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Thank-you DanaD (@decentword)!

Women Ambassadors in Menstrual Sanitation (WAMS) places 3rd at Velocity's World's Challenge Challenge

Sabrina Li and team addressed Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality, with their solution focused on empowering women through menstrual hygiene management programs that combat the taboo associated with menstruation.

Save the Mothers is looking for 2 PROGRAM INTERNS for the 2017/18 academic year.

Congratulations to GoHelP's Stephanie Lu as she joins the all-star Student and Young Professionals Network (SYPN) Executive team at the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR)

The SYPN Executive team works to facilitate networking and capacity-building activities for the SYPN through CCGHR Student Chapters, conferences, and SYP blog. Stephanie is one of 8 Executive team members, including 4 other University of Waterloo students; Kristen Lee, Afnan Naeem, Nicola Toffelmire, and Gertrude Omoro.

Are you up for IDRC’s International Development Week 2017 challenge?

The IDRC is helping to celebrate International Development Week (IDW) from February 5–11, 2017, by testing your knowledge of global issues.

Susan Elliott is excited to be joining the International Geographical Union Commission on Health and the Environment (IGU CHE) as a Steering Committee Member.

A big congratulations to Dr. Susan Elliott on being elected to the Board of the Canadian Society for International Health!

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: UNU-INWEH INTERNSHIP (Sustainable Development Goals (SDG))
Internship Reference Number: UNU-INWEH/Intern.2017.01
Application deadline: 15 January 2017

GoHelP lab member Roxanne Springer successfully completed her comprehensive exam on Monday, December 12th. Way to go Roxanne!

A grand experiment from the world of health research in Canada

Join Susan Elliott on Thursday November 24th from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm at the Balsille School of International Affairs,  as she speaks on the ways science is useful by sharing results of a grand experiment from the world of health research in Canada, using the epidemic of food allergy as an example. Check out the event page for more information and to register. RSVP required.