Climate, Health & Sustainable Care Student Training Program

This one-year, non-credit certificate program will support research-oriented graduate and professional students and trainees to develop knowledge and research skills on the links between climate and ecological change, health, health systems & sustainability.

Program starts September 2024
The competition for the second cohort will be announced in spring 2025

Health science and health professional students and trainees who join the inaugural cohort will develop their expertise and inform the design and growth of the training program.

Program Coordinator: Gillian Parker (gillian.parker@utoronto.ca)

What you’ll learn

  • Knowledge of the health and health system challenges posed by climate change and the demands of sustainability
  • Skills to critically assess, utilize and produce research to assess health & equity impacts of global ecological change, and inform climate action and sustainability in health services and systems
  • An appreciation for the diversity of evidence and research needs in this emerging field and increased knowledge of relevant research/data collection methods


Benefits

  • Exposure to academics and practitioners who are leading work in this field
  • Join a cohort of like-minded students to contribute to and shape the field
  • Opportunity to collaborate and network with researchers, knowledge users and leaders, to strengthen an action-oriented research community