November 2016

Congratulations to FHP faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends on their recent achievements.

Read "SMU auditorium full to hear Indigenous perspectives on racism: Senator Sinclair caps off speaker series." The Signal - November 10, 2016.

Every year, students at the Dalhousie School of Human Communication Disorders begin their semesters excited, anxious, and ready to learn. And every year, clinical educators are prepared to guide them.

Read "Path Dependency - Trump, Brexit and the future Europe." BMJ Blog - November 25, 2016.

When Jim Leitch (BHSc ’16) crossed the stage at convocation this past spring, he couldn’t help but wonder what his future would look like had he not visited Dal’s website back in 2009. It truly was a “turning point.”

Read "Indigenous children, stoic about their pain, are drawn out with art." CBC News - November 20, 2016

Video has become a learning tool that does what books cannot: visually conveying emotion to educate students and professionals for job-specific scenarios. Mindful Matters, a video created by Sheri Price and Megan Aston of Dalhousie’s School of Nursing was launched at the IWK Children’s Hospital on May 9th 2016, with the aim of informing students, faculty and staff that attentive actions towards intellectually disabled children and their families can improve the quality of care for everyone involved.

The Dalhousie School of Nursing has taken another step to becoming a major facilitator of evidence-based health research in Atlantic Canada. As of August 3, 2016, the School of Nursing began a 3-year partnership with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI).

The Research Profile is an in depth look at research being conducted in the FHP. Each profile highlights the research achievements, goals and interests of a faculty member in their own words. This month - Dr. Derek Rutherford from the School of Physiotherapy.

Read "The rise of walls and the decline of values: from Trump to Calais" Lancet Global Health Blog - November 3, 2016