Catalyst Seminar Series – Session 5: Women & children

The Catalyst Seminar Series is hosted by the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics (IHEP) at the University of Toronto. The aim of this series is to spotlight the innovative work of interdisciplinary teams tackling urgent challenges in pandemic and public health emergency, preparedness, response, and recovery.

This fifth session will be virtual and feature presentations on the following projects:

    • Evaluating Equity-focused Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood and Youth Mental Health in Canada, presented by Kuan Liu (Dalla Lana School of Public Health)
    • Shedding Light on the “Shadow Pandemic”: Developing a research agenda on gender-based violence during and after COVID-19, presented by Beverly Essue (Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation) and Sarah Kaplan (Rotman School of Management)

Date: February 10th, 2026

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual

Please see this link for more details and to register for the session.