Juxta Talks
Global Health Spotlight: Noelia Calvo
Noelia Calvo (she/her), Ph.D. fellow and researcher in the Psychology Department, York University. Her current research area is memory and the relationship between bilingualism, brain plasticity, cognitive research with the brain and neurological memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s, and dementia that impact huge damage to the brain as neurologically.
Global Health Spotlight: Eric Armstrong
An interview with Eric Armstrong, a 4th year PhD student in Dr. Rupert Kaul’s lab at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Medical Science.
Global Health Spotlight: Dr. Erica Di Ruggeiro
An interview with Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero, Director of the Centre for Global Health and Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Global Health Spotlight: Catherine Dyer
An interview with Catherine Dyer, Director of Development at Stella’s Place in Toronto and a respected community leader and meditation teacher who has guided hundreds of people to personal and professional transformation.
Global Health Spotlight: Andrea Yip
We interviewed Andrea Yip, a biologist, design strategist, and public health practitioner with an extensive career designing human-centered products and services in the healthcare sector.
Global Health Spotlight: Yipeng Ge
In conversation with Yipeng Ge, a resident physician in Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Ottawa, and Canada’s official youth delegate to the 73rd World Health Assembly and the 58th Pan American Health Organization Directing Council.
Global Health Spotlight: Sarah Richter
We spoke with Sarah Richter, MPH Epidemiology student in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, about her involvement in the UofT Infectious Disease Working Group.
Global Health Spotlight: Joy Fitzgibbon
We interviewed Joy Fitzgibbon, an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One Program at Trinity College in the University of Toronto and a Fellow of College.
“The Next 150”: A Focus on Indigenous Health Care at The Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s 10th Annual Student-led Conference
The necessity of truth in the Truth and Reconciliation process was discussed head-on at “The Next 150: Resisting colonialism and (re)claiming health on Turtle Island,” the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s 10th student-led conference…
Canadian Conference on Global Health: A Shifting View of Global Health
The Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) took place October 29-31, 2017 in Ottawa, Canada. The conference brought together over 600 individuals from across the world, including public health practitioners, researchers, policy makers, physicians, and students, to discuss the theme of “Leaving no one behind? Reflection for action in a changing world”…
Film Screening: Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare)
Earlier this month, the Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health teamed up with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to present a screening of Gianfranco Rosi’s award-winning film Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox…
Current Events: The Great Lakes Public Forum
For an assignment in Dr. Matt Price’s “Hacking History” class, students attended the 2016 Great Lakes Public Forum. The forum brought together stakeholders from Canada and the United States to discuss the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes…
Conversations that Matter: Is Canada’s Refugee Program Equitable?
When photos of three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body surfaced in the international media, it sparked an intense and emotional response from many members of the Canadian public. But what is Canada’s duty to children like Alan Kurdi and to people around the world fleeing persecution and war?
McMaster Indigenous Health Conference 2016: We Are All Implicated
With the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, and increasing advocacy for the incorporation of indigenous history/knowledge into medical and post-secondary education, it was both topical and imperative for McMaster University to host its first Indigenous Health Conference this year…
Juxtaposition ThrowbackTwenty15
We made a resolution last year to have a “year-in-review” post up before the year ended. And like all resolutions it fell behind. But what better way to recover from the extended-New-Year-party-weekend than to have a look back and reminisce.
Tackling Hematological Diseases in India: A talk by Dr. Prantar Chakrabarti
On October 26th, the University of Toronto Pre-Medical Society and Global Health Engage hosted an event titled “The Challenges of Children’s Healthcare in Asia.” Dr. Prantar Chakrabarti from the NRS Medical College of Calcutta was invited to speak about the difficulties of treating hematological diseases in India, with a focus on Calcutta…
Girl Rising: An Imaginative Exploration of the Globalized Dividends of Gender Equity
Girl Rising, a documentary directed by Richard E. Robbins, was the focus of a recent screening hosted by the Interdisciplinary Society for International Development (ISID). Held in the newly renovated Innis College Theatre, the documentary night on January 29 was the first of two related sessions on gender and development…
Conducting Global Health Research in the Global South: Challenges and Considerations
Anjum Sultana sat down with Jesse Jenkinson, a second year PhD Student at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health to discuss the power, politics and privilege inherent in the Global Health field and the challenges of conducting research on the ground in the Global South.
Juxta Talks: Diseases of Poverty
We are hosting one of the most exciting Global Health panels of the year with Dignitas Youth. By inviting researchers and leaders in Global Health we aim to stimulate the much needed discussion on the topic of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)…
JuxtaTalks: Cancer of Evidence-Based Medicine
When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world — except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In collaboration with JULS – Journal of Undergraduate Life Sciences and Education and Equity, we will be screening…