March 2015

Immediate opportunity. CFHI Assistant Director, Africa and Asia is a leadership role providing comprehensive international program management, including nurturing asset-based global partnerships, curriculum development, student and institutional partner recruitment, managing student enrollment and participation, providing incident response, overseeing administration, ensuring program safety & quality, and participating in outward facing speaking and collaboration opportunities. The individual is expected to operationalize best practices in international education with CFHI’s global programs in Africa and Asia. This position reports to the Executive Director and works closely with programs team, including Program Assistant and Associate Director, Latin America and New Partnerships. CFHI’s office is located in San Francisco, California. Remote working arrangement will be considered. This is a great position providing flexibility, leadership opportunity, and global engagement.

Abstract Deadline: May 29, 2015. Conference Dates: Nov. 5-7, 2015. Montreal, Quebec. Capacity Building for Global Health: Research & Practice. The 22nd Canadian Conference on Global Health will provide a forum for practitioners, researchers, educators, students, policy makers and community mobilizers interested in primary health care to share knowledge, experience and promote innovation and collaborative action.

Group Bookings: March 4-6, 2015 Launch of BlackHalifax.com: Thursday, March 5, 2015 @ 6pm Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street Booking Info for School Classes and Seniors’ Groups Programs To Book Call Richard MacMichael at 902-424-7490.

Tuesday March 31, 2015 @ 5:30-7:30 pm. Halifax: Tupper Th. A; Saint John: DMNB rm 105. RSVP: gho@dal.ca Dalhousie's Global Health Office invites you to this special global health event. We will have discussions with Dalhousie's Shawna O'Hearn as well as Dr. Rohit Ramchandani. The event will also celebrate Global Health Awards, Photo Contest and the graduation ceremony.

Course Start: March 2, 2015. Course Duration: 5 weeks. Death 101 is designed for MOOC students and is built for online learning.To help the living, study the dead: we will analyze the world’s biggest health problems by investigating causes of death. About this Course Death 101 enables students to investigate health problems affecting large populations – the whole world in fact! By understanding the big numbers in global mortality and their causes and distributions, this course teaches you to think numerically about global health. We use real data from real people to ask the questions: What are the major causes of death in the world? Why do we need cause of death statistics? How does counting the dead help the living?

Ticket Deadline: March 2, 2015. Symposium and Gala Friday March 6, 2015. Symposium – Reflections on the Donald Marshall Jr. Inquiry – and the Next 25 years of Justice for our Communities Friday, March 6 from 1-4 p.m. at the Schulich School of Law, 6061 University Avenue Speakers include Robert Wright, Shawna Hoyte, QC, Dr. Jane McMillan and Cheryl Maloney All welcome – Admission Free IB&M 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner, Friday, March 6 at the Westin Hotel, Reception at 5:30 with dinner to follow.