Learning Objectives
Climigrant
Climate change and environmental degradation are some of the major challenges of our time as well as one of the biggest threats to population health. They are also at the root of an increasing number of regional and international migration events. In order to understand these phenomena, we must take a global and especially interdisciplinary approach.
In this interdisciplinary course, you will learn the key concepts and explore the major challenges of climate migration, with a particular focus on health and vulnerability factors.
Listen to over twenty experts from across Québec discuss:
- The climate and climate change;
- The impacts of climate change on individual and population health (including mental health);
- The links between climate change and climate migration;
- Migrants’ legal status and healthcare access in Québec;
- Vulnerability factors affecting populations (including Indigenous communities);
- Adaptation strategies and solutions on the local, national, and international levels as well as for individual decision-makers, healthcare professionals, etc.
This course was designed primarily for researchers, students, decision-makers, service workers, clinicians, nurses, and healthcare practitioners as well as and other concerned parties, but it is accessible to all those interested.
As per the Faculty of Nursing at Université de Montréal, completion of this course is equivalent to 8 accredited training hours. For more information, click here.
2024: Our Planet Is in Crisis!
Since we first began building this course in 2020, there has been an increase in the amount of extreme climate events around the world. According to the latest report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded on our planet. Not only did land and ocean temperatures reach record highs, but the Antarctic ice sheet and glaciers are retreating faster than ever before. Unfortunately, many of these records were once again broken in 2024, especially with regard to global temperatures and extreme weather events (The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth).
Québec was not spared from these events: while the province has experienced a significant increase in wildfires, Montréal spent a few unenviable days of June 2023 as the world’s most polluted city due to the high concentration of fine particulate matter in the smoke. At the same time, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, and Hawaii (USA) were also being ravaged by flames. In other parts of the world, unprecedented flooding was making headlines. In August of 2024, for instance, remnants of the tropical storm Debby brought unprecedented torrential rains to southern Québec, forcing many to relocate.
As you will see through this course, and especially in the first module, such extreme weather events force millions of people to migrate every year.
