ChatGPT Unleashed: Ignite Your Monitoring and Evaluation Journey with AI
2024-02-21 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This training is now full, please contact Deborah Dahan to be put on the waiting list.
Join us for “ChatGPT Unleashed: Ignite Your Monitoring and Evaluation Journey with AI,” a virtual three-part interactive training series designed for AI beginners! Together, we will demystify the power of ChatGPT, a cutting-edge AI technology, and explore its limitless potential for revolutionizing monitoring, evaluation, and learning in your organization. Discover how to navigate the challenges of gender-transformative global health programming with AI as your ally and unlock a world of possibilities in project design and qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
The three sessions will be held on January 24, February 14 and February 21, 2024 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EST. Please note that participants must be able to attend all three sessions. Space is limited to 40 participants. All sessions will be held in English.
Session 1: January 24 – 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EST
Get ready to embark on an exciting journey into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Together, we will explore Chat GPT and unpack its key functions, opportunities, and limitations for our sector. We’ll share tips and showcase examples of how to use Chat GPT in project design and gender-transformative health programming. Practical hands-on learning (through individual and small group activities) will boost your skills and confidence.
Session 2: February 14 – 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EST
Together we will explore the power of using Chat GPT in qualitative data analysis, with a specific focus on gender-transformative global health programming. Through tips, examples and learning exercises you will learn how Chat GPT can assist you in summarization, extracting text, developing codes, and generating themes from your qualitative data. While delving into these techniques, we will share the limitations and considerations to help you navigate this powerful tool effectively.
Session 3: February 21 – 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EST
Join us as we explore Chat GPT’s capacity to create magic in the world of quantitative data analysis. Together we will review the software’s potential for designing surveys, creating charts and tables, and coding. Insights into using the paid version (Chat GPT 4) and its data analysis module options will be shared, including advanced functions and features. You will learn valuable tips and considerations to optimize your use of Chat GPT.
For any questions, please contact Deborah Dahan.
Click here to register!

Advancing Action on Adaptation: Implications of COP28
2024-02-22 10:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Greater support and action on adaptation is a longstanding need, as outlined in the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), established under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The estimated cost of adaptation for developing countries could reach up to US$387 billion annually within this decade, underscoring the importance of addressing the scale and frequency of climate-related disasters and impacts. The GGA is a framework to provide measurable targets, indicators, and guidelines aimed at catalysing adaptation initiatives and enhancing financing and support for developing countries. Yet, putting the GGA into action has proved challenging.
At COP28, Parties identified gaps as part of the first Global Stocktake, and sought to advance progress on the GGA by adopting the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience.
On February 22, join Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for a virtual event on advancing global action on adaptation and the implications of COP28’s adaptation-related outcomes. The event will include presentations, a panel discussion with experts, followed by a Q&A, and interactive discussion groups.
Through this virtual event, we aim to:
– Support Canadian organizations and other interested practitioners in better understanding adaptation-related outcomes of COP28, including progress on the GGA.
– Consider approaches for connecting local knowledge and scientific data to strengthen resilience through a case study on Aga Khan Agency for Habitat adaptation initiatives in vulnerable mountain environments.
– Engage participants in an interactive discussion on how GGA-related outcomes may affect local adaptation initiatives, particularly those related to monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks.
Presenters
– Deo Raj Gurung, Chief Scientist for Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)
– Emilie Beauchamp, Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Adaptation, Resilience Program for International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
With remarks from Liam Thorne, Program and Partnerships Officer, AKFC
Panelists
Moderator:
– Emilie Beauchamp, Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Adaptation, Resilience Program for International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
– Emily Goodwin, Senior Manager, Climate Policy for Rare
– Kristen Ostling, Senior Advisor, Policy and Advocacy for Plan International Canada
Additional panelists will be announced.
About the organizers
This event is co-hosted by AKFC and IISD as part of AKFC’s Speaker Series on Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation and IISD’s Nature for Climate Adaptation Initiative (NCAI), supported by Global Affairs Canada.
AKFC’s Speaker Series on Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation
The series aims to bring together practitioners, advocates, and others who share an interest in exploring and discussing how we may use the climate crisis as a catalyst for great leaps in addressing the complex challenges involved in confronting climate change in a manner that advances sustainable development, well-being, and resilient livelihoods for all.
Click here to register!

EmpowerU - A Human Trafficking Knowledge Sharing Event
2024-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
In honour of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Aura Freedom is hosting a special online event.
EmpowerU is a Panel Discussion and Community Dialogue with anti-human trafficking advocates, activists, and frontline workers who will share their insights on sex trafficking prevention rooted in equity, intersectionality, and human rights to EMPOWER those working to end exploitation and gender-based violence in their communities, enhance youth safety, and support survivors.
It will also include a Resource Spotlight featuring different community advocates, we will shine a spotlight on various community resources, services and tools available in Ontario and Canada to advance human trafficking prevention and support survivors/those at risk.
This event is for youth, youth-serving frontline workers, community organizations, advocates, educators, parents/guardians, healthcare workers, and other stakeholders invested in eradicating human trafficking and gender-based violence in Ontario and beyond. All are welcome!
Event Highlights:

Knowledge-Sharing: Gain and share knowledge and education on human trafficking prevention and response
Frontline Strategies: Learn from invaluable insights of advocates and frontline professionals on Human Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence prevention
Youth-Led Insights: Hear powerful stories and perspectives from young change-makers
Resource Spotlights: Discover resources, services and tools to support your anti-trafficking efforts and support survivors.

Register here!

Speak up: Youth voices for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights around the world
2024-02-27 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Are you an avid advocate for what you believe in and passionate about youth health and rights, or do you want to learn more?
The past decade or so has shown us how connected we all are as human beings and how events in one corner of the world can affect the rest of the world. This is why we wanted to create a safe space to exchange realities and ideas about what it means to be a youth advocate for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights around the world.
CARE Canada and partners invite you to join our virtual event – Speak Up: Youth voices for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) around the world!
Register now:
Register to attend the event on Tuesday, February 27th for a panel discussion with inspiring youth SRHR advocates from Canada, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Panelists will share their unique insights from their regions on youth SRHR, speak to their own advocacy journeys and show how to take action yourself within this space. Participants can earn a certificate of participation to show off their new knowledge!
Event timeline:
The event is divided into a 30-minute panel discussion and subsequent breakout rooms with each of the speakers. Select one of the breakout rooms to join after the panel discussion based on your interests or region. You will have the opportunity to explore youth SRHR advocacy in more depth alongside the panelist of your choice and a smaller group of participants.
Come to learn about and discuss SRHR advocacy, and network with likeminded youth around the world!
Share this event with your friends and community! We look forward to seeing you there.
PS. check your time zone to know when to join the event:
• 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time
• 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
• 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Central African Time
• 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Eastern African Time
Register here!

CSW68: The Privilege Paradigm, Global Community Forum
2024-03-04 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us for an interactive event to discuss barriers to meaningful participation in the upcoming CSW68 (68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women).
The event will be hosted by: SRHR Hubs, a loud and proud youth-led organization based in what is colonially known as “Canada”.
Click here to register!

Global Community Forum-CSW68: The Privilege Paradigm
2024-03-04 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us on March 4th for an interactive dialogue to discuss barriers to meaningful participation in CSW68 (The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women).
SRHR Hubs is hosting a global community forum on March 4, 2024 at 11 AM EST/4 GST in the lead up to the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Join advocates from across the globe as we engage in an interactive dialogue over Zoom to discuss barriers to meaningful participation in CSW68 and envision a better future together.
Register Here

Periods are Everyone's Business: Canada's Journey to Accelerate Gender and Menstrual Equity
2024-03-07 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join Days for Girls (DfG), Bfree, and the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) in the lead-up to International Women’s Day to learn more about Canada’s journey to accelerate gender equity & access to menstrual health, both domestically and globally.
Click here to register!

International Women's Day: Immigrant Women in STEM
2024-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Celebrate International Women’s Day with us this March!
Join us for a live webinar where we will be welcoming Areeg Ahmed, Ksenia Kholina, and Rojine McVea in conversation on immigrant women in STEM. The webinar will take place virtually on March 8th at 12 PM EST.
Click here to register!

Breaking the barriers: access to services for women with disabilities in West Africa
2024-03-19 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
The barriers to access to services faced by women with disabilities in all their diversity, combined with systemic intersectional discrimination and gender-based violence, hinder their empowerment and undermine progress towards gender equality in the broadest sense. Drawing on the successful experiences of activists with disabilities from Senegal, Benin and Togo, our event will pave the way for innovations in access to civil status, public health and justice services, and social protection. Best practices in financial inclusion, women’s entrepreneurship and the fight against sexual harassment of young women and girls with disabilities in schools and universities will be shared.
** This Webinar will be in French and English **
Click here to register!

Unveiling the Power of Gender Transformative Nutrition
2024-03-20 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This interactive discussion will address how investing in nutrition requires a gender lens and how this links to food systems, social protection, and education. It will examine the important role women and girls play in the nutritional status of their communities. Join us as we explore how nutrition, gender equality, and empowered interact and affect diverse communities and the programming and investments needed in policy and financial solutions to address this.
Click here to register!

Webinar on Women's Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioids
2024-03-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This project involved creating sex, gender, equity, and trauma informed resources for providers that reflect women’s lived and living experiences with chronic pain and prescription opioids. We spoke with women with lived/living experiences, consulted with providers, examined the literature, and analyzed Canadian policy documents on chronic pain with a sex and gender lens.
Join us to learn about our info packages, online training modules, and other resources designed for women and service providers. You’ll also get to hear about our recommendations for policy and practice to incorporate sex and gender into chronic pain and opioid use considerations.
Click here to register!

CSW68 Parallel Event: Intersectional perspectives on climate change and poverty reduction in Africa
2024-03-21 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
In a world where the most marginalized are most affected by climate change, structural inequalities due to sexism and ableism exacerbate women’s poverty and prevent them from engaging in transformative action. Speakers will tackle the pressing persisting challenges faced by women with intersecting identities ; showing how women with disabilities in Rwanda are agents of change, promoting gender- and disability-just climate adaptation. An intersectional indigenous perspective from Kenya will be discussed. Practitioners will explore Inclusive gender budgeting in local government (Uganda) and improved access to financial services for rural disabled women (Senegal) as successful innovations to eradicate poverty.
Speakers:
• UNABU Gaudence Mushimiyimana
• Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (EIWEN) Christine Kandie
• DIWA Ruth Mkutumula
• WILDAF Senegal Dieynaba Diallo
• LIDDWA speaker to be confirmed
Click here to apply!

Gender-Based Violence in the Media: Online Launch event
2024-03-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join Aura Freedom and collaborators for an informative event focused on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the media. This event is designed for journalists and GBV advocates who are passionate about promoting change through their work.
During this online event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from industry experts in both the journalism and GBV sectors. Through engaging discussions and a presentation of Aura Freedom’s GBV In The Media project – including their new media guidelines for journalists – we will explore the role of media in addressing gender-based violence. We will also explore the challenges faced by journalists reporting on these issues, and hear about the efforts of GBV advocates to promote responsible and transformative reporting of GBV in Canadian media.
By attending this event, you’ll gain valuable insights, expand your network, and be part of a growing movement dedicated to combating GBV through the power of media. Join us for learning, sharing and transforming!
Event Details:
Date: Tues Mar 26, 2024.
Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM (EST)
ASL & French Interpretation available
Click here to register!

Global Youth, Global Voices: Fostering equity and justice in international cooperation
2024-03-27 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Recognizing the important role of youth in international cooperation, ICN is dedicated to amplifying their voices. Join us for a webinar featuring a dynamic panel from ICN’s 2024 Youth Delegation Program. These young leaders will share their experiences at CSW68 (Commission on the Status of Women), delving into critical lessons learned and their impactful contributions.
This session will also explore pressing issues currently reshaping the international cooperation sector. Together, we’ll discuss strategies for dismantling silos within the sector, elevating Indigenous voices, putting young people at the forefront of change, and reevaluating global agendas. Our goal? To forge pathways towards a society that’s not only more equitable but truly just for all.
Click here to attend!

Webinar on Communicating Equality to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls
2024-03-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This project involved the creation of campaign messages, as well as a toolkit and training module, that communicate gender transformative principles into primary prevention of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
In this webinar, we will present the messaging, discuss the development process, and share how the toolkit and training can support others in developing their own gender transformative messaging to prevent VAWG.
Click here to register!

6th Annual Global Health Conference
2024-04-11 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | BC Children’s Hospital’s Chan Centre for Family Health Education, 938 West 28th Ave, Entrance #18, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4H4, Canada
About the conference
Global Surgery: Addressing a Neglected Health Crisis
The Global Health Conference is an annual event bringing together a community of students, trainees, clinicians, researchers, and faculty from across health professions and disciplines to share knowledge. This year, our focus is to bring attention to the often overlooked challenges in global surgical care, addressing issues from care inequalities to the impact of education and training on building surgical capacity. We will explore how these factors specifically affect the care of children and women worldwide. Our goal is to create an inclusive discussion forum for anyone interested in global health and surgery – everyone is welcome to attend.
This is a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual options, but of course we highly encourage you to attend in-person! Coffee and a catered lunch will be provided for all in-person attendees. Head over to the ‘Registration’ page to secure your spot.
When: Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm PDT
Where: Virtual & In-Person at the Chan Centre for Family Health Education, BC Children’s Hospital
Ticket Cost: $0 – Free!
Presenters
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Salome Maswime
Dr. Salome Maswime is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, and the President of the South African Clinician Scientists Society. She is recognized as a global surgery expert, because of her research contributions on caesarean sections. She is an advocate for women’s health rights, and equity in surgical and maternal care. She is an advisor and consultant to several institutions, including the World Health Organization. She has received numerous awards for her tenacity and commitment to maternal health, and for ongoing research in maternal health.
How to Register:
Click here to register!
Stay Connected:
To learn more, visit the event site here.
You can also follow us on X [@BCCWH_Global] for updates and additional content.
We look forward to welcoming you at our 6th annual Global Health Conference!
Cheers,
The IGH-BCCWH Team

ARC Hub BIPOC Staff/Leadership Roundtable for Canadian International Cooperation Sector
2024-04-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-16 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us for an empowering and inclusive virtual gathering designed exclusively for Black, Indigenous, and racialised (BIPOC) staff working in the Canadian international cooperation sector.
This roundtable provides a unique space for BIPOC staff to connect, share experiences, and collectively address challenges within the sector. Engage in insightful discussions, gain valuable perspectives from experienced professionals, and collaboratively explore strategies to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion. Let’s build connections, foster solidarity, and pave the way for positive change within the Canadian international cooperation community. Together, we are stronger.
Save the date and join the conversation!
Dates:
– The leadership* roundtable will be held on April 11th, 1pm-4pm EST
– The staff** roundtable will be held on April 16th, 1pm-4pm EST
Structure:
– Frequency: Each roundtable will meet once over an afternoon in the earlier parts of the new year.
– Format: Virtual meetings, each meeting will include a combination of open and structured discussions.
– Moderation: The roundtable will be facilitated by the Racial Justice Expert but will be run through collective ownership inviting all into the management and definition of the meetings
Preparation: Participants are encouraged to come prepared to share their experiences, questions and actively engage in discussions. Pre-reading materials that will be distributed in advance to provide context and facilitate a more informed conversation. Please make sure to share if you have any caucus topics in the registration form.
Follow-up: A summary report of the roundtable discussions, including key insights/reflections, action items, and identified strategies, will be compiled and shared with participants. Follow-up activities, including ongoing communication channels, will be established to ensure the sustainability of the initiatives discussed.

Adaptation to climate change-driven infectious disease risks in Canada
2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Multiple national and international assessments of possible impacts of climate change on infectious diseases have highlighted a range of climate-sensitive diseases and the possibility of i) geographic spread of infectious diseases from endemic areas to regions where they have not been seen before; and ii) more epidemic behavior of mosquito-borne, and food and water-borne infectious diseases due to climate variability and extreme weather events.
To address these threats, adaptation programs require enhanced activity across public health functions of risk assessment, surveillance, and interventions (preventive measures, public health guidance, control measures, risk communications, and early warning systems).
Nick Ogden, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Public Health Risk Sciences Division, will share progress made with this endeavor at the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Adaptation to climate change-driven infectious disease risks in Canada
Click here to attend!

Celebrating gender and malaria successes and heroes panel discussion
2024-04-21 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
For the 2024 World Malaria Day, gender is at the forefront of the agenda. Over the last few years, progress towards malaria elimination have stagnated and in 2022, 608 000 lost their lives to malaria while 249 million malaria cases were reported. Research from various countries shows that gender-based economic, cultural, and social dynamics have had an impact of achieving malaria elimination goals.
Several actors have taken on the task of addressing gender-based biases within malaria policies and programme and with their support, progress has been made to bridge the gender and equity divide within malaria programmes.
Along the sidelines of the 8th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Society conference, the RBM Partnership and its members would like to pause and reflect on the work done so far, celebrate the successes achieved and plan for the future. The evening will feature a celebration and an engaging panel discussion to help the audience take stock and plan for the future where we have a malaria-free future.
Register here!

Global Immunization: The emerging threat of diseases like measles and the need to reach every child
2024-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us as Dr. Natasha Crowcroft (WHO) and Dr. Ephrem Lemango (UNICEF) discuss emerging infectious disease threats around the globe, and the state of efforts to protect the world’s children through immunization. Hosted by the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) and the Centre for Global Health (CGH) at University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and UNICEF Canada.
Click here to attend!

Beyond Hospital Doors: A Deep Dive into Post-Discharge Mortality Among Rwandan Children
2024-05-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Hybrid, Canada
Please join the Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre on Thursday, May 8, 2024 from 12:00 – 1:00PM for a global health special seminar by Dr. Christian Umuhoza on “Beyond Hospital Doors: A Deep Dive into Post-Discharge Mortality Among Rwandan Children”. He will present the Smart Discharges study findings on the neglected burden of post-discharge mortality among Rwandan children. A meet and greet with Dr. Umuhoza will follow from 1:00-2:00PM and refreshments will be served.
Dr. Umuhoza is a consultant pediatrician at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) and senior lecturer at the University of Rwanda (UR). With a keen interest in medical education, Dr. Umuhoza plays an invaluable role in teaching medical students and residents in pediatrics. In 2022, Dr. Umuhoza partnered with the Institute for Global Health as the Co-Principal Investigator for the Smart Discharges Digital Health Research Program aiming to improve hospital-to-home transitions among children recovering from sepsis. He is also involved in the Arrowsmith, UBC, and UR Global Health Partnership, supporting medical resident education through shared virtual learning activities.
We would love to see you in-person at the CSB V2-222, but if you are unable to attend in-person, the Zoom details are provided below.
Click here to attend.

Youth Vision Summit 2024
2024-05-11 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C2, Canada
Empowering youth-led global change for the world’s most vulnerable children and youth!
This hybrid conference is free for youth to attend (thanks to our generous sponsor)! You can attend in person or virtually. Lunch and refreshments are included for in-person attendees.
Here is what you can look forward to at the Youth Vision Summit:
– Build advocacy skills in public education, political engagement, storytelling, and digital and artistic mobilization.
– Be inspired by Young Global Changemakers and connect with like-minded youth and global impact professionals locally and nationally.
– Be involved in big-picture conversations including solving global hunger, protecting children’s rights, building sustainability for the next generation, and influencing policy change.
– Discover how to amplify Canada’s role in advancing global equality and the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals through engaging with decision-makers and the public.
– Learn how you can affect change in the lives of children across the globe and advocate for a better future to end extreme poverty, improve global health, advance gender equity, strengthen environmental protection, and improve global food systems.
Don’t miss this life-shaping opportunity to explore how you can be part of global conversations and impact. You’ll have the chance to engage with impressive youth changemakers, like-minded peers, and humanitarian practitioners to network and make valuable connections!
Click here to register!

From Evidence to Impact: Fundamentals of Global Health Advocacy
2024-05-21 09:00 - 2024-05-22 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
COURSE FORMAT
Online or in-person. Enrollees will need to pick which section of the course to attend:
-Online: May 21 & 22 9:00am-3:00pm (Montreal time). The online course will be recorded and available until July 1, 2024.
-In-person: May 23 & 24 9:00am-3:00pm (Montreal time). The in-person course will not be recorded.
DESCRIPTION
Advocacy has a crucial role to play in shaping priorities and policies in global health, yet figuring out how to get started in advocacy can be daunting. Through a combination of lectures, interactive activities, case studies and guest speakers, participants will leave this course inspired by the potential of advocacy for positive change and confident in their ability to incorporate it into their own work. Focusing on both the theory and practical steps behind effective advocacy, this course is relevant for both global and Canadian audiences as well as those brand-new to advocacy or those who want to build on their existing skills.
COURSE DIRECTOR
Leigh Raithby
Policy and Advocacy Officer, Results Canada and Stop TB Canada
COURSE FACULTY
Taryn Russell, Deputy Executive Director, Results Canada
Ekatha Ann John, Global Health Policy and Advocacy Manager, Results Canada
Dominique Denoncourt, Policy and Advocacy Officer, Results Canada
Faculty are still being confirmed and there may be changes to the above list.
CONTENT
Advocacy is democracy in action – it can play a powerful role in influencing and shaping priorities and policies in global health. An effective advocacy campaign consists of several strategic components, that together, can effect change at national, regional, and international levels. In this session, participants will learn to identify opportunities for policy change in different contexts, and the tools to influence decision-making to bring about specific changes in global health. This will include an overview of advocacy, key components to build high-impact campaigns in different settings, working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders, ways to communicate effectively with target audiences, engaging parliamentarians and policymakers, and campaigning through digital advocacy. The session will include relevant experts from different country contexts sharing their experiences advocating for healthy lives and human dignity for everyone, everywhere.
We will utilize case studies that are global in nature and have guest speakers from a variety of countries so participants can be inspired about how they may apply advocacy in their own contexts and have a good understanding of the breadth of advocacy work that is happening around the world.
OBJECTIVES
– To foster a nuanced understanding of advocacy, decision-making processes, and translating evidence-based knowledge into policy action in global health
– To equip participants with the ability to develop a step-by-step advocacy strategy – from developing an “ask” to identifying appropriate targets, tactics and allies and measuring impact.
– To explore and share different strategies, tactics, challenges and barriers to influence decision making in global health.
– To encourage participants to apply advocacy using an anti-oppression and equity lens to their areas of work.
TARGET AUDIENCE
– Public health graduate students and faculty with an interest in global health advocacy
– Health researchers and practitioners
– Policymakers, administrators, and policy advisors
– Community advocates and civil society

Ensuring global access to affordable diagnostics for tuberculosis: A Canadian perspective
2024-05-22 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Before patients can be effectively treated, they need to be diagnosed. The GeneXpert is an effective diagnostic tool for diseases like drug-resistant tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis that is also suitable for low-resource environments. Unfortunately, high prices for the cartridges used for each test mean it does not reach all who could benefit. This session will explain the “Time for $5” campaign calling on GeneXpert manufacturers Cepheid and Danaher to lower the price of cartridges; discuss the importance of diagnostics in settings from Canada to Lesotho; and highlight Canada’s pledges, and shortfalls, supporting the global push to end TB.

Changing the international conversation through qualitative research: the case of World Health Organisation maternity care guidelines
2024-05-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Please join Maternal and Infant Health Canada (a global public health collaborative devoted to improving wellbeing of the environment, young ones and those who identify as women) and the Global Women’s Health Network (an alumni group of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Takemi program in International Health) for a webinar by Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist, Mahmuda Rahman Khan. The webinar is open to all and free of charge. We host webinars every two months. All welcome!
Learning Objectives from Webinar:
– Have a basic knowledge of Qualitative Evidence Synthesis techniques
– Understand the process of World Health Organisation guideline creation
– Appreciate how research impact emerges

Bridging Advocacy and Research - Perinatal Care & Incarceration
2024-05-28 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This seminar will include:
– An introduction to the current state of affairs related to perinatal care and women’s reproductive health as it relates to incarceration, including a small review of interesting findings in the literature applicable to the topic at hand.
– A recount of the current issues related to mother-baby provincial programs and how they affect the mother-baby connection in BC and Canada. Legal and psychosocial issues women and babies face with the current policies surrounding mother-baby programs, from the perspective of both someone with a lived experience and someone involved in this area day-to-day.
– A call for action to bridge research and policy, including an introduction of a new hub aiming at addressing these issues in a way that involves communities, policy-makers and researchers (IMPACT Hub).
About the Speakers:
Allison Campbell is a Registered Midwife and Associate Professor of Teaching in the Midwifery Program at UBC. She is currently completing PhD studies at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (aka the Social Justice Institute). Combining her professional and political interests: social justice in perinatal health care and incarceration practices in Canada, and informed by many years of learning, practicing and teaching midwifery, her PhD work focuses on perinatal experiences and reproductive justice in prisons in BC, specifically with regards to parenting behind bars. Allison has received funding from SSHRC and the UBC Public Scholars’ Initiative for her research and is a 2023-24 recipient of a Killam Teaching Prize.
Mo Korchinski is the Executive Director of Unlocking the Gates Service Society (UTG). Mo has had a long history of substance abuse and incarceration. Mo has a Bachelor of Social Work from Nicola Valley Institution of Technology. Her life’s work is now dedicated to helping others break the cycle of incarceration. She is an advocate for people involved in the criminal justice system and continues to push for change at a policy level and increased support for her community. Mo feels strongly about the need to address trauma and support healing for people who experience incarceration.
Dr. Jessica Liauw is a Maternal Fetal Medicine clinician-scientist at BC Women’s Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. She completed her Maternal Fetal Medicine fellowship, Masters of Health Sciences in Population and Public Health, and the Clinician-Investigator fellowship at UBC. Her research interests include fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, medical decision-making, and the reproductive health needs of marginalized populations.
Click here to attend!

Rise & Thrive: Empowering East African Youth through Education
2024-05-30 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | 199 Sussex Drive, Ottawa / Zoom
Education has the power to shape the course of a person’s life. But access to this fundamental human right is often threatened by harmful gender norms, fragile institutions, and other systemic barriers. This is especially true for girls living in vulnerable communities. Addressing these challenges requires the cultivation of inclusive, resilient, and adaptive learning environments.
Join AKFC and Canada-Mathare Education Trust on May 30 as we embark on an exploration of innovative approaches, challenges, and triumphs in promoting educational access for girls, in East Africa and beyond. We’ll discuss the role of Canadian cooperation in expanding gender-equitable education and skill-building opportunities for youth in the region.
Be a changemaker. Join us at Rise & Thrive and be inspired to advance gender equity and access to education.
REGISTER HERE AND LEARN MORE

Canada and global health in the age of geopolitical chaos
2024-06-04 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
In a world of polycrisis and geopolitical chaos, how does Canada mobilize and sustain political leadership for global health? Join our panelists to explore how governments, civil society, academia and the Canadian public can work together to drive global, equitable, and sustainable action towards health and wellbeing for all.
Click here to learn more and to register!

Incorporating Indigenous perspectives and knowledge in the ethics of international cooperation
2024-06-06 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
The Anti-Racist Cooperation Hub is thrilled to be partnering with Jacknife Consulting Ltd to provide the opportunity to organizations and individuals to join an interactive webinar that will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of opportunities to incorporate Indigenous ethics, ways of working and Reconciliation into international cooperation.
Please note that this workshop is a pre-requisite for individuals interested in participating in a follow-up session on June 24, 2024, in which participants will have a chance to apply their learning from this session.
? Location: Online Zoom
? Registration: Register by June 4, 2024
Click here to attend!
