Learn abroad with classmates.
Spend a few weeks abroad during the summer or winter break with health courses led by York faculty. Travel with classmates, earn credits toward your degree, and explore health from a global perspective through an engaging learning experience.
Funding Opportunities
York University offers a range of funding supports for students pursuing global learning experiences. Visit York International to explore available awards, bursaries, and grants that may support your global learning goals.
A Note on 2026–27 Programming
The Faculty of Health has decided to pause all* FLIC programming for 2026–27.
*Our Las Nubes EcoCampus courses in Costa Rica are not affected and will continue as planned.
We are using this period to reflect and redesign, with the goal of returning in 2027–28 with stronger, more accessible programs.
Study Abroad Courses 2027
Environmental Psychology
Las Nubes Project —
"Influence of Natural & Built Environments at Las Nubes"
Course Code: HH/PSYC 3450/6710 3.0
Dates: 2027 Winter Term
Location: San Isidro, Costa Rica (Las Nubes EcoCampus)
Instructor: Dr. Adrienne Perry
Study how natural and built environments influence human thoughts, emotions, and behaviour at the Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica. Explore psychological processes such as cognition, affect, and behaviour to understand well-being and promote sustainable, pro-environmental action.
Experience Costa Rica:
Social Determinants of Global Health —
Exploring Health and Aging in Costa Rica
Course Code: HH/GH 4924 3.0
Dates: Summer 2027
Location: San Isidro, Costa Rica (Las Nubes EcoCampus)
Instructor: Dr. Brad Meisner
Explore health and healthy aging in Costa Rica, home to the only Blue Zone in the Global South where people live longer, healthier lives. Through fieldwork and community engagement, examine how the environment, daily life, and social connection, shape aging and well-being across the lifespan.
Paused Study Abroad Courses
Experience South Africa:
Social Determinants of Global Health —
“Health Equity & Community Storytelling”
Course Code: HH/GH 4922 3.0
Dates: May 9-23, 2026
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Instructor: Dr. Monica Malta
Explore the impact of gender inequality and historical injustice on health. In collaboration with Stellenbosch University, engage with local experts and community leaders to examine how gender-based violence, HIV, and unintended pregnancy affect communities. Through site visits and community engagement, explore how history, culture, and public policy shape health outcomes in the Global South.
Experience Brazil:
Social Determinants of Global Health —
"Urban Events & Popular Economy in Rio"
Course Code: HH/GH 4921 3.0
Dates: May 1-10 2026
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Instructor: Dr. Amanda De Lisio
Explore the city of Rio de Janeiro while examining the lasting effects of global sporting events on urban health and human rights. Interact with the local community to learn how the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics reshaped neighbourhoods through large-scale development, and investigate the intersection of public policy, infrastructure, and community well-being.
Experience Ghana:
Social Determinants of Global Health —
African Health, Culture, & Wellbeing
Course Code: HH/GH 4923 3.0
Dates: July 11-25 2026
Location: Ho, Ghana (University of Health & Allied Sciences)
Instructor: Dr. Godfred Boateng
Explore Ghana and the social determinants of health in a West African context through academic workshops, direct community engagement, and volunteer work. Examine how traditional medicine, public health systems, and cultural practices, intersect to shape socio-cultural health outcomes across Ghana.
Experience Cuba:
Enacting the Human Right to Health & Health Equity
Course Code: HH/HLST 4170 3.0
Dates: May 4-15, 2026
Location: Keele Campus (*due to federal travel advisory)
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Vorstermans
Explore Cuba's commitment to health as a human right while living in solidarity with a community under long-standing embargo, sanctions, and recent U.S. aggressions. Engage through field trips, meetings with Cuban diaspora, expert lectures from Cuban health professionals, salsa classes, and supporting a donation drive to Cuba in these hard times.
This course is usually held in Holguin, Cuba.*
Academic Benefits of FLICs
Global Perspective
Gain firsthand experience of global context in your field of study.
Applied Learning
Transfer theoretical knowledge into practical understanding.
Integrative Approach
Explore interconnections between health and global issues.
Academic Credit
Earn course credits towards your degree while travelling abroad.