About MPH & MEd

We offer an exclusively online consecutive degrees pathway leading to both a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a Master of Education (MEd) degree within two years. The MPH-MEd is designed for private and public health professionals, health practitioners and recent post-graduates who intend to pursue a professional career in health professions education. 

As the first of its kind in Canada, the MPH-MEd is accessible to both domestic and international students either full (12 months) or part-time (6 years). The MPH program will provide public health graduates with the knowledge and skills to become public health specialists of the future. The MPH program complements the core competencies outlined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, leading to a professional degree in public health. The MEd program is designed to provide individuals the opportunity to obtain an advanced professional education degree. The combined degrees’ curriculum is complementary and focuses on identifying the interdisciplinary elements required to design, implement, and effectively manage health systems, while incorporating the curriculum development and pedagogical skills necessary to effectively educate stakeholders about public health and healthcare initiatives. The MPH-MEd is designed to prepare qualified educators, researchers, developers, and practitioners who can advance the practice of teaching, learning and leadership in the health professions sector. Graduates of the MPH-MEd could be interested in conducting health education research and working for community or government agencies, public/private schools, universities, hospitals, clinics, research institutes, professional health education organizations, and non-profit health and education sector organizations.  

Year-1 MPH (3 terms) 

Required (9 courses): 

  • MPHA 5P01 – Quality Health Systems Through Collaboration and Partnership 
  • MPHA 5P02 – Qualitative Research: Interviewing and Beyond 
  • MPHA 5P03 – Epidemiology 
  • MPHA 5P04 – Foundations of Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P05 – Biostatistics in Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P06 – Policy and Practice: Critical Evaluation and Synthesis in Program Planning 
  • MPHA 5P11 – Public Health Practicum I
  • MPHA 5P14 – Leading Change in Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P21 – Public Health Practicum II 

Elective (select 3 courses): 

  • MPHA 5P07 – Microbiology in Infection Prevention and Control 
  • MPHA 5P08 – Public Health Emergency Preparedness 
  • MPHA 5P09 – Measuring Health Equity 
  • MPHA 5P10 – Social Marketing and Health Communication 
  • MPHA 5P12 – Environmental and Occupational Health 
  • MPHA 5P13 – Economics for Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P15 – eHealth Innovations and Trends 
  • MPHA 5P16 – Indigenous Health 
  • MPHA 5P17 – Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Managerial Application 
  • MPHA 5P18 – Foundations of Program Evaluation in Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P19 – Health Data Governance 
  • MPHA 5P27 – Foundations in Infection Control 
  • MPHA 5P29 – Health Information Systems and Technology 
  • MPHA 5P37 – Healthcare Quality, Safety and Risk 
  • MPHA 5P39 – Health Information Management and Analytics in Practice 
  • MPHA 5P99 – Public Health Independent Project 

Year-2 Med (2 terms) 

Required (1 course): 

  • EDUC 5P92 – An Introduction to Educational Research 

Elective (select 6 courses): 

Note: Students may apply for consideration to the MEd program prior to completion of the MPH program, however, students may not pursue the two degrees concurrently. MEd admission requirements will still need to be met and the applicants will be considered for admission along with all other MEd applicants.