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News from the Faculty of Health
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Moving away from the white coat: 亚洲91视频鈥檚 College of Pharmacy updates tradition
亚洲91视频鈥檚 College of Pharmacy is changing the way it welcomes new students, helping the future pharmacists to provide culturally responsive care. The tradition for the past few decades was a white coat ceremony to welcome new students into the College, where everyone was given a coat that they will wear for their labs. The tradition was started by medical schools and adopted by pharmacists since they also wore the coats.
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Dal Health's School of Health Administration and the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) renew a strategic alliance
Dal鈥檚 Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has renewed its strategic alliance with the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) to increase the leadership capabilities of health care managers in Canada.
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Dal Health PhD student awarded prestigious Vanier Scholarship for groundbreaking work on sustainable health care
鈥淩eceiving a Vanier Scholarship is a great honour, and I鈥檓 immensely grateful to have been selected,鈥 says Drew, a PhD student in the Faculty of Health at 亚洲91视频 University. 鈥淥n a practical level, it means I can dedicate myself exclusively to this research. But more than that, it鈥檚 a signal that this work matters鈥攖hat building a sustainable public healthcare system in Canada isn鈥檛 just a fringe idea, but a recognised national priority.鈥
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Grad profile: Advocating for culturally responsive care
A moment at Dal that I鈥檒l never forget would have to be Recreation Orientation (Rec O). I still remember it like it was yesterday. I got to meet my professors and faculty members in a not so formal environment where they fostered a welcoming and inclusive environment that gave me the sense of belonging I had been looking for after my first year at Dal.
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Unmasking the 鈥楳anosphere鈥: Dal Health researcher explores online radicalization, masculinity and power
In the online world where radical ideologies flourish in the shadows, Dr. Luc Cousineau is shining a bright, necessary light. As Co-Director of Research at the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (CIFRS) and a Recreation Management Instructor in the School of Health and Human Performance, he studies how online communities鈥攑articularly those focused on anti-equity and masculinist ideologies鈥攆orm, evolve and exert influence.