15 Short courses in Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences in Canada

Adventure Guide
This Adventure Guide from Thompson Rivers University combines classroom instruction with courses in wilderness travel, canoeing, rock climbing, mountaineering, whitewater kayaking and more.

Health and Environment
Dalhousie University's Health and Environment programme offers you the opportunity to discover new ways to improve the well-being of your community by learning from experts in health and wellness. With its courses and certificates, you can gain valuable skills and knowledge to help others be healthy and productive.
Greenhouse Production in Aquaponics
In this Greenhouse Production in Aquaponics course offered by Lethbridge Polytechnic, you'll complete readings and exercises that will allow you to better understand the specifics of growing plants in protected environments such as greenhouses.
Aquaponics Design Microcredential
This Aquaponics Design Microcredential course offered by Lethbridge Polytechnic is an overview of aquaponics systems, their components, and their relative strengths and weaknesses under certain conditions.
Sustainability
The Certificate of Achievement in Sustainability Studies at MacEwan University - School of Continuing Education consists of 2 core courses in addition to 2 electives with a sustainability-focus.
Healthcare Environmental Services Skills
Centennial College's Healthcare Environmental Services Skills; HESS; "HESS for the Mess"; is a micro-credential college certificate of achievement program, designed to educate for the development of skills for the prevention and control of infections on all surfaces in a Healthcare setting.
Aquaponics Water Quality Management
This Aquaponics Water Quality Management course offered by Lethbridge Polytechnic focuses on water quality. As an aquaponics operator, you "must have a good understanding of water quality chemistry, be able to accurately use meters and chemical test kits, and take the proper actions to quickly correct problems" (Damron, 2013, p. 502).
Environmental Impact Assessment
The purpose of the Environmental Impact Assessment course offered by Athabasca University is to provide the fundamentals of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Aquaponic Integrated Pest Management
In this Aquaponic Integrated Pest Management course offered by Lethbridge Polytechnic, the learner will explore the principles underlying IPM to develop a decision support system to facilitate pest management in an aquaponics system.
Earth Materials, Environment, and Energy Resources
The Earth Materials, Environment, and Energy Resources course offered by Athabasca University examines the science behind the multiple energy resources we rely on and provides terms, resources, and the first steps for the subsequent courses.
Climate Action Planning - Foundations, Finance and Implementation
The micro-certificate program consists of three mini courses of two to four weeks each. Each mini course covers a different thematic topic with its own detailed syllabus and is led by a separate instructor. Combined, the courses take approximately 50 hours to complete. The program in Climate Action Planning - Foundations, Finance and Implementation is offered by University of British Columbia.
Regenerative Design
The Regenerative Design course offered by Athabasca University can equip you with the skills and knowledge to create buildings that give back to the environment, communities and the planet.
Economics of Commercial Aquaponics
The Economics of Commercial Aquaponics course offered by Lethbridge Polytechnic is about the consequences of individual decision making under conditions of scarcity and uncertainty and interactions among individuals in the marketplace.
Plant Physiology and Aquaponics
This Plant Physiology and Aquaponics course offered by Lethbridge Polytechnic begins by reviewing the basic structure and function of plants in general. This will form the basis of the environmental conditions you need to control (and why) so that your plants flourish.
Hydraulic Fundamentals
Centennial College offers the Hydraulic Fundamentals programme. You should be able to commit to attend hybrid deliveries with Online and/or in-person lecture and lab training for 10 hours/week, The training will take place on weeknights and Saturdays depending on your chosen stream.