Education & Curriculum

Providing 90% of health care services in the world via a multitude of settings across the continuum of care, nurses play a crucial role in defining and in addressing global health challenges. This is a key reason why the Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN) formally appointed Global and Indigenous Health Nursing (GAIHN) as a unified front in overseeing all global health activities and initiatives within the School.

Ashukin Program:

The ISoN launched the Ashukin program in January 2018, which enables Bachelor of Science (Nursing) BSc(N), Bachelor of Nursing (Integrated) (BNI)鈥攁nd eventually, Master of Science (Applied) in Nursing - Direct-Entry鈥攕tudents to acquire clinical learning experiences in Indigenous communities in Quebec. The program is aptly named 鈥淎shukin鈥�, a Naskapi and Atikamekw word meaning 鈥渂ridge鈥�, in reference to the tangible connections being created between communities. The program provides students with the opportunity to work with Indigenous populations in both Southern and Northern Quebec, in urban, rural and remote communities.

As part of the program, students perform a needs assessment in collaboration with community members, who actively take part in identifying their own needs. Based on the assessments, students are tasked with developing a health promotion or primary prevention project to be shared with the community at large upon completion. This way, students get to exchange culture and knowledge with members of an Indigenous community, while learning clinical competencies ranging from public health, health promotion, health education to primary prevention, and the communities get to share their knowledge, and benefit from the students鈥� work. To learn more about this program and how to apply click here.听

Ashukin students present at GAIHN Health Fair

Global Health Concentration:

In tandem with GAIHN, the ISoN developed a Global Health Concentration in 2007, an enriched educational stream for globally conscious graduate nursing students, featuring curricula designed to prepare nurses for the challenges of working with diverse populations in limited resource environments. The philosophy driving the curricula stresses the importance of understanding the inherent power dynamics, equity issues and ethical dilemmas that arise through global health nursing work. You can learn more about this program here.听

Ambassador Program:

The Ambassador Programs enables Undergraduate students to complete their final internship outside of the 91社区 hospital network including in rural and Indigenous communities, in other provinces and countries to broaden their understanding of health care in difference cultures and health care systems. GAIHN supports the annual information session for students interested in applying to the ambassador program in collaboration with the Nursing Undergraduate Society (NUS), where alumni come and share their clinical experiences in global health settings with interested students. This also creates a culture at the ISoN that is open to discussing issues of health equity.

Pre-departure Workshop:

The Pre-departure workshops started in 2006 for all students going outside of Montreal for a clinical stage with both the Ambassador Program and the Global Health concentration. The importance of pre-departure training has long been established as essential to prepare students going to complete clinical stage components outside of their culture. The pre-departure workshop focuses on the ethics of learning in another culture, reflecting at one鈥檚 positionality and role within another health care system. GAIHN was instrumental in developing and offering this training, involving and coordinating with former students to come and mentor students about to embark on a clinical placement outside of their culture.

students at pre-departure workshop

Re-Entry Workshop (REW):

Over the years the importance of supporting students upon their return from global health experiences has received much less attention, despite the challenges that students face. GAIHN was a leader in developing a Re-Entry Workshop (REW), one of the first organized debriefing training programs offered at 91社区 (mandatory for the GHC students) to help students with the challenges of re-integration. Students come together in a group with an experienced facilitator, several times over a 3-month period of time to share and debrief over a meal and further develop and integrate the learning from their Global Health experience working with an underserved population.

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There are many electives that have been taken and recommended听by past students that听deepen knowledge of global and Indigenous health,听the following chart has a list of these electives:

Electives听

GAIHN Suggested Elective List听

Suggested Electives听

Description of Courses听

Offered 2019/2020听

AFRI 598鈥�	Research Seminar in African Studies (3 credits):听An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the African Studies Program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff听听	Winter 2020听
AGEC 442听	Economics of International Agricultural Development (3 credits):听The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.听听	Winter 2020听
AGRI 411听	Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture (3 credits):听International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.听听	Winter 2020听
AGRI 550听	Sustained Tropical Agriculture (3 credits):听Contrast theory and practice in defining agricultural environmental "challenges" in the Neotropics. Indigenous and appropriate technological means of mitigation. Soil management and erosion, water scarcity, water over-abundance, and water quality. Explore听agro-ecosystem protection via field trips and project designs. Institutional context of conservation strategies, NGO links, and public participation.听听	Winter 2020听
ANSC 400听	Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses (3 credits):听The basic principles of molecular biology and the underlying molecular basis for various methodologies in molecular biology are covered. The molecular genetic basis for viral infections and tumorigenesis will be covered as examples of the use of molecular genetic approaches to address biological problems.听听	Winter 2020听
ANTH 227听	Medical Anthropology (3 credits):听Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.听听	Fall 2019/Summer 2020听
ANTH 212听	Anthropology of Development (3 credits):听Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency听听	Winter 2020/Summer 2020听
ANTH 302听	New Horizons in Medical Anthropology (3 credits):听Using recent ethnographies as textual material, this course will cover theoretical and methodological developments in medical anthropology since the early 1990's. Topics include a reconsideration of the relationship between culture and biology, medical pluralism revisited, globalization and health and disease, and social implications of new biomedical technologies.听听	Winter 2020听
ANTH 322听听	Social Change in Modern Africa (3 credits):听The听impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.听听	Fall 2019听
ANTH 326听	Anthropology of Latin America (3 credits):听Central themes in the anthropology of Latin America, including colonialism, religiosity, sexuality and gender, indigeneity, social movements, and transnationalism.听听	Fall 2019听
ANTH 327听	Anthropology of South Asia (3 credits):听An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.听听	Not Currently Offered听
ANTH 407听	Anthropology of the Body (3 credits):听This course will survey theoretical approaches used over the past 100 years, and then focus on contemporary debates using case studies. The nature/culture mind/ body, subject/object, self/other dichotomies central to most work of the body will be problematized.听听	Winter 2020听
ANTH 423听	Mind, Brain and Psychopathology (3 credits):听Evolutionary origins of the human mind and the 'social brain', and the psychopathologies that are said to provide access to this evolutionary history, through the perspective of the anthropology of science and psychiatry.听听	Fall 2019听
ANTH 426听	Immigration and Culture (3 credits):听Immigration is transforming Europe and North听America, and听is a major demographic and cultural process in Canada. It is also the subject of government policies in Canada and elsewhere, including the increasingly controversial "multiculturalism." The study of immigration and its cultural dimensions should be covered in our anthropology curriculum, if we are to be听up-to-date听in our understanding and teaching about globalization and about Canada today.听听	Not Currently Offered听
ANTH 436听	North American Native Peoples (3 credits):听A detailed examination of selected contemporary problems听听	Fall 2019听
ANTH 438听听	Topics in Medical Anthropology (3 credits):听Conceptions of health and illness and the form and meaning that illness take are reflections of a particular social and cultural听context. Examination of the metaphoric use of the body, comparative approaches to healing, and the relationship of healing systems to the political and economic order and to development.听听	Not Currently Offered听
ANTH 522听	Issues in Biological Anthropology (3 credits):听Recent developments in biological anthropology, such as the evolution of social systems in primates, foraging strategies, and emerging infectious diseases.听听	Not Currently Offered听
ARCH 564听	Design for Development (3 credits):听Designing for sustainable development to meet broad developmental goals. Innovative design approaches, strategies and projects to address these objectives via economic empowerment, food security, gender equity, health, sanitation, climate-change preparedness, and shelter-sector engagements.听听	Not Currently Offered听
ECON 313听	Economic Development 1 (3 credits):听Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment听听	Fall 2019/Winter 2020听
ENVR 430听	The Economics of Well-Being (3 credits):听Definition, measurement, and determinants of subjective well-being and their implications for policy, growth, and the environment听听	Fall 2019听
ENVB 500听	Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology (3 credits):听Exploring the impact of environmental chemicals on biological organisms in an ecological context. Basic topics in ecotoxicology, such as source and fate, routes of exposure, bioavailability, dose-response, biomarkers, and risk assessment will be covered from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The processes by which pollutants are tested, regulated, and monitored will be critically examined.听听	Fall 2019听
EPIB 684听	Principles of Environmental Health Sciences 1 (3 credits):听Topics in environmental health sciences: principles of exposure assessment and of toxicology.听听	Fall 2019听
EPIB 685听听	Principles of Environmental Health Sciences 2 (3 credits):听Topics in environmental health sciences: principles of environmental epidemiology.听听	Winter 2020听
FMED 506听	Indigenous Perspectives: Decolonizing Health Approaches (1 credit):听Indigenous-grounded health promotion in primary care with the goal to foster meaningful patient and community engagement in research and healthcare while using a decolonized framework. Class discussions draw on diverse ways of knowing and living, enriched by group interactions with facilitators (i.e. Indigenous elders, patients, and health workers)听听	Not Currently Offered听
FMED 619鈥€�	Program Management in Global Health & Primary Health Care (3 credits):听Program management design, theory, methods and practical applications in both domestic and global health settings, with a focus on primary health care in order to achieve rapid scale-up of effective health interventions towards universal coverage while strengthening health systems for sustained impact.听听	Winter 2020听
GEOG 210听	Global Places and Peoples (3 credits):听Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.听听	Winter 2020听
GEOG 216听	Geography of the World Economy (3 credits):听The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.听听	Fall 2019听
GEOG 221听	Environment and Health (3 credits):听This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of听the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.听听	Fall 2019听
GEOG 301听	Geography of Nunavut (3 credits):听An introduction to the physical and cultural geography of Canada's newest territory. The course will emphasize the bio-physical heterogeneity of the natural environment and the cultural and political ecology of the human population听听	Fall 2019听
GEOG 303听	Health Geography (3 credits):听Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people听听	Winter 2020听
GEOG 310听	Development and Livelihoods (3 credits):听Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments听听	Winter 2020听
GEOG 325听	New Master-Planned Cities (3 credits):听This course examines the origins, designs, motivations and cultural politics of planned cities, focusing primarily on those currently under construction in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A variety of themes will be explored including design responses to urban pollution and over-crowding, 'new' cities from earlier decades, totalitarianism and the city, utopianism, 'green' cities, and 'creative' cities. The course examines the various motivations underlying the design and construction of planned cities and how they are shaped by power, religion, and political ideologies. There will be a focus on evolving concepts used in city design as well as the continuities and cultural revivalism expressed through urban design and architecture. Students interested in urban and cultural geography, cities, architecture and听planning in different cultural contexts will enjoy this course.听听	Winter 2020听
GEOG 403听	Global Health and Environmental Change (3 credits):听Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 406听	Human Dimensions of Climate Change (3 credits):听This course will examine the human dimensions of climate change focusing on the vulnerability of human systems, climate change adaptation and mitigation, key policy debates, and current and future challenges. Case studies will be utilized to provide context and help investigate and understand key concepts, trends, and challenges.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 408听	Geography of Development (3 credits):听Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).听听	Fall 2019听
GEOG 409听	Geographies of Developing Asia (3 credits):听Current development questions that are of concern to the Asian region. Emphasis on critically studying the major processes of social, economic and environmental change through regional case studies in rural, peri-urban and urban contexts. Covers important debates and considerations that lie at the heart of development geography.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 417听	Urban Geography (3 credits):听Classic and contemporary perspectives in urban geography. Range of topics including effects of capitalism, gender,听suburbanism, segregation and inequality, property, urban landscapes, and urban听space. Emphasizes theoretical issues but includes empirical and/or case studies.听听	Fall 2019听
GEOG 423听	Dilemmas of Development (3 credits):听Africa seems beset by development problems. Some of these appear to have no clear answer. Such dilemmas present significant barriers to moving forward with durable, effective development in Africa. This course will examine two primary and frequently interlocked dilemmas in East Africa with wide ranging impact - food security, and conflict.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 493听	Health and Environment in Africa (3 credits):听Health and Environment in Africa (3听credits)Exploration听of key diseases of development, as well as patterns and determinants of health and disease in East Africa. Topics will focus on population and environmental health.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 502鈥�	Geography of Northern Development (3 credits):听Analysis of the evolution of development policies and their spatial implications in circumpolar areas with an emphasis on the application of geographical concepts. Special attention is given to indigenous peoples and new immigrant populations in northern North America听听	Fall 2019听
GEOG 503鈥�	Advanced Topics in Health Geography (3 credits):听A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 507鈥�	Advanced Social Geography (3 credits):听Current theories and themes in social geography, such as relations between society and space, social and spatial relations of inequality, difference and diversity, situated and embodied identities, social issues and problems, connections between society and nature, all within a spatial framework.听听	Not Currently Offered听
GEOG 530听听	Linkage of physical processes (hydrology and ecosystems) with issues of societal and socio-economic relevance (land, food, and water use appropriation for human well-being). Application of a holistic perspective on land, food and water issues in an international setting, highlighting linkages, feedbacks and trade-offs in an Earth system context.听听	Not Currently Offered听
HSSM 605鈥�	Medical Anthropology (3 credits):听Seminar in the anthropology of medicine.听听	Not Currently Offered听
HSSM 610鈥�	Sociology of Medicine (3 credits):听Seminar in the sociology of medicine.听听	Not Currently Offered听
INDS 111听	Molecules to Global Health (6 credits):听Introduction to the scope of medical and dental practice, from the molecular to global health. Basic principles of pathology and pharmacology, concepts of disease, and the role of the physician and dentist in the Canadian health care system.听听	Fall 2019听
INTD 200听	Introduction to International Development (3 credits):听An听interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.听听	Fall 2019/Winter 2020听
INTD听597听	Seminar in International Development (3 credits):听An听interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the International Development Studies program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff.听听	Not Currently Offered听
LAWG 521听	Student-Initiated Seminar 1 (3 credits):听Supervised student-initiated seminar.听听	Fall 2019/Winter 2020听
MICR 341听	Mechanisms of Pathogenicity (3 credits):听A study of the means by which bacteria cause disease in animals and humans. Includes response of host to invading bacteria, bacterial attachment and penetration processes, and modes of actions of exotoxins and endotoxins.听听	Fall 2019听
MIMM 214听	Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity (3 credits):听Basic immunology, organs and cells, elements of innate immunity, phagocytes, complement, elements of adaptive immunity, B-cells, T-cells, antigen presenting cells, MHC genes and molecules, antigen processing and presentation, cytokines and chemokines. Emphasis on anatomy and the molecular and cellular players working together as a physiological system to maintain human health.听听	Winter 2020听
MIMM 324听	Fundamental Virology听(3 Credits):听A study of the fundamental properties of viruses and their interactions with host cells. Bacteriophages, DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses, and retroviruses are covered. Emphasis will be on phenomena occurring at the molecular level and on the regulated control of gene expression in virus-infected cells.听听	Fall 2019听
MIMM 413听	Parasitology (3 credits):听A听study of the biology, immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions, pathogenicity, epidemiology and molecular biological aspects of selected parasites of medical importance. Laboratory will consist of a lecture on techniques, demonstrations and practical work.听听听	Winter 2020听
NRSC 221听	Environment and Health (3 Credits):听Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings听听	Fall 2019听
NUR2 516听	An overview of the main issues in global health studies, approaches by which to understand these issues, and the importance of making reasoned links between the key global health studies concepts.听听	Fall 2019听
NUR2 636听	Global Health Nursing Clinical (3 Credits):听This course continues to develop the knowledge and skills required to enhance the health of families. Family health has to do with ways of learning, developing, relating, behaving, and thinking which promote physical and psychological well-being. It involves coping with adversity by developing or drawing on family and individual strengths, as well as external resources. From the foundational perspective of Strengths-Based Nursing, students will continue to develop approaches to family assessment and intervention using theoretically and empirically grounded strategies for working with families.听听	Fall 2019听
NUTR 341听	Global Food Security (3 credits):听Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all听internaltional听agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of听multipe听disciplines and sectors. 91社区 undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.听听	Fall 2019听
NUTR 501鈥�	Nutrition in Developing Countries (3 credits):听This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.听听	Fall 2019听
NUTR 512听	Herbs, Foods and Phytochemicals (3 credits):听An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The听physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered听听	Fall 2019听
PARA 410听	Environment and Infection (3听Credits):听Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change听听	Winter 2020听
PARA 515鈥�	Water, Health and Sanitation (3 credits):听The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.听听	Winter 2020听
POLI 227听	Developing Areas/Introduction (3 credits):听An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization听听	Winter 2020听
POLI 522鈥�	Developing Areas (3 credits):听Seminar on developing areas. Topic varies year to year.听听	Not Currently Offered听
POLI 646鈥�	Politics of Developing Areas 1 (3 credits):听A specific problem area in the Comparative Politics of Developing Areas.听听	Winter 2020听
POLI 650鈥�	Seminar in Peacebuilding (3 credits):听An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.听听	Winter 2020听
POLI 670鈥�	Advanced Topics: International Relations (3 credits):听A specific problem area in International Relations听听	Fall 2019听
POLI 575鈥�	Seminar: International Politics (3 credits):听A听research seminar dealing with topics in the field of international politics.听听	Fall 2019听
POLI 679鈥�	International Security: Conflict and Co-operation (3 credits):听Covers theoretical and historical literature on international security, strategy, war, and cooperation. Includes systemic, societal and normative explanations or war, peace, security, and change.听听	Not Currently Offered听
POLI 680鈥�	Social Change/Advanced Industrialized Democracies (3 credits):听Introduction to the theories, concepts and empirical work on advanced democracies with a focus on issues of social change. Theories of the welfare states, social capital,听postmaterialism, political participation, social movements and issues of diversity are studied from a variety of methodological perspectives.听听	Winter 2020听
PPHS 501听	Population Health and Epidemiology (3听Credits):听This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.听听	Winter 2020听
PPHS 511听	Fundamentals of Global Health (3 credits):听This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden听of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.听听	Fall 2019/Winter 2020听
PPHS 525听	Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective (3 credits):听Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.听听	Fall 2019听
PPHS 527鈥�	Health Services Research and Policy (3 credits):听Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.听听	Not Currently Offered听听
PPHS 528鈥�	Economic Evaluation of Health Programs (3 credits):听Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions.鈥疘ncludes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.听听	Fall 2019听
PPHS 529听	Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease (3 credits):听This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.听听	Winter 2020听
PPHS 602/ EPIB 602鈥�???听	Foundations of Population Health (3 credits):听Introduction to population health and the conceptual basis of the population health approach to measuring disease occurrence and to prevention. Fundamentals of, and methods for, studying burden of disease in population, and how these differ across time, space, and groups. Topics include population dynamics, denominators, occurrence of events, time, person and place, health indicators, standardization, life tables, age, cohort and period effects, disease surveillance and vital statistics. Introduction to the concepts and principles of measurement including measurement error, validity, reliability, and accuracy.听听	Not Currently Offered听
PPHS 612鈥�	Principles of Public Health Practice (3 credits):听Principles and methods in public health practice. Topics will include investigation in public health, public health intervention, program evaluation, public health and the health care system, society and public health.听听	Not Currently Offered听
PPHS 615听	Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits):听Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.听听	Fall 2019听
PPHS 624听听	Public Health Ethics and Policy (3听Credits):听Critical assessment of ethical dilemmas and policy considerations raised by the practice of public health. Specific topics听include:听measuring and defining health; surveillance and privacy; preparedness, quarantine, and distribution of resources during a health emergency; and health inequalities.听听	Fall 2019听
PPHS 616鈥�	Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance (3 credits):听The objectives of this course are to familiarize students with the theory and methods of surveillance, a core public health function. The seminars will define surveillance and explore surveillance applications and听methods through case studies and in-class exercises. Topics will听include:听measurement, indicators, analytical methods, and the future of surveillance. Computer-based modules will complement seminars. Topics will听include:听estimating the burden of a disease, detecting disease outbreaks, and identifying cases of chronic disease听听	Winter 2020听
PSYC 533鈥�	International Health Psychology (3 credits):听The focus will be on health and illness in developing countries, in particular, on health problems (malnutrition, alcohol abuse, mental illness, family planning, and HIV) where psychosocial factors play a large role in the problem and the solution. Attempted solutions based on community participation, health education, non-governmental and international agencies will be discussed.听听	Not Currently Offered听
PSYT 711听	Cultural Psychiatry (3 credits):听Topics covered: cross-national epidemiological and ethnographic research of major and minor psychiatric disorders; culture-bound syndromes and idioms of distress; culture, emotion and social interaction; psychological and symbolic healing; mental health of immigrants and refugees; psychiatric theory and practice as cultural constructions; methods of cross-cultural research.听听	Not Currently Offered听
RELG 572鈥�	Religion and Global Politics (3 credits):听An exploration of the resurgence of global religions in geo-political and international relations in the听post Cold-War era. It examines the complex roles that religious traditions play in democratization, human rights, conflict, and development.听听	Fall 2019听
SOCI 225听	Medicine and Health in Modern Society (3 credits):听Socio-medical problems and ways in which sociological analysis and research are being used to understand and deal with them. Canadian and Qu茅bec problems听include:听poverty and health; mental illness; aging; death and dying; professionalism; health service organization.听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 254听	Development and Underdevelopment (3 credits):听Competing theories about the causes of听underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.听听	Winter 2020听
SOCI 307听	Globalization (3 credits):听Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.听听	Winter 2020听
SOCI 309听	Health and Illness (3 credits):听Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics听include:听studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 331听	Population and Environment (3 credits):听Main topics and controversies linking population processes and the environment. Topics include how population processes influence the environment, population responses to changing environments, policies related to these effects, variation across and within developed and developing countries.听听	Winter 2020听
SOCI 365听	Health and Development (3 credits):听Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 370听	Sociology: Gender and Development (3 credits):听Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.听听	Fall 2019听
SOCI 390听	Gender and Health (3 credits):听Key conceptual and substantive issues in gender and health since c1950: stratified medicalization of women's and men's health; social movements in health including the women's health movement; gender inequality in morbidity and mortality; gender, power and control in patient/physician interactions; embodied experience; politics and policies of gender and health.听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 508听	Medical Sociology and Social Psychiatry (3 credits):听Medical Sociology and Social Psychiatry (3听credits)The听social construction of mental illness and disease, the personal and professional definition and recognition of illness, the distribution and determinants of illness, disease, sickness in the population, and the politics of medical research听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 512鈥�	Ethnicity & Public Policy听(Credit):听Major themes in the theoretical literature on ethnicity. Public policies with direct and indirect implications for inter-ethnic relations will be studied. Policies affecting areas such as language, education, immigration, employment and promotion, multiculturalism and welfare. Examples drawn from several multi-ethnic societies. Political, constitutional, and economic problems associated with these policy initiatives听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 513鈥�	Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa (3 credits):听Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic听as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 515鈥�	Medicine and Society (3 credits):听The sociology of health and illness. Reading in areas of interest, such as: the sociology of illness, health services occupations, organizational settings of health care, the politics of change in national health service systems, and contemporary ethical issues in medical care and research.听听	Fall 2019听
SOCI 519鈥�	Gender and Globalization听(3 Credits):听Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.听听	Fall 2019听
SOCI 520听	Migration and Immigrant Groups听(3听Creidts):听Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.听听	Not Currently Offered听
SOCI 525鈥�	Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective (3 credits):听Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.听听	Fall 2019听
SOCI 545鈥�	Sociology of Population (3 credits):听The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment听听	Fall 2019听
SOCI 588鈥�	Biosociology/Biodemography (3 credits):听This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life听course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes.听听	Winter 2020听
SWRK 400听	Policy and Practice for Refugees (3 credits):听Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.听听	Fall 2019听听
SWRK 620鈥�	Migration and Social Work (3 credits):听Informing practice through examination of how migration's social, economic, political, legal, cultural aspects shape lives of those migrating voluntarily or involuntarily to Canada. Historical context of immigration policies, acculturation frameworks, different models of service provision in resettlement. Intersecting oppressions of status, ethnicity, gender, class, age, sexual orientation and differential ability.听听	Winter 2020听
SWRK 626鈥�	International and Community Development (3 credits):听Advanced analysis of international and community development as a field of practice, policy and research. Critical concepts include colonization, development and underdevelopment, international socio-economic inequalities, social justice and social change, planning for development, governance.听听	Winter 2020听
URBP 501听	Principles and Practice 1 (2 credits):听This six-week intensive course exposes students to issues and techniques that are applicable in diverse professional planning contexts. The subject matter, geographic area, scale of intervention and institutional location of planning varies from semester to semester. The course focuses on a specific case study and is taught by a visiting lecturer with professional experience in the selected subject matter.听听	Not Currently Offered听
URBP 520听	Globalization: Planning and Change (3 credits):听Economic and social issues related to planning for sustainable development, with a focus on water. Political and environmental determinants of resource use. Impact of global, regional and local institutions, programs and plans in Barbados and in the field locale in general.听听	Fall 2019听
WILD 424听	Parasitology (3 credits):听Systematics, morphology, biology and ecology of parasitic protozoa, flatworms, roundworms and arthropods with emphasis on economically and medically important species.听听	Not Currently Offered听

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