Lookinginph

Did you apply this year?? I saw someone post about the program I think in a thread from last year It looks interesting! My main concerns were that it is a 4-term program rather than 5, and it's still quite early in development so I find the elective options are quite limited (especially in epi-focused courses).

Cumulative! But final 2 are very similar. I did a BSc. with sociology minor, and a few ECs (ran a social-justice based club, had a job in healthcare post-grad). Which programs are you looking at? McGill's MScPH is very practice-based and my application made it appear that I was interested in the research side; when I asked about the application they said they looked for applicants who had a well formed idea of what they want out of the program so I guess my research interest wasn't fully on brand - I don't think it was as much about GPA. U of T's is also a professional degree (non-thesis) but I feel it is more open to people interested in research as well? (no formal source for that lol but I've had friends graduating from both programs that went on to PhDs) Canada's public health pedagogy feels very much under development and post-graduation opportunities seem to be in all forms. (ie. McGill grads going for epi jobs, health promo, policy analysts and PhD, and Toronto grads going for similar despite the program differences).

Hi! I'll be applying to a few - I have an MPP from Munk + did my undergrad at McGill. Mainly hoping for McGill's MScPH or UofT MPH (epi and health promotion). I'm leaning towards McGill because I feel they have a pretty strong repertoire of substantive, practice-based courses (On program planning, leadership, surveillance, impact evaluation, etc.) and also economics-based and ethics/policy/sociology courses. I know it's quite quantitatively heavy (first year is the same as their epi program lol) but I have a few friends who have gone through it + landed health promotion / policy analyst jobs with PHAC. I feel doing Toronto's health promotion could limit your prospects in epi-focused positions, but the MScPH doesn't really limit your health promotion prospects? Anyways - Hoping I can get in this round lol. Applied before with a 3.76 and got Into UT health promo but McGill rejection.