Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Sep 26, 2008	"...the most general and greatest concepts..."
But, although they [i.e., the most general and greatest concepts] may not have meaning, they do make sense, and it is very sensible to awaken this sense from time to time. Robert Musil Derr Mann ohne Eigenschaften - 'The Man without Qualities' (first book), 1924 (translation by Jelke...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008	Note to Corante - "What's in a (blog) name?"
As regulars here will be aware I've been wondering what Hodges' model might learn from other conceptual frameworks produced around the world. ... When I first read the following blog title - ' World Health Care Blog ' I thought - 'World Health Care' - now this sounds really...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008	Transdisciplinary Research: Supplement in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Sometimes being turned on by conceptual frameworks , transdisciplinary studies , paradigms and other esoteric sounding - blue skies stuff, you wonder if you are being just a tad grandiose. Your lip gets bitten especially when you are not being paid to think and write in this way and your...... [view]

Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Sep 7, 2008	Some links....
Architecture for Humanity Youth Media Lab and Library_1677 AMD Open Architecture Challenge SIDAREC Slums Information Development and Resource Centers Center for Transnational Women's Issues...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Sep 17, 2008	AIDS Walk for Life: For Money or For Minds?
This weekend I joined two friends and walked in the Toronto AIDS Walk for Life.  Toronto has no shortage of runs for a cause — every couple of weeks I see one on my way to work on a Sunday morning.  There’s the CIBC Run for the Cure, the Super Cities Walk for MS… ...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Sep 12, 2008	Upcoming Toronto Development Events
The AIDS Walk for Life is this Sunday, with pledges going to support the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) .  I’m walking with some friends, so let me know if you are too. Next Thursday is Idealist.org ’s Toronto gradfair highlighting Graduate Degrees for the Public Good.  At...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008	AIDS 2006 Toronto –> AIDS 2008 Mexico City
One of the questions that I keep getting asked is how the most recent AIDS conference was from the last one. I met some people at the conference who had been to the last 7 or 8, so they’d be better at describing the conference’s evolution, but here are a few thoughts from...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 28, 2008	What health activists can learn from environmentalists
Public health and environmentalism are alike in that both activists for both issues address complex global problems characterized by interdependence and the need to catalyze collective action. That might be where the similarities end. Here are some of the observations that I have as the...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	International Development Undergraduates, writing.
The Undercurrent Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Development Studies publishes open source academic papers by Canada’s International Development undergrads, covering topics from indigenous land rights to microcredit to media representation of the developing world. Undercurrent...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 9, 2008	Interesting Links of the Week
Nonprofit Link of the Week Young nonprofit professionals, take note. Heather Carpenter at Nonprofit Leadership 601 highlights reasons why graduate school is still a good choice for nonprofit professional development. Public Health Link of the Week Technology, Health and...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 3, 2008	Water, water nowhere: Social marketing and the quest for access to clean water
It’s one of the most essential things to a healthy life and taken for granted by those who have it. Lack of access to clean water plagues affected people with completely preventable diseases. Argentina is the first developing country that I have lived in that has had water that you can...... [view]