February 2017

March 21, 2017, Poster abstracts due Feb 28, 2017. Dalhousie University. We are welcoming expressions of interest from students, faculty, researchers and clinicians to prepare a poster on any work or initiatives related to Indigenous health.

Sat. March 4, 2017 @ 7pm. Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope St. Halifax, NS. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. The Fabienne Colas Foundation is very happy to bring the Black Film Festival to Nova Scotia coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Canada. Film: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.

June 22 - 25, 2018. University of Saskatchewan. This event welcomes One Health advocates to discuss the major global health challenges, including zoonotic diseases such as yellow fever, Zika and West Nile viruses, antimicrobial resistance, and the future challenges of global climate change.

Ongoing deadline. We have 2 new Bursary Opportunities for Indigenous and African Nova Scotian students. The first focuses on conference/Professional development support for current Dalhousie students and the second addresses entrance requirements support.

July 16-21, 2017. Barcelona Spain. The Barcelona Global Health Summer School 2017 will gather key experts in the field to address the causes, contexts, and consequences of the inequitable access to medicines and what to do about it.

March 7, 2017 @ 6pm (reception), 6:30pm (panel discussion). Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library. The panel, hosted by the Canadian Red Cross in partnership with Dalhousie University Global Health Office, will highlight some of the challenges faced when working to strengthen the lives of women and children in these contexts, while also discussing some of the best practices in providing assistance, relief and healthcare to these individuals and families.

April 1 & 2, 2017. Tupper Medical Building, Theatre A. Videoconferenced to Dalhousie Medicine NB sites. Building Resilience Through the Arts and Humanities.

March 7, 2017 @ 4:30 - 6 PM. Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie University. Doors open at 4:00 PM. The Faculty of Health Professions is pleased to host Invictus Games Toronto 2017 on March 7 for an expert panel. Join CEO of Invictus Games Toronto 2017 Michael Burns, Dean Alice Aiken and an interprofessional panel in a discussion about the impact of the games on military personnel, veterans, friends and family.

Fri. May 5, 2017 @ 8am - 4:30pm. Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University. XXVIII W.O. McCormick Academic Day Conference. Named in honour of the late Dr. W.O. McCormick, Academic Day has become the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry’s most highly valued and successful annual conference with over 230 participants. The audience consists of psychiatrists, primary care physicians, residents, medical students, and multidisciplinary mental health clinicians from throughout the Atlantic Provinces representing Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry.

Donate by: March 7, 2017. Dalhousie University Nursing Society (DUNS) global health committee has started their First Start Campaign. This is a toiletry drive to benefit the Halifax Refugee Clinic emergency settlement fund.