New French Black Health Primer Provides Anti-Racism Education for Francophone Health Professionals
April 23/2025
The French Black Health Primer aims to build on the success of the Black Health Primer, launched in 2024, and reach the Francophone health community. By Ishani Nath For the first time, Francophone health professionals across Canada will have access to the French Black Health Primer, an online course designed...
DLSPH’s 2025 Order of Canada Appointees Share Advice for Future Public Health Leaders
April 15/2025
DLSPH’s Zulfiqar Bhutta and Valerie Tarasuk were recently announced as 2025 Order of Canada appointees. By Ishani Nath The Governor General recently announced two DLSPH faculty members, Zulfiqar Bhutta and Valerie Tarasuk, as Order of Canada appointees in recognition of their leadership and contributions to public health. The Order of...
DLSPH Faculty: The importance of representation on women’s health outcomes
March 07/2025
In this Q&A, DLSPH Profs. Shaza Fadel and Camellia Zakaria discuss the importance of representation on women’s health outcomes. By Sadia Akbar and Bonnie O'Sullivan From spearheading digital mental health research that supports caregivers to inspiring the future of women in public health and health systems through mentorship, women in...
‘I’m Confident in My Path Now’: DLSPH’s MPH Black Health program has fine-tuned the life goals for this student
February 26/2025
First-year DLSPH student Sylvia Okonofua says the MPH Black Health program has fine-tuned her life’s mission to improve health outcomes for Black patients. As the founder and executive director of Black Donors Save Lives, she has used her education to inform her advocacy, education and policy work. By Bonnie O'Sullivan...
DLSPH Faculty reflect on key public health developments in 2024
January 27/2025
We asked some of our faculty what stood out to them as key health system and public health developments in 2024. There were plenty of public health and health system advancements and developments that occurred this past year - from the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care...
How Social Prescribing Can Help Combat the Winter Blues on Canadian Campuses
January 22/2025
Experts explain the concept of social prescribing and why this non-clinical approach to health could be key to improving student wellbeing. By Ishani Nath What matters to your wellbeing? That’s the question that postdoctoral fellow Nicole D’souza asks students attending her lecture on social prescribing and mental health. The answers...
DLSPH Diaries: A Day in the Life of an Epidemiology Student
January 17/2025
What does balance look like for a DLSPH student? First-year Epidemiology student Sadia takes us on a day in her life, kicking off with delicious coffee on campus and an Epidemiologic Methods I lecture. Later, she meets a friend for some roller-skating at Union Station and then rounds off her...
Exercise Trillium Cura Post-Exercise Report
December 12/2024Exercise Trillium Cura Lay Summary Exercise Trillium Cura was a preparedness exercise that simulated the challenge of managing the high and sustained flow of casualties who could be brought back to Ontario for treatment and recovery in the event of a conflict or war. Preparedness exercises help identify ways to...
DLSPH professor examines how gender and race impact research productivity
November 04/2024
Study in the Lancet by Aggarwal and Wong on how gender and race impact research productivity inspires $40,000 SSHRC grant for follow up. By Elaine Smith Racialized women working in primary care research face significant barriers to research productivity, according to a recent study titled “Will they always be living...
Results from the 2024 Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Awards Ceremony
October 21/2024
Guests gathered at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus at the University of Toronto, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, to celebrate the finalists of the 2024 Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Awards. Hosted by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), the awards ceremony featured seven categories: Improved Patient...