Healthcare | Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) /gradstudies Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:29:03 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 91ŃÇÉ« PhD candidate receives History of Medicine & Healthcare Award /gradstudies/2023/11/27/phd-candidate-receives-ams-hmh-award/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:50:00 +0000 /gradstudies/?p=54298

Congratulations to Jody Hodgins, PhD candidate in the Department of History, for receiving the Doctoral Research Award from the Associated Medical Services (AMS) History of Medicine and Healthcare (HMH) program.

Since the 1970s, AMS Healthcare, with the help of many partners, has worked to elevate the History of Healthcare’s standing in the academic community and beyond. The AMS History of Healthcare Awards Program promotes scholarship, teaching and public interest in the history of healthcare, disease and medicine. Healthcare professionals, students and researchers can apply for three types of awards: Post-Doctoral Fellowships of $45,000, Doctoral Research Awards of $25,000, and Project Grants of up to $10,000. The program aspires to convene networks, develop leaders and fund crucial activities in medical history, healthcare research, education and clinical practice.

Hodgins is one of eleven 2023 research grant and fellowship award recipients selected by an expert review panel. These outstanding scholars will act as leaders to enhance the impact and value of the History of Healthcare research in Canada and beyond as well as a source of lessons that will help shape Canadian healthcare in the future.

“I am grateful to AMS Healthcare for their support of the History of Medicine community and honoured to receive this award alongside such a company,” shares Hodgins.

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Jody Hodgins

Her project, titled “Meeting Demands for Animal Healthcare: Veterinary Medicine in Rural Southern Ontario, 1862-1939,” will explore the interdependence between animal, human and environmental health to show advancements in public health and the role veterinary medicine had in shaping our current understanding of modern medicine and healthcare practices. 

Hodgins examines four key developments that occurred between 1862, marking the establishment of the Ontario Veterinary College, and 1939: 1) the production of animal health knowledge in popular sources; 2) the need for veterinary intervention with unrecognizable diseases that could transfer from animals to humans; 3) the popularity of quack medicine; and 4) the technological advancements available with the rise of professionalization.

“I am thankful for this opportunity and the support of my Supervisor, Sean Kheraj, and committee members, Jennifer Bonnell and Colin Coates, whose invaluable guidance will help me to contribute a history of veterinary medicine that offers a better understanding of how people living in rural communities managed health before professional veterinarians were quickly available and affordable in rural environments,” says Hodgins.

The funding for the 2024 AMS awards will open on January 8, 2024, with over 250K available. For more information on the awards please visit . 

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Congratulations to Efrat Gold for receiving the Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Associated Medical Services (AMS) History of Medicine and Healthcare Program. Gold is one of five research grant and fellowship award recipients this year, chosen by an expert review panel. These talented scholars will enhance the scope of History of Medicine research in Canada and act as a source of lessons that will positively shape Canadian healthcare.

Founded in 2015, the AMS History of Medicine and Healthcare Awards Program promotes scholarship, teaching and public interest in history of healthcare, disease and medicine. Researchers, healthcare professionals and students can apply for three types of awards: Post-Doctoral Fellowships of $45,000, Doctoral Completion Awards of $25,000 and Project Grants of up to $10,000. Through this funding, the program aspires to develop leaders and provide resources for crucial activities in medical history, healthcare research, education and clinical practice, improving care for all Canadians.

Gold’s project, titled “Archiving Patient-Led Mad Activism in Canada, 1970s–2020,” strives to promote archival research in an innovative way. Specifically, Gold aims to create a new source of open access archival data and accompanying teaching and learning materials rooted in revisiting past mental health practices and philosophies through patient-led initiatives.

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Efrat Gold

Her project is designed in two parts. The first segment involves the curation of mad-centered archival material that is not yet available in the public domain. The second, an original research segment, uses critical discourse analysis of the archival material to enhance understandings of the crucial and active role of mental patients in shaping mental health care.

Gold’s work has the power to positively enhance the scope of History of Medicine by emphasizing the intersections between mad activists and other disenfranchised groups, including queer/trans people, Indigenous organizers and anti-racist activists. Madness Canada/Folie Canada will coordinate the digitization and public display of the project once the archival series and accompanying teaching and learning materials are developed.

Outside of this project, Gold challenges dominant views of mental health and illness through her writing and activism. Motivated by social justice-informed approaches to madness and disability, her work unsettles psychiatric ideology by exposing the absences of those deemed mad and exploring life-affirming possibilities for mad inclusion. Gold’s publications appear in scholarly and community venues, demonstrating her commitment to producing research and pedagogy that is accessible and incorporates the voices of mad and disabled people through consultation, activism and solidarity. Through this kind of community-engaged research, curation and publication, Gold can positively enhance Canadian healthcare practices in the future.

Applications for the 2023 AMS History of Medicine and Healthcare Program will open on November 1, 2022, offering over 250K in funding for researchers, healthcare professionals and students. More information is available on the program’s website: .

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