2026 International Medical Geography Symposium
Presented by the Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, Unviersity of Toronto Mississauga ... We are excited to announce that the 2026 International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS), Geographies of Wellbeing: Environments, Transitions, and the Futures of Societal Wellbeing, will be held at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan...
Bodies and Rights Under Attack
Presented by The Centre for the Study of the United States ... The rights of women and LGBTQ+ have been continuously questioned in the United States, with significant periods of expansion and contraction. With the election of Donald Trump, the US has entered a new period of retrenchment of reproductive...
XIII Decolonizing Conference
Presented by the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ... The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, is pleased to announce its XIII Decolonizing Conference on the theme of “Colonial Ruptures:...
Care Economies in Context Speaker Series: Immigrants’ Mental Health Dilemma
Presented by the Centre for Global Social Policy ... On March 17 from 3:00 – 4:30 pm ET, Professor Hui Zheng will present “Immigrants’ Mental Health Dilemma”. This hybrid event is part of the Care Economies in Context Speaker Series. Abstract Despite evidence of immigrants’ mental health advantage over the...
“What is Buddhist Medicine?” with Dr. Pierce Salguero
Presented by the Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health program (New College, A&S) ... The Buddhist traditions have long approached illness as a central form of human suffering, developing philosophical and practical responses to health and healing over millennia. In this talk, Dr. Pierce Salguero introduces the rich and diverse tradition...
“What is Contemplative Science?” with Dr. Mark Miller
Presented by The Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health program (New College, A&S) ... Join us to explore interdisciplinary research on meditative and embodied practices, their histories and contexts in philosophical, religious, and spiritual traditions globally, and their applications in society. This lecture is part of a series celebrating the 20th...
Better Medicare Health Summit
Presented by Canadian Doctors for Medicare ... We’re excited to announce the Better Medicare Health Summit: one look back and twenty leaps forward, as CDM celebrates 20 years of strengthening and preserving Canada’s publicly funded health care system. We have seen major victories – from a 14-year legal battle against...
Historical Context and the Intergenerational Effects of Indian Hospitals in Canada with Dr. Georgina Martin
Presented by Shkaabe Makwa at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) ... Overview Indian Hospitals were a network of racially segregated, federally operated facilities established across Canada. Rather than being designed as centres for comprehensive health and wellness, they were used as tuberculosis sanitariums and for conducting intrusive...
STAGE International Speaker Seminar Series (ISSS): Elana Fertig
Presented by CANSSI Ontario ... Join us for the next instalment of the STAGE International Speaker Seminar Series (ISSS) with Elana J. Fertig, PhD, FAIMBE Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences Associate Director of Quantitative Sciences, UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology University of Maryland,...
Health Inc Seminar Series | Uncovering the Conditions of Data Work: The Human Costs of AI
Presented by the Centre for Global Health and the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing ... Speaker: Professor Mark Graham (Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) Abstract: In this seminar, Professor Mark Graham will discuss who ultimately benefits—and who is excluded—when the places in which...