International and Global Health Office

The physical distancing requirements and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed the Medicine and Humanities International Program (MHIP) into unprecedented territory.

The Kuwait Mentoring Program (KMP) launched in the Fall of 2019 and was designed by the International and Global Health Office (IGHO) to support the Faculty of Medicine’s first international students enrolled in the Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) program, as well as encourage Kuwaiti students enrolled in the Faculty of Science to pursue a career in medicine by providing them with mentors throughout their academic career.

Gain a global perspective on the COVID-19 crisis in a series of weekly webinars presented by the International and Global Health Office (IGHO). April is Internationalization and Global Health Month at the faculty, and these webinars feature conversations about the coronavirus pandemic with some of the field’s foremost practitioners and thinkers. View the complete list of webinars.  

Register for this week's webinar to be held on Friday, May 1 from 11:00 am -12:00 pm : "Social Accountability During a Pandemic: Helping Refugees, the Homeless and the Indigenous" with Dr. Doug Gruner, Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull and Dr. Sarah Funnell. (Update: Registration is now closed) 
 

Gain a global perspective on the COVID-19 crisis in a series of weekly webinars presented by the International and Global Health Office (IGHO). April is Internationalization and Global Health Month at the faculty, and these webinars feature conversations about the coronavirus pandemic with some of the field’s foremost practitioners and thinkers. View the complete list of webinars. 

Register now for this week's webinar to be held on Wednesday, April 22 from 11:30 am -12:30 pm : "Global Health in Times of Pandemics: Ensuring Equity in the COVID-19 Policy Response" with Dr. Ronald Labonté, Distinguished Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity and Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa. (Update: Registration is now closed). 

Gain a global perspective on the COVID-19 crisis in a series of weekly webinars presented by the International and Global Health Office (IGHO). View the complete list of webinars.

Register now for this week’s webinar to be held on Friday April 17th 11h-12h: “COVID-19 Global Pandemic and Global Response” with Dr. Mark Walker, ObGyn clinician, epidemiologist, and interim director of the Internationalization and Global Health Office at the Faculty of Medicine. (Update: Registration is now closed).

No infectious disease in history has spread as fast and as far as COVID-19, says Dr. Mark Walker, epidemiologist and interim director of Internationalization and Global Health at the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine. Read the complete interview 

Unfortunately, in light of the recent COVID-19 developments in Ottawa, we are postponing the International and Global Health Symposium until the Fall. Stay tuned for more details on all IGHO activities, including virtual events.

The University of Ottawa is closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus infection. University of Ottawa Coronavirus Update

Since 2016, the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has hosted a group of students from Shanghai for a month-long Summer School Program followed by a 2-week joint Introduction to the Profession Unit in the Undergraduate Medical Program as part of their Pre-Medicine Program.

This spring, the International and Global Health Office (IGHO) welcomed six specialists from Tongren Hospital in Shanghai for a customized training program at the Faculty of Medicine from May 1^st to June 7th, 2019.