Executive Course in Global Health Diplomacy 2025
Applications now open for 2025!
Returning for its fifth year, the Centre for Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Office of International Affairs for the Health Portfolio, Government of Canada, is back with applications now open for the 2025 Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy.
Download the Application Instructions Form for more details on how to apply.
A past Global Health Diplomacy Discussion Panel can be viewed here:
Towards a Global Health Strategy for Canada – The Centre for Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto has collaborated on the development of a draft discussion paper regarding the creation of a Global Health Strategy for Canada. The intention of this discussion paper is to propose a national global health strategy for Canada to drive global equitable and sustainable action.
In the media – A coherent global health strategy would help Canada lead in the world.
Past Event
The Centre for Global Health hosted a virtual panel on Wednesday June 26th on Embracing Trust, Interdisciplinarity and Alternative Data to Address Global Public Health Challenges. The Panel featured Neil Seeman, V. Kumar Murty, Sukarmina Singh Shankar and was moderated by Erica Di Ruggiero.
The link to the recording can be found here.
How should we measure, manage and mitigate the major global health challenges of our time? Sustainability researcher Sukarmina Shankar, mathematician V. Kumar Murty of The Fields Institute, and IHPME Senior Fellow Neil Seeman will speak to three interdependent factors that are critical amid a complex and complex dynamic public health system: embracing trust, pursuing interdisciplinarity, and leveraging alternative data. What is trust? How do we measure it? What is interdisciplinarity? How can we apply it in a purposeful manner to advance public health scholarship? What is alternative data and how can we use it to address public health challenges? What do these concepts portend for leadership in public health and health systems? The speakers’ intertwined experiences amid COVID-19 have furthered their understanding about the importance of these overlapping factors. They are eager to share their learnings and to facilitate a dialogue to refine these concepts and to support future collaborations.
ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
VISITING GLOBAL HEALTH LEADERS
As outlined in the Academic plan, the DLSPH plans to host senior global health leaders, executives in residence and others who are stepping temporarily away from leadership roles in the health system. Some of these leaders will be engaged directly in the Centre’s activities, as mentors for our students, speakers in our annual lecture series on UHC, and collaborators with DLSPH faculty on research, short courses and other global health research activities with the potential for high impact. Priority will be given to leaders from priority regions identified in the plan, to women and other underrepresented groups. To date, the Centre has hosted one leader in line with its priority initiatives.
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Professor Kickbusch is the founder and chair of the Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Previously, she served as the head of the global health division of Yale University and held various positions at the World Health Organization. Shaping Canada’s Global Health Future – This webinar featuring keynote speaker, Professor Ilona Kickbusch, took place virtually on March 24, 2021. |
FROM THE ARCHIVES
The John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health was established by Dr. David Naylor, when he was The University of Toronto’s Dean of Medicine. The lectureship acknowledges the major role Dr. Evans played in the University of Toronto’s history and his global contributions to the advancement of human health and well-being.
Professor Agnes Binagwaho, keynote speaker, delivered a talk in on May 2nd, 2023 titled, “Global Health Equity & Covid-19 – Where do we go from here?”