Health Promotion Dalhousie University

Overview

Dalhousie University 's Master of Arts in Health Promotion programme is a thesis-based graduate programme that provides students with theory, subject matter and research expertise. The programme focuses on understanding and challenging inequities in health across diverse settings and populations. If you're interested in addressing important health issues and doing research that can influence health and well-being, this programme will give you the challenges, skills, opportunities, and support you need to achieve your goals.

Our students are interested in important issues such as diversity and social justice. They want to make a difference locally, globally or both. Undergraduate degrees in fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, nursing, and nutrition give our students the specialized skills that they can quickly apply in our programme while acquiring new research and analytical skills. Our students research topics such as: obesity, physical activity, mental health and mental illness, chronic illness, sexuality, First Nations health, drug use, and housing. 

Our thesis-based programme offers you the opportunity to study a research topic you are passionate about with guidance and support from Canadian leaders in the field of health promotion. We guide our students toward becoming the leaders, healthcare professionals, or researchers that they aspire to be. 

Through Dalhousie and its links with many institutions and organizations within Halifax and beyond, students make important connections, resulting in valuable and meaningful collaborative learning and career opportunities. 

Some benefits of the MA Health Promotion programme:

• Challenge your thinking about the causes and consequences of ill-health in contemporary society.

• Learn about and develop solutions for some of the most pressing challenges that impact population health and well-being.

• Benefit from small class sizes and opportunities to apply your learning in innovative ways.

• History of success in research funding awards for graduate students.

Careers

With your MA in Health Promotion, you’re well-equipped for impactful careers in health-related fields including in international health agencies, health systems, community organizations, government agencies, private industry, or academic institutions. Possible careers include:

• Health promoter/health promotion specialist

• Health policy analyst

• Health researcher

• Health programme manager/evaluator