There is lots going on in Toronto this week, from a Fair Trade Holiday Shopping Festival to a Schools Without Borders music event to a Cafe Scientifique night on Gender Inequities in Health.  As well, in the lead up to World AIDS Day on December 1, there are a lot of AIDS-related events for you [...]

Here are some really interesting recent links on how people are tracking and tackling health issues through computer and cell-phone based technologies.  Some of them are better ideas than in practice, but I appreciate the potential!
Project Masiluleke
“Project Masiluleke is a path-breaking effort that harnesses the power of mobile technology to address one of the world’s [...]

On Friday at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Conference, I saw this great movie filmed at the 2006 AIDS Conference in Toronto, about two little girls interviewing several participants about HIV and AIDS.  In Please Talk to Your Kids About AIDS, Vineeta (6) and Sevilla (4) interact with Stephen Lewis, a drag queen dressed as [...]

On Friday at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Conference, I saw this great movie filmed at the 2006 AIDS Conference in Toronto, about two little girls interviewing several participants about HIV and AIDS.  In Please Talk to Your Kids About AIDS, Vineeta (6) and Sevilla (4) interact with Stephen Lewis, a drag queen dressed as [...]

Today I was at the first day of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network’s 2008 Research Conference.  The organization is a big funder of AIDS research in Ontario and it was great to check out what people are doing to learn about the pandemic in my ‘hood.
Sometimes I’m amazed at how broad the approach is to [...]

So, after ages of not being able to figure out how to get an events calender up and running, I’ve finally figured it out!  You might notice the new tab called Toronto Events up above, where the calender is now hosted.
Mel and I update the calender each week with events happening around Toronto that relate [...]

On the topic of international health rockstars (see previous post on Paul Farmer), I’m very excited to finally be heading to see Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma this Saturday.  I missed it at Hot Docs, and some other pre-screenings, but now that it’s coming to theatres I’m all set to go.  Some friends and [...]

On the topic of international health rockstars (see previous post on Paul Farmer), I’m very excited to finally be heading to see Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma this Saturday.  I missed it at Hot Docs, and some other pre-screenings, but now that it’s coming to theatres I’m all set to go.  Some friends and I will head to the AMC on Saturday night (either the 6:45 or 9:15 show) if you’re interested in joining.

I think that the movie will echo some of the ideas that Orbinski wrote about in his recent book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century, that I reviewed here.

Triage is in the AMC Theatre at Yonge and Dundas starting November 7.

Showtimes:
FRI: 2:05, 4:25, 6:45 & 9:15PM
SAT/SUN: 11:25AM, 2:05, 4:25, 6:45 & 9:15PM
MON-THURS: 2:05, 4:25, 6:45 & 9:15PM

 

From the press release: Dr. James Orbinski accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and was a field doctor during the Somali famine and the Rwandan genocide, among other catastrophes.  Having seen the best and worst of humanitarian assistance and of humanity itself, Orbinski embarks onhis most difficult mission to date — writinga deeply personal and controversial book that struggles to make sense of it all.