Graduate Diploma in Health Services and Policy Research

Health services research is research that is intended to inform policy development and decision-making regarding: a) the organization, funding, and delivery of health services, or b) the allocation of resources dedicated to improving health. Increasing the number of health services researchers to address critical issues in effective and efficient health care delivery has been identified as a high priority by national research funding agencies.

Unique features of this Diploma Program include: availability of courses addressing important issues in health services research at any of the six participating universities (Lakehead, Laurentian, McMaster, Ottawa, Toronto, and York); linkages with students and faculty across universities and disciplines; and field placement opportunities in policy and research settings to work with health services researchers and decision makers across the province.

For more information about the Diploma Program, visit the website at www.otc-hsr.ca. For an application package, contact the York Institute for Health Research by phone at (416) 736-5941, by fax at (416) 736-5986, or by e-mail at yihr@yorku.ca. Through the Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research, students accepted into the Diploma Program may be eligible for stipends.

Critical Disability Studies (MA)

The Master of Arts (Critical Disability Studies) program can be completed either on a part-time or full-time basis.

Students explore issues of disability in relation to social policy, social justice, human rights and social movements in Canada and beyond. The program: offers a comprehensive curriculum covering major scholarly perspectives and professional issues in disability, social justice and social policy, and encouraging students to critique existing policies and practices; presents theories of human rights as a basis for understanding existing legal, economic and social rationales for inclusion in relation to systemic barriers and oppression; provides a structure for advanced research; and, provides students with research opportunities.

For application forms and further information contact: Graduate Admissions Office, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada; (416) 736-5000; http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/graduate/