“The time is now.” These words, spoken by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands in 2012, were echoed by His Excellency Cees Kole, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, at the annual Global Health Advisory Board meeting at McMaster on October 24. As Honorary Chair of the Global Health Advisory […]
Tomorrow, October 24, we will be hosting our Global Health Advisory Board meeting to discuss directions and strategies for the MSc Global Health, our unique, collaborative and transnational program with Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and Manipal University in India. Today and tomorrow, we look forward to welcoming and hosting our board members […]
Maastricht University has been McMaster’s partner since 2010, when we launched our unique MSc in Global Health program, designed to prepare the next generation of professionals for the global workforce. The program is an exercise in blended learning that features online synchronous and asynchronous teaching/learning, face-to-face classroom and real-world experiences, and exchanges to Maastricht. […]
From October 23-24, the MSc Global Health program will undergo its cyclical academic program review – the Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP). The goal of McMaster’s IQAP is to facilitate the development and continued improvement of our undergraduate and graduate academic programs. It also aims to ensure that McMaster continues to lead internationally in […]
For his commitment to supporting people with physical disabilities, Dr. Luis Barreto was awarded the 2014 March of Dimes Rt. Honourable Paul Martin Sr. Award. The award was initiated in 1988 in honour of the former Honorary Campaign Chair of March of Dimes, the late Paul Martin Sr., who waged a personal battle against […]
For the last month, the Global Health Office was pleased to host visiting scholar Erika Bassi, a Master of Science in Nursing student from the University of Ferrara, Italy. Bassi was awarded a grant sponsored by the Ferrara University & Rotary Club to join the Nursing Health Services Research Unit (NHSRU) for the month […]
