Diverse Dialogues: Stigma and Breaking Barriers
This event is a part of the Charles Hastings Lecture Series, hosted by Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa. Join us for Diverse Dialogues: Stigma & Breaking Barriers and explore how negative labels and biases affect our health and health choices. Consider tough questions through the lens...
GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION: The emerging threat of diseases like measles and the need to reach every child
The Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) and the Centre for Global Health (CGH) present... Join us as Dr. Natasha Crowcroft (WHO) and Dr. Ephrem Lemango (UNICEF) discuss emerging infectious disease threats around the globe, and the state of efforts to protect the world's children through immunization. Hosted by the...
How Can Canadians Help Lead The Global Fight for Health Equity?
The 2024 Boehm Public Lecture presents... In 2020, while wealthy countries stood first in line for COVID-19 vaccines, a pioneering group of South African lawyers sued their own government for a look inside the secret deals Pretoria had signed with vaccine manufacturers and producers. Their victory exposed several one-sided terms,...
Dr. Gunisha Kaur on Reimagining Migrant Health
The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy presents... 'Reimagining Migrant Health' Join us on Monday, April 15 as Dr. Gunisha Kaur delivers the Cadario Visiting Lecture in Public Policy, Reimagining Migrant Health. Dr. Kaur will discuss a novel approach to global health work, rooted in medical anthropology. The...
2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub Lecture | MindMapBC: Mapping Two-Spirit, trans, and queer affirming mental health supports in BC
The 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub presents... MindMapBC: Mapping Two-Spirit, trans, and queer affirming mental health supports in BC Two-Spirit, trans, and queer people have good reason to doubt whether mental health services will affirm their identities and expressions. MindMapBC was created to clarify how mental health practitioners are doing just that....
2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub Lecture | Colours of Inquiry: Exploring Queer Arts-Based Research
The 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub presents... Colours of Inquiry: Exploring Queer Arts-Based Research Dive into the vibrant intersection of queer studies and arts-based research in our dynamic workshop, "Colours of Inquiry: Exploring Queer Arts-Based Research." This engaging and thought-provoking session is designed for scholars, students, and anyone keen to explore the...
John R Evans Lectureship in Global Health
Presented by the Centre for Global Health... The John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health was established by Dr. David Naylor, when he was the University of Toronto’s Dean of Medicine. The lectureship acknowledges the major role Dr. Evans played in the University of Toronto’s history and his global contributions...
Critical hope as a framework in Global Health
Presented by the Centre for Global Health... The field of global health offers a cornucopia of contexts in which hope is difficult to imagine - much less to sustain. And yet, those who are vital in the efforts toward healthier communities – students, activists, educators, healthcare workers, community leaders, and...
Over Asking Over Taking: Place and Story-walking
Presented by the University of Toronto Scarborough's FLOURISH Research Cluster... Through a discussion of Myers' recent multi-media artwork, "Overture for Sterling Road," comprised of a lightbox photo work and related audio and augmented reality walk, artist, educator Lisa Myers and urban studies scholar Heather Dorries will consider relational conceptions of...
‘HIV Science as Art – bringing HIV science to life through the eyes of artists living with HIV’
This lecture, facilitated by Brent Allan and Daniel Cordner, explores the innovative HIV Science as Art project. As distinguished scientists gathered in Brisbane for IAS 2023, the HIV Science as Art exhibition took place at a gallery, meters away from the conference centre. Twelve eminent scientists were matched with an...