Eligible programs at participating universities

The Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research offers graduate training leading to a Diploma in Health Services and Policy Research at Lakehead, Laurentian, McMaster, Ottawa, and York universities or to an equivalent qualification through the proposed Collaborative Graduate Program in Health Services and Policy Research at the University of Toronto.

Students interested in applying for the Diploma Program must plan to: a) do a thesis, final project, or scholarly paper related to health services research and b) be enrolled in a eligible research-focused thesis or course-based graduate degree program at the Master’s or Ph.D. level in any of the participating universities.

Programs eligible at the participating universities are as follows:

LakeheadUniversity
Economics (MA), Public Health (MA), Social Work (MA), Sociology (MA).

Laurentian University
Nursing, Rural and Northern Health, Social Work.

McMasterUniversity
Anthropology, Business Administration, Geography, Health Research Methodology, Medical Sciences, Nursing, Rehabilitation Sciences, Economics, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics.

University of Ottawa
Epidemiology, Health Administration, Health Systems, Nursing, Population Health.

University of Toronto
Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Nursing, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Science, Social Work.

York University
Business, Critical Disability Studies, Education, Environmental Studies, Kinesiology and Health Science, Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Work, Sociology, Women's Studies.