Western University
AC-3: Graduate Programs

Masters of Environment and Sustainability: https://www.uwo.ca/mes/index.html

As the global population increases, environmental challenges are becoming progressively more complex and widespread. To address these challenges in Canada, industry, government and non-governmental organizations need professionals who can appreciate, communicate and implement multidisciplinary solutions in our institutions, cities, and businesses. The MES program develops general environmental managers who have the skills to address the various facets of today’s environmental challenges. It fulfills the need for multidisciplinary thinkers to advance the profession and green efforts deployed across the country.

Civil and Environmental Engineering: https://www.eng.uwo.ca/graduate/future-students/Graduate-Degree-Programs/2021-civil-environmental.html

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is dedicated to educating its students by providing them with the necessary tools and programs to ensure that our society enjoys a safer environment and a higher standard of living.

Our research centres and institutes actively participate in the delivery of our graduate programs, and our renowned faculty members have introduced state-of-the-art research methodology into the graduate curricula and the inclusion of real-world problems, case studies and field activities in several of our courses.

Graduate Diploma in Mining Law, Finance, and Sustainability https://www.grad.uwo.ca/admissions/programs/program.cfm?p=271

The Graduate Diploma in Mining Law, Finance, and Sustainability will provide complementary interdisciplinary training to students whose backgrounds and previous academic disciplines are in fields other than Law. Our goal is to provide mining professionals (eg geologists, geophysicists, engineers), business professionals (eg those in finance or human resources), public servants, indigenous leaders, and advocates working with non-governmental organizations with knowledge of the key legal frameworks that govern the extractive industries in Canada and abroad. This will help them to understand issues in areas like environmental regulation, the rights of indigenous peoples, and applicable corporate finance provisions.

Global Health Systems https://www.uwo.ca/africainstitute/ResearchAndScholarship/programs_and_initiatives_/global_health_systems.html

This is a collaborative program and professional program in Global Health Systems. Students look at areas specific to UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Collaborative Graduate Program will provide specialized training that compliments student’s home department training. The GHS program preps students into becoming global leaders by focusing on Africa, one of the most complex parts of the world.

• This program requires the completion of a course titled ‘Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Health.’ The course description is as follows: “This course assists students to acquire a global perspective of health and how social, economic, biological, and environmental factors affect health. Issues of social justice and health equity in global health will be addressed, as will the roles of individual practitioners and organizations.” Learning outcomes for this course are as follows: Expand understandings of global health and health
• Demonstrate critical insights into the inter-relationships among economic, social, political, environmental, and health
• Analyze the roles of international organizations, international professional associations, and individual practitioners in international
• Critically examine social justice issues in global health and international health
• Critique relevant research and literature.
• Share personal experiences and perspectives about global
• Enhance understanding about colonialism, geography, economics, and history as determinants of Indigenous health and well-being

Public Health https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/publichealth/future_students/competencies.html

The Masters of Public Health has 27 competencies (skills and knowledge gained from the program). Competency 24 states “Establish observable relationships between the present level of environmental stresses and human health.”