The Faculty of Environmental Studies expanded its academic summer program to offer a Semester Abroad at Las Nubes in Southern Costa Rica. This is a unique opportunity to earn credits through courses taught by York’s faculty. The courses are open to all York University undergraduate (3rd and 4th year) and graduate students.

Our courses take a community-based approach, developing collaborative projects that provide learning opportunities. The emphasis of this program is on experiential education, building on our long-standing relationships with diverse communities and group in Southern Costa Rica, including women’s organizations, agricultural cooperatives and producers, environmental protection and social justice groups, and indigenous communities, within others.

This session led by Steve Alsop will focus on the Education for a Sustainable Future course.

Information Sessions:
• Jan. 17, 2019, 4:30-5:30 pm, Keele Campus, Winters 283B (Education for a Sustainable Future course session)
• Jan. 24, 2019, 11 am-12 pm, Keele Campus, HNES 142
• Feb. 7, 2019, 3-4 pm, Glendon Campus, YH A224

Courses:
April 29 - May 8, 2019 | Narratives in/of Latin America. Individuals, Communities, and their Voices | Instructor: Alejandro Zamora

May 10 - 19, 2019 | Environmental Arts and Food Sovereignty | Instructor: Deborah Barndt

May 21 - 30, 2019 | Natural History: Political Ecology Encounters Environmental Education in Costa Rica | Instructor: Leesa Fawcett

June 1 - 10, 2019 | Protected Area Management | Instructor: Sheila Colla

June 12 - 21, 2019 | Education for a Sustainable Future | Instructor: Steve Alsop

June 22 - 30, 2019 | Conservation and Development for Social-Environmental Sustainability and Well-being | Instructor: Felipe Montoya