CoPEH-Canada Course and Webinar Series

2020 Hybrid, multi-site course on ecosystem approaches to health

May 2020

Fires, floods. Extinction, equity. Deforestation, disease. Climate change, crisis.

Are you preoccupied by complex issues influencing the health of ecosystems, communities, humans or animals?

Transition, regenerative practices, resilience, adaptation, decolonization

Looking for approaches that can help you and your research or practice contribute to regenerative processes healing people, animals, ecosystems and the planet?

Discover innovative and dynamic approaches for better understanding the multiple factors which influence health – ecosystem approaches to health – with an experienced, pan-Canadian team. During this intensive course, you will learn methods for carrying out research and interventions on issues at the confluence of health, the environment and society.

This part online, part face-to-face (this will depend on university directives in the context of the evolving COVID-19 crisis) graduate level course on ecosystem approaches to health is offered each year at four “sites” in May: Montréal (UQAM), Guelph (University of Guelph), Prince George (University of Northern British Columbia) and an online “site.” Seven two-hour sessions (eight in the case of the online group) are conducted as simultaneous webinars across the sites. The rest of the time for the three onsite groups will be locally run sessions, including field trips (conditions permitting). We offer a rigorous, hands-on pedagogical approach.

This course is available to graduate students from all disciplines and also to professionals interested in these themes. It is possible to register for the full course for credit at one of the participating universities or to follow the eight webinars only, on-line (a certificate of completion is provided).

For those interested in following the webinar series or for general information*, please contact us at copehcanada <at> gmail.com
For those interested in the course in Montréal, contact Jena Webb at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For those interested in the course at Guelph, contact Jane Parmley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For those interested in the course in Prince George, contact Margot Parkes at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In 2020, the schedule for the webinars was Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 5th (webinar-only participants)/May 7th (all participants start) to May 28th from 1:30 pm (EST), ending at 3:30 (EST).

Date	Topic	Lead
May 5 (online "site" only)	Orientation to Hybrid Course/Webinar Series: Introduction & History of Principles of Ecohealth	Jena Webb, UQAM
May 7	Case study: Health across species	Margot Parkes, UNBC; Jane Parmley, UofGuelph
May 12	Complexity & Systems Thinking	Jane Parmley, UofGuelph
May 14	Sex, Gender, & Social Equity	Johanne Saint-Charles, UQAM; Jena Webb, UQAM
May 19	Knowledge Translation	Audrey Simon, UdM;André Ravel, UdM
May 21	Resilience & Sustainability	Margot Parkes, UNBC;Sandra Harris
May 26	Transdisciplinarity & Knowledges	Jane Parmley, UoGuelph; Chelsea Himsworth, UBC
May 28 NEW	Synthesis with expert panel on pandemics	Panel: Mélanie Lafrançois, UQAM; Samira Mubareka, Sunnybrook Research Institute; David Waltner-Toews, UofGuelph

* Fees apply, please contact us for more details as wel have a sliding payscale

Course participant Blogs

THREE OF THE 2018 HYBRID COURSE PARTICIPANTS' BLOGS

Demand for beer cans tied to ancestral bones washing ashore in BC

By Jenn Diederich

Green as a colour-blind approach to ‘activism’

By Bianca Dreyer

Leaded blood: is the Cerro de Pasco community left out?

By Stefany Ildefonso

Three of the 2017 Hybrid course participants' Blogs

Girls Rock Camp North: An Ecosystems Approach to Summer Camp?

By Shayna Dolan

An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure

By Charles Paco

Canada 150: A Bitter Slice of Watermelon to Swallow

By Marlee Vinegar

2015 Intensive field school PARTICIPANTS' BLOGS

Three of the blogs written in the context of the 8th CoPEH-Canada field school (2015; Montréal) were published on the "Semaine du Saint-Laurent" website (French only), in conjunction with the the David Suzuki Foundation, in the lead up to their 4th edition of the Saint Lawrence River appreciation week.