Dalla Lana School of Public Health 14th Annual Student-Led Conference
The topic and title of this year’s conference is The New Normal: Takeaways on health misinformation during a pandemic. This three-day event will bring together academics, students, public health professionals, health care providers, activists and community organizations who are interested in discussing health misinformation in the context of the COVID-19...
Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research Seminar – Implementing Emancipatory Research Approaches: Anti-Colonial Strategies For and About EDI and Anti-Oppression Work
On Wednesday, December 8, from 12-1:30 PM, Dr. Ruth Rodney will present in CQ’s latest online seminar. There will be a 1-hour presentation and moderated discussion, followed by a 30-minute informal chat with the presenters. The Zoom link to join the seminar will be emailed to participants on the morning...
Digital public health
This event is embedded in a Health Promotion class, we invite you to log-in sharply at 11 AM EST on November 8, 2021 and to log-off at Noon EST "Digital Public Health" has emerged as a way to integrate digital technologies in public health functions to maximize their health impact....
Secondary Impacts of COVID-19: Loneliness, Social Isolation and Social Prescribing
The Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 Workstream has worked to keep Island Health employees informed of the many societal impacts of the pandemic, and to assist public health in planning an equitable response and recovery. Please join us for this panel discussion highlighting some of the key learnings of secondary impacts...
Data Science Applied Research and Education Seminar (ARES) with: Dr. Ryan Tibshirani
Talk Title: Delphi’s COVIDcast Project: Lessons from Building a Digital Ecosystem for Tracking and Forecasting the Pandemic Abstract: In March 2020, the Delphi group at CMU launched an effort called COVIDcast, which has many parts: 1. unique relationships with partners in tech/healthcare granting us access to data on pandemic activity;...
CanPath Access Office Hours
The CanPath Access Office invites researchers to its inaugural Office Hours session on Wednesday, November 3rd at 1 p.m. ET. This new monthly virtual series will provide researchers an opportunity to ask questions they may have about CanPath cohort data and biosamples, the access process or the CanPath Portal. Members...
Ethics and Values in Design: A Structured Review and Theoretical Critique
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Seminar Series 2021-22 Speakers: Joseph Donia, PhD Candidate, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Jay Shaw, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy / Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Research Director of AI, Ethics &...
Research or Not Research? This Is Not the Question for Public Health Emergencies
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Seminar Series 2021-22 Speaker: Ghaiath Hussein, Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Law, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland About this Seminar: Public health emergencies, whether natural or man-made, local or global, in peacetime or during armed conflicts are always associated with the need to collect...
Open Science: Following the Roadmap for Research Series – Focus on People
During the month of November, the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) will host a weekly series of virtual panel discussions to showcase diverse perspectives on the principles and practice of Open Science, representing voices from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, disciplines, and affiliations. The structure of the panel...
Open Science: Following the Roadmap for Research Series – Focus on Transparency
During the month of November, the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) will host a weekly series of virtual panel discussions to showcase diverse perspectives on the principles and practice of Open Science, representing voices from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, disciplines, and affiliations. The structure of the panel...