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Public Health Newsletter
August/26/2021
 
Happy Thursday Public Health Superheroes! 

Wow! It's almost back to school again for some of us whether it be online, in person, or a hybrid. I hope you have a chance to embrace the last few days of your vacation left as you prepare to return to school. All the very best to a new school year of learning!

With love,

"It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
—Nelson Mandela
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My International Journey in Public Health
 

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” -Martin Luther King, Jr

The reason for choosing healthcare as my career was the quote I mentioned above. My journey has been very diverse since it started with me completing my medical school in India from M.M Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Ambala in 2017 and working there as a family physician for a year and a half.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CANADA

Research Associate: Provincial Population and Public Health (AB)
Alberta Health Services
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Vice-President Research – Programs (ON)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Health Equity Lead (ON)
Canadian Mental Health Association
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Associate Medical Officer of Health (ON)
Public Health Sudbury and Districts
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Research Coordinator, Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine (AB)
The University of Calgary
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COVID-19 Clinical Services Coordinator (BC)
BC Centre for Disease Control
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Community Health Worker (ON)
Bayshore HealthCare
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Clinical Research Coordinator I (ON)
University Health Network
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Research Associate (ON)
Centre for Global Child Health and Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children
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Territorial Specialist, Public Health and Communicable Disease (NWT)
Government of the Northwest
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OTHER REGIONS

Technical Officer (Risk Communication&Community Engagement) (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
World Health Organization
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Director, Africa Health, Global Development (Seattle, WA, USA)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Analyst, Cervical Cancer (Dakar, Senegal)
Clinton Health Access Initiative
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Senior Director, Program Development--Global Health (Washington DC, USA)
Save the Children US
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TOOLS, RESOURCES & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Feminist Health Research Conference
Medical Herstory’s Feminist Health Research Conference takes place on August 28th, 2021 and August 29th, 2021. The conference includes prominent feminist health advocates, a student research speed panel, a lived experience panel, mini-workshops, and a roundtable discussion with healthcare professionals who use social media to inspire social change.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion
The 24th International Union for Health Promotion and Education World Conference on Health Promotion is calling for abstracts in English, French, or Spanish, for their conference that will take place between May 15, 2022 and May 19, 2022. The theme of the conference is "Promoting policies for health, well-being and equity".  Abstracts are due on September 17, 2021.
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CanWaCH is seeking Board of Directors 
CanWaCH is seeking Board of Directors. If interested, please apply by September 30, 2021.
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WHAT WE'RE READING AT PH SPOT

17 Tech Tips and Tricks to Make Working From Home More Productive (and Fun)
Technology can make working from home during the pandemic easier.
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Family Planning, but Make it Global
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how important it is to place more attention and care on global access to contraception and family planning. 
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Your Communication Skills Matter for Every Job—Here’s How to Use, Improve, and Show Off Yours
Regardless of the industry that you work in, strong communication skills are essential. In addition to sharing more about 4 common types of communications, the article discusses 8 communication skills that can be used across different mediums in the workplace, tips on how you can improve your communication skills and how you can show your communication skills during a job hunt.
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FREE ONLINE COURSES 

Developing Expert Educators for Healthcare Professions
The course will share the philosophy of education as well as the teaching strategies for healthcare professionals to become expert educators.
Approximately 3 hours // 6 weeks
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The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development
The course will share how the brain has an impact on children’s development. In this course, learners will also learn about the intersection of childcare, education and other programming with policies at the national level and beyond.
Approximately 2 to 4 hours a week // 8 weeks
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OTHER ONLINE COURSES

Analyzing Survey Data in R*
Learn survey design using common design structures followed by visualizing and analyzing survey results.
4 hours / 49 exercises / 14 videos
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Pivot Tables with Spreadsheets*
Explore the world of Pivot Tables within Google Sheets, and learn how to quickly organize thousands of data points with just a few clicks of the mouse.
4 hours / 54 exercises / 13 videos
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Data Analysis with Spreadsheets*
Learn how to analyze data with spreadsheets using functions such as SUM(), AVERAGE(), and VLOOKUP().
3 hours / 27 exercises / no videos
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Introduction to Data [Interactive Course]*
Learn the language of data, study types, sampling strategies, and experimental design.
4 hours / 15 exercises / 46 videos
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