The Climate Change Research program has developed four climate change training courses through the Climate Resilience Knowledge to Action project. These courses are free, online, self-guided, interactive courses which take anywhere from 2-5 hours each to complete. Each course is available to participants for up to 90 days at a time, however participants may re-enroll as needed after that timeframe.
This course is designed to act as a primer for further climate change education and training: it defines key terms used in climate change conversation, describes key elements of the scientific understanding of causes and impacts of climate change at a global and national scale, and summarizes the dominant responses that society is pursuing to overcome the challenges posed by climate change. This course is intended to bring people with varying backgrounds and climate change knowledge to a place of mutual understanding with regards to important language, knowledge, and tools regarding climate change.
Audience: This course is for people who do not have a background in climate change science but who wish to acquire the language and knowledge required to understand, discuss, and take action on climate change.
The objectives of the courses include summarizing climate change impacts specific to Yukon, describe how Western and Indigenous systems are informing our understanding of climate risk, introduce strategies that various Yukon organizations are employing to address climate risk and implement adaptation and mitigation measures, and inspire action by sharing youth voices on climate change. As climate change impacts and responses shift and progress, the contents of this course will require updating.
Audience: Participants already have a basic understanding of climate change, including understanding the global drivers of climate change, responses including mitigation and adaptation, and the roles of various international organizations in responding (they are highly encouraged to have taken Introduction to Climate Change and Global Society). Participants seek more detailed information on climate change in the Yukon including local impacts, risks, responses as well as key resources, policies, and organizations.
This course reviews types of data used in climate change science, what climate data are used for, how to interpret different data, how to effectively communicate key messages related to climate change data, and useful tools and resources for people who use climate change data but aren’t necessarily involved in data production and analysis.
Audience: People who are using climate change data for planning, decision-making, education, or otherwise, but may not be conducting data analysis themselves and have not had formal training in climate change data analysis and interpretation.
The content of this course builds upon the two existing courses "Introduction to Climate Change and Our Global Society" and "Climate Change and the Yukon". While these two introductory courses introduce the concepts of climate risks, impacts, assessments, and resilience, this course provides an in-depth exploration of climate change risk management processes. In this course we review the structure, components, contents, purposes and uses of climate risk assessments, as well as provide tools and resources for conducting and communicating assessments. The goal of this course is to provide professionals with the tools, knowledge, and skills to integrate risk management and resilience strategies into the workplace within the context of climate policy.
Audience: Professionals who design programs, make infrastructure decisions, and work on longer-term projects which may be impacted directly or indirectly by climate change. This could include planners, engineers, policy analysts, decision-makers, etc.
Anyone can self-register for any of the four climate change courses.
STEP 1: Create a free Moodle account
Please note, you do not have to be enrolled as a YukonU student to create an account (anyone can create an account). However, this Moodle platform is different than the one used by enrolled YukonU students. As such, if you are currently an enrolled YukonU student, you will need to complete this step (and create a new account).
- Go to https://learn.yukonu.ca/login/index.php
- Click on ‘Create new account’
- Fill in your information and click ‘Create my new account’
- You will receive a confirmation email at the email address you entered to verify your account
If you have any issues with creating an account in Moodle please submit a ticket to the IT Help desk https://help.yukonu.ca or call the number listed on the site
Once your account is verified and you are logged in to Moodle you can self-register for the course.
STEP 2: Self-register for the course(s) you want to take
Click on the ‘Enrol in this course’ button on this page or:
- Sign into Moodle
- In the top Banner, click Home.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on ‘All courses’
- Click on ‘Continuing Studies’
- Search for the climate change course(s) you want to take by scrolling through or search by course title
- Select the course you want to take and then click ‘Self-Enrol’