Surgical Care Systems & Health Equity trains working professionals, students and post-graduate trainees from any discipline who have a demonstrated interest in global surgery, surgical care systems and health equity. Learners will develop the knowledge, skills, and network needed to make important contributions to advancing global surgical care worldwide. The diploma is offered asynchronously and online, offering maximum flexibility for learners participating from anywhere in the world.
Faculty of Health Sciences
The Graduate Diploma in Global Surgery: Surgical Care Systems & Health Equity trains personnel from surgical healthcare disciplines including physicians, nurses, and allied care providers, as well as innovators, advocates, and policy-influencers, to advance global surgical care worldwide.
Students engage with key concepts in global surgery, critically analyze its intersections with planetary health and under-served populations, and develop skills in program planning, evaluation, and teamwork to tackle diverse surgical issues worldwide. The program is open to students with an undergraduate degree in any discipline and a demonstrated interest in global surgery, surgical care systems and health equity.
Courses are taught by world-class faculty with experience and expertise providing surgical care and working in health care systems around the world. Learners will make the most of an innovative online curriculum combining a range of asynchronous content designed to develop their understanding, foster critical thinking, and develop practical skills through engaging learning activities.
Courses include:
No research traineeship or thesis required. There is no requirement for students to be available on the McMaster campus.
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External
Deadline Date:
May 26, 2025
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In recognition of the growing importance of good governance to all Canadian institutions, the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research is offering annual Bertram Scholarships of $20,000 to PhD students registered at Canadian universities. The scholarship will support the work of students who are conducting research into organizational governance as part of their doctoral research project.
Visit the CFGR website for all information.
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External
Deadline Date:
March 2, 2026
Amount
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In honour of the achievement of John Charles Polanyi, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Government of the Province of Ontario has established a fund to provide annually up to five prizes to outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career who are continuing to postdoctoral studies or have recently started a faculty appointment at an Ontario university.
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External
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A bursary is based solely on financial need. In most cases, information from your OSAP application is used to determine your financial need (some students who don’t receive OSAP can still apply for a bursary).
The McMaster Graduate General Bursary Program application opens mid-August in AwardSpring. Funding is paid out in mid-February.
Graduate students who demonstrate financial need can apply for the McMaster Graduate General Bursary Program.
Please note: The McMaster Graduate General Bursary Program is not open to international students enrolled in graduate studies, MBA, medicine or physician assistant programs.
Bursary eligibility requirements:
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External
Amount
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Prospective postdoctoral fellows are invited to submit a research plan that focuses on interdisciplinary, impact-driven approaches in the study of optimal aging through one or more of the following research areas:
The applicant and principal supervisor are expected to involve at least two other researchers from two different McMaster faculties (outside of the principal supervisor’s faculty) as mentors in the development of an interdisciplinary research plan.
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External
Deadline Date:
March 2, 2026
Amount
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The SGS Grant is intended to be a grant in aid for research and field work; students should not expect the grants to cover the full cost of travel or field work.
The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Grant is not intended for conference or course work travel.
It is not meant to replace sources of funding already available from the tri-agencies (CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC), other external granting sources, or internal scholarships and bursaries.
It is not intended to fund the research itself, but the travel to do the research.
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