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DLSPH-TIFF Partnership explores migration’s impact on health in Fire at Sea Screening
On March 3, 2017, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) hosted a screening of Fire at Sea, an award-winning documentary that illustrates the complex and compounding health issues facing migrants during their migration and resettlement. Approximately 150 students, faculty,...
Appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Interim Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Sent on behalf of the Office of the Vice President & Provost, Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost I am pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved of the appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Interim Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), from...
Six public health and health services students receive Gordon Cressy Award
Three Dalla Lana School of Public Health and three Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation students received a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award in recognition of their outstanding volunteer contributions to the University of Toronto community on February 28, 2017. This year’s recipients include: Linda Kachuri (PhD Epidemiology), Kathleen...
Howard Hu stepping down as Dean on July 1, 2017
Dear friends: I am writing to let you know (as some of you read Cheryl Regehr’s message that was sent to the University of Toronto community in January) that after five terrific and rewarding years leading the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, including four as the inaugural Dean, I...
Student Blog – Income Security: A Seat at the Table for Public Health
DLSPH Student Blog By: Adrina Zhong, Antu Hossain, Jaya Raghubir, Joy Dawkins, & Rachel McGihon Co-chairs of the 9th Annual DLSPH Student-Led Conference Income is arguably the determinant of all determinants of health. It has far-reaching impacts on the quality of life and is pervasive over the life-course. That’s why a...
VIDEO: John Evans Lectureship explores if Affordable Universal Health Coverage is Achievable Worldwide
The Fall 2016 John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health featured Professor Barbara McPake, Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Is Affordable Universal Health Coverage Achievable Worldwide? Public-private model challenges in Brazil and beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpXzIj44cKQ&feature=youtu.be Panelists: Dr. Audrey Laporte, Associate Professor...
Racism: The Missing Social Determinant of Health
By: Liam Mitchell, Associate Director of Communications, Faculty of Medicine. Doctors and public health practitioners have long known that the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age have a profound impact on their health. They refer to those factors as the social determinants of health. But there...
Think Afro-Pink!
Mid-way through Black History Month, approximately 15 mother-daughter pairs will dance their way to better breast health at Think Afro-Pink, a breast cancer awareness event on February 17, 2017 at U of T’s Hart House hosted by public health researchers. Participating in a Zumba class is a fun way to...
U of T collaborates with public sector and community partners to make Toronto communities healthier
From promoting healthy relationships among newcomer and second generation teens to harnessing the “hustle” of unemployed youth, a series of community-building projects across Toronto will showcase their impact on February 10, 2017 at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. “Globally, people living in urban areas are facing health inequities...
U of T home to first North American academic hub for health system comparison
The University of Toronto is the first academic hub of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO), which held its launch event on February 6, 2017 at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME). “Canada has one of the most decentralized health system models in...