January 2019

Thurs. Feb 7, 2019 @ 6-8 PM. Rowe Building, Room 1007. Speakers: Dr. John Cameron, International Development Studies. Dr. Emily Kirk, Spanish & Latin American Studies. Ivan Okello, Queen Elizabeth Scholar. Cynthia Murphy, International Office

February 2019. Various locations around Nova Scotia. The 2019 provincial theme, Our History is Your History, recognizes the unique story of African Nova Scotians and how this story is interwoven throughout the past, present and future of all Nova Scotians.

Thurs. Feb. 7, 2019 @ 4-6 PM. TD Building, 5495 Spring Garden Rd, 3rd floor, Halifax. RSVP by Feb. 3 to: janelle@acic-caci.org. Hear from guest speakers, Network with community groups and business members. Enjoy free appetizers.

Feb 11, 2019 @ 6-7:30 PM. Vinnie's Pub, Mount Saint Vincent University. This panel discussion is hosted by the MSVU Black Student Support Office

Abstracts deadline: Jan 28, 2019. Conference Dates: Nov 25 - 27, 2019. Ottawa, Ontario. The theme for CCSA's IOS 2019 conference is Evidence and Perspectives​, Compassion and Action. Substance use and addiction are serious concerns in Canada.

Feb 4, 2019 @ 12 - 1 PM. Tupper Theatre C, 5850 College Street. Dr. Robert Strang, MD. Chief Medical Officer of Health, Department of Health & Wellness, Government of NS. Dr. Strang will provide an overview of the development and ongoing implementation of the province's response to the ongoing national crisis of opiod and street drug overdoses.

Sept. 16-20, 2019. Liverpool, UK. The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is delighted and proud to be hosting ECTMIH 2019 in Liverpool, UK on behalf of the Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH). The Congress provides a platform for sharing research and innovation in the field of tropical medicine and global health. Contacts are made, networks are strengthened, and new partnerships are formed.

Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2019. Course Dates: July 8-26, 2019. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Global Health Delivery Intensive (GHDI) is a rigorous summer program that trains public health leaders and health practitioners through a curriculum of epidemiology, management science and global health delivery case studies, enabling them to effectively design and manage programs that improve health outcomes for the populations they serve.

Wed. Jan 23, 2019 @ 5:30 – 7:00 PM. Room 1014, Kenneth Rowe Management Bldg. 6100 University Ave. Halifax, NS. Rebecca Tiessen is University Chair in Teaching and Professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research explores gender equality and development, foreign aid and the role and impact of international aid workers in partner countries.

The Centre for Global Child Health (C-GCH) at The Hospital for Sick Children is recruiting fellows for the Academic Global Child Health Fellowship training program. Applications are being accepted for the start date of July 2020.