Collaborative Programs
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Women's Health
Lead Faculty
Contact and Address
Medicine
Web: www.womensresearch.ca/learning-centre/graduateprograms/collaborative-graduate-program
Email: CPWH@womensresearch.ca
Telephone: (416) 351-3732 ext. 2331
Fax: (416) 351-3746
Collaborative Graduate Program in Women's Health
c/o Women's College Research Institute
7th floor, 790 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1N8
Canada
Participating Degree Programs
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—MI
Information Studies—PhD
Medical Science—MSc, PhD
Nursing Science—MN, PhD
Nutritional Sciences—MSc, PhD
Occupational Therapy—MScOT
Pharmacology—MSc, PhD
Psychology—MA, PhD
Public Health Sciences—MPH, PhD
Rehabilitation Science—MSc, PhD
Religion—MA, PhD
Social Work—MSW, PhD
Women and Gender Studies—MA, PhD
Overview
The graduate programs listed above, together with the
support of the Centre for Girls' and Women's Health and
Physical Education, Philosophy, 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 twofold:
Dr. Gillian Einstein
Director, Department of Psychology
100 St. George Street
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3
Canada
Programs
Master's Level
Admission Requirements
 Applicants must submit the following to the program
committee of the Collaborative Graduate Program in
Women's Health:
o a personal statement or letter, no longer than one
page, describing relevant personal and/or professional
experiences, a career plan, and motivation in seeking
advanced training in women's health
o photocopies of application materials submitted to their
home unit including a curriculum vitae (CV),
transcripts, and letters of reference.
1. to provide interdisciplinary training in women's health
research and practice for graduate students at the
University of Toronto; and
2. to facilitate mutually beneficial relationships between
researchers and practitioners of women's health across
the University and its 10 affiliated teaching hospitals.
Program Requirements
Students must be registered in 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. Upon successful
completion of the degree requirements of the participating
home department and the collaborative program, students
receive the notation “Completed Collaborative Program in
Women's Health” on their transcript and parchment.
the Student Research Seminar Series and in the Annual
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.
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 Complete the core course (CHL 5109H Gender and
Health).
 Participate in at least six of the eight monthly sessions in
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Collaborative Programs
Doctoral Level
Admission Requirements
 Applicants must submit the following to the program
committee of the Collaborative Graduate Program in
Women's Health:
o a personal statement or letter, no longer than one
page, describing relevant personal and/or professional
experiences, a career plan, and
o motivation in seeking advanced training in women's
health
o photocopies of application materials submitted to their
home unit including a curriculum vitae (CV),
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 at least six of the eight monthly sessions in
the Student Research Seminar Series and in the Annual
Women's College Research Institute Graduate Student
Research Day.
 Devise 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 comentor (a core faculty member of the collaborative
program); both mentors must sign this plan.
 Complete a dissertation on a topic relevant to women's
health.
Medical Science
Stewart, Donna - DPsych, MD
Nursing Science
Bierman, Arlene - MS, MD
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Riddick, David - BSc, PhD
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Polatajko-Howell, Helene - PhD
Psychology
Fleming, Alison - BS, PhD
Polivy, Janet - BS, MA, PhD
Public Health Sciences
Einstein, Gillian - AB, PhD (Director)
Rehabilitation Science
Brooks, Dina - BSc(PT), MSc, PhD
Religion
Klassen, Pamela - BA, MA, PhD
Women and Gender Studies
Morgan, Kathryn - BA, MA, MEd, PhD
Course List
Core Course
CHL 5109H
Gender and Health
Program Committee
Anthropology
Boddy, Janice - BA, MA, PhD
Dentistry
Seltzer, Ze'ev - DMD, BmedSc
English
Harvey, Elisabeth Ruth - BA, MPH, PhD
Exercise Sciences
MacNeill, Margaret - BPHE, MA, PhD
Immunology
Fish, Eleanor - BSc, MPH, PhD
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