Local Leadership ans Social Change in Brazil (course offered in English)

This three-week field research course brings students to Brazil’s Cacao Coast to work with rural community associations on documenting their history, activities, and networks. Local leadership (lideranças) have successfully founded grassroots associations supporting concerns such as agroecology, sustainable traditional labour (e.g. fishing), health (particularly maternal health), questions of race and gender, and migration and community tourism. Students will work in teams of four with an association and a subject matter expert / translator to put anthropological research techniques into practice. Mornings will be spent doing participant observation and interviews on site, with afternoons for fieldnotes, classroom discussion, and analysis. During the last week, the teams will produce an audio-visual or written archive of findings for the associations’ future use. These will be shared at a final community networking event for all participants.

This course is offered in English to undergraduate students from August 1 to 22 2023.

Professor Contact Information

Professor Meg Stalcup
School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies

Contact Information: [email protected], Please put ‘Brazil course’ and your name in the subject heading

Telephone number: 613-562-5800 ext. 7679, Room FSS 10008

Office Hours : Tuesdays 2:30 to 4:30 PM, and by appointment

Here you will find a video, posters and assignments of the summer 2022 class: Brazil Summer 2022 Field Research Course 

Course Outline

• 2023 (PDF)
• 2022 (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• 2021 (PDF, 6.9 MB)
• 2020 (PDF, 8.0 MB)
• 2019 (PDF, 1,083 KB)

Comparative Models of Practice and Training in Clinical Psychology: Cross National Perspectives (Course offered in English)

The goal of this three-week intensive course is to undertake a comparative analysis of the models of practice and training in clinical psychology and psychotherapy in North America and in Europe, with Italy and Canada serving as case examples. By studying and comparing diverse models of practice and training, students will gain in-depth knowledge of what constitutes clinical training in psychology and psychotherapy, the impact on the practice of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, and on access to quality mental health care. Differing models of practice and training may reflect diverse cross-national values regarding mental health and treatment, and may be affected by social, cultural, historical, and economic factors. For students completing a degree outside of the field of psychology this course will help to develop knowledge related to cross national perspectives on mental health, and to develop skills at interviewing and integrating information from various sources that can be transferred to other fields.

This course is offered in English at the undergraduate level, from May 20 to June 9 2023.

Professor Contact Information

Giorgio A. Tasca, Ph.D.
School of Psychology, room VNR4026

email: [email protected]

Office hours : by appointment

Course Outline

• 2023 (PDF)

La migration des mineur.e.s non accompagné.e.s et des jeunes au Maroc (course offered in French only)

This three-week field research course will examine the phenomenon of migration of sub-Saharan and Moroccan minors and young adults through the study of public action - local and international, institutional, and community - in Morocco. The Cherifian kingdom is a privileged place for the study of irregular migration of children and young people to Europe because it is not only a place of departure, but also a place of more or less constrained and durable settlement, and a place of voluntary or forced return, both for young sub-Saharans and for young Moroccans.

In addition to formal meetings and interviews with actors in the field in Casablanca and Rabat, the course will include seminars by the professor and other Moroccan and international researchers, as well as periods of observation in some public places. In addition to acquiring knowledge on the theme of the course, opportunities will be provided for students to produce their own knowledge. Through immersive and practical experiences, the course will enable students to develop collective research skills

This course is offered in French at the undergraduate level, from May 6 to 26 2023.

Professor Contact Information

Professor Stéphanie Garneau
School of Social Work
[email protected]

Telephone: 613-562-5800 ext. 2012

Room FSS12036

Office hours: Thursday 2 to 5 p.m. (preferably by appointment)

Course Outline

• 2023 (PDF) in French only