Sections de cours parrainées par l'École de santé (SOH) 2026-2027
L’École de la santé (SOH) appuie financièrement l’offre de cours transdisciplinaires portant sur des sujets liés à la santé et faisant appel aux expertises des quatre facultés de Concordia (FAS, FoFA, GCS, JMSB). Ces cours peuvent renforcer les interactions entre les membres de l’SOH, permettre d’acquérir des compétences recherchées sur le marché du travail et favoriser le transfert des connaissances et l’innovation en santé.
Fall 2026 - LOYC 498 / CATS 631 / MSCA 652
Topic: Environmental Health and Well-Being
Format: hybrid SGW (synchronous); Schedule: Fridays 2:45-5:30 PM
Description: The current environmental crisis has both direct and indirect effects on human health and well-being. Using a blended strategy of lectures and discussion, this course will take an interdisciplinary approach to these cross-cutting issues from a health and natural science, social science, and humanities perspective. Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines, the course will involve guest lectures from multiple disciplinary perspectives and the opportunity for personal projects and will address issues such as ecoanxiety and other mental health issues; plastic and other pollution; fire, flood, and other natural disturbances and their impacts; biodiversity and zoonotic disease; agricultural practices and food systems; genetically-modified organisms; environmental cancers; AI and the digital world; resource extraction; and more. Guest lecturers will be drawn from the combined networks of the School of Health and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability/Loyola Sustainability Research Centre.
Winter 2027 - POLI 316 / CATS 631 / MSCA 652
Topic: Introduction to Public Health in Québec
Format: online/remote (synchronous); Schedule: Wednesdays, 5:45PM - 8:30PM
Description: Public health is the science and practice of preventing disease, extending lifespan, and promoting health and wellbeing through coordinated efforts and informed decisions of society, organizations, communities and individuals. This course addresses how the public health approach unfolds in post-industrial societies. Topics include: (i) core functions and essential services of public health, (ii) stakeholder roles in the fields of public health, population health and health policy, and (iii) healthcare delivery in the health care system and communities in Québec and globally. In addition to learning the fundamental concepts, students will work on practical case studies and develop an applied understanding of how public health monitors various health inequalities and can intervene to tackle them. Students will learn to analyze these actions based on the social, cultural, political, and economic context in which they are implemented.
