SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change

Research supports women’s health and economic empowerment towards COVID-19 recovery

patilpos — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:56:00 +0000

The University of Ghana and 91��ɫ have partnered in an IDRC Women RISE initiative supporting action-oriented and gender-transformative research on how women's health and their work intersect and interact in the context of preparedness, response and recovery from COVID-19. Women RISE is aligned with priority 3.5 of the United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery on […]

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EUC and SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

paultran — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 19:03:25 +0000

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. SDG 3 aspires to achieve universal health coverage and provide access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines for all. Through research and advocacy, EUC faculty and graduate students have supported initiatives in human health and well-being, and have examined the impacts of COVID-19 […]

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Families of Quebec seniors who died in long-term care split on idea of public inquiry

paultran — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:08:32 +0000

While some feel only a full public inquiry will get answers, others fear it would be a waste of time In interview with Prof Mark Winfield As opposition politicians at the National Assembly unite in calls for a full public inquiry into the deaths of seniors at long term-care homes during the first wave of […]

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Maureen Owino awarded prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

paultran — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:45:13 +0000

Maureen Owino, environmental studies Maureen Owino Owino’s research, titled "When HIV and COVID-19 Pandemics Collide in Black Communities in Canada," confronts issues relating to pandemic responses that impact already vulnerable communities. Through institutional ethnography, the research will examine the cumulative impacts of existing and emerging social and public health policies on Black people’s health and […]

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Indigenous education is central to Canada’s COVID-19 recovery

paultran — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:57:43 +0000

Article by By Suzanne Katsi'tsiarihshion Brant MES'05 & Bryden Award Recipient Over the last number of years, I have been honoured to provide leadership for First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in eastern Ontario. Now celebrating our 35th year as a post-secondary institute, we have provided unique learning experiences for thousands of Indigenous […]

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