1. GDM-Impact
BECOMING THE MINISTER OF HEALTH IN OUTER
SPACE: Women’s Education for Equity and
Innovation for All
Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Lorna Jean Edmonds PhD

2. • Instead of thinking
‘outside the box’
lets think
‘inside ourselves’
about a subject so very close to us all
• Health
• The Health of the Global Population
• Health Human Resources
• Health of Canada
• Models of development
• charity, medical , social, and citizenship
Approach

3. Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always
remember, you have within you the strength, the
patience, and the PASSION to reach for the stars
to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
Maybe not quite for all..

4. Girls in underprivileged
communities

5. These girls have dreams too

6. Malala Yousafzai
Pakistan
She wants
to be a doctor
She was shot in the head for sharing her dream

7. • Information technology and communication
• Globalisation
• Climate change is looming large
• Outer Space is the next frontier
• ONE Knowledge economy
The most impactful
trends in the 21 st century

8. The problems today are the problems
of the world

9. TALENT
Those who master the talent
challenge will dominate the markets
in the 21st century
Deloitte, 2009
Where is the real power to
address these challenges ?

10. Talent is Mobile
Brain drain, gain, chain…
Why migrate?
Control, Opportunity - choices
Wouldn’t you – that is thinking inside our selves

11. Global Tension for Innovation, Talent and
Partnerships

12. It is not only Africa that needs science…
Science itself needs researchers from Africa
Wired, August 12, 2012

13. Research in a Globalized World
- Canada and the University of Toronto -

14. • Global instability
• Disengaged community
• Notwithstanding LIFE in Outer Space, it is a
playground of unregulated activity impacting
on all of us
• Less than 10% of all astronauts are women
• Current Research and Innovators need help!
Problem

15. Strategy

16. Growth Strategy for Vulnerable Communities
International Development??
• Millenium Development Goals
• Goal 2: by 2015, children everywhere, boys and
girls, will complete primary schooling
• Goas 4,5,6: Child and Maternal Health and
HIV/AIDS: Primary health care
• The (Global Health) Development Industry:
• Foundations, Development Banks, NGOs, Charities,
Consulting
• Education and research institutions??
• Remittance
Is this approach working ?

17. Pillars of
an international development strategy
MDGs
• Access to primary education
• Access to health
• Access to human rights
• IMPLICATIONS…. before innovation
growth and
(good governance)
Is this approach working?

18. GLOBAL DIVIDEND FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT:
GDM –I
Quality human capital – educated
people – drives excellence
Strategy: Educating women for
equity for innovation

19. Pillars of Global Dividend for Maximum Impact
• Access to quality
• higher education and research capacity
• Scholarships for women
• Internships and mobility opportunities for
men and women
• Signature competitions to engage students
from all over the world to solve global issues
• Gender policies and MENTORSHIP
Strategy: equity for innovation

20. GDM-I
Result: Gender Equality
• Women support girls and boys, men and women and
communities
• Women are in supportive roles influencing leaders
• Women are in leadership roles
• Women and men are partners
and
• If you invest in women you can be certain that men will
make sure investments are also for them.
• Equal investments in, and gains for women
equate to equal gains for men and women
Why focus on women ?

21. GDM-I
Result: Flat Global Platform for Talent
the real power comes from the diversity of
women and men from all corners of the world and
all disciplines working together and using their
experience to solve complex problems and
accelerate innovation and create stability and
security
Where is the real power in decision
making and development?

22. The pillars of a global innovations agenda
• MDG + GDM-I
Integrated Strategy for fair
global competition

23. Malala Yousafzai, PhD
Minister of Health for Outer Space