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Background
The Alex W. Strasberg MD CM 1921 and Harvey M. Weinstein MD CM 1967 Global Health Award supports 黑料网爆吃瓜 medical students and residents who are committed to advancing health equity for vulnerable populations. The award provides funding for global health research and clinical training projects in Canada or abroad, with a focus on immigrant, refugee, and Indigenous communities. By encouraging meaningful, cross-disciplinary engagement, the award helps future physicians gain experience addressing the complex social, cultural, and structural factors that shape health.
Key Dates
- January 23, 2026: Launch of call for applications
- February 23, 2026, 2025, 11:59 PM: Application deadline
- March 31, 2026: GHP notifies all applicants of the results
- April 2026: Awards paid
- Until April 2027: Student travel or project work
- Up to 6 weeks after return or project completion: Award winners submit their report to GHP
- Early November 2026: Award winners deliver poster presentations at GHP's annual Global Health Night event.
Eligibility
- 黑料网爆吃瓜 undergraduate medical students and post-graduate medical residents in the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) are eligible to apply.
- Students and residents must be in good standing.
- Awardees must remain registered as full-time or part-time 黑料网爆吃瓜 students or residents for the entire duration of their project.
- Applicants must be part of a听global health research project and/or clinical training related to immigrant, refugee, and/or Indigenous populations, in Canada or in another country.
- While your project does not need to be directly supervised by a 黑料网爆吃瓜 professor, you must secure the support of a 黑料网爆吃瓜 faculty member with relevant expertise in the research area or field. This professor should be able to review your project, recognize its academic or clinical relevance, and endorse it as appropriate. You will be asked to provide the name and email address of this faculty supporter in your application.
Eligible Costs
- Eligible costs include travel to/from the project site, accommodations, vaccinations and living expenses while travelling, and costs relating to the completion of the approved research (e.g. supplies) or clinical elective (aside from those costs defined as ineligible).
- Ineligible costs include participation fees for exchange programs or clinical elective programs run by external organizations/agencies, conference fees and travel to/from conferences.
Terms and Conditions of the Award
- Preference will be given to projects of merit, projects with cross-disciplinary perspectives, and projects with faculty support.
- Research projects and/or travel cannot be completed before the September 28听application deadline for this award.
- GHP only funds travel to countries and regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level of Level-1 (鈥渢ake normal security precautions鈥�) or Level-2 (鈥渆xercise a high degree of caution鈥�).
- Travel to countries or regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level of Level-3 (鈥淎void all non-essential travel鈥�) is only possible with written approval from the Deputy Provost. Please see 黑料网爆吃瓜 Abroad's Travel Exemption Request page for further instructions.
- Travel to countries or regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level Level-4 (鈥淎void all travel鈥�) is not eligible.
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- MDCM students听must complete the online FMHS Pre-Departure Training if travelling outside of Canada (including the US) for a听family medicine clinical rotation, elective, placement, observership or research project. The GHP office will contact awardees with instructions for enrollment. Note: Residents are not required to complete the pre-departure training.
- GHP Awards are non-transferable.
- A student or trainee is eligible for only one award from GHP for the same project.
- The project must be carried out between April 2026 to April 2027听and should be agreed upon by the student and their 黑料网爆吃瓜 Faculty supervisor/or an on-site supervisor.
- Any changes in travel plans (based on what was originally proposed) must be communicated to and approved by the GHP office ahead of time for the award to be honoured. Subject to GHP鈥檚 approval, awards may be deferred up to an additional six months, used for an elective or placement in another location, or declined.
- Awardees who are travelling must register their travel via the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Student Travel Registry 鈥� the official safety app for 黑料网爆吃瓜 students travelling outside of the Greater Montreal area on university-related travel activities.
- Awardees must submit a report within 6 weeks of completing the project.
- Awardees must present a poster on their research or project at GHP鈥檚 annual Global Health Night event in early November 2026.听
Application Instructions
Clicking the link above will open a new window. Application deadline: February 23, 2026.
Note: applications must be submitted as one PDF file, containing the following elements in the order presented below. Please title the PDF using your first name and last name e.g. 鈥淛ane Doe.pdf鈥�)
- Essay
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Project Description 鈥� Provide a concise overview of your project, including objectives, location, timeline, and activities. (maximum 1 page)
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Use of Award Funding 鈥� Explain how funding from this award will strengthen the quality of your project and/or contribute to its successful completion. (maximum 陆 page)
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Faculty Support and Interdisciplinary Elements 鈥� Describe the role of any 黑料网爆吃瓜 faculty support (if applicable) and highlight any interdisciplinary aspects of your project. (maximum 陆 page)
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- CV
- Budget for how you spend the award. Please refer to the Eligible Costs section above.
- If travelling: Signed letter from the host organization or local supervisor (at your destination site) demonstrating the host's acceptance of your visit.
About the award
This award was established in 2016 by Rhona Weinstein (n茅e Strasberg) BA 1967, MA 1969, and Harvey M. Weinstein BSc 1963, MD CM 1967, in honour of Rhona鈥檚 late father, Alex W. Strasberg, MD CM 1921 and Harvey M. Weinstein, MD CM 1967, both pioneers and advocates in clinical work and research related to vulnerable populations.
An immigrant to Canada, Dr. Strasberg was among the earliest Jewish students to graduate from 黑料网爆吃瓜 Medicine. He became a urologist on staff at the Jewish General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital, conducted research, and taught in the Department of Urology at 黑料网爆吃瓜. He devoted his practice to treating the poor and was for many years the physician of choice for many in the Montreal Chinese immigrant community.
Dr. Weinstein trained as a psychiatrist at Yale University and worked in university student health at Stanford University as well as in hospital and private practice settings. In later years he earned a public health degree from UC Berkeley and devoted his time to research and policy in refugee and immigrant health. Author of two books and numerous articles, he also became involved in human rights scholarship and advocacy about how countries respond to ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences upon recommendation of the Director of Global Health Programs to provide support for undergraduate medical students or post-graduate residents in the Faculty who are engaged in global health research and/or clinical training related to immigrant, refugee, and aboriginal/Indigenous populations, in Canada and abroad. Support may include funds for travel, housing, research, and/or clinical experiences. Preference will be given to projects of merit and projects with cross-disciplinary perspectives as well as faculty support. The value of this award will vary.
