Social Dimensions of Health
General Information
Contact Information
Social Dimensions of Health Program
Location: Social Sciences, Cornett Building, Room B138
Mailing Address:
PO Box 3050 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W3P5, Canada
Courier Address:
Cornett Building, Room B138
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC V8W3P5, Canada
Telephone Number: 250 472 5185
Email: sdhealth@uvic.ca
Director: Dr. Michael Hayes
Email: mhayes@uvic.ca
Faculty Members and Areas of Research 
Over 100 full time faculty members across the 28 departments, schools, programs, institutes and research centres in the Faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Human and Social Development are engaged in health research. All are eligible to supervise SDH Graduate Students.
Thematic Areas of Research Expertise:
- Social Determinants of Health
- Health Policy, Law and Bioethics
- Health of Populations
- History of Medicine
- Aboriginal/Indigenous People's health
- Addictions Research
- Environmental Health
- Health Over the Life Span
Degrees and Specializations Offered
MA, MSc, PhD
The Social Dimension of Health program offers programs of study leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy.
The programs provide an opportunity for advanced research in Social Dimensions of Health. Focused specifically on interdisciplinary health research, the programs link research opportunities based in research centres on campus with the academic mandates of the Faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Human and Social Development to provide an innovative approach that cross-cuts disciplinary affiliations, provides an academic home for graduate students with interests in health research and allows faculty researchers affiliated with research centres to support and supervise graduate students.
Planned as an interdisciplinary, research-intensive, graduate program, the Social Dimension of Health program incorporates community-based approaches, evidence-based modeling and training in research skills, knowledge and methodologies. The program allows for maximum flexibility and supports a broad range of student research interests with an emphasis on relatively few required courses, participation in a colloquium series and a focus on independent graduate research. The primary outcome is a thesis at the master's level or dissertation at the doctoral level.
Both master's and doctoral programs centre around:
- two 1.5 unit core courses in Fundamentals of Health Research (Master's: SDH 500A, 500B; PhD: SDH 600A, 600B),
- two 1.5 unit required methodology courses,
- two 1.5 unit elective courses and
- mandatory participation in a 3.0 unit colloquium (Master's: SDH 501A, 501B; PhD: SDH 601A, 601B).
Financial Support
Potential funding sources for graduate students include (but are not limited to) SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR. Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships recognize and support exceptional Canadian and international students who are pursuing doctoral degrees at Canadian Universities. Similarly, Bombardier Scholarships Bell Scholarships and Banting and Best Scholarships recognize high-calibre scholars who are engaged in doctoral programs.
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