Graduate Report
Planning is underway for the Graduate Program’s on-site session that will be held in person from September 18 - 22, 2023. Two MClSc students and one PhD student have accepted offers and will be commencing in the 2023 fall term.
Congratulations to Dr. Nisanthini Ravichandiran (MClSc graduate 2020 and current PhD student) who has won the 2023 Jack Boan Student Essay competition (doctoral student category), sponsored by The Justice Emmett Hall Memorial Foundation. The essay competition, named after the founding president, Dr. Jack Boan, encourages students across Canada to contemplate the values championed by Justice Emmett Hall in current health policy debates. As the winner in the doctoral student category, Nisha receives a prize of $2,000 and free registration for the 2023 Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) in Montreal Quebec. Additionally, the Board of Directors recommended Nisha’s essay for publication in the journal Healthcare Policy. Her essay will undergo peer-review, and if approved for publication, will be published at no cost.
Congratulations to Dr. Nisha Arora who received her MClSc at convocation on June 16, 2023.
Dr. Natalia Madureira Ferreira (PhD) and Dr. Sundus Kellow (MClSc) will be presented with the Dr. J. F. Sangster Graduate Studies Family Medicine Award at the Graduate Studies Awards Ceremony on September 21, 2023. Please join us in congratulating Drs. Madureira Ferreira and Kellow in receiving this award.
We are looking forward to three potential thesis defences in the fall term. Stay tuned for further information.
Best wishes for a healthy and safe summer. See you in September.
