Statement by DLSPH Dean Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown on the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children
June 01/2021I was horrified and heartbroken to learn about the discovery of 215 Indigenous children buried in an unmarked site at the Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C. This atrocity is just the latest in a shameful and, until recently, largely hidden history of discriminatory, racist treatment of Indigenous peoples by...
Meet DLSPH’s New Black Health Lead
May 19/2021Asst. Prof. Roberta Timothy has been appointed Black Health Lead at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – part of a School-wide initiative to embed equity and anti-racism throughout the curriculum, and to advance research and education in Black population health. Timothy plans to create new and innovative programming...
A New Era for DLSPH and the WHO’s Collaborating Centre on Health Promotion
May 07/2021
DLSPH’s Centre for Global Health has just been named a WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Promotion – part of a network of 800 academic and research institutions that support the organization’s mission to improve the world’s health. Although the School has been a Collaborating Centre since the 1990s, moving the designation...
DLSPH Provides Culturally Safe Vaccination for Indigenous People
May 05/2021
Indigenous health experts at the University of Toronto are running a COVID vaccination clinic for Toronto’s Indigenous community – an illustration of the power of public health measures wrapped in culturally appropriate care. The clinic began in early April on campus and runs once a week throughout May. It will...
Making Big Data More Inclusive
May 05/2021
A newly appointed DLSPH Faculty member and data pioneer is on a mission to help public health practitioners hear the “quiet voices” not traditionally captured in online data gathering. Neil Seeman has become a world-leading expert in uncovering the perspectives and experiences of people who don’t typically take surveys or...
Microdosing, a Placebo Effect
April 20/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH A recent study found that microdosing psychedelic drugs had beneficial psychological effects – but so did a placebo. That might seem like a dose of cold water for this promising area of mental health treatment, but DLSPH Adjunct Prof. Dr. Dominique Morisano sees...
Let’s not forget about dietitians’ contributions in the fight against COVID-19
March 31/2021
by Pierrette Buklis, Program Director, MPH-Nutrition & Dietetics (Le français suit...) It has been a tough year, and there are many unsung groups with important roles supporting affected patients and communities in lockdown. Dietitians are one of them. As Nutrition Month comes to a close, let’s shed some light on...
Prof. Theodore Witek to Helm Canada’s First DrPH Program
March 29/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Canada’s first Doctor of Public Health program has its first director – Theodore Witek, an IHPME and DLSPH professor with a long history at the intersection of academic research and industry leadership. “I am very excited to...
Spreading the Love of Math Through Instagram
March 26/2021by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH Assoc. Prof. Rinku Sutradhar is spreading her love of math to kids through Instagram. “Our children seem to enjoy practical math questions, and with more family time available during this pandemic, my husband and I started creating our own math word problems...
Emerging Uses of Data Science and AI: DLSPH Kicks Off First Interdisciplinary Seed Projects
March 25/2021
Six teams of interdisciplinary researchers have won seed funding from DLSPH to investigate new and emerging projects in data science and artificial intelligence. The award is part of the School’s commitment to a new research model that brings together broad teams with disciplinary depth to tackle some of the most...