Health, Justice, and the Environment

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course explores the health impacts of pressing ecological crises including pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss, and the equity dimensions of these crises. A systems- thinking approach is taken to explore both social and ecological determinants of health. The equity focus considers environmental racism in northern British Columbia and the need to develop environmental and climate health justice praxis in Canadian nursing and health professions. Students gain an appreciation of the complexity of wicked problems in the context of health, justice, and the environment in Canada. Prerequisite(s): NURS 220-5 or permission of the instructor Preclusion(s): NURS 660-3