McGill Global Health Programs is sponsoring a current student to attend the “Decolonizing Global Health” workshop at Duke University on January 31, 2020 from 1:30-5:30pm. Dr. Pai will be attending as a guest speaker to discuss his articles on the topic. The GHP office would like explore the possibility of hosting a conversation like this one at McGill in the future and we think it would be valuable to also have a McGill student attend this event. GHP will cover the airfare and accommodation of the student attendee.
In addition to attending the workshop, the chosen student will have the opportunity to meet the organizers.
To apply please fill out the form below by December 16th. You’ll be alerted as to your selection by December 20th.
About the workshop:
Global health as we know it today – in our research, our practice, and our programming – is the newest configuration of what was once ‘tropical health’ and ‘colonial medicine’. Yet in most major institutions and organizations today, global health is practiced in a depoliticized and ahistorical manner. Oppressive roots of global health, such as colonialism, slavery, sexism, and classism are often hidden by a focus on interventions that alleviate human suffering. As a result, many global health practitioners and researchers, despite good intentions, perpetuate the very systems of oppression in which colonial medicine was embedded. This conference will challenge us to ask: How do we build a global health system that is decolonized?
You may contact the studentaffairsghp.med [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Duke%20%22Decolonizing%20Global%20Health%22%20workshop) (GHP office) for additional information on the workshop.
