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Global Health Security

What’s New in Global Health Security

Description

COVID-19 revealed vulnerabilities around the world. With our multidisciplinary team, this theme will compare the administration of health security of many countries to learn best practices, assess what went wrong, and why. 1) How do biological, political, social and economic factors and vulnerabilities impact the assessment of and response to health threats? Do these factors vary by type of health threat? 2) Who/what is responsible for prevention, preparedness and pre-emption of health threats? What roles do individuals, organizations, states and the international community play? 3) How do issues of sovereignty impact how health security is addressed and managed? 4) How can Canada help to ensure coordination between plurilateral and multilateral institutions and regional and national health organizations to cope with the impact of future global pandemics? 

Past Events

  • April 25-26 Human Security in Southeast Asia Roundtable, University of Victoria Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, in partnership with Canada Asia Pacific Policy Project, Thompson Rivers University April 26th, 2024 Moderator and Convener, “Gender, Health and Development” Panel Panellists: Luna KC, (University of Northern British Columbia), Sean Burke (Hope International) and Jason Nickerson (Medecins sans Frontieres)

  • March 1, 2024 The Pursuit of Peace During a Time of Polycrisis Public Talk, Rosalind Warner LINK to slides

  • January 2024 Rosalind Warner “Planetary Health Systems” Introduction to Earth System Governance special issue on Planetary Health Governance (with AnnaBelle Workman) (forthcoming)

  • November 10th, 2023 Rosalind Warner “Unrest To Uprising: The Past, Present And Future Of Political Protest” talk for the Society for Learning in Retirement

  • BlackTalk Podcast Special Episode - Pan-African Symposium with Adekeye Adebajo and Lula Adam 

    BlackTalk host Dr. Andy Knight talks with Dr. Adekeye Adebajo of the University of Pretoria, and Lula Adam of the University of Alberta, discussing their experiences at the Pan-African Symposium held at the University of Alberta in February 2024. All three speakers reflect on the ideas presented in the symposium, especially ideas of intellectual reparations, African scholarship, the publishing gap between Euro-North American and African journals, and practical, constructive paths forward for working to decolonize the University curriculum.

  • BlackTalk PodCast with Brandon Wint and Dr. Andy Knight

    BlackTalk producer Nicolás Arnáez chats with Dr. Andy Knight, creator and usual host of the BlackTalk podcast, and with multidisciplinary storyteller Brandon Wint, about the new Black Studies microcourse they have developed, "Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures", soon to be available for the public to attend through Coursera.

  • March 15th, 2023 Roundtable International Studies Association Annual Meeting WD54-Roundtable: “Transforming our Common Crisis: Climate Change and the Humanitarian- Development-Peace Nexus” Rosalind Warner, Participant

  • Model NATO Okanagan College delegation of 4 undergraduate students February 23rd-26th, 2023 Carleton University, Ottawa. Led by Rosalind Warner

  • February 10th, 2023 “A New World of Untruths” Presentation for Society for Learning in Retirement, Kelowna Rosalind Warner, Presenter

  • The End of Impunity: Making Human Rights Work in the World, November 18th, 2022 and November 14th, Public Address as part of Okanagan College Speaker Series and Society for Teaching and Learning Talks. Rosalind Warner, Speaker. LINK to slides

  • Disaster Risk Governance as a Guide to Canadian Policy Responses to a Global Health Emergency, November 4th as part of the Climate Change and Society Section of the 2022 Western-ICLR Multi-hazard Risk and Resilience Workshop. Rosalind Warner, Speaker

  • Pandemics and International Security Workshop June 15, 2022 with Keynote Speaker Dr. Obijiofor Aginam, in partnership with World Universities Network

  • Talk on Canada and Global Health Security as part of Okanagan College’s Research Innovation Partnerships Expo on May 10, 2022, Dr. Rosalind Warner

  • The Role Of Women-Led Global Co-Op Networks In Addressing Gender Equality amid Covid-19 and Beyond United Nations Multi-Stakeholder Forum Science Technology and Innovation Summit 2022 Side event (pre-summit) May 4, 2022 Crowdcast Event, Dr. Rosalind Warner, panelist (https://www.crowdcast.io/e/women-led-coop-leadership) (Panel Discussion)

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Co-DIrectors

Andy Knight

Rosalind Warner

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