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?

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 graduate level course on ecosystem approaches to health is being offered at four “sites” in May 2020: Montréal (UQAM), Guelph (University of Guelph), Prince George (University of Northern British Columbia) and an online “site.” Six two-hour sessions (seven in the case of the online group) will be 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. 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 seven 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 Katie Clow 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 is Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 5th (webinar-only participants)/May 7th (all participants start) to May 26th from 1:30 pm (EST), ending at 3:30 (EST). Last year's topics are indicated to give an idea. We will be updating the actual topic list in February.

Date (duration)	Topic
May 5 (online "site" only)	Orientation to Hybrid Course/Webinar Series: Introduction & History of Principles of Ecohealth
May 7	Resilience & Sustainability
May 12	Complexity & Systems Thinking
May 14	Transdisciplinarity & Knowledges
May 19	Sex, Gender, & Equity
May 21	Case study
May 26	Knowledge Translation

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.