The Global Health Office will be presenting a monthly Speaker Series to inspire and inform health professionals, students and the community to become more involved in global health. The speakers will include both global and local experts who have experience with issues or activities pertaining to global health.
The objectives of the series are are:
- To educate faculty, staff and students at Dalhousie University about issues pertaining to global health.
- To illustrate the relationship between local and global health issues.
- To provide a venue for local experts in global health to showcase their activities.
- To educate faculty, staff and students at Dalhousie University about health systems and health care delivery in different contexts.
Schedule 2010 - 2011
Past Speakers (2010/2011)
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March 2011
Global Health Office: Café Scientifique Series
"Our Own Backyard Needs Help Too"
Looking at the links between local and global health programs that help disadvantaged communities.
Some of the most vulnerable people in the world arrive in Halifax as refugees; persecuted, threatened and dispossessed of the basic determinants of physical, psychological and social wellbeing. |
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February 2011
Global Health Office: Café Scientifique Series
"What's the Harm in Helping?"
Global health and Canadians' good intentions
Canadians care about the health of people in developing countries. In the face of health and medical needs, Canadian-supported interventions seem morally just and appropriate. But is it so simple? |
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November 2010
Global Health Office: Café Scientifique Series
"Our Own Backyard Needs Help Too"
Looking at the links between local and global health programs that help disadvantaged communities.
The issues of poverty, determinants of health and health inequities do not focus on borders. Within our own communities in Canada are similar challenges to working in low and middle income countries. Global health needs are evident in marginalized communities within Canada. |
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October 2010
Global Health Office: Café Scientifique Series
"What's the Harm in Helping?"
Global health and Canadians' good intentions
Shawna O'Hearn, Director of the Global Health Office at Dalhousie University and Tim Holland and Alyson Horne-Douma, Dalhousie Medical Students and Film creators of "First, Do No Harm" will be participating in the presentation and discussion. |
Past Speakers (2009/2010)
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April 2010
Dr. Shafik Dharamsi
"Exploring Ethical Dimensions of Global Health Education" |
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April 2010
Dr. Ivar Mendez
"Narrowing the Gap of Inequality: A Physician's Personal Responsibility" |
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January 2010
The Simunji Mufalali Memorial Lecture
“Disability, Development and HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from Canada and Malawi”
Featuring:
Dr. Ellen Hickey, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University School of Human Communication Disorders
To view the webcast of this event please click on the following link: https://dal.adobeconnect.com/_a840580711/p63559106/ |
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November 2009
Veronica Ngwerume from Zimbabwe
"Changing the River's Flow: Re-examining the linkages between culture, gender and HIV" |
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November 2009
Dr. Patty Livingston
Delivering Anesthesia Care in Under Resourced Areas: A Case Study of a Canadian and Rwandan Partnership. |
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October 2009
Sir Michael Bond
“Pain Relief in the Developing World: A Human Right”
Presentation (Adobe Acrobat File) |
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October 2009
Dr. Paul Artes
Dr. Artes discussed his work in the development of an eye care program in the Caribbean. |
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