Sarah Richter: A New Pivot
June 21/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Sarah Richter has been running non-stop online and offline during the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, as DLSPH grappled with the fast move to online classes, Richter and the PHSA pivoted as well. Richter’s academic journey has been filled with pivots....
Devon Bowyer: From the Bench to Indigenous Vaccine Clinics
June 15/2021The Auduzhe Mino Nesewinong (Place of Healthy Breathing) Vaccination clinic will have a full-time Program Logistic Manager: Devon Bowyer, a newly minted graduate of DLSPH’s MPH in Indigenous Health. “This is part of the reason you got into public health. You want to be there for people, especially those that...
Alum’s Documentary ‘Mothering in Quarantine’ Wins Big at Toronto Film School Festival
May 18/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at The Dalla Lana School of Public Health What was a therapeutic project for Alum Kyisha Williams won the minds and hearts of The Toronto Film School Film Festival as the Best Documentary of 2020. Mothering in Quarantine is an honest video diary featuring Black...
The “She-cession” is Near Warns Alumna
January 25/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH alumna Anjum Sultana warns that a “She-cession” is coming and argues that Canada needs to apply a feminist recovery plan to curb it. “There needs to be a new playbook to support women’s labour market participation, one that is grounded in racial...
The 2020 Arbor Awards Recognizes Volunteerism Online This Year
November 25/2020Alumni Terry Sullivan, Susan Campisi, Malcolm Moffat, Lauren Della Mora and Taylor Martin received an Arbor award as a recognition for their volunteerism at DLSPH and IHPME. The Arbor Awards recognize alumni who personify the very best attributes of the University’s motto, Velut Arbor Aevo – May it grow as a tree through the...
Anti-Oppression Workshops An Important First Start to Allyship
November 10/2020
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH A recent anti-oppression training session offered an important start to conversations on equity for first-year DLSPH health promotion students, according to study leads and DLSPH alumnae Gifty Djulus and Natasha Yasmin Sheikhan. But post-workshop results showed that most participants wouldn’t feel comfortable applying...
When all Roads Lead to Public Health: Tyla Thomas -Jacques’ Journey
September 04/2020by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH The end of Tyla Thomas-Jacques' graduate journey came online -- an unfitting conclusion to two years at DLSPH. “It doesn't seem like there's any finale,” says Thomas-Jacques who earned her Master of Public Health in Public Health Promotion. “It was very anticlimactic but...
U of T’s Online Movement Breaks Available to All Classes in Fall
August 27/2020
By Francoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Pre-pandemic, students swayed back-and-forth to a choreographed Sean Paul routine in one of Prof. Ananya Banerjee’s well-known movement breaks. For just three minutes to break up long classes, Banerjee goes through a choreographed routine to get students moving. Now, the pilot project will...
“Not all these students were aiming to go to university and now they are.”
August 12/2020
DLSPH Alumni Help Teens Create Positive Change in their Schools By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH ‘How do you want to change your school’s environment and what can you do now to make it happen?’ the day’s facilitators and program lead asked. About 20 high school students from DLSPH’s...
The Bigger and Global Picture of Health – The Professional Journey of DLSPH Alumna Kate Lillepold
June 24/2020By Tara Faghani Hamadani, MPH student at DLSPH For Kate Lillepold, living and working abroad is a familiar experience. “I think why I was drawn to the field of global health was that pathogens and diseases don’t respect borders,” says Lillepold, who completed her MPH in Epidemiology and a collaborative...