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Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology

Last updated 03/14/2025

OUPFB will follow all applicable provincial health guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and this may result in course cancellations

Module

Title

#Weeks

Host

Location

2025 Dates

Availability
SA = # of Seats available
F = Full
X = Cancelled

1

Tropical Marine Environments

2

Western

Belize

Apr 25 - May 7

Full

2

Ecology of Spring

2

Queens

QUBS

Apr 27 - May 10

Full

3

Plants and Fungi of the Carolinian Zone

2

York

Rondeau Provincial Park

May 6 - May 19

5

4

Belize: Rainforest and Reef

2

Waterloo

Belize

May 7 - May 19

Full

5

Adirondack Forest Ecology

2

Western

Newcomb, NY, USA

May 7 - May 20

Full

6

Dolphin and Whale Biology and Conservation in Tropical Asia

2

Trent

Taiwan

May 11 - May 24

6

7

Temperate Field Biology

2

University of Toronto

Koffler Scientific Reserve

May 18 - May 31

Full

8

Behavioural Ecology of Bats

2

Carleton

Dunrobin, ON

May 20 - Jun 3

2

9

Biodiversity and Conservation in East Africa

2

Queens

Kenya & Nairobi

Jun 1 - 15

3

10

Urban Water Ecology

2

TMU

TMU campus

Jun 22 - Jul 5

2

11

Field Ecology

2

Guelph

AWRS

Jul 13 - Jul 26

Full

12

Marine Biology & Oceanography

2

Guelph

Huntsman MarineScience Centre

Jul 26 - Aug 9

Full

13

Western and Indigenous Perspectives on Biting Flies in Algonquin Park

2

Brock

Algonquin Park

Jul 27 - Aug 9

13

14

Urban Ecology

2

Western

Western

Aug 2 - Aug 16

9

15

Wildlife and Ecology in East African Ecosystems

2

University of Ottawa

Tanzania

Aug 15 - Aug 31

Full

16

Experimental Studies in Marine Biology

2

Western

Hunstman Marine Science Centre

Aug 16 - Aug 30

Full

17

Aquatic Ecology and Experimental Limnology

2

Lakehead

Northwestern Ontario

Aug 17 - Aug 29

5

18

Environmental change in lake ecosystems

2

Queens

QUBS

Aug 17 - Aug 30

3

19

Land & Sea Tropical Research in Jamaica

2

McMaster

Jamiaca

Dec 28 - Jan 11

Full

20

Winter Ecology of Birds

2

Queens

QUBS

Feb 14 - Feb 28 2026

8