APTPUO - Fall 2025 - EPI5145

Location:

Smyth, Alta Vista, General Hospital, CHEO Campuses

Session:

2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Faculté de médecine/ Faculty of Medicine

Unit:

Part-Time Professors

Course Title:

Climate Change and Health

Course Code:

EPI 5145

Section:

Course Description:

In this course students will learn about the multidimensional impacts of climate change on human health, exploring the pathways linking climate change drivers and hazards, population vulnerabilities and exposures, and population health outcomes. Students will participate in lectures, case studies and presentations to investigate how climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies can help to prevent or reduce the health impacts of climate change, and the roles of public health practitioners, researchers, and international organizations.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted:

July 16, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

August 16, 2025

Expected Enrolment:

15-20

Approval date:

July 16, 2025

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

N/A

Course Schedule:

Jeudi | Thursday 14:30-17:30 - -

Requirements:

PhD in Health relevant discipline related to Climate Change (e.g. Public Health, Health Sciences, Environmental Health); previous teaching experience at the graduate level; mastery and capacity to teach the core competencies of Climate Change and Public Health developed by the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education. Understanding of best practices in climate communications. Ability to teach about: the history of climate change policy and science, climate change adaptation, climate communications, extreme weather events, heat related illness and mortality, climate resilient and sustainable health systems, air quality related illnesses, vector-borne diseases, food and water safety and security.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact vra.affairesprofessorales@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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