We are excited to announce that the University of Guelph will introduce a first-of-its-kind Bachelor of One Health (BOH) degree program in fall 2022!!
In this degree, you will seek solutions to society’s most complex health challenges such as infectious diseases, food insecurity, climate change, and biodiversity loss using an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach.
One Health is composed of three pillars – human health, animal health and ecosystem health – and operates on the premise that lasting solutions to health challenges can only be achieved by considering them in concert.
Through the One Health degree, you will become an interdisciplinary problem solver. You will develop a working knowledge of interactions among humans, animals, and their environments, and an appreciation of diversity and the social and scientific determinants of health.
Using systems thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration, you will evaluate the impact of these factors on health outcomes for individuals, populations, and ecosystems, and inform future health practices and policy.
With teaching and research strengths in environment and biodiversity, anthropology and geography, animal and wildlife biology, veterinary and human health science, and culture and community engagement, the University of Guelph is ideally placed to provide the breadth and depth of expertise needed to succeed in this rapidly emerging field.
With teaching and research strengths in environment and biodiversity, anthropology and geography, animal and wildlife biology, veterinary and human health science, and culture and community engagement, the University of Guelph is ideally placed to provide the breadth and depth of expertise needed to succeed in this rapidly emerging field.
Development and implementation of the new program was led by the College of Biological Sciences and the Department of Integrative Biology, in collaboration with the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, the Ontario Agricultural College and the Ontario Veterinary College. It draws on U of G strengths in agriculture, environment and biodiversity science, animal biology and veterinary medicine, health and life science, social science, environmental governance, culture and community engagement.
For more information about the degree program and application, click here.
