Health in Africa: A Model for International Partnerships - A Case Study of TAAAC
The University of Toronto and Addis Ababa University are pleased to invite you to the next episode of the Health in Africa series discussing A Model for International Partnerships.
This conversation will be led by Marci Rose (MSc ’07), the Toronto Director for the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC) — an international partnership between U of T and the Addis Ababa University to enhance Ethiopia’s health-care and education systems, fostering sustainable development and addressing critical societal challenges.
Participants will be able to:
1. Learn key partnership lessons from TAAAC
2. Identify some principles of international partnerships
3. Set expectations within an international partnership
Our speaker
Marci Rose is an experienced occupational therapist, with degrees from Ohio State University and U of T. She began her career at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, later serving as Occupational Therapist-in-Chief and holding management roles at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Marci then became Administrative Director at Mount Sinai Hospital before founding the Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Passionate about global health, she leads initiatives in Ethiopia, including as Toronto Director for TAAAC. Marci also lectures at U of T and leads international disability initiatives.