The Irma M. Parhad Programmes

The Dr. Irma M. Parhad Programmes were established at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine in 1995 in recognition of the creative potential of people from every part of the world. The lectureship, and the more recent roundtable and studentship, are concerned with conditions that affect human health and well-being worldwide. Some of the most destructive threats to human health arise not only from disorders traditionally studied in medicine, but also from economic, legal, psychosocial, and geopolitical issues.

The Parhad Programmes are therefore designed to be transdisciplinary. They bring together students, faculty and staff from diverse faculties and institutes at the University of Calgary such as medicine, law, humanities, social sciences, communications, social work, the Institute for the Humanities, and the International Centre. In addition, programme participants and alumni hail from many parts of the world, including Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iraq, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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