Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants must be registered with the School of Graduate Studies through an affiliated home graduate unit. Before applying to the Women's Health collaborative specialization, applicants must comply with the admission procedures of their home graduate unit.

• Applicants must submit the following for review by the Executive Committee:

  • a curriculum vitae (CV)

  • a personal statement (via a concise 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.

Completion Requirements

• To successfully complete the collaborative specialization, students must also successfully complete the requirements of their home graduate unit.

• Complete the core course (CHL5109H 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.

• Students must participate in at least six monthly sessions in the Student Research Seminar Series and present their completed or in-progress research at a seventh student research seminar. Students will be encouraged to build relationships with peers and faculty that cross disciplinary boundaries.

• In addition to their home graduate unit supervisor, students must also identify a mentor — a faculty member of the collaborative specialization whose own methodologies represent a different approach than that used by the student's primary mentor.

• Devise a research plan that builds interdisciplinary research skills in women's health. The plan is developed with guidance from the graduate supervisor from their home unit and the mentor, who both sign the study/research plan.

• Complete a dissertation on a topic relevant to women's health.