2017

Explore our lesson topics and materials from 2017.

Lesson Topics

The program is a two-month program that delivers topics on health and wellness to immigrant and refugee high school students across Calgary. Speakers included Dr. Tanvir Turin Chowdhury (research director and assistant professor), Harold Pliszka (community engagement), Dr. Suzanne Goopy (associate professor), and Dr. Stacy Lee Lockerbie.

Sessions

  • Social determinants of health
  • Stress management
  • Future leaders and scholars in health
  • Healthy system: how does the machine work?
  • Health promotion and preventative health
  • The uses of nanotechnology in treating illnesses
  • Health communication
  • Indigenous health and wellness
  • History of medicine and interdisciplinary medicine