Addressing Indigenous Peoples' Health and the Environment Challenges

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

An introduction to the processes of environmental health risk/benefit assessment, management, perception, and communication and their application to addressing environmental health issues in Indigenous communities. Students are introduced to the processes used by communities to understand and address environmental and public health issues in the communities today. This course may be taken as a science credit by successfully undertaking an appropriate technical assignment. Prerequisite: ERSC/ERST-IESS-INDG 3731H. Not open to students with credit for ERSC/ERST-IESS-INDG 3730Y.