With the rapid development of society, public health has undoubtedly become an increasingly concerned field and topic. With the trend, public health specialty has become more and more eye-catching, with a wide range of employment, such as community nutritionists, public health dentists, public health nurses, environmental scientists and so on. Its subject direction includes epidemiology, immunology, environmental science and so on. Schools studying abroad in public health in Canada are basically concentrated in medical doctor universities and comprehensive universities. Medical and doctoral universities include the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, university of alberta, the University of Calgary and Queen's University. Comprehensive universities mainly include Simon Fraser University, Victoria University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. Here are two representative schools: University of Toronto &; University of British Columbia. (1) Dallalana School of Public Health, University of Toronto is the largest population and public health research center in Canada, with an annual research funding of over 30 million Canadian dollars. At the postgraduate level, the college offers three degree programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Community Health and Master of Science. The college offers 12 majors, such as family and community medicine; Occupational and environmental health; Occupational health care; Biometrics, etc.
(2) The School of Population and Public Health of the University of British Columbia was approved by the Canadian Senate in 2008 to train researchers and practitioners in the field of public health. The college has seven majors, namely epidemiology and biostatistics (epidemiology &; Biostatistics); Global and Local Health (Global &; Indigenous health); Health services; Maternal and child health; Occupational health and environmental health (occupational health and environmental health; Environmental sanitation); Public health, emerging threats, rapid response; The influence of social life on public health (social &; Determinants of a healthy life course.
Reminder: To apply for public health major, applicants are usually required to have a bachelor's degree background in related fields, and individual majors also require volunteer experience of about 1 year. For international applicants, in addition to preparing for IELTS or TOEFL, it is also recommended to provide GRE scores when applying for some schools, especially the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia. GRE is a hard condition! ! Therefore, it is best for applicants interested in public health to prepare the relevant application materials 1-2 years in advance, and the school should also try its best to prepare the research background related to this major during the school period.