Faculty of Health Sciences

As with other M.Sc. programs within the University, students must identify a potential supervisor before they can apply to the program. To do this, students can either contact potential supervisors directly, or they can approach the Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Coordinator (Dr. Brad Hagen), who can assist students to find a potential supervisor.  Supervisors are assigned to students based on a number of criteria, including areas of research expertise, familiarity with research methodologies, and availability to supervise students.   Currently, faculty eligible to supervise students and/or serve on graduate student committees include:

-          Dr. Olu Awosoga
-          Dr. Ruth Grant Kalischuk
-          Dr. Brad Hagen
-          Dr. Jean Harrowing
-          Dr. Judith Kulig
-          Dr. Bonnie Lee
-          Dr. Gary Nixon
-          Dr. Marcia Rich                                                                                                                      
-          Dr. Monique Sedgwick
-          Dr. Claudia Steinke
-          Dr. Robert Williams

Once a supervisor has been arranged -- and once the student has been successfully admitted into the M.Sc. program -- the supervisor (in consultation with the student) will arrange for two other faculty to serve as thesis committee members.  One of these faculty members will be from the Faculty of Health Sciences and the other will be external to the Faculty of Health Sciences (e.g., sociology, management, psychology, anthropology, etc., depending on the potential thesis topic.)

Upon successful oral defense of the thesis, the M.Sc. degree will be designated as a Master of Science in Nursing, Addictions Counselling, or Health Sciences (depending on the student’s background and thesis topic.)