Public Health & Migration @ DLSPH, the Centre for Global Health, and the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, in partnership with the Global Health and Social Accountability Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (University of Toronto), invite you to a series of lectures on land, borders, and health. With the contribution of a group of internationally renowned scholars and activists, these lectures will explore how land and borders are relevant to human health and the health of the planet, with the intent of emphasizing the importance of academic work, across disciplinary silos, focusing on restoration, restitution, and reparation.
Information on Full Lecture Series: https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Land-and-Borders-Lecture-Series_Final.pdf
Presentation Title: Reimagining the Border between Human and Non-Human in Advancing the Right to Health
Speaker: Dr. A. Kayum Ahmed is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University's school of public health. He has worked extensively on ensuring equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines as Division Director at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Public Health Program. Before moving to New York, Kayum served as Chief Executive Officer of the South African Human Rights Commission from 2010 to 2015. During this period, he led a team of 178 colleagues to monitor, protect and promote human rights in South Africa, and oversaw the management of nearly 45,000 human rights cases. Kayum holds a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University as well as various law degrees from the universities of Oxford (MS.t), Cape Town (LL.B.), and Leiden (LL.M.). In addition, he has degrees in anthropology (M.A.) and theology (B.A. Hons).
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