Advanced Topics in Environment and Health: Ecosystem Approaches in the Field (EU/ENVS4800A/5182)

Course Code: EU/ENVS 4800A/5182

Course Date: February 14, 2026 to February 22, 2026

Course Instructor: Martin Bunch

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the ecosystem approach to health and well-being (ecohealth); an applied approach based on principles of systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, participation, gender and social equity, knowledge-to-action, and sustainability. The course will be a 10-day intensive course at York University’s Eco Campus in Costa Rica. In order to provide participants with a more concrete experience of ecosystem approaches to health, the course has been designed around the themes of EcoHealth and Watersheds and EcoHealth and Food. Both of these will focus on the case study of “linking health, environment and community” in the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor.

Course Gallery

This course ran from 18 to 26 February 2023 and was taught by Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change professor, Dr. Martin Bunch.

Peñas Blancas River, Perez Zeledón, Costa Rica

The course ran from February 15-23, 2020. The instructor was Dr. Martin Bunch from the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.

The course ran from February 16-24, 2019. The instructor was Dr. Martin Bunch from Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.

The course ran from February 17-25, 2018. The instructor was Dr. Martin Bunch from Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. (Photos courtesy of N. Ahmed)

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