Canada - Brazil Education Series on Contemporary Urban and Global Health

An International Knowledge Exchange Series: A free 10-week online series that brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, educators, and students.

Explore contemporary urban and global health challenges through expert-led presentations featuring perspectives from Canada, Brazil, and beyond.

Designed for flexible, self-paced learning, each weekly module includes a recorded presentation and reflection activity, encouraging participants to connect emerging evidence and diverse perspectives to their own professional, research, educational, or community contexts.

What participants can expect:

• 10 expert-led presentations
• Perspectives from Canada and Brazil
• Weekly reflection-based activities
• English and Portuguese presentations with subtitles in the alternate language
• Flexible, asynchronous participation
• 15 hours of learning

Complete all 10 presentations and reflection activities to receive a Certificate of Participation.

Modules:

• Module 1: Nephrology and Research — Current Trends and Challenges in Nursing Research in Brazil
• Module 2: A New Era in HIV Treatment — Innovations in Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy
• Module 3: Advances and Barriers in Leprosy Management in Brazil
• Module 4: Structural Vulnerabilities, Substance Use, & Mental Health Challenges in Urban Contexts
• Module 5: Public Health in Brazil — Overview, Challenges and Advances
• Module 6: Interventional Cardiology in Brazil
• Module 7: Climate Crisis — The Big Picture
• Module 8: Community Capacity Building and Health Technologies
• Module 9: Insisting on Ending Hunger — Over 30 Years of Public Policies for Food and Nutrition Security in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Module 10: Palliative Care and Cardiovascular Disease