Partners In Health Canada

Global citizenship sounds cute until it asks institutions to give up control.

And that was the part of the OCIC Symposium that stuck with us.

Not just the inspiring panels. (There were many!)
Not just the good conversations. (There was even more of those.)
The uncomfortable bit underneath it all:

Are we actually shifting power, or are we just getting better at saying we are?

Because youth leadership is not a vibe.
Locally led work is not a branding exercise.
“Solidarity” does not mean funding people with one hand and tying their hands with the other.

And when crises like Ebola expose what happens when health systems are under-resourced, the stakes get very real, very fast.

So yes, we left inspired.

But more importantly, we left with questions we can’t really un-ask.

What’s one thing our sector needs to stop pretending is “power-sharing”?

Health care is a human right. But rights don’t fund themselves.
In Malawi, the government spends $7 per person on health care each year. In Canada, that number is $5,887. That gap is a clear systemic problem. And closing it requires more than foreign aid.

Swipe to see what it actually takes to build health systems that last and what PIH is doing about it. And read the full analysis through the link in our bio.

So you found your social justice profile.

Cute.

Now use it.

Because the world does not change because people agree that injustice is bad. It changes when people organize, build, witness, analyse, and keep showing up long after the carousel ends.

Find your role. Bring your people. And join the movement for health justice.

Link in bio.

Tell me your team is obsessed with spreadsheets without telling me your team is obsessed with spreadsheets. 📊🧐

We all took the quiz at pihcanada.org/quiz and let’s just say... a lot of our meeting dynamics suddenly make perfect sense. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a handful of activists try to balance pure chaos with heavy data analysis, swipe through to meet the crew.

Head to the link in our bio to find your archetype, and drop yours in the comments so we know who to send our next pivot table to! 👇

Celebrating a decade of impact: Our 10-Year Academic Report is now live.

Over the past decade, has grown in many ways. We have built new pathways for learning, deepened partnerships across borders, advanced research that drives real change, and worked shoulder to shoulder with communities to build stronger, more resilient health systems.

We believe health is a human right, and at UGHE, it is the foundation of everything we do. We prepare students not only to care for communities, but to stand with them, learn from them, and work alongside them to build a more just and equitable world.

Read the full 10-Year Academic Report here: go.ughe.org/10yrsreport