UBC or McMaster (Religious Studies)?

[aselfmadewinter]

I'm down to a week to decide between fully funded offers for a Religious Studies PhD at McMaster and UBC! I applied only within Canada, and I've managed to whittle my choices down to these two.

Does anyone have any particular opinions about these schools? UBC's Religious Studies PhD is very new, and has an unproven reputation. It's difficult to tell whether or not it will be easy to get a job with UBC's PhD because of its newness. McMaster, however, has a firmly established program with a great hiring rate.

Any advice here would be appreciated. My current faculty members have given me very mixed opinions, and it's been very difficult to make a decision.