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Founded in July 2020

Women in Global Health Canada was founded in 2020 and is hosted by the Canadian Society for International Health.

our aims
The WGH
Canada Chapter
is working to: 

Their mission is to improve health and health equity in Canada and worldwide by strengthening and mobilizing the global health community.

They do this by:

  • Convening stakeholders and exchanging knowledge on global health
  • Advancing equity-based approaches to health systems strengthening and capacity building for priority health themes
  • Developing global health leaders
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Our Work

Strengthening and mobilizing the global health community to improve health and equity through convening stakeholders, advancing equity based approaches, and developing global health leaders.

Our Leaders
  • Beverly Johnson, Co-Chair Community Family Physician, Board Member, Federation of Medical Women of Canada, Co-Chair Communications, Medical Women’s International Association
  • Eva Slawecki, Co-Chair Co-Founder, Canadian Women in Global Health, Executive Director, Canadian Society for International Health, Board Member, Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health
  • Barbara Astle, Associate Professor of Nursing, Director, MSN Program, Trinity Western University
  • Janet Hatcher Roberts, Co-Director – WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity
  • Djenana Jalovcic, Inclusive Development Practitioner Associate Professor, in the Department of Health and Functioning, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • Jocalyn Clark, Founder, Canadian Women in Global Health, Executive Editor, The Lancet, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Margo Greenwood, Academic Leader, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, University of Northern British Columbia
  • Felicia Knaul, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, Professor at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Board Member, Women in Global Health Board of Directors
  • Muriel Mac-Seing, PhD Candidate in Public Health (Global Health Option), Université de Montréal
  • Steering Committee Member, Francophone Women in Global Health (WGH Francophone)
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