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The Global Health Collective - With a Local Edge

McMaster MSc. Global Health program - Hosted by Shania Bhopa

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Current global health challenges are multiple and complex, from the rising burden of disease to the climate crisis to health disparities. These are the same challenges impacting our local communities. The Global Health Collective will explore some of these issues and the research and work being done in response. With a focus on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this podcast invites students, faculty, staff, and global health changemakers from the broader community to ...
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In this episode, our host, Shania Bhopa is joined by Ajita Vidyarthi and Jenn Wani from Plan International Canada to discuss female activism and all the challenges that come with it. Our guests discuss their most recent global research study which involved 1000 young female activists worldwide. This study showed the world what kinds of barriers you…
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In today's episode, Lulwama Mulalu, a Global Health Ph.D. candidate from McMaster University, welcomes Dr. Alexandra Martiniuk, an esteemed epidemiology professor from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health. She is also a senior research fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor i…
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In this exciting episode, our host Shania speaks to the SCORE! team, which includes Dr. Sonia Anand, Dr. Andrea Baumann, Dr. Russell De Souza, Dr. Sujane Kandasamy and Ms. Parsa Memon. SCORE! Is a project where Health Equity meets Public Health and endeavours to discover effective strategies that can enable Newcomer families when they arrive in Can…
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Having empathy can make all the difference in your work and in yourself. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Amanda Sim, a research fellow, PI and assistant professor at McMaster University. Her work focuses on intergenerational impacts of war and adversity on child well-being and working with local communities to design and evaluate intervention…
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In today's episode hosted by Shania Bhopa and Danielle Denwood, they engage in a dynamic conversation with Ann Keeling from the Women in Global Health. The discussion focuses on gender equity and women's economic empowerment. Thinking about the lack of research and absence of data about unpaid women working in health systems across the globe. It is…
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Don’t sweat the small stuff and focus on doing your best, even in the worst case scenario. In this episode, we are joined with positive energy from Dr. Deb Sloboda who is a researcher, professor at McMaster University, and one of the founding Co-Presidents of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Society of Canada. Her work involves under…
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Through the power of transcontinental, transdisciplinary education within the M.Sc. Global Health program, students from all over the world have gained diverse learning experiences and life-long relationships. In this episode, Shania speaks with multiple Global Health students in the Masters program to hear about their experiences navigating the pr…
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There is magic in everything and Dr. Priyanka Naidu, a medical doctor and aspiring pediatric reconstructive surgeon, discusses how she consistently finds magic throughout her work. Her work in Operation Smile, formerly as a part of the fellowship program and now as the Senior Advisor to Research, Education, and Innovation, aims to collaborate with …
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Although life may not be truly balanced, it is still possible to feel fulfilled in all aspects and that is how Dr. Deborah DiLiberto, a mother and Global Health professor, carries on her day-to-day life. Rather than fixating on one goal, Dr. DiLiberto showcases the beauty of being open to all opportunities and feeling gratitude for one’s unique tim…
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How is it like to manage 2 full-time careers, a physician and a mother? Join Dr. Stephanie Liu, aka Dr. Mom, as she takes us along her journey of self-development and finding balance from her time as an undergrad student, to grad student, to medical student, to physician and mother who runs “lifeofdoctormom,” a medically credible blog on Instagram …
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While navigating through this fast paced world, it is important for us to ground ourselves and have faith to find balance. Join Dr. Jean Chamberlain, as she guides us through her journey of balance with her professional life as a physician, professor, and founder of Save the Mothers, along with her family life, and personal life. Dr. Chamberlain em…
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How can we be hopeful and make a difference? Join Hila Taraky as she highlights the history of Afghanistan, how we can engage in the discussion about the crisis in Afghanistan, and tangible action towards supporting Afghan refugees. In a time of great distress, Hila discusses that there is hope and how we must make the best of this situation to spa…
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How can we welcome the Arctic? How can the Arctic welcome us? Join Margherita Paola Poto, as she discusses about empathy, compassion and care in the environment. Despite the Arctic being one of the coldest places on Earth, Margherita’s stories of her exploration in the Arctic bring warmth as she provides a refreshing insight on developing relations…
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Welcome back to the Global Health Collective - our host Shania Bhopa will take you along this season through the stories from Global Health professionals situated across the world. This episode is all about female empowerment, ecology, and environmental health. Welcoming Avanti Wadugodapitiya an Ecologist from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and currently work…
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Have you ever wondered what it is like starting a project or a non-profit organization .. during a pandemic! Well look no further, we present to you a conversation between 4 young founders (and full-time students) on how they went from an idea to a full-blown operating organization. Shania Bhopa - Founder of The Canadian Courage Project sits down w…
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Join our host Shania as she chats alongside her classmates Evelyne Onari, Alison Tidmarsh, and Yordan Stoyanov on their virtual mobility exchange and what they loved about their experience. The MSc program offers students the option to go on a "virtual exchange" where they learn at one of the six partner institutions from around the world. For all …
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A sit-down chat with Dr. Claire Bodkin, an inspiring Hamilton leader and physician working to promote equity and make the world a better place. Claire Bodkin is a queer femme, community organizer, and resident physician in Family Medicine at McMaster University. As a family doctor-in-training, her clinical and research interests are the care of peo…
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"Young people are not just the future; we are today already living the consequences of centuries of unsustainable exploitation of nature and of vulnerable communities. Children and youth are among the most vulnerable groups to environmental harm, and so our voice matters greatly in decision-making on the environment, in order to ensure intergenerat…
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Join Shania Bhopa on this special episode of The Global Health Collective - a two-part mini-series, kicking off the International Union for Conservation of Nature global youth summit. This episode is alongside Brighton Kaoma, a young health activist, MPA graduate from Columbia University with a vast track record in working at the intersection of su…
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We need to reconstruct how we think of failure. We need to put ourselves first during this pandemic and find joy in the smallest of instances. Why are we so hard on ourselves? How can we adjust our mindset to positively think about our future and our careers? Join our host Shania Bhopa in one of the most inspiring episodes yet as she chats with Dr.…
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In this episode Shania discusses finding your passion, balancing a successful career and family life, and the amazing research that Dr. Sonia Anand is involved in. You can in fact have it all according to Dr. Anand, and it is refreshing to hear such an optimistic female perspective in the world of healthcare and research. Dr. Anand is a professor o…
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Two female global health enthusiasts saw a gap in the industry and decided to launch ThriveHire in hopes of changing the world of global health. Join this empowering conversation as our host Shania sits down with both Hayley Mundeva and Annalise Mathers to chat about motivation, the global health landscape, employability, and finding your passion. …
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Welcome to Season 02: Lessons from Global Leaders. The global pandemic has impacted each community in unique ways and cultivated long-lasting changes at individual and systemic levels. This season the Global Health Collective aims to inspire youth by diving into the perspectives of some of the meaningful faces behind impactful changes in our local …
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We all need a little inspiration and motivation heading into the new year. Dr. Peter Singer offers us advice on how we can tackle the world's most pressing issues in 2021. Join us for the season 01 "Sustainable Development Goals" finale wrapping up with positive goal setting for the new year. During this time we have all felt the unsettling emotion…
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Why are we scared to leap into a new role? Why does finding our "purpose" matter for the greater good of humanity? Join us for episode 4 with Tasha Goldberg as she discusses, finding our purpose as young adolescents and how we can decide on a career path. Tasha expresses the Global Health opportunities that arise if we just simply put ourselves out…
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This episode will leave you feeling more confident, and motivated than ever before. Yes, it will change your mind, the way you frame your thoughts, and the position you chose to play in the global landscape. Host Shania Bhopa discusses the ways young people can understand the world's most pressing issues including the climate crisis with Dr. Josipa…
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Did you know there is food insecurity in your own neighborhood? What can you do to change that? and what ARE you going to do about it? Join Dr. Tina Moffat as she discusses how to gain confidence in your abilities and seek to make sustainable change in your own community. During this episode - Shania Bhopa and Dr. Moffat analyze the disparities tha…
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Although 2020 hasn't been the year we envisioned Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh is here to encourage you to take action today. No matter what discipline you are from we can all play our part in actively making sustainable change. Get ready to leave feeling inspired, and ready to tackle the world's most pressing issues. Together we can and we will. Dr. Ibhawoh i…
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