- Overview
- Course Details
- Registration
- Schedule
- Course Material
- The McGill IPGHC Team
- Video Suggestions
- Contact Us
Overview
The McGill Interprofessional Global Health Course (IPGHC) is a student-led initiative that was started in 2007 in an effort to address the paucity of global health content at the time in health professional students’ curricula at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Entering its 18th year, the course aims to build on current curricula and engage participants in an interdisciplinary discussion of global health contexts. It is open to McGill students studying dentistry, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, speech-language pathology, dietetics and human nutrition, psychology, and students from other academic backgrounds with a strong interest in global health. The course is a 10-week lecture series that meets on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The format for each lecture will include a 1-hour lecture and 1-hour of student-led activities. The course will incorporate online and in-person lecture-based learning, case studies, speakers and panel discussions, small group activities, and audio-visual materials to meet the following course objectives:
Objectives
- To increase student awareness of the global burden of diseases and the geopolitics of global health.
- To expose students to the realities and challenges facing health professionals in a global and local context.
- To provide a framework for students to approach global health challenges.
- To encourage inter-professionalism by facilitating collaboration and communication amongst students.
- To inspire students to consider applying global health principles to their professional practice.
Course Details
Who can apply?Ìý
The course is open to McGill students studying dentistry, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, dietetics and human nutrition, psychology, and speech-language pathology. Students from other academic backgrounds (U1 and higher) with a strong interest in global health are welcome to apply.
When is the class?Ìý
The course will run from January 14 to March 25, 2025 on Tuesday evenings from 6 PM to 8 PM. You will be required to attend at least 8 lectures out of the 10 to receive the certificate.
Where?
The format of the course will be in-person sessions on campus (McIntyre Room 208/9). Course materials will be available onlineÌýinÌý.
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Subjects covered in the course include, but are not limited to, global mental health, advocacy and allyship, migrant and refugee health, climate crisis, Indigenous health, oral health, disability, politics and policy, and maternal health.
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- This is a free, non-credit course.
- The course will accept a maximum of 100Ìýstudents.
- Eligible students must complete the 2025ÌýIPGHC student registration form.
- The IPGHC student committee willÌýreviewÌýall registration forms.
- Selection to the course will be based on the student program, year of study, motivation to takeÌýthe course, and overall interest in global health.
- Students must complete a pre-and post-survey for the course.
- Students will be required to attend at least 8 lectures out of the 10 to receive the certificate.
- Students who meet all attendance and other course requirements will have it stated on their Co-Curricular Record (CCR).
Registration
Please use our online form to . You will need to login with your McGill username and password.
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2025 Schedule
The schedule will be regularly updated as speakers are confirmed.
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Date |
Lecture Topic |
Speaker(s) |
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Week 1 January 14 |
Introduction to Global Health | Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor and Inaugural Chair, Department of Global and Public Health, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ |
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Week 2 January 21 |
Global Health Governance | Dr. Orvil Adams, Adjunct Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health,ÌýUniversity of Ottawa |
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Week 3 January 28 |
Global Health Ethics |
TBC |
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Week 4 February 4 |
Indigenous Health | TBC |
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Week 5 February 11 |
Climate Change | Dr. Jura Augustinavicius, Assistant Professor, Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ |
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Week 6 February 18 |
The Future of Resource Management | TBC |
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Week 7 February 25 |
Oral Health | , Maternal and Child Oral Health Strategist |
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Week 8 March 11 |
Humanitarian Crises/Conflict | , Executive Director, MSF Canada |
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Week 9 March 18 |
Technology in the Future of Global Health | Dr. David Benmiroh, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill Univeristy |
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Week 10 March 25 |
Panel Discussion | TBC |
Course Materials
All course materials will be available on for registered participants.
The McGill IPGHC Team 2024-2025
Faculty Advisors
- Dr. Charles Larson, MD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Global and Public Health, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Dr. Svetlana Tikhonova, DMD, PhD, Faculty Lecturer, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Catherine-Anne Miller, RN, MHSc, Full-time Faculty Lecturer, Ingram School of Nursing, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Dr. Raphael Lencucha, BScOT, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Kevin O'Neill, Global Health Programs, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Johnathan Lin, Global Health Programs, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Student Coordinators
- Nari Ait Hamou, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Nasim Khosravi, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Claire Mabia, Ingram School of Nursing, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
- Sarah Lapin, Ingram School of Nursing, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
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Video Suggestions
- (3 min, 2007)
Short introductory video which lists the 8 MDG and is accompanied by an excerpt from Kofi Annan’s address to the millennium summit in 2000. - Hans Rosling:
- Hans Rosling, 2006
About low and middle income countries that, with economic and health progress, are catching up with high income countries.
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Quick animation about issues affecting maternal health. - Ìý(13min, 2003)
Short video featuring testimonies of mothers and midwives in villages and slums across Africa and South East Asia. - (1 hr, by Alyson and Tim Holland)
- Interesting Clips: Short clips calling for action to solve global issues. Ìý
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Contact Us
- Send us an email at ipghc.fmhs [at] mcgill.ca
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