Environment and Health (Collaborative Program)
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Degree Programs Offered
Geography – MA, MSc, PhD
Medical Science – MSc, PhD
Public Health Sciences – MHSc, MSc, PhD
Women and Gender Studies – MA
Overview
The graduate degree programs listed above participate in the Environment and Health (EH) Collaborative Program. The EH program complements the collaborative program in Environmental Studies (ES) while adding a distinct focus to the interplay between the outdoor environment and health status. The health implications of human impacts on the environment cover a very broad range of issues including air and water quality, contaminated land, and shifts in the distribution of vector-borne diseases (related to changes in land-use, climate, and human migration). The EH program provides students in the health sciences with a broad environmental perspective while at the same time exposes environmental studies students to the health implications of environmental quality. This program may also be of interest to students who are concerned with sociological and policy approaches to the field of environment and health.
Graduate students from home departments other than those listed on the Web site can also apply for a EH Collaborative Program degree once they have received notice of acceptance from the University of Toronto. Interested students should discuss this possibility with the Graduate Student Advisor (416-978-3475 or pavel.pripa@utoronto.ca).
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Contact and Address
Web: www.environment.utoronto.ca/Graduate/Programs/EnvironmentHealthCollaborativeProgram.aspx
E-mail: centre.environment@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-3475
Fax: (416) 978-3884
Centre for Environment
Earth Sciences Centre
Room 1016V, 33 Willcocks Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E8
Canada
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Degree Programs
Master’s and PhD Degrees
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Students who wish to enrol in the EH Collaborative Program offered by the Centre for Environment must first apply to and be accepted into a master’s or doctoral program in a degree granting unit, also called a “home department.” Information about applying to a home department can be found at the School of Graduate Studies Web site: www.sgs.utoronto.ca.
- Prospective students who are planning to enrol in the EH Collaborative Program are strongly encouraged to submit copies of the documents indicated on the Centre’s Web site by the application deadline established by the home department. Please contact the home department to which you intend to apply in order to confirm its application deadline. The Centre for Environment also allows potential students to enrol in its EH Collaborative Program beyond the deadline set by their home department.
- Once a student has officially registered in one of the collaborating home departments, he or she may enrol in the EH Collaborative Program, provided the student is able to complete the program requirements within the time limits set for the completion of his or her degree program. Many students enrol in the EH Collaborative Program at the CFE Orientation Day, usually held in September during the first week of each academic year.
Program Requirements
- Students must complete requirements in addition to the degree requirements of their home departments. Typically, students complete up to 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) and conduct research on an environmental topic. Specific degree requirements are listed on the Centre’s Web site under the Environment and Health Collaborative Program.
- Students who successfully complete the EH Collaborative Program receive a special notation on their transcript.
Courses
The Centre for Environment offers individual credit courses that are open to graduate students from all parts of the university, subject to enrolment limits. With the exception of the core course, not all courses are offered every year. Graduate students enrolled in the Environment and Health Collaborative Program are also allowed to take elective courses listed under Environmental Studies Collaborative Program toward completing their Environment and Health Collaborative Program requirements (these are listed under Environmental Studies Collaborative Program in this Calendar).
Core Course
ENV 4001H Graduate Seminar in Environment and Health
Elective Courses
CHL 5416H Environmental Epidemiology
CHL 5903H Environmental Health
CHL 5916H Environmental Health Policy
ENV 1410H Analytical Environmental Chemistry
ENV 1703H Water Resources Management
ENV 1704H Environmental Risk Analysis and Management
ENV 3000H Special Topics—Environmental and Health
ENV 4002H Environment and Health of Vulnerable Populations
GGR 1504H Health, Place and Difference
JGE 1212H Fate of Contaminants in the Environment
JNC 2503H Environmental Pathways
JNP 1014Y Interdisciplinary Toxicology
JNP 1016H Graduate Seminar in Toxicology
JPG 1421H Health in Urban Environments
TPS 1837H Environmental Health, Transformative Higher Education and Policy Changes
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Program Committee
Hilary Cunningham, BA, MA, PhD - Anthropology, Environment
Ingrid Stefanovic, BA, MA, PhD - Environment (Director)
Clare Wiseman, BS, MSc, PhD - Environment
Amrita Daniere, AB, MPP, PhD, MCIP - Geography
Virginia Maclaren, BA, MRP, MSc, PhD, MCIP - Geography
Ori Rotstein, MSc, MD, FRCS - Medical Science
Donald Cole - BSc, MSc, MD – Public Health Sciences
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