Black History Month
February 01/2021
Today launches a 2021 Black History Month that is sure to go down in the history books. So much has happened within the past year that deserve extensive reflection, analysis and collective action; namely, the racialized hospitalization and mortality impact of COVID 19 in tandem with some of the worst expressions...
The “She-cession” is Near Warns Alumna
January 25/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH alumna Anjum Sultana warns that a “She-cession” is coming and argues that Canada needs to apply a feminist recovery plan to curb it. “There needs to be a new playbook to support women’s labour market participation, one that is grounded in racial...
It Takes a Village: Black-Led Database is Accepting Canadian Data
January 20/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH Asst. Prof. Roberta Timothy is launching a Black-run and led survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the African and Black diaspora. “This project is about life and death for our community. Too many people know someone who got COVID or...
New DLSPH Course Explores Overpolicing in Black Communities
December 18/2020A ground-breaking course being offered at DLSPH this spring will allow students to analyze the public health implications of race-based criminal justice data in real-time – as Canadian governments are releasing the information. In 2020, the Ontario government mandated the collection of race-based data across the criminal justice system, from...
2SLGBTQ+ Competent Trauma-Informed Care Workshop Moves Online
December 01/2020by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community often don’t receive trauma-informed and competent care. DLSPH researchers are helping to address that gap with online workshops. Care providers sometimes receive training in one of these areas, but very rarely both together. Research shows that even if...
Anti-Oppression Workshops An Important First Start to Allyship
November 10/2020
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH A recent anti-oppression training session offered an important start to conversations on equity for first-year DLSPH health promotion students, according to study leads and DLSPH alumnae Gifty Djulus and Natasha Yasmin Sheikhan. But post-workshop results showed that most participants wouldn’t feel comfortable applying...
Pilot Program for Black Post Doctoral Fellows is in Motion
October 21/2020by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH The Dalla Lana School of Public Health has already welcomed two post-doctoral fellows to its pilot program that nurtures early-career Black academics, helping to ensure that rising stars have opportunities to develop their research programs. Both postdocs are already working on independent research....
“I Was Shocked in a Good Way”
September 08/2020
How a U of T Professor Reimagined Land-Based Learning Online When Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle learned she would have to put her ground-breaking land-based learning course online, her heart sank. How could a course built around an Indigenous connection with the land work remotely? She didn’t think it could be done...
First Outreach and Access Program Alumnae Head to U of T
September 08/2020
By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH A pioneering DLSPH effort to introduce underrepresented high school students to a career in health has borne fruit: Two of its alumna, Maha Khan and Maimuna Akhter, have chosen to attend U of T this fall. With the choice to attend all three...
COVID Demands an End to Homelessness
August 25/2020
As COVID-19 hits Toronto’s homeless population, those who work with and care about them are anxious on their behalf. But they are also trying to create opportunity. Canadians may be numb to the sight of 35,000 people on the streets, but advocates have noticed the virus laying bare the public...