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Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology

Last updated 02/18/2026

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

2026 Dates

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

1

Tropical Marine Environments

2

Western

Belize

Apr 28 - May 9

FULL

2

Belize: Rainforest and Reef

2

Waterloo

Belize

May 4 - May 16

FULL

3

Adirondack Forest Ecology

2

Western

SUNY Newcomb, NY

May 6 - May 19

3

4

Subtropical Ecology: Biodiversity and It’s Sustainable Utilization in China

2

McMaster

Western Zhejiang China

May 10 - May 24

FULL

5

Field Ornithology in Algonquin Park

2

York

Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

May 10 - May 23

FULL

6

Field Botany – Medicinal Plants in Flora of Ontario

2

Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University

May 11 - May 23

FULL

7

Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation in East Africa

2

Queen's University

Kenya

Jun 1 - Jun 15

2

8

Plant Biodiversity & Evolution

2

Queen's

QUBS

Jun 7 - Jun 20

FULL

9

Urban Water Ecology

2

TMU

Toronto Metropolitan University

Jun 28 - Jul 11

4

10

Field Ecology

2

Guelph

Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

Jul 13 - Jul 26

FULL

11

Marine Biology & Oceanography

2

Guelph

Huntsman Marine Sciences Centre

Jul 26 - Aug 9

FULL

12

Tropical Field Biology

2

Toronto

Peru

Aug 1 - Aug 15

FULL

13

Urban Ecology

2

Western

Western

Aug 1 - Aug 15

10

14

Disturbance and Recovery: Mining, climate, and change in Boreal lakes

2

Laurentian

Vale Living with Lakes Centre

Aug 3 - Aug 15

6

15

Temperate Field Biology

2

Toronto

Koffler Scientific Reserve

Aug 1 - Aug 14

FULL

16

Wildlife and Ecology in East African Ecosystems

2

Ottawa

Northern Tanzania

Aug 10 - Aug 25

FULL

17

Experimental Studies in Marine Biology

2

Western

Huntsman Marine Sciences Centre

Aug 15 - Aug 29

FULL

18

Aquatic Ecology and Experimental Limnology

2

Lakehead

Experimental Lakes Area

Aug 16 - Aug 28

2

19

Field Methods in Ecological and Environmental Genomics

2

Queen's

QUBS

Aug 16 - Aug 28

FULL

20

Land & Sea - Tropical Research in Jamaica

2

McMaster

Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, DMBL, Jamaica

Dec 27 - Jan 10

FULL