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Cassandra Hartblay recalls a time in graduate school when a senior scholar in her field wasn’t able to give feedback on a research presentation she gave at an academic conference. The scholar, it turned out, missed the session because a requested accommodation wasn’t available.

A new study co-led by a Department of Health and Society Professor aims to shed light on the role that the complex interplay between airborne microbes and air pollutants have in causing or preventing the triggers of asthma by turning the focus on Canada’s North.

Natalie Scime became a women’s health epidemiologist because of stories. Stories from family members who went through difficult pregnancies, stories from friends whose symptoms were misdiagnosed, stories of delays and barriers to health-care.

A Department of Health and Society professor is collaborating with partners in Brazil and the United Kingdom as part of a study to analyse the social innovations for food and health justice that emerged during the pandemic.

The Centre for Global Disability Studies is pleased to celebrate the first cohort of Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships.

Department of Health and Society Professor Notisha Massaquoi has made Toronto Life's annual roundup of the 50 most influential Torontonians.

Prof. Massaquoi was recognized for her role leading the advisory board that developed Toronto Police Service's new race-based data

A film by DHS Associate Professor Laura Bisaillon will be screened at the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) this month.

Canadians are on the move from bigger provinces to smaller ones, according to the latest release of data on mobility and migration gleaned from the 2021 Census.

Equitable cancer care for Black patients, medical schools' responses to anti-Black racism, mental health of Black youth and gaslighting in academic medicine are some of the topics in 2 anti-Black racism in health care issues of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) to be published October 24 and October 31.

Department of Health and Society Assistant Professor Julia Gray is part of a team receiving recognition for a project aimed at raising awareness about dementia stigma.