From December 3-4, the AMR Policy Accelerator facilitated its second Smart Choice Process workshop — this time in Kadoma, Zimbabwe!   The Smart Choice Process Link is an effective methodology used to rank and prioritize interventions to support the development or implementation of a country’s National Action Plan (NAP) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).  During the workshop, the […]

Every year, World AMR Awareness Week happens from November 18-24. This year, the Global Strategy Lab and the AMR Policy Accelerator hosted a webinar series covering topics from exploring lessons from the Montreal Protocol to design better strategies to manage AMR, to conversations on how to use storytelling and art to raise awareness, and discussing ways to improve […]

From November 19-20, GSL team members Gabriel Fezza and Daniela Corno attended bioMérieux Canada’s 2024 AMR Symposium, at the Sheraton Center, in Toronto, a two-day national event dedicated to mitigating antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This symposium was an amazing opportunity to meet other AMR researchers and learn about their work across the One Health (human, animal […]

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) plays a critical role in shaping public health responses, especially during public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in the UK, the exact role of the CMO is not precisely defined in legislation. Patrick Fafard, Research Director of Public Health Institutions, worked alongside Katherine E Smith, Professor of Public […]

From November 14-16, the Fourth Global High-level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Geneviève Boily-Larouche and Julia Bishop represented the AMR Policy Accelerator by joining the discussions on how to move the UNGA Political Declaration on AMR from promise to practice.   The conference was followed by the second annual […]

The 17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) was held from November 11 to 15 in Sydney, Australia. ISVEE has a long history of bringing together the veterinary epidemiology and economics community, serving as a platform for knowledge exchange.   Representing the Global Strategy Lab, Research Lead Kayla Strong led a presentation on an […]

We’re excited to host a series of webinars featuring leading experts in the fields of AMR, art, and humanitarian crises. 

The inaugural session of the AMR Policymaking Course brought together policymakers and researchers from One Health sectors. From October 7-11, 2024, the AMR Policy Accelerator welcomed participants to the Global Strategy Lab’s offices at York University for the inaugural session of the AMR Policymaking Course.   Developed as an executive-style educational program for AMR experts from […]

GSL’s newest study analyzes over 280,000 deaths and nearly 10 million COVID-19 cases across 608 neighborhoods to understand how urban epidemics are shaped by social inequities in the eight largest cities in Canada and Latin America.  Authors Mathieu Poirier, Andrea Morales Caceres, Tieneke E Dykstra, Aline Dayrell Ferreira Sales and Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa found that […]

After 10 years of visionary leadership, Dr. Steven Hoffman will be stepping down as GSL’s Founding Director and we are pleased to announce Mathieu Poirier as the Lab’s new Director.   Dr. Poirier is a York Research Chair (Tier II) in Global Health Equity, an Assistant Professor of Social Epidemiology at York University, and a co-Director […]