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• Volunteer with the Ontario Model World Health Organization

  

  The Ontario Model World Health Organization (OMWHO) is one of several committees of the University of Toronto International Health Program (UTIHP). We anually hold a conference addressing the most pressing issues of global health. For the year 2012-1013, the conference will be held from January… Read More

• Talk Change 2012: Emerging Issues in Global Health

  

  Smart Solutions McMaster invites you to Talk Change 2012: Emerging Issues in Global Health! Join us for a one day conference focused on the most pressing global health issues affecting the developing world. With 6 interactive workshops to choose from, this conference aims to educate students… Read More

• Volunteer with the High School Partnership Program!

  

    The University of Toronto International Health Program is looking for students interested in global health to join our High School Partnership Program. We go out and teach high school students about current global health issues, tutorial-style. If you’d like to be part of our… Read More

• APPLY NOW! GHE wants YOU!

  

• APPLY NOW! 2012-2013 UTIHP Committee Recruitment!

  

  Dear students, We hope that you have had a refreshing summer holiday and are as excited as we are for the upcoming year! While you settle into your classes and perhaps pick your extra-curricular involvements, we would like to invite you to consider joining the… Read More

• Reflections on working in the South

  

  GHExperience & Reflection Location/Organization: Samaritan’s Purse, Honduras, Canadian International Development Agency Intern, When:August 2008-February 2009 Role description:  Community Health Educator- worked with a local ngo (Samaritan’s Purse Honduras) to implement a community water filter program for 300 families living in a squatter settlement in San Pedro Sula,… Read More

• Health, Austerity and Affluence: The 5th annual public health student-led conference at the University of Toronto.

  

    Friday, September 28, 2012 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: 6th floor, Health Science Building, 155 College St., Toronto, Ontario Recognizing, Understanding, and Challenging the Intersections Health, Austerity and Affluence will examine the implications of austerity measures on the health of our society. This conference seeks to… Read More

• JOIN UTIHP 2012-2013! Applications now open!

  

  The University of Toronto International Health Program (UTIHP) is currently recruiting its 2012-2013 Executive team. UTIHP aims to empower students, youth, and community members to become global citizens to create a healthier and more equitable future. Over the past twenty years, UTIHP has grown to… Read More

• New TEDtalk – Rebecca Onie: What if our healthcare system kept us healthy?

  

  By Alanna Fennell This recent TEDtalk is a truly inspiring way to reform the way health care works. It questions the presumptions it is founded on, and seeks to find solutions that re-conceptualize health and health care. Shifting from disease-management into a holistic social determinants of… Read More

• JUNE 20TH – A new generation of global health leadership and challenges

  

  JUNE 20TH – GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATION INITIATIVE LEADERSHIP  CELEBRATING THE 2012 GHEI GRADUATES! A discussion with Professor Donald Cole and Professor Ross Uphsur ‘A new generation of global health leadership & challenges’ Welcome by Dr. Salvatore Spadafora, Vice Dean Postgraduate Medical Education, followed by   Wednesday, June… Read More