EDUCATION: KEY PRIORITIES

• Develop and sustain innovative multidisciplinary academic courses, research and programs which advocate and advance global health.
• Enhance education opportunities for work/study at UofT and in developing countries
  
• To enable excellence in global health education and facilitate opportunities for capable and motivated students from UofT (and elsewhere…we have various examples of placing other universities’ students, e.g. McGill, Queen’s, Western Ontario, UBC, USA, etc.).
  
• To identify and attract international scholars and students to the UofT and CIH initiatives.

BENCHMARKS IN EDUCATION

• Consistent, growing number of requests for the Centre for International Health to enable, facilitate global health education and collaborate at UofT (e.g. with DeptPHS, Faculty of Arts & Science’s Human Biology Program and Health and Disease Program, and the International Development Studies Program at Scarborough Campus) and with strategic international universities and organizations.(e.g. Development of network between UofT students and universities in China, India, Africa, South America and across Canada).
  
• Excitement for learning about and contributing to global health issues as evidenced by continually growing numbers of students (many of whom report that they are chosing the UofT because of the global health offerings).
  
• Students, in collaboration with CIH are motivated to organize first rate conferences, meetings, lectures and events with themes related to global health.
  

GOALS AND PRIORITIES IN EDUCATION
Our established and new goals:

• Continue establishing the CIH Work/Study Program that provides students with overseas opportunities in global health research and education. The field sites developed (only one now in Cambodia) would be part of CIH and DeptPHS initiatives and include collaboration with multidisciplines.
  
• Continue to grow and develop the CIH Cambodia Primary Health Care Field Station which provides field site opportunities for students, residents and faculty members.
  
• Development of International Health Summer School program in collaboration with Dept. Public Health Sciences.
  
• Establishment of Centre for International Health Chairs in Global Health Research.
  
• Establishment of Masters and PhD Programs in International/Global Health and more courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels.
  
• Attract international students and faculty.
  
• Continue to enhance undergraduate courses in international health
  
• Establish the University of Toronto HIV/AIDS Initiative - Africa as a preeminent centre for interventional research and education; HIV/AIDS Initiative to provide innovative, unique research and educational opportunities for students
  
• The first campus-wide University of Toronto World Aids Day was held on December 1, 2004 (with about 15 activities in all faculties). Then-President Iacabucci spoke along with a representative from Health Canada, etc). Stephen Lewis and other representatives from the United Nations have been invited to participate in the future. CIH Director and Manager, Strategic Initiatives met with UofT Deans and program directors to introduce work of CIH and opportunity for collaboration on WAD and the HIV/AIDS Initiative – Africa with Faculties of Music, Engineering, Architecture, Law, Arts and Science, Social Work, Department of Art History and Visual Arts, Peace and Conflict Program, etc.
  
• Establishment of Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit which will further enhance student opportunities.
  
• Further develop the CIH program of short courses, that can be offered for continuing education and advanced students.