Forwarding on the following event announcement. For the latest updates on York University’s plan for Winter 2022 Term, please visit: https://www.yorku.ca/bettertogether/ Regards, Domenica School of Health Policy & Management York University Undergraduate Program Website: http://shpm.info.yorku.ca/ ________________________________ Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2022 12:22 PM Subject: Global Health Policy Webinar - February 18th Global Health Challenges in Times of COVID-19 Webinar series The geopolitics of the health effects of sanctions in Syria February 18, 1:10 PM – 2:30 PM[i] https://yorku.zoom.us/j/92742039980?pwd=WDZNWjQzdlJiRVIxcDFDVUoyYm1LUT09 Description This webinar will address the health effects of sanctions on the people of Syria and the geopolitical context. Syria is one of 21 countries currently subject to economic sanctions by Canada and one of about 40 countries under US sanctions. For about three decades Western countries have increasingly used economic sanctions as a foreign policy instrument. Deployed alone or in conjunction with military and/or diplomatic interventions, sanctions aim to achieve strategic political and policy goals, such as ostensibly protecting individuals and states from the behaviour of alleged wrongdoers. Because economic sanctions are considered less violent than direct military assault, they are often supported by individuals on the left and in the peace movement, who reluctantly accept the policy as a necessary evil. However, it is well-established that economic sanctions have a significant impact on human health, generally the health of vulnerable groups – women, children, the older and the sicker. The webinar is generously sponsored by the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Speaker’s bio - Vanessa Beeley is an independent journalist and photographer who has worked extensively in the Middle East - on the ground in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Palestine, while also covering Yemen since 2015. Currently based in Damascus, Vanessa holds several awards in journalism - in 2017 as finalist for the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, in 2018 as one of the most respected journalists in the UK by the British National Council for the Training of Journalists, and in 2019, as recipient of the Serena Shim Award for uncompromised integrity in journalism. Vanessa contributes regularly to Mint Press News, RT, The Last American Vagabond, and other independent media outlets. Recommended readings, viewings & sources of information * 75 Years & Counting: A History of Western Regime Change in Syria: https://off-guardian.org/2021/10/25/75-years-counting-a-history-of-western-regime-change-in-syria-part-i/ * The global multi spectrum war, Syria, and rising totalitarianism https://www.patreon.com/posts/global-multi-war-61151108 * Sanctions Kill https://sanctionskill.org/ ________________________________ [i] The time change is due to energy issues in Damascus that make it difficult to hold the webinar at noon.