Credit courses offered by the DGPH

Global and Population Health: Exploration of global policies, politics, industry and institutions and their neo-colonial underpinnings, and their influence on current global health theory, research and practice, with a special focus on the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and other racialized groups. The environmental and social determinants of health and health inequities, with attention to women and children’s health, communicable and non-communicable disease, and the complexities of disasters and humanitarian crises. Global health governance,systems, and innovations and social entrepreneurship in health.

Offered by: Global & Public Health

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Timothy G Evans, Jura Augustinavicius

Global and Population Health: An introduction to the concepts of ethics and equity, in a broad range of applications, including power, privilege and positionality. Exploration of foundations of ethics as they apply to population and global health practice. Concepts of human rights, anti-racism, ethics and equity, informed by an understanding of the legacy of colonization, as they pertain to a wide array of global health issues.

Offered by: Global & Public Health

• Prerequisite: GPHL 200

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Shashika Bandara

Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Madhukar Pai

Population&Pub Health Sciences: Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of population and public health importance.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Samir Shaheen- Hussain

Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to core competencies in the practice of global health, including historical, colonial roots of global health, project planning and implementation, equitable and ethical conduct, building partnerships, working within interdisciplinary teams, effective communication and personal-social skills.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Charles Palmer Larson, Marilyn N Ahun

Population&Pub Health Sciences: An examination of knowledge translation in public health, including synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically-sound application of knowledge to policy and programming. Overview of knowledge translation processes for effective evidence-informed public health leadership.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• Prerequisite: PPHS 612 or permission of instructor
• Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 678 when topic was ‘Knowledge Translation, Communications, and Evidence-Informed Public Health Leadership’.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Madhukar Pai, Christopher Labos