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...
Pillars of the Pandemic Honoured for Service to Public
June 16/2021
Thirteen individuals, groups and organizations have been named Pillars of the Pandemic by the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) in partnership with Closing the Gap Healthcare, a health-care provider with clinics throughout Ontario. Pillars of the Pandemic is a new interdisciplinary series created to honour...
Devon Bowyer: From the Bench to Indigenous Vaccine Clinics
June 15/2021The Auduzhe Mino Nesewinong (Place of Healthy Breathing) Vaccination clinic will have a full-time Program Logistic Manager: Devon Bowyer, a newly minted graduate of DLSPH’s MPH in Indigenous Health. “This is part of the reason you got into public health. You want to be there for people, especially those that...
Improve Alignment Between Domestic and Foreign Policy says U of T Researcher
June 10/2021by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Domestic policy at the expense of foreign policy is an antiquated global health view, say U of T researchers. DLSPH researchers like Associate Prof. Erica Di Ruggiero are calling on all levels of government to adopt an integrated strategy that recognizes public health...
Statement by DLSPH Dean Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown on the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children
June 01/2021I was horrified and heartbroken to learn about the discovery of 215 Indigenous children buried in an unmarked site at the Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C. This atrocity is just the latest in a shameful and, until recently, largely hidden history of discriminatory, racist treatment of Indigenous peoples by...