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In 2023, the Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Academy of Health Sciences created an Expert Panel to make recommendations on Canada's Role in Global Health. The Expert Panel's recommendations were released in March 2025 in a report entitled "Protecting our Collective Future: Renewing Canada's Role in Global Health," . The Report includes 7 recommendations that identify both the substantive directions and the ways in which Canada can revitalize its leadership in global health.

1. Review Canada's role in Global Health over the last 25 years; 2. Consider the new definition of global health being proposed in the RSC/CAHS report 3. Reflect on the 4 substantive directions and 3 mechanisms for leading change being recommended in the report.

Overview of Canada's role in global health over the last 25 years. Re-defining Canada's role in an increasingly interdependent health world Strategic directions for women's health and primary care, one health security, health promotion and protection and tackling the health workforce crisis

Canada needs to renew its leadership in global health by: i) redefining global health to reflect growing trans-jurisdictional interdependence; ii) mobilizing initiatives that engage Canadian and global partners in concerted action related to women's health and universal primary care, one health security, and health promotion and protection; iii) leading innovative multilateral collaboration to address the health workforce crisis that is limiting provision, protection and promotion of health across all countries; and iv) appointing a global health ambassador to steward a global health strategy and a global health research and innovation strategy.