Events
Past Events
Who are Refugees?
October 4, 2018 - 5-7 pm
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Room 610
155 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
The Global Migration and Health Initiative organized a conversation on refugees today - their identity, reality, and the challenges they face, health and health-related but not only - as seen by three presenters who contributed quite different if complementary perspectives.
The three presenters were:
1. Jean-Nicolas Beuze
UNHCR Representative in Canada
2. Cynthia Guignard
Former Volunteer, EuroRelief,
Moria Refugee Camp, Lesvos, Greece
3. Andrea A. Cortinois
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Co-Director, Global Migration and Health Initiative
The event was co-sponsored by the Juxtaposition Global Health Magazine, Health Studies Students' Union (HSSU), and the Office of Global Public Health Education & Training (OGPHE&T) at DLSPH.
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Room 610
155 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
The Global Migration and Health Initiative organized a conversation on refugees today - their identity, reality, and the challenges they face, health and health-related but not only - as seen by three presenters who contributed quite different if complementary perspectives.
The three presenters were:
1. Jean-Nicolas Beuze
UNHCR Representative in Canada
2. Cynthia Guignard
Former Volunteer, EuroRelief,
Moria Refugee Camp, Lesvos, Greece
3. Andrea A. Cortinois
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Co-Director, Global Migration and Health Initiative
The event was co-sponsored by the Juxtaposition Global Health Magazine, Health Studies Students' Union (HSSU), and the Office of Global Public Health Education & Training (OGPHE&T) at DLSPH.
Work, Migration and Health Forum 2018
Forum May 8-9, 2018
Pre-Event Public Lecture May 7, 2018
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
155 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto (DLSPH), in collaboration with the Global Migration and Health Initiative (GloMHI), hosted the Work, Migration and Health Forum 2018.
The Work, Migration and Health Forum 2018 examined the labour experiences of temporary foreign workers, new immigrants, refugees, working international students and undocumented migrants, and explores opportunities for effective interventions, including: developing responsive policies and regulations; providing accessible health care, social services, and community support; delivering workplace health and safety prevention initiatives; and fostering the engagement and empowerment of workers.
Pre-Event Public Lecture May 7, 2018
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
155 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto (DLSPH), in collaboration with the Global Migration and Health Initiative (GloMHI), hosted the Work, Migration and Health Forum 2018.
The Work, Migration and Health Forum 2018 examined the labour experiences of temporary foreign workers, new immigrants, refugees, working international students and undocumented migrants, and explores opportunities for effective interventions, including: developing responsive policies and regulations; providing accessible health care, social services, and community support; delivering workplace health and safety prevention initiatives; and fostering the engagement and empowerment of workers.
The Intercultural Community Intervention Project:
Successes and Learnings of a Community-based Education and Health Promotion Initiative in Spain
May 18, 2017 - 3-5 pm
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Room 700
155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
GloMHI held an event on the Successes and Learnings of a Community-based Education and Health Promotion Initiative in Spain. The event took place on May 18 and was organized by GloMHI and the Office of Global Health and Training, Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
The Intercultural Community Intervention Project was launched in 2010 as a collaboration with social organizations and city councils in 40 municipalities in Spain. The project's main goal was to encourage social interaction and harmony in zones with great cultural diversity to increase social cohesion in these communities. Dr. Milagros Ramasco Gutierrez from Spain's Ministry of Health delivered a presentation on the successes and learnings of the intervention and discussed the potential for this participative, community-based health promotion intervention to be scaled up in other contexts.
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Room 700
155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
GloMHI held an event on the Successes and Learnings of a Community-based Education and Health Promotion Initiative in Spain. The event took place on May 18 and was organized by GloMHI and the Office of Global Health and Training, Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
The Intercultural Community Intervention Project was launched in 2010 as a collaboration with social organizations and city councils in 40 municipalities in Spain. The project's main goal was to encourage social interaction and harmony in zones with great cultural diversity to increase social cohesion in these communities. Dr. Milagros Ramasco Gutierrez from Spain's Ministry of Health delivered a presentation on the successes and learnings of the intervention and discussed the potential for this participative, community-based health promotion intervention to be scaled up in other contexts.
Conversations That Matter - Is Canada's Syrian Refugee Program Equitable?
October 20, 2016 - 4-8pm - Panel and Fundraising Initiative
University of Toronto
Innis College Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario
GloMHI co-sponsored a panel on the equity implications of the Canada Syrian Refugee Program. The event took place on October 20 and was co-sponsored by the Comparative Program on Health and Society, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the Institute of Global Health Equity and Innovation.
The panel brought together perspectives from the Syrian community, policy makers, academics, advocates and service providers to explore the public health, ethical, legal and community implications of the Canada Syrian Refugee Program. The aim of the event was to foster conversations that matter on this topic and to raise funds in support of a Lifeline Syria sponsorship group linked to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
University of Toronto
Innis College Town Hall
2 Sussex Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario
GloMHI co-sponsored a panel on the equity implications of the Canada Syrian Refugee Program. The event took place on October 20 and was co-sponsored by the Comparative Program on Health and Society, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the Institute of Global Health Equity and Innovation.
The panel brought together perspectives from the Syrian community, policy makers, academics, advocates and service providers to explore the public health, ethical, legal and community implications of the Canada Syrian Refugee Program. The aim of the event was to foster conversations that matter on this topic and to raise funds in support of a Lifeline Syria sponsorship group linked to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.