DLSPH Open: Welcome Back!
September 13/2021Dear DLSPH Community, Welcome to a second Fall term that’s unique in the history of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. This is such a rare and extraordinary time. And although the COVID-19 pandemic requires us to do things differently for a little longer, the safety measures we’re taking...
“I Breathed That Dust All Day”: DLSPH Remembers Sept. 11
September 10/2021
By Heidi Singer White smoke rolled in from lower Manhattan, wrapping the Brooklyn waterfront in a sudden haze. The top third of the second tower had just crumbled to the ground, and I was on my bike, pedalling as fast as possible to the World Trade Center. It was the...
DLSPH Open: Fall Decision
August 06/2021Dear DLSPH community, I would like to provide you with a brief update on the Fall term at our School. As you know, in May we made the difficult decision to continue delivering the majority of DLSPH classes online for the Fall term. We made the decision early to allow...
Meet DLSPH’s New Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
July 26/2021
Growing up in Toronto, Ryan Hinds always thought he’d become a physician, following a classic newcomer dream of what it meant to be successful in his new country. But that ambition evolved after Hinds, who moved from Guyana to Canada at age 9, discovered football. The sport made Hinds a...
DLSPH Open: IHPME’s Contribution to the Fight Against COVID-19
July 08/2021
Dear faculty members, staff and students: As the third wave of the pandemic recedes in Canada, there is reason for cautious optimism. Cases are declining sharply and 75% of Canadians have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose. Many of you are aware of the work done by the Ontario COVID-19...
Dean Steini Brown’s Statement on Discovery of Unmarked Graves in Saskatchewan
June 24/2021Dear DLSPH community, Today, after learning about the 751 children discovered in unmarked graves at Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, I am reflecting on what I can do to advance Reconciliation -- and what can be done by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the University of...
Vivek Goel’s Public Health Vision
June 22/2021
Prof. Vivek Goel – his career, and academic evolution -- is deeply entwined with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and its emergence as Canada’s top public health school. As the former U of T provost and emeritus IHPME professor prepares to become president of the University of Waterloo,...
Nusrat Farhana’s Story: Dissecting Healthcare Competitiveness in Canada
June 22/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH What causes Canadian hospitals to compete amongst themselves with no paying clients? Under the supervision of Dean Adalsteinn Brown, Nusrat Farhana spent the last six years understanding what drives hospitals to compete through the Ontarian and Albertan healthcare systems. “If you don't understand...
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....
Meet DLSPH’s New Indigenous Health Lead
June 21/2021
Asst. Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle, is DLSPH’s first-ever Indigenous Health Lead. She says her goals are “very simple”: “I want to create a safe and welcoming environment for Indigenous students, faculty, Elders and Knowledge Keepers and their guests.” But arriving at cultural safety might not be so simple. It means unpacking...