Please join us for a reading and Q-and-A with Alicia Elliott, author of the national bestseller A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, Nov. 16, 11 a.m. to noon, in the Fireside Reading Room at Frost Library, Glendon College. The event is open to the public and will take place in English. Elliott is a […]
Rapid damage assessment is a critical component of post-disaster response, a crucial step in recovery, and very essential for timely and effective decisions by emergency managers following a medium to large-scale event. While new technologies such as satellite imagery, drones, crowdsourcing, and artificial intelligence have created opportunities for faster and more accurate damage assessment, conducting […]
Making a Will is the most important thing you can do to ensure your wishes are carried out and your loved ones are provided for. That said, a number of issues can arise with an improperly drafted Will, or worse yet, no Will at all. Rebecca Studin (BA’04, JD’08) will share some practical tips from […]
IP Osgoode, Reichman University and Microsoft are pleased to invite you to the first Bracing for Impact event to be held in person since 2019! The topic for this year’s conference is “The Future of AI for Society“. Advancements in the field of artificial intelligence are progressively taking up more space in the world’s collective […]
Are you wondering how to ensure financial stability during times of market uncertainty? Our speaker, Don Levy (BA’86, CFP, CIM, FCSI, TEP), will share key strategies and principles that will help you build and preserve your wealth to achieve your lifetime goals. This session will cover topics on preserving capital, maximizing retirement income, tax-saving strategies […]
This session is held in collaboration with Health Education & Promotion. Let’s face it, today’s culture values perfection. We may feel pressure towards academic excellence, especially as mature/part-time students where the stakes on achieving academic success are especially high. As a result, some of us might experience perfectionist tendencies from time to time. These experiences […]
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is pleased to present the following event: Use of Real-Time Evidence in Humanitarian Practice at the Canadian Red Cross with Ahmad Firas Khalid Wednesday, November 30 1 to 2 p.m. ET In person and online Register here The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) provides health care services to the […]
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is pleased to present the following event: Ecological Economics for Public and Planetary Health: Moving Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm with Lina Brand Correa Wednesday, November 23 1 to 2 p.m. ET In person and online Register here There are multiple ways in which our economic system influences the […]
Through a series of engaging activities and reflection exercises participants who take part in this workshop will be able to: Contextualize their social location based on their identity; Deepen their understanding of allyship in a personal and institutional setting; Practice active allyship and develop strategies to have brave conversations. To register for this event, go to: […]
The combination of Bruce Mau’s design vision and the Dahdaleh Institute’s approach to critical problem solving for greater effectiveness, equity, and excellence in global health research is Massive Action: Global Health Design. In this series of six seminars, Dahdaleh Institute community fellow and visionary designer, author, educator, and artist Bruce Mau will discuss how design methodology […]