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Seeking One-Health Leaders

Our goal is to provide Canada with public health strategists and researchers, leaders, and regulators with a system-level understanding of FWVZ pathogens and honed skills for developing, evaluating, and sustaining contextual and holistic policies to strengthen Canada’s capacity to control FWVZ pathogens and provide global leadership in the fight against One Health crises.

 

We pair the discipline-based research skills our trainees acquire during their traditional thesis research work with the advanced systems thinking needed to develop, evaluate, and modify context-specific policies to prevent and control the spread of FWVZ pathogens. Non-academic mentoring by government and industry professionals prepares our trainees for careers outside of academia while training in interdisciplinary management, communication, and political processes equips them to lead the development of scientifically, socially, and environmentally sound public policy.

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One Health Course

Trainees guide learning in our flipped classroom, exploring topics like One Health and Systems Thinking, determinants of health, integrated technical case studies, and outbreak investigation and control.

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Skill Development Studios

Facilitated by government, industry, academic, and Indigenous health leaders, our immersive workshops provide technical and professional training critical to core One Health competencies.

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Virtual Forum Series

Invited health leaders discuss pressing and controversial issues and debate solutions in a series of virtual forums moderated by trainees. Pioneering research conducted by our members is also showcased.

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Annual Policy Challenge

Our PhD trainees pitch policy solutions to real-world health challenges in case studies judged by leading stakeholders, working with MSc. trainees trasked with crafting public outreach strategies to promote their proposals.

Sample Timetables

MSc Program:

OHAP Course

3hrs/week

Studios

~ 3-6hrs each

Complete 10 total

Forums

2hrs each

Policy Challenge

5-day retreat in July

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PhD Program:

OHAP Course

3hrs/week

Studios

~ 3-6hrs each

Complete 15 total

Forums

2hrs each

Policy Challenge

5-day retreat in July

Year 1

Fall

Winter

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Learning Objectives

Explain OH principles and concepts; apply systems thinking for holistic understanding of FWVZ pathogens; identify social and biophysical determinants that underlie FWVZ transmission and control; investigate FWVZ outbreaks; pinpoint entry points and indirect positive and negative effects of control measures

Describe how to detect pathogens in water, food and tissue samples; interpret integrative analysis of diverse biological, geographical and social datasets, including big “omics” data; devise creative solutions

Conduct situational and SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) analyses

Participate in, build, and manage transdisciplinary teams; network with colleagues across disciplines

Facilitate debates and discussions; provide constructive criticism; communicate risk to the public, media, and policy makers

Examine and reflect on personal biases; demonstrate cultural and situational sensitivity with local communities and stakeholders

Write crisp, compelling proposals, reports, policy briefs, and op-eds

Identify policy gaps; weigh evidence from diverse stakeholders; align policy implementation with desired outcomes; recommend, iteratively monitor, assess, and modify policies

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