Welcome from the Directors!
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Please note that the 2023-24 RSI Handbook is being migrated to an online format and that the contents of this webpage are currently unofficial. Please refer to the HANDBOOKS & CALENDARS section of the website for official information regarding RSI and its programs until further notice.
The 2023-24 RSI Handbook is your connection to everything RSI! It will provide you with several academic and support services that will assist you through the program and your life as a RSI student.
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Graduate students (both MSc and PhD) in RSI may participate in:
Students who register in a collaborative program are required to complete the requirements of both RSI and the Collaborative Program. The requirements for the Collaborative Program vary by program, but usually require completion of specific courses, attendance at a seminar series hosted by the Collaborative Program, and a thesis committee with representatives from both RSI and the Collaborative Program. When these requirements have been completed, students will obtain a specialization designation from the SGS upon completion of their degree.
Also see Centre of Critical Qualitative Health Research Course Series for information on training in qualitative and mixed methods research.
The Graduate Supervisor is the most influential person in the graduate student’s program. The following summarizes the roles of the supervisor:
For more information on Graduate Supervision Guidelines for Students, Faculty, and Administrators, visit the SGS website.
A supervisor must be selected prior to enrolling in the program. The details of the supervisor’s responsibilities at the University of Toronto are outlined under Graduate Supervision: Guidelines for Students, Faculty, and Administration. Although the supervisor provides guidance, it is expected that the student will engage in an adult, self directed, learning process. The application for awards, planning and preparing for graduate Supervisory Committee meetings, writing abstracts and manuscripts as first author is all the responsibility of the student.
The following summarizes the roles of the graduate student: