Global Health Initiative Workshop: Health Systems and Resilience
Healthy Diets and Sustainable Food Systems
Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Schedule: Keynote address followed by panel discussion
Location: School of Population and Public Health, Room B151
Speaker: Dr. Hasan Hutchinson is the former Director General for the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion at Health Canada and the lead on the most recent Canada Food Guide. Combining sustainability with healthy eating, the Canada Food Guide aligns with the recent EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health guidelines and advocates for a planetary health diet.
Panel Moderator: Dr. Kate Weinberger
Panelists: Dr. Rachel Murphy and Dr. Mahsa Jessri
Event Page: https://www.spph.ubc.ca/
Event is free but please register HERE
UBC and BC Children’s Hospital Global Health Conference
On Wednesday, January 22nd from 12 – 6 PM, SPPH and the Centre for International Child Health are hosting our second annual UBC and BC Children’s Hospital Global Health Conference at BC Children’s. The theme of this year’s conference is Human Resource for Health, ‘Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: The Role of Health Workers’. https://www.bcchr.ca/global-health-conference
We will have two speakers, Dr. Stephen Rulisa the Dean of the School of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Rwanda, who played a central role in implementing the Human Resources for Health Program, a joint initiative between the Government of Rwanda and the US Clinton Health Initiative and Dr. Tim Evans, the inaugural Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, formerly with the World Bank and the WHO.
Additionally there will be two expert panel discussions Panel 1: Addressing equity in the global health workforce along the continuum of care and Panel 2: Human resources for health through conflict and recovery.
UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info & Networking Session
Date: Monday, November 25th
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Venue: Boardroom – Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, 900-675 W Hastings St, Vancouver
Join us on November 25th in downtown Vancouver to gain an inside look at UBC’s professional, 20-month Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from staff and alumni. Come prepared with questions and enjoy networking over refreshments following the panel presentations.
Please RSVP. Refreshments provided.
Presenters:
- MPPGA Program Manager Julia Park
- MPPGA Program Coordinator Alex Brzezinski
- Brady Fox, MPPGA Alumnus, Director of Research at Green Technology Asia Pte Ltd
- Sara Harb, MPPGA Alumna, Consultant at International Financial Consulting
The University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is transforming policy education through innovative instruction that bridges essential theory and professional practice, including our signature Global Policy Project.
In our Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs, you’ll study with students from around the world, gaining critical skills and a global perspective to help you to confront the most urgent issues of our time, from sustainability to social change, international development to governance.
Applications to UBC’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program are now open. Apply by January 30, 2020.