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Version September 7, 2020

Week 11: Climate change & environmental health
November 16-22, 2020

Class Objectives:
1. To explore the health impacts of climate change and environmental contamination in rural
and northern communities.
2. To consider strategies for mitigating environmental health problems and adapting to climate
change.

Required Readings:
1. Henderson, S.B., Wan, V., & Kosatsky, T. (2013). Differences in heat-related mortality across
four ecological regions with diverse urban, rural, and remote populations in British
Columbia, Canada. Health and Place, 23: 48-53.
2. Evans, G.W. (2019). Projected Behavioral Impacts of Global Climate Change Annual Review
of Psychology, 70, 449-474.
3. Durkalec, A., Furgal, C., Skinner, M.W., & Sheldon, T. (2015). Climate change influences on
environment as a determinant of Indigenous health: relationships to place, sea, ice, and
health in an Inuit community. Social Science & Medicine, 135-137, 17-26.
4. Ford, J.D., Couture, N., Bell, T., & Clark, D.G. (2017). Climate change and Canada’s north
coast: research trends, progress, and future directions. Environmental Reviews,
https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2017-0027

Week 12: Natural resources and economic development
November 23-29, 2020

Class Objectives:
1. To consider the impacts of changes in rural industries on community health, social wellbeing,
and poverty.
2. To examine rural stakeholder perspectives on resource extraction.

Required Readings:
1. Video: Bell, T. (2016). Special Presentation to the Research Exchange Group on Rural,
Northern and Aboriginal Health: Methylmercury & Lake Melville. NLCAHR.
https://youtu.be/6o4AWSTRsIc
2. Whalen, H., & Schmidt, G. (2016). The women who remain behind: challenges in the LDC
lifestyle. Rural Society, 25(1), 1-14.
3. Nightingale, E., Czyzewski, K., Tester, F., & Aaruaq, N. (2017). The effects of resource
extraction on Inuit women and their families: evidence from Canada, Gender & Development,
25(3), 367-385.

Week 13: Last week of class, course wrap-up, and evaluation
November 30-December 4, 2020

*Final Commentary essay due.

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