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Ecosystem and land-based learning

COPEH-CANADA TEACHING RESOURCES

Upstream place sq
Upstream is a place. This teaching module  provides a guide for designing a one-day, experiential workshop that explores the ecological and social contexts for health through a series of interactive activities and walking tours.

COPEH-CANADA student-created TEACHING RESOURCES

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This guide (in French) was the result of course work by students of the 2021 CoPEH-Canada hybrid course on ecosystem approaches to health. It is a step-by-step guide to carrying out a mindfullness excercise in a natural environment with elementary students. It can be adapted to other ecosystems and audiences. 

COPEH-CANADA RESOURCES FOR A FLIPPED COURSE

Ecosistemas Ekosanté
Ekosanté module on ecosystems (in Spanish) with sections on concepts, "ways of thinking," and ecohealth in action. 

OTHER RESOURCES

The Land Education Dreambook

  • This is a set of guided activities to help imagine and plan a land-based traininig program. While it is designed for youth, it can be adapted to different levels.

Everyone lives in a watershed! 

  • The Canadian Wildlife Federation has teaching resources for K through grade 12. Some of the resources, such as this module on teaching the importance of a watershed, can be adapted to the university level. 

Showing Theory to Know Theory:Understanding social science concepts through illustrative vignettes

  • CoPEH-Canada's University of Toronto's representitive, Sarah Elton, has shared an exercise in this book on the More-Than-Human that invites learners to concider the landscape from a non-human perspective.