Women’s Health (Collaborative Program)
Overview | Master's Level | Doctoral Level | Courses | Committee | Contact
Lead Faculty
Medicine
Participating Degree Programs
Anthropology – MA, MSc, PhD
Dentistry – MSc, PhD
English – MA, PhD
Exercise Sciences – MSc, PhD
Health Policy, Management & Evaluation – MSc, PhD
Immunology – MSc, PhD
Information – MI
Information Studies – PhD
Medical Science – MSc, PhD
Nursing Science – MN, PhD
Nutritional Sciences – MSc, PhD
Occupational Therapy – MScOT
Pharmacology – MSc, PhD
Psychology – MA, PhD
Public Health Sciences – MPH, PhD
Rehabilitation Science – MSc, PhD
Religion – MA, PhD
Social Work – MSW, PhD
Women & Gender Studies – MA
Overview
The graduate programs listed above, together with the support of the Centre for Girls' and Women's Health and Physical Education, Philosophy, and the International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law participate in the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health. The program's objectives are twofold:
- to provide interdisciplinary training in women's health research and practice for graduate students at the University of Toronto;
- to facilitate mutually beneficial relationships between researchers and practitioners of women's health across the university and its 10 affiliated teaching hospitals.
Students must be registered in the School of Graduate Studies through one of the participating graduate units in order to apply to the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health. Applicants must comply with the admission procedures of that unit.
Contact and Address
Web: www.womensresearch.ca/learning-centre
Email: CPWH@womensresearch.ca
Telephone: (416) 351-3732 ext. 2331
Fax: (416) 351-3746
Women's Health Collaborative Program
c/o Women's College Research Institute
7th floor, 790 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1N8
Canada
Dr. Gillian Einstein, Director
Department of Psychology
100 St. George Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3
Canada
Master's Level
Admission Requirements
- Applicants must submit the following to the program committee of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health:
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- A personal statement or letter no longer than one page describing relevant personal and/or professional experiences, a career plan, and motivation in seeking advanced training in women's health.
- Photocopies of application materials submitted to their home unit including curriculum vitae, transcripts, and letters of reference.
Program Requirements
- Complete the core course (CHL 5109H Gender and Health).
- Participate in at least six of the eight monthly Student Research Seminar Series and in the Annual Women's College Research Institute Graduate Student Research Day.
- In instances where home graduate units require a thesis, it is desirable, but not required, that this work be relevant to women's health.
- Complete the program requirements of the collaborative program as well as those of the home graduate unit.
Doctoral Level
Admission Requirements
- Applicants must submit the following to the program committee of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health:
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- A personal statement or letter no longer than one page describing relevant personal and/or professional experiences, a career plan, and motivation in seeking advanced training in women's health.
- Photocopies of application materials submitted to their home unit including curriculum vitae, transcripts, and letters of reference.
Program Requirements
- Complete the core course (CHL 5109H Gender and Health). Doctoral students who have satisfactorily completed the core course during their master's program are not required to repeat the course during their doctoral program.
- Participate in at least six of the eight monthly Student Research Seminar Series and in the Annual Women's College Research Institute Graduate Student Research Day.
- Devise a research plan that builds interdisciplinary research skills in women's health. The plan is developed with guidance from the student's primary mentor (graduate supervisor from their home unit) and the co-mentor (a core faculty member of the collaborative program); both mentors must sign this plan.
- Complete a dissertation on a topic relevant to women's health.
Course List
Core Course
CHL 5109H Gender and Health
Program Committee
Boddy, Janice - BA, MA, PhD, FRSC – Anthropology
Seltzer, Ze'ev - DMD, BMedSc, Canada Research Chair – Dentistry
Harvey, Elisabeth Ruth - BA, MPhil, PhD – English
MacNeill, Margaret - BPHE, MA, PhD – Exercise Sciences
Fish, Eleanor - BSc, MPhil, PhD – Immunology
Stewart, Donna - MD, DPsych, FRCP – Medical Science
Bierman, Arlene - BA, MD, MS – Nursing Science
Ward, Wendy - BASc, MSc, PhD – Nutritional Sciences
Riddick, David - PhD – Pharmacology and Toxicology
Polatajko-Howell, Helene - BOT, MEd, PhD, OT(C) – Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Fleming, Alison - BS, PhD – Psychology
Polivy, Janet - BS, MA, PhD – Psychology
Einstein, Gillian - PhD – Public Health Science (Director)
Brooks, Dina - PhD, MSc, BScPT – Rehabilitation Science
Klassen, Pamela - BA, MA, MPhil, PhD – Religion
Morgan, Kathryn - BA, MA, MEd, PhD – Women & Gender Studies