2024 GH Mini-Masters
Registration for the Summer 2024 Global Health Mini-Masters is closed.
Meet the Next Generation of Global Health Change Makers!
Is your child one of them?
This exciting program for students going into Grades 7 to 10 runs from July 8 to July 12.
Your child will have an incredible opportunity to learn and consider how to contribute global health!
Global Health Mini-Masters……..where students will…….
2024 Summer Global Health Mini-Masters
is led by
Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Global Health
University of Toronto Schools (UTS)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Masters of Teaching Program
- Monday July 8 – Friday July 12 from 9:30am – 3:30pm each day.
- In person at University of Toronto School at 371 Bloor St W, Toronto.
- GHMM Summit takes place Friday July 12 at 1pm.
At the Global Health Mini-Masters students will:
- Join friends and make new friends!
- Learn from leaders who are working on “big ideas” in global health for communities in Toronto and around the world!
- There will also be discussion of allyship, mentorship and partnerships!
- Learn why equity, diversity, inclusion and kindness matter in global health!
Equity: Commitment to actively challenging and responding to any and all forms of bias, discrimination, and unfairness through policies that provide equitable access to opportunity for all persons.
Diversity: Commitment to increasing the expression of diversity in its multitude of forms which may include race and ethnicity, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, spoken languages, socioeconomic status, (dis)ability status, political affiliation, nationality, and culture.
Inclusion: Commitment to ensuring a sense of belonging through the respectful welcoming, engagement, and leverage of different perspectives.
Reference: University of Toronto Department of Surgery
Consider one of these themes listed below and see the organizations working on them.
Work in small groups to research and develop ideas to solve a global health problem.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – World Health Organization
Women’s Health – World Health Organization
Children’s Health – UNICEF and UNICEF Canada
LGBTQ2S+ Health – UN Free and Equal
Indigenous Communities – Well Living House
Persons with Disabilities: Strategic Initiatives – World Health Organization
Global Health Mini-Masters Global Health Faculty
Delaney Hines
Theme: equity, diversity and inclusion
Delany Hines completed his Master of Public Health at the Western University Schulich School of Medicine Interfaculty program in Public Health. His interest in global health stems from his time supporting the Ethical, Social and Cultural (ESC) Program for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health and Global Development programs at St. Michael’s Hospital and the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes (iNeo) of neonates at the Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is currently the Lead for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Anti-Racism at Heart and Stroke and has served as lead for Postgraduate Medical Education Global Health Education Initiative (GHEI) for residents and fellows, 2010 – 2019 and Global Health Mini-Masters (GHMM) for Grade 7-12 students, 2016 – present.
Dr. Gayathri Naganathan
Theme: women’s global health
Dr. Naganathan is a General Surgery Resident at the University of Toronto and an alumna of McMaster University Medical School. She also holds a Master of Science in Health Services Research from the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Her body of work includes research examining the experiences of immigrants, refugees, homeless, and racialized communities in the areas of primary care, mental health, migration, and aging. Her current interests include health policy, health equity, global health, and the application of qualitative methodology within health systems and surgical research.
Dr. Francis Lao
Theme: children’s global health
Dr. Francis Lao is a Pediatric Resident Physician at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. He grew up in North York, Ontario and received his Bachelor of Health Sciences and Medical Degree from McMaster University. He is interested in health equity and rock climbing.
Dr. Jacquie Safieh
Theme: children’s global health
Dr. Jacquie Safieh is a Pediatric Resident Physician at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, and is committed to an anti-oppressive approach to healthcare and medicine, and to serving marginalized communities locally and globally.
Outside of medicine, she enjoys running and cross-stitching (tatreez).
With special contribution from Pediatric Resident Physicians, Dr. Anna Chen and Dr. Carolyn Akladious.
All GHMM Global Child Health contributors are members of the SickKids Advocacy Committee.
This committee is chaired by residents with faculty oversight. It oversees and supports a number of resident-led initiatives including the Paediatric Outreach Program (POP clinic for uninsured patients), Make Room to Read, Firgrove school initiatives, Legislative Advocacy, as well as the Elementary and High-school outreach initiatives as some examples. The mandate of this committee is to aid in teaching the Advocate role, participate in advocacy initiatives, as well as engage in scholarly activity in the realm of advocacy. It is comprised of several subcommittees, each with a focus on a longitudinal advocacy project.
Dr. Wesley Verbeek
Theme: LGBTQ2S+ global health
Dr. Wesley Verbeek (he/him) is a resident in psychiatry at the University of Toronto. As a queer health practitioner he is keenly interested in the health disparities that exist between queer and non-queer communities, especially with members who have intersectional identities. He works as often as he can at the Adult Gender Clinic at CAMH and is also involved in queer, gender-diversity related research initiatives within psychiatry.
Dr. Julia Olioff
Theme: LGBTQ2S+ global health
Dr. Julia Olioff (she/her) is a psychiatry resident at the University of Toronto. Her commitment to global health began during her undergraduate studies when she completed a combined Arts & Science and Peace Studies degree. She has subsequently worked with refugees in Toronto in various capacities. During an elective at the Adult Gender Clinic at CAMH, she developed an interest in the intersection between global health and transgender mental health.
Dr. Sarah Park
Theme: Indigenous global health
Dr. Sarah Park is a family physician who practices family and emergency medicine in Toronto and rural Ontario. She is Qalipu First Nation from Newfoundland and Labrador and is passionate about education in Indigenous Health. Dr. Park provides lectures on this topic at the University of Toronto and works with the Department of Family and Community Medicine on Indigenous health curriculum development for residency training programs.
Dr. Jan Andrysek
Theme: persons living with disabilities and health innovation
Dr. Andrysek is a Senior Scientist at the Bloorview Research Institute of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation hospital, Canada’s largest teaching hospital focused on paediatric disabilities. He is also an Associate Professor within the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto. His research program focuses on the development and improvement of treatments and assistive technologies for children and adults with mobility impairments. Specific areas of study include prosthetic and orthotic limb control, bio sensing and biofeedback systems, and instruments to measure assistive-technology-facilitated mobility and physical activity in real-life environments. Current research is also focused on understanding the global need for prosthetic technology, and impact on mobility, physical function, and quality of life.
He is the recipient of prestigious awards including the 2017 Ontario Profession Engineers Engineering Medal for Research and Development, Clifford Chadderton Award for Prosthetics and Orthotics Research, and first price at the 2015 Accessibility Innovation Showcase Tech Pitch Competition sponsored by the Government of Ontario. Dr. Andrysek is also the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Legworks Inc., a social for-profit enterprise focused on improving prosthetic technologies and care for individuals with amputations worldwide.
About the program
2024 Summer Global Health Mini-Masters offers a specially designed curriculum for students completing Grades 7-10 who want to understand critical health challenges facing our world’s people and environment.
Young students who want to learn and think about how they can contribute to making our world better are eager to participate in the Global Health Mini-Masters. Instructors include health care practitioners, researchers and advocates from around the world. The program will include information on economic, political, legal, ethical and health problems faced by world populations for campers to think about solving and in so doing become an agent for change; an advocate and global citizen!
Global Health Mini-Masters Team
PGME Global Health Mini-Masters Team:
- Delaney Hines, MPH, Lead, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Heart and Stroke
GHMM Co-Lead and for PGME Global Health. - Eman Ahmed, Bachelor of Science (Hons) Candidate, University of Toronto;
PGME Global Health - Judy Kopelow, PGME Global Health
- Dr. Barry Pakes, PGME Global Health
University of Toronto Schools (UTS) Team:
- Charline Wan, Head of Admissions and Outreach
- Leanne Foster, UTS Principal
- Charlotte Speilman UTS Faculty and GHMM Co-Lead
- UTS Grade 12 Student Facilitator
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education(OISE), Masters of Teaching (MT) Program
- Jack Farrell, Master of Teaching Candidate, OISE