This course explores public health policy in Canada and connects it to the global political context. We study the evolution of Canadian healthcare into its current form and then turn to international institutional arrangements that offer different approaches to a range of health policy challenges, including universal health care, antimicrobial drug resistance, infectious disease, non-communicable diseases, maternal newborn and child health and environmental health. TRN136Y1 provides 0.5 FCE towards breadth requirement 3 (Society and Its Institutions) and 0.5 FCE towards breadth requirement 4 (Living Things and Their Environment)
Breadth Requirement: 3) Society and Its Institutions + 4) Living Things and Their Environment
TRN136 explores how public health decisions are made both in a Canadian and global context. Assignments will often focus on exploring these principles and require students to research specific concepts. These assignments can include but are not limited to:
Note: Assignments can vary from year to year
Joy Fitzgibbon, PhD
Associate Director, Trinity One Program
Email: joy.fitzgibbon@utoronto.ca
Research Interests: She explores the effectiveness of global policy networks and the impact of knowledge entrepreneurs on policy reform.
Interesting fact: She’s a marathon runner (2010 Marathon de Paris, Paris, France) and a vocal singer (Grade 8 Vocal Music University of Western Ontario; Grade 2 Theory Royal Conservatory of Music).