Due to the continuing impact of the epidemic, we are still unable to travel abroad for study tours. Thanks to the Internet, we can still get in touch with the University of Ottawa thousands of miles away from home through brightspace for a online summer school. After the orientation hosted by teachers from University of Ottawa, our summer school officially began.
During this summer vacation, we will study three courses: HSS (Determinants of health), APA (Physical activity in a global health perspective), ANT (Social and cultural Anthropology). Here is the introduction to the three courses.

uOttawa Summer School 2021 - Orientation Session

HSS: Determinants of health

The HSS course, full name of which is Determinants of Health, is, as the name suggests, focused on a variety of health-impacting factors. As first of the three courses, HSS has laid the foundation for students to learn the other two courses later. What’s more, Prof. Rodrigue Deuboue has a good grasp of the course as a whole. So, after watching the course videos, we have a good understanding of the learning priorities required. On health, the professor talked from definition to physical activity, from the benefits of exercise to a healthy diet, and brought students a wealth of knowledge beyond textbooks.

APA: Physical activity in a global health perspective

Before the course of Physical Activity in a Global Perspective began, the teacher asked each of us to make a unique self-introduction, a brief biography, so as to know every of us. In the course, many familiar or unfamiliar concepts and topics, such as colonialism, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), DALY, YLL and so on, are revealed to us by teachers in a new global perspective, gradually revealing the mystery of many factors that determine health.

ANT: Social and cultural anthropology

The ANT course, Socio-cultural anthropology, will focus on the study of the human way of life and the social and historical context in which anthropology came into being and developed. It will analyze cultural and social systems, kinship, politics, economics, religion, and the environment. The teaching will include lectures, literature reading and film watching. The variety of teaching methods will bring fun to this course and give us detailed and rich knowledge.

In addition to the recorded lectures, each course offers a weekly office hour on Zoom and an interactive platform on BrightSpace for students to ask their own questions. For each of the students' questions, the teacher will patiently answer and explain. This method of teaching greatly improves the efficiency of teaching, and enables students to be closely connected with the University of Ottawa and learn new knowledge at home.

Wish that after two months of summer school study, students can get access to the learning atmosphere of the University of Ottawa remotely, improve themselves through the three professors’ courses, and return with more knowledge!