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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers has set an ambitious set of policy goals focused on protecting the guardians of human rights and the rule of law, safeguarding the role of independent judges in checking unaccountable power, and reimagining justice by advancing legal empowerment – a rights-based methodology intended to ensure that those most directly impacted by injustice are given the tools to know, use, and shape the law.

New global public health challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and extreme weather crises, have made emergency response and recovery an urgent area of practice and research around the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to control it have threatened livelihoods, introduced new workplace risks and made unstable work relationships even more precarious, especially for women.

The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to control it have threatened livelihoods, introduced new workplace risks, and made unstable work relationships even more precarious, especially for women.

The Principles for Equitable Global Health Research were developed by the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (now the Canadian Association for Global Health) with the aim of ensuring that global health research is practiced in an equitable way.

Disease outbreaks are increasing both in terms of severity and frequency.

Different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic present governments and decision-makers across low- and middle-income countries with distinct challenges.

A link has been recognized between iron overload and metabolic syndrome (MetS), a health disorder that greatly increases the risk of many chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease.

The 2013-2015 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) was unprecedented, resulting in more than 11,000 human deaths with an estimated total cost of US$4.

Phase I (104033) sought to foster learning partnerships between Canadian and Latin American research and training institutions by testing, analyzing and documenting different modes of collaboration based on information and communications technology (ICT).