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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 @ 1-4 pm. Tupper Building- Theatre C. Please join us for an afternoon introduction to knowledge translation. Knowledge translation (or KT) is the application of knowledge to help improve health care services, the health care system, and the overall health of Canadians.

Mon. Oct. 19, 2015 @ 1:30-4:30pm. Halifax, NS. ACIC Nova Scotia members are invited to participate in this free workshop that will address how these goals will impact Nova Scotia.

Wed. Sept. 30, 2015 @ 4pm. Potter Auditorium Rowe Management Building. Dr. Joy DeGruy, Author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, will be speaking at Dalhousie as part of the Health Association of African Canadians Mental Health Conference.

Nov. 4, 2015 @ 5:30pm. Tupper Th. A (Tupper Link), video conferenced to Saint John sites. Residency Training in the United States and Canada: Past, Present and Future with Dr. Kenneth Ludmerer.

Nov 20-22, 2015. Dalhousie University. Dalhousie’s Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts (CYCC) Institute and the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre are co-hosting a symposium on emergent trends in research with vulnerable young people.

Deadline: Thurs, Oct. 8, 2015 @ 4pm. Application Deadline: Thurs. Oct. 8, 2015 @ 4pm The Global Health Office invites students in Health Professions and Medicine to apply to the Global Health Bursary fund to receive financial assistance to attend the 2015 Canadian Conference on Global Health, Nov. 5-7 in Montreal.

Date: Every Second Thurs starting Oct 1, 2015 @ 10am-12pm. We are excited to announce that Michelle Patrick will be available at the Black Student Advising Centre to meet with students interested in the health professions, or are currently studying health professions that are looking for more information about health professions, jobs, and volunteer opportunities!

Deadline: Fri. Jan. 29, 2016. The MD Class of 1972 have established an Endowment Fund with the Global Health Office to provide bursaries to fourth-year medical student to pursue an international education experience.

Wed Oct 21 @ 5-6 pm. Halifax: Tupper G36; DMNB: 221; Miramichi: 3111. Theme: "What in the world is wrong with Global Health?" A discussion of ethics, policy and activism in approaching Global Health. Facilitator: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Dalhousie Department of International Development Studies. Dr. Huish’s research explores ways in which social activism can lead to comprehensive development outcomes. With a focus on global health inequity he examines the role of activism in bringing about improved provision of health care in resource-poor settings.

Nomination Deadline: October 23, 2015. This is a call for nominations for the Vic Neufeld Mentorship Award in Global Health Research. The award will be presented at the CCGHR Annual General Meeting held during the Canadian Conference on Global Health 2015. This award is intended to recognize those who have provided exemplary mentorship to new and developing lobal health researchers.