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Social/Psychiatric Epidemiologist; #ImpSci - Assistant Prof, Public Health & Social Policy, UVic; Affiliate Scientist, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions; Academic Editor, Mental Health, PLOS Global Public Health; CIHR Training Platform co-lead

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Nov 12

A brief intro: I'm a community-engaged social & psychiatric epidemiologist. I advance an anti-racist implementation science approach to reducing social & mental health inequities. I look forward to engaging with you here. #SDoH #impsci #episky #publichealth #globalhealth #healthpolicy #hspr

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Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health (IALH) @uvichealthresearch.bsky.social · 12d

✨Newly minted MSHRBC Scholar Dr. Farah Mawani @farahway.bsky.social was interviewed by the Faculty of Health in their inaugural Research Spotlight Q&A. Learn about her career and current research projects here: tinyurl.com/bddpch6v

Research Spotlight with Farah Mawani - Faculty of Health - University of Victoria

Farah Mawani’s research is rooted in her lived experience and expertise as a social and psychiatric epidemiologist with more than 20 years of global, national, and local experience in research and sol...

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Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health (IALH) @uvichealthresearch.bsky.social · 12d

We are THRILLED to share this fantastic news! Four IALH Research Fellows were named @healthresearchbc.bsky.social MSHRBC Scholars! Their work is critical for increasing access to safe, equitable healthcare for diverse populations. Congratulations!🎉Read about their research here: tinyurl.com/ypzrwf62

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Aug 24

“When you take a stand there might be a price to pay, and sometimes you have to pay that price.” Powerful message from my aunt Nurjehan Mawani based on her experience of our community’s inclusive schools challenging structural racism in Kenya @victoriaforum.bsky.social @uvic.ca #VictoriaForum #UViic

Nurjehan Mawani speaking on panel with Mikes Richardson, Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, & moderator Carol Ann Hilton

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Aug 23

I'm very excited to be welcoming my aunt Nurjehan Mawani to my Victoria home for the @victoriaforum.bsky.social. Join me on Aug 24 (rev) to hear her share her experience in global leadership roles including Former Diplomatic Representative, Kyrgyzstan & Afghanistan @akdn.bsky.social #VictoriaForum

Victoria Forum @victoriaforum.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎤 Meet the Speaker
Pleased to welcome Nurjehan Mawani C.M., lawyer, diplomat, and champion for justice and gender equity, to Newcomers, Shared Futures and Building Communities on Aug 25 at #VictoriaForum2025!
📍 University of Victoria 🌐 victoriaforum.ca #GlobalDialogue

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is great! I encourage @uvichealth.bsky.social students to join. I learned so much from journal clubs as a student.

Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health (IALH) @uvichealthresearch.bsky.social · Aug 18

📚 New opportunity for @uvic.ca students this fall!

Join IALH’s Journal Club—an opportunity to connect with peers, discuss research, and build community.

👉 Info Session: Fri, Sept 26 | 9–10am | R Hut Boardroom
Coffee, tea, fruit & bagels provided ☕🥯

#UVic #IALH #JournalClub #HealthyAging

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Aug 19

Have you ever had to put "death threats" in the Impacts on Progress of Research section of your grant applications? Peers without lived experience of racism who review our work need to understand the extreme contexts we work in without institutional acknowledgement or support.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 10

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.

He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.

Speechless.

A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 10

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 3

"The sounds of weeping mothers curled on cold concrete floors echoed through the walls at the federal immigration processing center in Broadview, keeping Gladis Chavez awake for most of the night." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/d...

‘Dehumanizing’: Inside the Broadview ICE facility where immigrants sleep on cold concrete

An investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that immigration detainees have been held for days at the processing center in west suburban Broadview.

www.chicagotribune.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 3

NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide.

#MarchForHumanity

(🎥 Ema Franklin)

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thousands of French people held a massive rally and march in Paris, standing against Israel's genocide in Gaza, they chanted "Nous sommes la résistance (We are the resistance)" #FreePalestine #3E

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank you to my colleague Dr. Roberto De Vogli and his colleagues for this important call to action for scholars and health professionals. It is impossible to stay silent as a human and as a public health scientist. #publichealth #healthequity #humanrights

Kate Pickett @profkepickett.bsky.social · Jul 31

An important and eloquent letter from our friend and colleague, Roberto De Vogli - please read and share
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza

Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

www.thelancet.com

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 12

Please read this beautiful profile of my cherished friend and @yorkuniversity.bsky.social scientist Dr. Sheila Colla @savewildbees.bsky.social in the @thestar.com. www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

‘Sheila just went for it’: York University scientist Sheila Colla remembered as a fierce advocate to save wild bees

Colla, 43, died Sunday of cancer. She successfully fought for the rusty-patched bumblebee to become the first bee listed as an endangered species in Canada and the U.S.

www.thestar.com

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 11

In my grief, I neglected to acknowledge that without me asking, Sheila Colla wrote a powerful letter in support of me getting an Adjunct Professor appointment in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. I only learned about it from our friend and colleague Sarah Flicker ❤️

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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Jul 10

When I started researching wild bees, Sheila consistently offered advice. If I needed to vent about academic colleagues, I could count on her for a listening ear (& appropriate amount of justified anger!). When choosing between what is easy & what is right, I often think about what Sheila would do.

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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Jul 10

Sheila was a remarkable friend, colleague, mentor, neighbour, and mother, who gave so much to all of her communities. I looked up to her immensely as a colleague who thought deeply about the way we do science and who we include and uphold. She will be deeply missed. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

Donate to Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna Penner

There is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillian… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment

www.gofundme.com

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Philip Loring @philiploring.com · Jul 10

The conservation science community lost an amazing soul--Dr. Sheila Colla, the leading expert on wild bees and wild-domestic bee interactions in North America. Sheila was a tremendous advocate for nature and environmental justice. 🧪
www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca/obituaries/S...

Obituary information for Sheila Colla

View Sheila Colla's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 9

If you can offer any support to them as they deal with the practical and psychological impacts of their unfathomable loss, please contribute and/or share this gofundme gofund.me/b3f4eac5 🙏🏼

Donate to Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna Penner

There is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillian… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment

gofund.me

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 9

And I know that the impact she had on me was just a fraction of the impact she had on the people in her life and so many more beyond them. My heart breaks for all her loved ones, and especially for her husband Mark, and kids Tristan and Rowan.

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 9

I feel so fortunate to have met her 9 years ago, when she co-founded East Enders Against Racism in response to white supremacist posters at Stan Wadlow Park in East York. It was healing to have the opportunity to collaborate on such a response to racism in a park and community I grew up in.

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 9

That meant the world during the rocky transition when I asked myself daily “What have I done?” She was also the friend who eased my transition to my York postdoc, taking it upon herself to welcome me to the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change complete with a tour & access to the faculty lounge.

farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jul 9

I’m not ready to talk about Dr. Sheila Colla @savewildbees.bsky.social in the past tense. Her presence and voice are so vivid in my mind. She was the friend who stayed in closest touch with me when I moved from Toronto to Victoria, chatting with me as if I had never left.

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Sharif Haji @sharifhajimla.bsky.social · Jun 27

Alberta is failing on public health.

In week 24 of the year- also known as epidemiological week-, we accounted for 125 of Canada’s 221 new measles cases.

That is more than half.

We have the expertise to do better, but the UCP government is weakening our public health system.

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farahway.bsky.social @farahway.bsky.social · Jun 11

Listening to Dr. Rheanna Robinson give her @uvic.ca Provost's Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture, "Disability needs to be decolonized: How Indigenous knowledges can inform inclusive pedagogies of practice". Looking forward to learning from her. events.uvic.ca/lti/event/98... #uvic

Dr. Rheanna Robinson | Disability needs to be decolonized: How Indigenous knowledges can inform inclusive pedagogies of practice

Disability needs to be decolonized: How Indigenous knowledges can inform inclusive pedagogies of practice This lecture is sponsored ...

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