We are Partners In Health Canada Spark, an independent group of passionate individuals building a movement for global health equity and social justice. We believe that all people should have the right to health care and we are dedicated to supporting this goal through public education, fundraising and engagement. As a self-organizing collective of volunteers from across Canada, we constantly strive to support the mission of PIH Canada in its life saving work across the world.
This blog is brought to you by the Education Group. As part of PIHC Spark, we complete literature reviews on relevant aspects of global health, present at conferences, create and disseminate accessible videos to the public, and plan academic events. Our current series of projects is focused on maternal health and birthing practices in Haiti.
Want to find out more or get in touch? We’d love to hear from you!
Zahraa is a Master of Public Health Student at the Dalla Lana School of health. She is also an intern with the Omnis Institute, and Co-founder of The Blank Page.
Aurore Iradukunda holds a bachelors in Molecular Cell Biology & African Studies from McGill University. She is a global health advocate and co-founder of Sayaspora.
Kai Fan Kai is a graduate from McMaster’s Global Health Program. He is interested in health systems, environmental health, and epidemiology in middle-income countries.
Kristy Yiu is an MSc in Global Health candidate at McMaster University.
Lissa Murseli is a policy manager at Health Canada in Ottawa. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of British Columbia.
Prativa received her master’s degree in epidemiology from Columbia University and is now based in Toronto as a Research Fellow for the Global Strategy Lab. She is interested in global health governance, evidence-based policy-making and advocacy for health equity. You can reach her on Twitter @tivabaral.
Sandy has a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization from McMaster University. She is currently a Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Toronto. She is interested in global health, governance, and social justice. Follow her on twitter @sandyttat.
Raquel Burgess is a graduate of the MSc in Global Health program at McMaster University and now works as a Research Assistant in McMaster’s Dept. of Family Medicine. Her interests lie in making global health research accessible to the populations it strives to serve. She is the team lead of the 2017/18 PIHC Spark Education group.
Hanan Moalim recently graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor’s degree. Beginning in September, she will be pursuing an MSc in Global Health. Some of her interests are in critical global health, global health praxis in conflict settings, global health governance and diplomacy, knowledge accessibility, and advocacy.
We are an independent group of passionate individuals igniting a movement for global health equity and supporting the mission and lifesaving work of PIH Canada.
