Student AffairsPursuing a career that aligns with SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being enables you to promote healthy lives and well-being for all. This goal emphasizes universal healthcare, disease prevention, and mental health support. Find out how your efforts can create healthier communities worldwide.
The Goal: Good Health and Well-being
This goal aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It focuses on reducing maternal and child mortality, ending epidemics of major communicable diseases, reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases, ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health care services, and achieving universal health coverage, including financial risk protection and access to quality essential health care services and medicines.
The Work
Achieving SDG 3 involves strengthening healthcare systems to provide universal health coverage, improving maternal and child health, and combating communicable and non-communicable diseases. It requires investing in healthcare infrastructure, medical research, and the training of health professionals. Ensuring access to essential medicines and vaccines, promoting mental health, and addressing environmental health risks are also critical. International partnerships and funding are needed to support health programs in low-income countries.
The Skills
Below is a list of key skills that are in demand for careers related to SDG 3. While it is not necessary to master all of these skills, familiarity with some of them can enhance your readiness and competitiveness in the job market.
- First Aid & Health Care
- Mental Health Awareness
- Nutrition
- Physical Fitness
- Disease Prevention
- Health Advocacy & Promotion
- Epidemiology
- Stress Management
- Empathy
- Research
Engagement with Queen's and Kingston
You can help advance SDG 3 by promoting healthier lifestyles in your community. Consider starting a fitness group, organizing mental health awareness events, or sharing wellness resources. Volunteering at local health clinics, donating blood, or supporting mental health hotlines are impactful ways to contribute. Additionally, advocating for accessible healthcare and policies that strengthen public health infrastructure can create lasting positive change.
Clubs at Queen's
Volunteering in Kingston
Past QUIP Internships
- Regulatory Affairs Officer - Health Canada
- Medical and Psychotherapy Secretary/Assistant for Medical Professional Corporation
- Scientific Evaluator for Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate
- Human Mobility Research Lab Research Assistant
- Quality review analyst for Non-prescription drugs at Health Canada
- Co-Op Student - Influenza Vaccine manufacturing
Sample Undergraduate Courses
- Health Studies – Major (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Environmental Toxicology (ETOX) - Specialization
- ENSC 201 Environmental Toxicology And Chemical Risks
- ENSC 315 Sustainable Food Systems (Winter 2025)
- GLPH 487 One World, One Health: The Global Link Between Human, Animal, and Environmental Health
- DEVS 270 Global Health and Development
- DEVS 366 Land Politics and Health
- ECON 243 The Economics of Health Care
- EMPR 250 Managing Workplace Health, Safety, and Wellness
- ENGL 118 Literature and Mental Health
Sample Graduate Courses
- Graduate Diploma in Water and Human Health
- BWRC 803 Water and Health
- DEVS 816 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Development
- EPID 802 Foundations in Public Health
- EPID 803 The Canadian Health System
Career Possibilities
- Epidemiologist
- Pharmacist
- Physician/Surgeon
- Nurse/Midwife
- Medical Researcher
- Health Policy Analyst
- Health Educator
- Environmental Health Officer
- Health IT Specialist
- Biomedical Engineer
- Health Services Manager
- Healthcare Administrator
- Biostatistician
- Health Economist
Corporations, NGOs, and Government Agencies
Corporations can contribute to good health and well-being by promoting healthy lifestyles and wellness programs for their employees. They can invest in health and safety standards across their operations and supply chains, ensuring a safe working environment.
Additionally, companies in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors can invest in research and development of affordable medicines and healthcare solutions. By supporting community health initiatives and public health campaigns, corporations can help improve access to healthcare services and enhance the overall well-being of society.
- Health Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
