First aid kit, CHECK. Toenails clipped, CHECK. Snacks made and tea brewed, CHECK. Double check everyone knows where we’re meeting, CHECK. Bag packed, clothes laid out, hiking boots ready to be put to use, CHECK CHECK CHECK. It’s 11:39PM on the eve of MSF’s annual Walk Without Borders challenge. Tomorrow, I, among 21 of […]
The Global Health Office’s first online networking event for alumni and students took place October 19, 2016. The first in a professional development series, the event provided an opportunity for Global Health students and grads to chat online, connecting colleagues from as far as Senegal. With 33 participants, the online text-based platform facilitated […]
From Montreal… In September 2014, at the peak of the Ebola outbreak that inundated the minds of media and global citizens alike, I found myself in an unlikely situation. I, as a third year Microbiology & Immunology student at McGill University, was working as part of a global coalition of health professionals to research, compile […]
The World Bank report warns that poor people living in slum conditions are the most likely to be killed or harmed by extreme weather. However, literature on the specific link and nature of problems faced by these people due to climate change and disasters is scarce. For MSc Global Health graduate Jessica Yu, this […]
Global Health Advisory Board member Thijs Teeling was recently awarded a knighthood in the order of Oranje-Nassau, a Dutch order given to Dutch citizens and foreign diplomats for their service to the nation. King Willem van Oranje-Nassau presented Teeling with the award, which recognizes his outstanding contribution to the Netherlands’ society and promoting […]
