Health Studies (Policy, Management, Digital Health) offers a broad perspective and teaches about all aspects of the health care system as well as about other factors, such as wealth and ethnicity, that influence the health of Canadians. Learning takes places not only in classroom settings but also through field placements. The faculty in the School are internationally recognized for their research and teaching.
Our program offers a tremendous amount of flexibility - students can specialize in one or more of: Health Management, eHealth/Health Informatics, and Health Policy. For instance a student can enter the Specialized Program in Health Policy Management and Digital Health and also complete the Digital Health certificate during their 4 years of study. Students can also enroll in a general Honours Bachelor of Health Studies program that allows them to complete pre-med and other pre-health professional course requirements. In addition, students can do a double major or major-minor in conjunction with many other York programs.
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Cuban delegation visits SHPM! New Cuba course in Summer 2024 term!
SHPM has a new exciting course in Holguin, Cuba in Summer 2024 term! Taught by Dr. Jessica Vorstermans, spend 2 weeks exploring key areas of the right to health, education, art, history, and culture and ways that Cuba has built their social fabric in a way that delivers exceedingly high health outcomes, rooted in a health equity approach. This course will take place in Holguin, Cuba in partnership with the University of Holguin and the Medical University of Holguin. We will be learning in many different spaces: at the two universities, in community health clinics, hospitals, cultural sites, historic sites and in exchanges with Cuban students. You do not need to speak Spanish, we will have simultaneous translation for all learning.
Cuba is a country in the Global South experiencing a difficult economic crisis and has been under a brutal blockade by the United States since 1962 (which has been condemned yearly by UN Resolution in which 185 state support and just 2 oppose: in 2022 for the 30th time the UN has rebuked the decades-old US policy). Despite this, Cuba has not wavered in its commitment to health as a human right, health equity and the full development of every Cuban. Come learn about what this looks like in practice from Cuban professors, professionals and workers!
This is a unique opportunity to learn alongside Cubans in how their ongoing revolutionary project is rooted in rights and access for all! All students will be automatically granted a York study abroad bursary for $1000.
All details about the course are here
In October 2023, professors from the University of Holguin, Vilma Paez, and the Medical University of Holguin, Salvador Escalante, visited SHPM. (See the photos).
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York Research Chair in Indigenous Health Policy and One Health
Professor Sean Hillier has been appointed York Research Chair in Indigenous Health Policy and One Health (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026).
Angelique Gordon and Chanelle Chanelle Perrier-Telemaque are winners of the SHPM First Annual Graduate Student Paper Award on Anti-Black Racism in the Fields of Health and Disability in Canada, and Interventions to Policy, Practice and Alternatives from Community Activism and Organizations
Canadian ethicists recognize the critical importance of science and research
Steven J. Hoffman, director, Global Strategy Lab and professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science, contributed to an article in The Conversation July 2.
Awards and Recognitions
Health Studies graduate Hanaa Ameer recognized with Murray G. Ross Award.
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