International (2010- Present)
Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality
Nov 14, 2023- Using a Peace through health framework as an Ethical Imperative – the case of Occupied Palestine– Past President’s Session–American Public Health Association (APHA)– Virtual
Nov 13, 2023- Mental Health and Intergenerational Health Consequences of War and Racial Violence– Moderator- Peace Caucus American Public Health Association (APHA)– Virtual
Nov 12, 2023- Critical Engagement with the Framework and Principles of Peace through Health (PtH): Health Justice in Palestine– presenter International Health section- American Public Health Association (APHA)– Virtual
May 30, 2022- Medicina familiar global-Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)-Peru
Sept 28th, 2023- Peace through Health panel moderator/organizer– Group of 78 Annual Conference–https://group78.org/programs/annual-conference/2023-conference/
Sept. 20, 2022- Ghent presentation Global Family Medicine- WHO Collaborating Centre on Primary Care– Virtual
Mar 29, 2022- Roles and Responsibilities of Universities to Prevent and Mitigate the Impact of Armed Conflict on Population. Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference 2022: Healthy People, HealthyPlanet, Social Justice-Virtual- Panelist regarding Peace through HealthPanelist for CUGH 2022 – CS 21.
Mar 28, 2022- “Impacts of war on health in Afghanistan: intersections with education, peacebuilding, and resettlement”- Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference 2022: Healthy People, HealthyPlanet, Social Justice- Virtual organized byAthena Madan of Royal Roads University-Moderator
Mar 21, 2022- Partnerships for Global Health: A Canadian Perspective-Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference 2022: Healthy People, HealthyPlanet, Social Justice– Virtual- Moderator/ Organizerhttps://www.cugh2022.org/satellite-session-26
Dec 9, 2021- Refugee Health Global Health class- Charité – Universitäsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
May-June 2021-Organization of Project ECHO– World Health Organization Nepal Medical Association, India/Nepal
Apr, 2021- Situational Analysis of Mental Health in Somalia- Virtual- Interpeace
Mar 19, 2021- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). COVID-19 Unmasking Divisions around the World. Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. https://usfq.zoom.us/rec/share/ZU-QvUpLf02b4bbeJJW8GTO7n4Hc5ru6LVSbV38aG4CYypZge5vHZYKkby4vzpnr.abhUZzgaMfzOEF7X
Nov 13,2020- Balsillie School of International Affairs. Global Health Cluster COVID-19 Policy: What do the Numbers Mean? Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario.
Oct 28, 2020- Cambridge University Peace and Education Research Group (CPERG). Peace through Health. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. https://cperguk.wordpress.com/
Oct 14, 2020- Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies (CCULAS). School for International Studies Conference. Global Shifts: Lessons from Canada and Latin America- Refugee Policy in the 2010’s: A realignment of Domestic and International Priorities Canada. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Sept 30, 2019- “Peace through Health Collaboration with NGOs and Academic- Context and Opportunities for WHO EMRO”-World Health Organization (WHO) EMRO Executive Training Course– Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sept 29, 2019- “Peace through Health Past, Present, Future”- Peace through Health Keynote-World Health Organization (WHO) EMRO Executive Training Course– Dubai, United Arab Emirates
June 14, 2019- “First Point of Contact: Canada’s Refugee Health Clinics: Structure, Care Models, Strengths and Challenges” Meb Rashid et al. presenters Mei-Ling (Vancouver-Bridge Clinic), Annalee Coakley (Calgary-Mosaic Clinic), Tim O’Shea (Hamilton), Tim Holland (Halifax)- North American Refugee Health Conference (NARHC) Conference Workshop
May 14-16, 2019- From Crisis Response to Peacebuilding: Achieving Synergies. Lancet- SIGHT Commission: Advancing evidence and action on the interlinkages between health, gender, equality, pace, justice and strong institutions. Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development 2019. SDGs 3, 5, 16. Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation and Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/Session%2024_SthlmForum%202019.pdf Or https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32113491
Mar 10, 2019- Morakis H, Jalan D, Carpenter J, Arya N, Tcholakov Y, Hall T. Cherniak W. “Canadian Family Medicine Residency Global Health Education Survey”- Virtual Poster Presentation- Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)– Bill Cherniak presenting
Nov 16, 2018- “Medical Education and Health for Peace-Plenary”- International Congress on Health for Peace-Shiraz-Iran (Remote)
March 28, 2014- University of Iowa Global Health Studies– “Battlefield Earth: Global Health and Violent Conflict” – Keynote speaker- Iowa City, USA http://international.uiowa.edu/academic/ghsp/events/conferences/2014/speaker-biographies-battlefield-earth-global-health-and
March 18, 2012– Left Forum, New York, USA –Corporate Malfeasance and Global Health and Causes and Health Consequences of War and Militarism http://www.leftforum.org/panels/2012-approved-panels?page=7
Oct. 31, 2011- American Public Health Association (APHA) meeting – Washington, DC, USA – Speech accepting Mid-Career Award for 2011
October 14, 2011– 2011 Family Medicine Global Health Workshop – San Diego, CA, USA: with Lynda Redwood-Campbell, MD; Katherine Rouleau, MD – Developing a Curriculum Framework for Global Health in Family Medicine; Emerging principles, competencies, and educational approaches
April 14, 2011- Unite for Sight – Leadership Institute Spotlight Series “Global Health: Challenges and Promises” class – Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA –Peace Through Health in the Middle East
November 11, 2010- Peace and Development – DMC, India http://www.7starnews.com/story/3628/Dr_Arya_speaks_on_Peace_and_Development_at_DMC
November 11, 2010- Ludhiana Dayananda Medical College- Lughiana, India- Peace Through Health
September 23, 2010- Huai’an China 3rd People’s hospital Global Health and medical student exchanges, McMaster Global Health teaching
May 2010 – Peace Through Health Ramallah Friends Meeting “Quakers” Ramallah, Palestine http://www.ramallahquakers.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?id=47
April 23-25, 2010- 8th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference – Seattle, Washington, USA – War and Global Health: Transforming our Professions, Changing Our World http://www.healthallianceinternational.org/programs/projects/western-regional-international-health-conference-2010-war-and-global-health/
Apr. 2010. Global Health Education Consortium- Cuernavaca, Mexico- Meeting of Global Health Directors and Developing Standardized Curricula
Canadian (2010- Present)
Nov 11, 2022- War & Health–CTO 2022 Clinical Trials Conference– Panel with Samantha Nutt- Toronto, Ontario
Nov 10, 2022- Global Family Medicine– The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (College of Family Physicians of Canada)- Mississauga, Ontario
July 21, 2023- Characterizing Canada’s Refugee Healthcare System: Immunization Processes for Refugees–North American Refugee Health Conference (NARHC)– El-Shazly N, Arya N, Brindamour M, Coakley A, Holland T, Leslie M, Musto R, Narasiah L, Pottie K, Rashid M, Redditt V, Wiedmeyer M, Fabreau GE Best Poster Award NARHC- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Apr 13, 2022-Equity- Kitchener -Waterloo Chamber of Commerce– Kitchener- Waterloo, ON, Canada
April 13, 2022- How do South Asian seniors perceive their long-term care needs?Allied for Inclusivity in LTC: A Forum to Build Connections- Virtual- with Catherine Tong
Feb 8, 2022 “Health: an Engine for the Journey to Peace” -CHL5707 – Peace through Health- University of Toronto- Izzeldin Abuelaish
Jan 10, – How do we Provide Care to Diverse Immigrant and Refugee Populations in Canada? With Lita Cameron- McMaster University– Family Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario
Oct 20, 2021- Afghanistan Refugee Advocacy–McMaster University– Family Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario
Oct 5, 2021- “Episode 347: Local and Transnational Peace Work”- Project Save the World– Metta Spencer Facebook Schmooze (virtual)https://tosavetheworld.ca/347-local-and-transnational-peace-work/
Sept 13, 2021- Refugees and Forced Migration– University of Waterloo Conrad Grebel Marlene Epp class, Local Health services, Guest Speaker, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Mar 31, 2021- Reception House. COVID Vaccine questions.Reception House Waterloo Region, Kitchener, Ontario.
March 6, 2021- McGill University CIME Interprofessional Healthcare Symposium. Introduction to Series- Challenges faced by Newcomers in the COVID era. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TVM5PO-mAX7IgDSPk8ASF8uLUIOL_8CB/view
2010- 2021 (Yearly)- Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Izzeldin class. Peace through Health. University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada
July 22, 2019- “Economic Policy in an Interdependent World: The Case of Health, HIV and AIDS and Other Epidemics”- Masters in International Public Policy: Global Governance IP641- Health Movement and Migration (Guest lecture)- Alan Whiteside- Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA)– Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
June 18, 2019- “Global Health”- Professional Competencies Class- McMaster University– Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
June 14, 2019- “First Point of Contact: Canada’s Refugee Health Clinics: Structure, Care Models, Strengths and Challenges” Meb Rashid et al. presenters Mei-Ling (Vancouver-Bridge Clinic), Annalee Coakley (Calgary-Mosaic Clinic), Tim O’Shea (Hamilton), Tim Holland (Halifax)- North American Refugee Health Conference (NARHC) Conference Workshop
April 30, 2019- co-organizer/ author- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Developing and Implementing Curricula on Climate Change in Family Medicine Training (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine conference (STFM)/ College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Workshop
Oct 2, 2018- Working Centre Book Launch Underserved populations
Sept 14, 2018- WLU IMRC Reflections on Refugee Health Work: Clinical, Research, Education and Advocacy- Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/reflections-on-refugee-health-work-clinical-research-education-and-advocacy/
Jan, 30, 2018- Health as an Engine for Peace- CHL 5707 DLSPH Peace through Health –University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Sept 21, 2017- International Day of Peace Symposium. “The Current Refugee Crisis” Chapman University, Rinker Health Science Campus, Irvine, California USA.
June 16-18, 2017- North American Refugee Health Conference (NAHRC)- Presentations Chair Multiple sessions
April 1, 2015-Science for Peace: Towards a Just and Sustainable World Speaker Series- This Nuclear Age: Nuclear Activism- Past, Present, and Future – University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/this-nuclear-age-nuclear-activism-past-present-and-future and http://scienceforpeace.ca/this-nuclear-age-winter-2015-series and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEGcJR5tttk
March 16, 2015- Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) 101 University of Waterloo– Peace through Health- University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario. https://uwaterloo.ca/peace-conflict-studies/sites/ca.peace-conflict-studies/files/uploads/files/pacs_101_syllabus_jan_4_w2015.pdf
March 19, 2014- McMaster University – Doctors of the Dark Side– Panelist alongside Lisa Schwartz, and Diane Enns- http://www.doctorsofthedarkside.com/
November, 2013- African Canadian Federation of London Area (ACFOLA)- Moving Forward African Canadian Conference of ACFOLA- Plenary Speaker http://www.acfola.ca/conference/neil-arya-plenary-speaker/
October 19, 2012- MENARG Middle East and North African Research Group– Western University– Western Arab Spring Peace and Health, Palestine
Sept 12, 2012- Energy Futures & Health Conference- Moderator- Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western, London Ontario
June 8, 2012- Rotary Club Guelph– Health as a Bridge to Peace and Effects of War on Health http://www.rotaryclubofguelph.com/event.php?e=36http://www.rotaryclubofguelph.com/news.php?id=624
Apr. 16, 2012- 2012 Canadian Conference on Medical Education – Poster Presentation Canadian Certificates in Global Health: Connecting Global to Local , with Meili, R., Arya, N., Kapoor, V., Sleeth, J., Carpenter, J., Ponka, D., Watterson, R., Matthews, D., Bach, P., O’Hearn, S., Rehbein, B.
April, 5, 2012- London Convention Centre-LCC Ambassador http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/1357600-lcc-ambassadors-honoured/
April, 5, 2012- London Convention Centre-LCC Ambassador http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/1357600-lcc-ambassadors-honoured/
Apr. 2010-2012- 4400 B Environmental Pathology Evaluating Scientific Evidence in Environmental Health for Policy Making Pathology Students
Apr. 2011-2012- Global Health lecture in Dr. Murthy’s class – video-conferenced to New-York University- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 20, 2012 – LHSC Research Day – London, Ontario, Canada – Poster Presentation – Evaluation of a one-day global health pre-departure training conference based on participant behaviour as measured by the objective structured clinical exam with Chris Foster, Ammara Ghumman and Audrey Tran
Mar. 2011-2012- India Health Initiative Fundraiser Event – Western University, Ontario, Canada – Presenter
Mar. 2010-2012- Peace Through Health Lecture in Dr. Abuelaish course – Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
November 13-15, 2011- CCGH-Connecting local and Global: the movement toward recognition of Global Health experiences by Canadian Faculties of Medicine Making the Links-Presentation with Ryan Meili
November 15, 2011- McMaster Global Health Teaching – Mandatory undergraduate global health curriculum: One university’s response to a growing need – Poster Presentation with Carrie Bernard, Fiona Koymadjian, Luella Lobo, Lynda Redwood Campbell, Archna Gupta.
Fall, 2011- Global Health lecture video-conference to University of Toronto-organized by Dr. Kevin Chan.
October 28, 2011- Inter-Relationship between Health, Peace, and the Environment India Canada Association meeting, Ontario, Canada
April 4, 2011- 4400 B Environmental Pathology Evaluating Scientific Evidence in Environmental Health for Policy Making Pathology– Western University
December 2, 2010- Health Studies HS 201 – Canadian Health Care Systems
October 31, 2010- Ottawa Canadian Conference on Global Pathways to Global Health Education – Marginalized Communities and Service Learning
October 4, 2010- Peace Through Health – McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
September 24, 2010- Presenter, Canadian Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage (CAPIH) on Global Health International Experiences with Mohammed Zubairi Toronto
September 23, 2010- McMaster Global Health teaching – Huai’an China 3rd People’s hospital Global Health and medical student exchanges
July 7, 2010- Physician Advocacy: A Global Health Imperative CANMEDS Roles for first year residents- Western University– London, Ontario
Jun. 8, 2010- PUBL 5213 Environmental and Occupational Public Health, Master of Public Health Program, Lakehead University taught by Lynn Marshall – An Ecosystem Approach to Public Health
Jun. 8, 2010- Global Health Electives: Presentation to Ontario Undergrad Medical Education group Lakehead University
April 5, 2010- Pathology 4400 B Environmental Pathology – Evaluating Scientific Evidence in Environmental Health for Policy Making- Western University, London Ontario
July 2010-2012, Advocacy Talks to Western University Residents, Ontario, Canada