Admission Requirements

• Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative specialization must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative specialization and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating graduate units.

• Complete the application form available on the website.

• Curriculum vitae (CV); maximum length: five pages.

• Two-page, free-form essay outlining:

  • interest in public health policy

  • aspirations

  • learning goals

  • career plans

  • specific research plans (if in a research program of study)

  • experience relevant to public health policy.

• Letters from two references. The letters of reference should describe the student's academic ability and career aspirations and comment on the student's potential benefit from the collaborative specialization.

Specialization Requirements

• Individual student plans of study must meet the requirements of both the home graduate unit and the collaborative specialization. To fulfil the requirements of the collaborative specialization, students must complete the following:

  • Undertake the major paper, thesis, or practicum placement with a public health policy focus under the supervision of one of the collaborative specialization's core faculty members.

  • Complete 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) in public health policy from the following list: CHL5300H Public Health Policy, CHL5308H Tools and Approaches for Public Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation, HAD5011H Canada's Health Care System, or PPG2000H Politics and the Policy Process.

  • Complete the Master's Seminar Series course, SRM3333H.

• All students enrolled in the collaborative specialization must complete the requirements of the collaborative specialization, in addition to those requirements for the degree program in their home graduate unit.