Virtual Conference 2025
META:PHI invites you to join us for two days of interactive, online learning and discussion focused on advancing care for people who use substances. Of interest to prescribers, counsellors, peers, community workers, administrators, researchers, learners and advocates, this year’s theme is Substance Use Health is Community Health. Full agenda, pricing,...
Mamatowisowin: Two-Spirit People and the Wonder Within
University of Toronto students, staff, faculty, and librarians are invited to join the Sexual & Gender Diversity Office and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives for a learning event, “Mamatowisowin: Two-Spirit People and the Wonder Within” featuring speaker Benny Michaud. Event Details: Two-Spirit people are working to reclaim our rightful...
2S/LGBTQ+ Health Hub Lecture | Healthcare Self Advocacy for Sex Workers (and anyone else who cares about our health care access!)
In this interactive workshop for sex workers and our allies, we’ll go through what sex workers need to know while navigating healthcare encounters, using so-called British Columbia’s medical system as our grounding example. As we explore some risks and benefits of disclosing our sex work to our healthcare providers, we’ll...
2S/LGBTQ+ Health Hub Lecture | Cancer Person
Toronto/Montreal musician and author Rae Spoon will speak about their health journey as a Disabled, queer, trans, non-binary patient who received treatment for cancer and the resulting complications. They will explore issues of human rights violations, systemic oppression, Disability, consent, trauma informed care, institutionalization, gender, sexuality and diverse family structures...
10 Year Celebration Open House
In June 2014 — Drs Michael and Amira Dan made the extremely generous gift of $10 million to establish an Institute to support the creation of an institute dedicated to the health of Indigenous people, based at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Institute at the University of...
From Access to Advocacy: Black Disabled Experiences in the Healthcare System
Join Accessibility Services and Health & Wellness on Friday February 28th from 10 - 11:30am for our annual Black History Month Panel, “From Access to Advocacy: Black Disabled Experiences in the Healthcare System”. This panel discussion will address critical health disparities experienced by Black disabled individuals. Our expert panelists will...
Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice – Book Launch
Full Title: Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice Facilitated by: Dr. Andria Bianchi PhD Dr. Janet Vogt PhD, MHSc Bioethics Abstract: Please join us on Wednesday, March 19th from 4:10 - 5:30 pm to celebrate the launch of a newly published co-edited book entitled Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics...
Building Public Trust in Health Through Culturally-Aligned AI
Misinformation spread through social media has been responsible for an increasing mistrust of public health, particularly amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing analysis tools of social media and other online content rely on logic and science, often ignoring people’s beliefs, cultural backgrounds and feelings when it comes to understanding health...
Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Black Health Edition
Join us at Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Black Health Edition to celebrate Black History Month with the U of T Libraries! The goal of this Edit-a-thon is to create and update Wikipedia pages for individuals in health sciences belonging to the Black community, in order to highlight their scientific research,...