The Honours Bachelor of Health Studies (BHS) in Health Studies and the Specialized Honours BHS in Health Policy, Management, and Digital Health, offer students a broad perspective about all aspects of the health care system, as well as other factors that affect our health such as income, employment, and housing. Learning takes place not only in classroom settings but also through experiential education and, in the Specialized Honours degree, field placements with community organizations. The faculty in the School are internationally recognized for their research and teaching. Maclean’s magazine has listed Health Studies as one of York University's “standout” programs.
Health Studies Q&A for prospective students on Wednesday, October 23, 6-7pm: https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FxJEhS_wSamG3aaZ0RcvFg
HH/HLST 4170 3.00: Experience Cuba: Enacting the human right to health & health equity is being offered once again this year!!
Spend 2 weeks exploring key areas of the right to health, education, art, history, and culture and ways that Cuba has built their social fabric in a way that delivers exceedingly high health outcomes, rooted in a health equity approach.
The commitment to human rights by the Cuban state and society are no paradox or miracle. They are instead the predictable outcome of the ideological foundation of Cuban public policy, embedded in the socialist character of the Cuban state.
This course will take place in Holguin, Cuba in partnership with the University of Holguin and the Medical University of Holguin. We will be learning in many different spaces: at the two universities, in community health clinics, hospitals, cultural sites, historic sites and in exchanges with Cuban students. You do not need to speak Spanish, we will have simultaneous translation for all learning.
Cuba is a country in the Global South experiencing a difficult economic crisis and has been under a brutal embargo by the United States since 1962 (which has been condemned yearly by UN Resolution in which 185 state support and just 2 oppose: in 2022 for the 30th time the UN has rebuked the decades-old US policy). Despite this, Cuba has not wavered in its commitment to health as a human right, health equity and the full development of every Cuban. Come learn about what this looks like in practice from Cuban professors, professionals and workers!
This is a unique opportunity to learn alongside Cubans in how their ongoing revolutionary project is rooted in rights and access for all!
Join us for the information sessions to learn more about this 2-week, Faculty-led Study Abroad Course:
Experience Cuba: Enacting the Human Right to Health & Health Equity
Information Session #3: Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM on ZOOM.
Follow this link to sign up for the information session:
https://health.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=1541502
Information Session #4: Thursday, November 21st, 2024 from 11 AM to 12 PM on HNES 402 or Zoom.
Follow this link to sign up for the information session:
You can visit here for more information about the course and how to apply.
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