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Global School on Heat Adaptation

July 21st to 25th, 2025

Centre ÉPIC of the Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada

Overview

The first-of-its-kind Global School on Heat Adaptation aims to engage students, stakeholders, and researchers from various disciplines globally involved in understanding and reducing the impacts of extreme heat. With climate change and health issues presenting as pressing challenges facing tomorrow’s leaders, new models are needed to educate the future workforce. The school will use experiential learning and cross-disciplinary, active teaching techniques to foster the creation of more use-inspired, real-world solutions. The school is part of a National Science Foundation (USA) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) funded Global Center for Heat Adaptation. The Center’s vision is to strengthen society’s ability to manage and adapt to extreme heat across countries, climates, and cultures and train the next generation of global researchers and practitioners using thoughtful and innovative approaches.

La première École internationale sur l’adaptation à la chaleur vise à engager des étudiants, des intervenants et des chercheurs de diverses disciplines à travers le monde pour mieux comprendre la nature complexe des chaleurs extrêmes et réduire leurs effets néfastes sur les êtres humains. L’école utilisera un apprentissage expérientiel et des techniques d’enseignement actives et interdisciplinaires pour encourager la création de solutions inspirées par des besoins réels. L’école fait partie du Centre mondial pour l’adaptation à la chaleur financé par la National Science Foundation (USA) et le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie (Canada).

Preliminary program

Climate change / Changement climatique, chaleur et santé - 21/07/2025
The physiology of extreme heat / La physiologie de la chaleur extrême - 22/07/2025
Behavioral temperature regulation / Régulation comportementale de la température - 23/07/2025
Urban Heat -From Measurements to Housing and Vulnerability / Chaleur urbaine – des mesures aux logements et vulnérabilités - 24/07/2025
The public health response to extreme heat / La réponse de santé publique à la chaleur extrême - 25/07/2025

Participation

For this first edition, places are limited to 20 graduate students (MSc or PhD). Selection of participants will ensure representation across gender, ethnicity, country of origin, and discipline. after a review of applications by a selection committee. To be considered for participation in the school, please fill up the application below by December 1st 2024 at 11:59 PM EST:

Questions And Answers

Who can participate ? / Qui peut participer ?
How do I apply ? / Comment postuler?
What's included ? / Ce qui est inclus
How much does it cost ? / Combien ça coûte ?
Is financial support available ? / Soutien financier disponible
Are you studying in a low or middle-income country? / Étudiez-vous dans un pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire ?
Is in-person attendance required, and in what language is the program conducted? / La présence en personne est-elle obligatoire et dans quelle langue se déroule le programme ?
Find out if you need a visa to travel to Canada / Vérifier si vous devez obtenir un document d'entrée supplémentaire
Questions ?

Meet our speakers!

Ariane Middel

Associate Professor

Arizona State University

Daniel Gagnon

PhD, Associate Professor

Montreal Heart Institute

David Kaiser

Deputy Medical Director

Montreal Public Health

Jennifer Vanos

Associate Professor

Arizona State University

Nicholas Ravanelli

PhD, Assistant Professor

National University of Singapore

Nicole Vargas

Lecturer

School of Medicine and Psychology Australian National University

Ollie Jay

Professor of Heat and Health University of Sydney

Sophie L. Van Neste

PhD, Associate Professor

Institut national de recherche scientifique of Quebec

Zac Schlader

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington

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