Overview

The Critical Disability Studies MA program at York University is offered full or part-time to students from a variety of backgrounds, including persons with disabilities engaged in the disability rights movement, government bureaucrats, professionals in the field of disability and people working in non-governmental organizations such as community organizations and advocacy groups. You’ll have the opportunity to attend refereed conferences, publish in refereed journals and produce op-ed pieces right from your first year.

The program structure and environment encourages advanced research, new scholarship and other opportunities to contribute to the field, enabling a multi-disciplinary group of students to explore disability from a critical perspective in relation to social policy, social justice, human rights issues, and social movements in Canada and internationally.

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York offers the first critical disability studies program in Canada. It is research-based and deals with contemporary questions. Our program emphasizes the importance of activism among both students and faculty so that community involvement is an essential part of critical disability studies work.
Faculty spans diverse disciplines including law, anthropology, health studies, geography, economics, education, labour studies, political science, social work, sociology, identity politics, gender studies, refugee and immigration studies, history and aging studies.
We offer a law and disability course that is distinct within our program.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Disability Studies
Methodology
Critical Disability Law
Mad People’s History
Geography of Disability
Social Justice in the Labour Force
History of Health Care Ethics from Ancient Times to the Present
Language, Literature and Disability

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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140

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100

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Toronto, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

B+

English requirements

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140

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100

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76

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7.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Statement of Interest
Resumé/CV
Sample(s) of scholarly written work

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Tuition Fees

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12550 CAD / year

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2872 CAD / year

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Additional Details

Part time tuition fees:

National students - $717

International students - $3,137

Living costs

Toronto

Canada

1502 - 2563 CAD / month

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