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Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics
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Transforming the future of public health emergency research through interdisciplinary collaboration, building capacity, and driving action.
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We are now the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics!

Our new name reflects a broader commitment: advancing research, policy, and partnerships to strengthen global health resilience.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/43J7iyM

#HealthEmergencies #Pandemics #UofT #HealthSecurity
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at our Impacts on Individuals with Disabilities Catalyst Seminar, exploring how COVID-19 impacted access to care for people with disabilities, especially in racialized & immigrant communities.

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4q0qjX7
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📢 Join us on Nov 24 at 12 PM ET for webinar: Health Security Unbound: Navigating Power, Surveillance, and Ethics.

Led by @joyfitzgibbon.bsky.social (Trinity College), featuring panelists David Fisman (@uoftdlsph.bsky.social) & Victoria Haldane (IHPME).

🔗 Book your place: bit.ly/48MvQKN
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
⏰ Reminder: Join us Nov 11 for the Catalyst Seminar on how COVID-19 impacted access to care for people with disabilities, especially in racialized & immigrant communities.

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4q0qjX7

@uoftmedicine.bsky.social @utsc.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
👏 Congratulations to Chavon Niles & team! Their project mobilizing knowledge on disability, race & immigrant health for pandemic and public health planning, has received CIHR funding.

The project was proudly supported in its early stages by the Institute.

@uoftmedicine.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We are now the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics!

Our new name reflects a broader commitment: advancing research, policy, and partnerships to strengthen global health resilience.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/43J7iyM

#HealthEmergencies #Pandemics #UofT #HealthSecurity
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔔 Reminder: Catalyst Seminar Series is underway! This fall, join us for a series of webinars exploring cutting-edge research on pandemic and public health emergency readiness, resilience, and recovery.

🧵 Upcoming topics in the thread 👇

🔗 More info: bit.ly/4gcs13f
Catalyst Series - Institute for Pandemics
Join the Institute for Pandemics' Catalyst Series, a dynamic seminar series showcasing groundbreaking pandemic research.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🗓️ Join us for the online Catalyst Seminar Series on the Impacts on Individuals with Disabilities on Nov 11! Chavon Niles (@uoftmedicine.bsky.social) will speak on health inequities faced by Black and racialized immigrants with disabilities during COVID-19.

Sign up now ⬇️
Catalyst Seminar Series - November
Join IfP for a dynamic seminar series showcasing groundbreaking research from our Catalyst and Research Development Grants.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
📢 Join us on Nov 24 at 12 PM ET for webinar: Health Security Unbound: Navigating Power, Surveillance, and Ethics.

Led by @joyfitzgibbon.bsky.social (Trinity College), featuring panelists David Fisman (@uoftdlsph.bsky.social) & Victoria Haldane (IHPME).

🔗 Book your place: bit.ly/48MvQKN
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📢 Long-COVID Seminar Recording now available!

Experts Joseph Munn (the Hospital for Sick Children), Kathi Wilson, and Andrea Rishworth (University of Toronto Mississauga) share insights on how Long-COVID is affecting marginalized and racialized communities in Ontario.

🎥 Watch now ⬇️
Session 1: Long-COVID
This seminar explores how Long-COVID is affecting marginalized communities and racialized populations in Ontario. Presentations highlighted community-centered research and the role of structural…
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October 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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The BRN's Academic Practice Lab is back on Nov. 14!

Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🗓️ Join us on Nov 11 at 12PM for Catalyst Seminar: Impacts on Individuals with Disabilities with Chavon Niles (@uoftmedicine.bsky.social) & Hilary Brown (@utsc.bsky.social).

We’ll be exploring how COVID-19 worsened health inequities—especially in racialized & immigrant communities.

🔗 bit.ly/4q0qjX7
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌿 Meet @nadhahassen.bsky.social, her research explores how community-led nature prescribing can serve as a preventative tool to ease pressure on public health systems during emergencies.

🔦 Read the spotlight: bit.ly/43nIV9H

#HealthEquity #SocialPrescribing @cisp-icps.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This Friday is the Catalyst Seminar on Long-COVID!

Join us on Oct 17 to learn important insights from community-led research and discussions on structural health inequities.

🕛 12–1 PM EST | 📍 Online

🔗 Register or join here:
Catalyst Seminar Series - October
Join IfP for a dynamic seminar series showcasing groundbreaking research from our Catalyst and Research Development Grants.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
📅 Join @rotmanschool.bsky.social on Oct 21, 5.30PM for 'The Chaos Advantage: Turning Uncertainty Into Strategic Edge'.

Featuring IfP Steering Committee member András Tilcsik, the event explores how to build a strategy when stability is the exception, not the rule.

🔗 Book now:
Oct 21 - Insights Spotlight: The Chaos Advantage | Rotman School of Management | University of Toronto
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm - Short talks + audience Q&A
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October 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🔔 Reminder: This fall, join the Institute for Pandemics for a series of webinars exploring cutting-edge research on pandemic & public health emergency readiness, resilience, & recovery.

🔗 More info: bit.ly/4gcs13f

🧵 Upcoming topics in the thread 👇
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Former IfP awardee Daniel Eisenkraft Klein’s article in the BMJ Global Health reveals Canada’s equity rhetoric on Intellectual Property rights during COVID-19 fell short of action. Calls for reforms to IP waivers & CAMR to improve global access to medicines.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3JPaF00
October 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Join us for the online Catalyst Seminar Series on Long-COVID on Oct 17! Kathi Wilson & Andrea Rishworth (U of T Mississauga) will share their community-centred research on structural racism & its impact on immigrant & racialized populations in Peel living with Long-COVID. Book now ➡️
Catalyst Seminar Series - October
Join IfP for a dynamic seminar series showcasing groundbreaking research from our Catalyst and Research Development Grants.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
COVID-19 affected racialized communities in Canada more severely, increasing illness, mental health struggles, and barriers to care. Experts say paid sick leave, anti-racism laws, and better data are needed to address these gaps.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/46SkGBA
October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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📢 Calling all #UofT graduate students!

On Oct. 17, join the BRN for a virtual lunch-hour to help shape the future of our programming.

This informal session is your chance to share ideas on how we can better support your academic + professional journey 🤝🏽 buff.ly/GzIARpa #BlackResearchNetwork
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Join us Oct 17, 12–1 PM EST, for the Catalyst Seminar on Long-COVID as Joseph Munn (Sunnybrook Research Institute) shares insights from his research on Post-COVID Condition in Ontarians & marginalized communities.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/48xePE4

#LongCovid #HealthEquity #CatalystSeminar #PublicHealth
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Launching Oct. 10: The BRN's Academic Practice Lab, a monthly workshop series to support researchers on their academic journey!

Our first workshop will explore how to craft strong applications & proposals at #UofT – including for the BRN IGNITE Grant ✍🏽 buff.ly/f7UwaJO #BlackResearchNetwork
September 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How do drug shortages affect medication use?

A study by Araniy Santhireswaran & Prof. Mina Tadrous @pharmacy.utoronto.ca reviewed studies on drug shortages & found that drug shortages often lead to significant reductions in drug utilization.

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September 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📅 Catalyst Seminar 1: Long-COVID

How is Long-COVID impacting marginalized & racialized communities in Ontario?

Hear from experts Kathi Wilson, Andrea Rishworth & Joseph Munn on Oct 17 at 12pm.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/48xePE4

#LongCovid #HealthEquity #PublicHealth @utm.utoronto.ca
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The 1st session in our Catalyst Seminar Series focuses on Long-COVID, with an emphasis on impacts to racialized and marginalized communities.

Join us on October 17th to hear from Kathi Wilson (UTM) and Joseph Munn (Sunnybrook).
Registration details here: bit.ly/4gcs13f

#SeminarSeries #LongCOVID
September 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Announcing the launch of our Catalyst Seminar Series, a dynamic series showcasing groundbreaking research funded by the IfP Catalyst and Research Development Grants.

From October through March, there will be six online seminars.
Full details on our website: bit.ly/4gcs13f
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM