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The 3rd Annual Canadian Global Health Students and Young Professionals Summit

The Student and Young Professional Global Health Summit aims to give space to students and young professionals (SYPs) involved or interested in the global health field. This is the forum for global health SYPs to connect, network, engage, and be inspired.

 

Leading experts as well as outstanding SYPs will question what the upcoming global health challenges of our time and report on what Canadians are doing in this arena. 

 

Participants will also be challenged to think about their career paths through workshops focused on global health mentorship and a panel who will speak about their sometimes winding global health career path.

 

 

 

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What is a SYP and why a SYP summit?

The SYP story started over many coffees, as many stories start. There is a need, a demand, a group of talented and driven individuals who are knocking at the door. And they are asking for a chance. A chance to sit at the table. A chance to contribute. A chance to put their knowledge to work. A chance to make a difference in global health. We are these people.

 

Students and Young Professionals (SYPs) was a term coined by the Canadian Society for International Health's mentorship program, MentorNet. The term looks to include those that are still eager to learn, despite technically having left the academic environment. Young professionals are not age restrictive! The group of people we consider SYPs are not only eager to learn, but fierce contributors to society and passionately involved in the world around them. SYPs are the movers and shakers of the next century, not necesarrily young, but young in their career and since it is common for individuals to change careers multiple times, being a young professional is not.

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