Women's Health (Collaborative Program)
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Medicine
Degree Programs Offered
Anthropology – MA, MSc, PhD
Dentistry – MSc, PhD
English – MA, PhD
Exercise Sciences – MSc, PhD
Health Policy, Management and Evaluation – MSc, PhD
Immunology – MSc, PhD
Information Studies – MISt, PhD
Medical Science – MSc, PhD
Nursing Sciences – MN, PhD
Nutritional Science – MSc, PhD
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy – MScOT
Pharmacology and Toxicology – MSc, PhD
Psychology – MA, PhD
Public Health Sciences – MHSc, PhD
Religion – MA, PhD
Women and 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; Women and Gender Studies Institute; 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 two-fold:
- 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 with 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/graduate-programs/
E-mail: 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, ON M5S 3G3
Canada
Degree Programs
Master’s Degrees
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Applicants must submit the following to the Program Committee of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health:
- A personal statement, a letter no longer than two pages 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 the Research Seminar Series (held monthly) and in the 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.
Doctor of Philosophy
Minimum Admission Requirements
- Applicants must submit the following to the Program Committee of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health:
- A personal statement, a letter no longer than two pages 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 the Research Seminar Series (held monthly), and the Women's College Research Institute Graduate Student Research Day.
- A student devises 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.
- Dissertation on a topic relevant to women's health.
Core Course
CHL 5109H Gender and Health
Program Committee
Janice Boddy - BA, MA, PhD, FRSC - Anthropology
Ze'ev Seltzer - DMD, Canada Research Chair - Dentistry
Elisabeth Ruth Harvey - BA, MPhil, PhD - English
Margaret MacNeill - BPHE, MA, PhD - Exercise Sciences
Eleanor Fish - BSc, MPhil, PhD - Immunology
Donna Stewart - MD, DPsych, FRCP - Medical Science
Arlene Bierman - BA, MD, MS - Nursing Science
Wendy Ward - BASc, MSc, PhD - Nutritional Sciences
Helene Polatajko-Howell - BOT, MEd, PhD, OT(C) - Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Alison Fleming - BS, PhD - Psychology
Janet Polivy - BS, MA, PhD - Psychology
Gillian Einstein - PhD - Public Health Science (Director)
Rhonda Love - BA, MA, PhD - Public Health Sciences
Pamela Klassen - BA, MA, MPhil, PhD - Religion
Kathryn Morgan - BA, MA, MEd, PhD - Women & Gender Studies