YouTube video by Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research Unpacking the Polycrisis: Transforming Capitalism’s Existential Health Threats, with Ronald Labonté

Interested in my take on the current state of affairs in global health, post Trump 2.0? View my York University (Canada) lecture from last month on youtube: Unpacking the polycrisis www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCSD...

The open access 'Journal of Critical Public Health' just releases it's third issue is now out: Competing Narratives in Decentred Health Systems -
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc.... It is the only journal dedicated to 'critical public heath', community-owned (not corporate). Check it out!

At the risk of irrelevancy given the context of ICE murdering a woman in Minneapolis, the journal Globalization and Health just published our editorial challenging the idea that globalization is now officially dead. “Globalization and health in an emerging new world order,” rdcu.be/eXXmV

A short overview of Global Health Watch 7 at this blog: www.globe.uio.no/english/rese...

hosted by The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health, University of Oslo

The PDF ebook version of Global Health Watch 7 English edition is not available here: darajapress.com/publication/...

Click on Book Format, select PDF, then either make a donation or click 0.00 for free download (yes, it is free!)

The 5th edition of Health Promotion in Canada is now out!
...introducing new perspectives on critical issues such as 2S/LGBTQIA+ health, planetary health, climate justice, and community-centered approaches to resilience. (and yes, I have a chapter in it)

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Another frightening tale of how critical voices are being silenced. This is how fascism entrenches itself.

A new edition on what 'critical public health' means in research and practice:
New Directions in Critical Public Health
Health in Turbulent Times
By Lindsay McLaren, Judith Green, Ronald Labonte
Published by Routledge, order information available here: www.routledge.com/New-Directio...

Here is one of the Global Health Watch 7 chapters, Chapter A1: From a Political Economy of Disease to a Political Economy for Wellbeing darajapress.com/wp-content/u...

Co-edited another Global Health Watch with Chiara Bodini. We're beginning to release the finished chapters, full book later in May or June. An anti-Trump tonic! Free to download. Thanks to the scores of activist contributors to this edition.

Mobilizing for Health Justice: Global Health Watch 7 (English edition) Since its first edition in 2005, Global Health Watch (GHW) – the flagship publication of the People’s Health Movement (PHM) – has been critically reporting on the state of the world’s health.…

Mobilizing for Health Justice: Global Health Watch 7 (English edition) darajapress.com/publication/...

A different and compelling analysis of why the tariff war is still about one thing only: ensuring US corporate power.

Trump's Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think | Common Dreams This is a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.

Trump's Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

I really think NYC should separate and become Canadian. Then I could visit again!

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

So another Netanyahu Israeli war crime is committed. When will this genocidal violence end? When will Israelis see their own genocide simply being repeated in what they are allowing their rules to perpetrate on others?

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article) The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Looks good, Devi.

An excellent and hopeful analysis of how to confront the imperialist isolationism of Trump's new 'end of history' US-centered autocratic autarky.

Trump's Tariff Gamble: Global Chaos or Calculated Concessions? A looming trade war and security threats leave European leaders scrambling to decipher the American president's true intentions.

Trump's Tariff Gamble: Global Chaos or Calculated Concessions? www.socialeurope.eu/trumps-tarif...

Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths A new modelling study has sought to find out what impact recent foreign aid cuts – particularly from the US – will have on HIV. Here’s what the researchers found.

Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths
theconversation.com/foreign-aid-...

A brilliant piece! I do hope the governments she lists are listening and reading and plotting. Certainly Canada's new PM, Mark Carney, and most of our country's premiers, are in fight-back mode.

How the World Can Push Back: The Playbook to Counter Trump's Second Term As Trump tears up democratic norms, foreign governments must counter his playbook with bold, coordinated resistance.

How the World Can Push Back: The Playbook to Counter Trump's Second Term www.socialeurope.eu/how-the-worl...

Flights from Canada to the US are reportedly down this month by 70%. Staycations are booming. The real fear is that the Trump/MAGA/tech oligarchs/Project 2025 will use economic warfare to annex us, or even military. And an exodus of US profs to Canada is underway...

Why it’s a critical time for Canada to renew its commitment to global health co-operation Building on a storied history of engagement that supersedes partisan politics, there is no time to lose for Canada to strategically renew its role in global health.

Why it’s a critical time for Canada to renew its commitment to global health co-operation
theconversation.com/why-its-a-cr...

The Tale of Glyphosate in the EU: Policy Preach Vs Practice [Guest Essay] Newsletter Edition #262 [The Files In-Depth]

The Tale of Glyphosate in the EU: Policy Preach Vs Practice [Guest Essay]
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Heatwaves: does global research reflect the growing threat in the light of climate change? - Globalization and Health Background With the increasing impacts of climate change, heatwaves are placing an enormous burden on health and social systems and threatening ecological diversity around the world. Heatwaves are increasing not only in frequency but also in severity and magnitude. They are causing the deaths of thousands of people. Research is needed on a multidisciplinary, supra-regional, and regional level. Methods A detailed evaluation of the research conducted is not yet available. Therefore, this study provides a detailed insight into the publication landscape to identify key players, incentives, and requirements for future scientific efforts that are useful not only for scientists but also to stakeholders and project funders. Results The number of publications on heatwaves is increasing, outpacing the trend of research indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded. However, funding is lagging behind comparatively. Looking at absolute numbers, the USA, Australia, China, and some European countries have been identified as major players in heatwave research. If socio-economic numbers are included, Switzerland and Portugal lead the way. Australia and the UK dominate if the change in heatwave-exposed people is included. Nevertheless, exposure and economic strength of publishing countries were identified as the main drivers of national research interests. Previous heatwaves, in particular, have driven research efforts primarily at the national level. Conclusion For an efficient monitoring or early detection system that also includes the economically weak regions, internationally networked efforts are necessary to enable preventive measures and damage limitation against heatwaves. Regardless of previous regional extreme heat events, research approaches should be focused to the global level.

Heatwaves: does global research reflect the growing threat in the ... - Globalization and Health

🧵1/ The U.S. has withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO) again in 2025. What does this mean for global health? As members of the editorial board of Int J Health Policy Management we've looked at the consequences in a new paper. ⬇️

I am new to bsky having deleted an earlier Twitter account. I am a retired professor who researches globalization-related processes affecting health. You can access my University of Ottawa faculty webpage here (www.uottawa.ca/faculty-medi...). I will now post or share but only irregularly.