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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Nursing

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Master of arts (m.a.) art history (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) art history (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) classics (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) classics (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) communication studies (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) english (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) english (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) history (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) history (thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) history (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) history of medicine (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) islamic studies (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) islamic studies (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) jewish studies (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) jewish studies (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music musicology (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) music theory (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) music: music education (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music: music education (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music: music technology (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music: musicology (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music: musicology (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music: theory (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) music: theory (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) philosophy (thesis): bioethics, master of arts (m.a.) religious studies (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) religious studies (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) religious studies (thesis): bioethics, master of arts (m.a.) second language education (non-thesis), master of arts (ma) french language and literature (with thesis), master of arts (ma) french language and literature (with thesis): studies on women and gender, master of arts (ma) french language and literature (without thesis), master of music (m.mus.) music: composition (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: collaborative piano (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: conducting (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: early music (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: jazz performance (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: opera and voice (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: orchestral instruments, guitar (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) performance: organ (thesis), master of music (m.mus.) sound recording (non-thesis), master of music in performance (piano) (thesis), master of sacred theology (s.t.m.) religious studies (non-thesis), master of urban planning (m.u.p.) urban planning (non-thesis), master of urban planning (m.u.p.) urban planning (non-thesis): transportation planning, master of urban planning (m.u.p.) urban planning (non-thesis): urban development and urban design, business and management (6), international masters program for managers (impm), international masters for health leadership (imhl), master of arts (m.a.) economics (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) economics (non-thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) economics (non-thesis): population dynamics, master of arts (m.a.) economics (thesis), master of management (m.m.) analytics (non-thesis), master of management (m.m.) finance (non-thesis), master of management (m.m.) imhl (non-thesis), master of management (m.m.) impm (non-thesis), master of management (m.m.) manufacturing management (non-thesis), master of management (m.m.) retailing (non-thesis), master of management in analytics, master of management in finance, master of management in retailing, engineering and technology (6), master of engineering (m.eng.) aerospace engineering (non-thesis), master of engineering (m.eng.) biological and biomedical engineering (thesis), master of engineering (m.eng.) civil engineering (non-thesis): environmental engineering, master of engineering (m.eng.) electrical engineering (non-thesis), master of engineering (m.eng.) materials engineering (non-thesis), master of engineering (m.eng.) materials engineering (non-thesis): environmental engineering, master of engineering (m.eng.) mechanical engineering (non-thesis), master of engineering (m.eng.) mining engineering (non-thesis), master of engineering (m.eng.) mining engineering (non-thesis): environmental engineering, master of engineering in chemical engineering (non-thesis), master of information studies (m.i.st.) information studies (non-thesis): course work, master of information studies (m.i.st.) information studies (non-thesis): project, master of science (m.sc.) civil engineering (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) computer science (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) computer science (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) computer science (thesis): bioinformatics, master of science (m.sc.) electrical engineering (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) materials engineering (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) mechanical engineering (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) mining engineering (thesis), master of science in computer science (thesis) (bioinformatics), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) bioresource engineering (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) bioresource engineering (non-thesis): environment, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) bioresource engineering (non-thesis): environmental engineering, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) bioresource engineering (non-thesis): integrated food and bioprocessing, life sciences and medicine (6), master of arts (m.a.) counselling psychology (non-thesis): project, master of arts (m.a.) kinesiology and physical education (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) psychology (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) animal science (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) biochemistry (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) biochemistry (thesis): bioinformatics, master of science (m.sc.) biology (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) biology (thesis): environment, master of science (m.sc.) biology (thesis): neotropical environment, master of science (m.sc.) bioresource engineering (non-thesis): integrated water resources management, master of science (m.sc.) bioresource engineering (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) bioresource engineering (thesis): environment, master of science (m.sc.) biostatistics (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) biostatistics (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) cell biology (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) communication sciences and disorders (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) entomology (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) entomology (thesis): neotropical environment, master of science (m.sc.) epidemiology (non-thesis): environmental & occupational health, master of science (m.sc.) epidemiology (non-thesis): pharmacoepidemiology, master of science (m.sc.) epidemiology (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) experimental medicine (thesis): bioethics, master of science (m.sc.) experimental medicine (thesis): digital health innovation, master of science (m.sc.) experimental surgery (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) experimental surgery (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) experimental surgery (thesis): digital health innovation, master of science (m.sc.) experimental surgery (thesis): global surgery, master of science (m.sc.) experimental surgery (thesis): surgical education, master of science (m.sc.) experimental surgery (thesis): surgical innovation, master of science (m.sc.) family medicine (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) family medicine (thesis): bioethics, master of science (m.sc.) family medicine (thesis): medical education, master of science (m.sc.) food science & agricultural chemistry: food safety (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) food science and agricultural chemistry (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) food science and agricultural chemistry (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) genetic counselling (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) human genetics (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) human genetics (thesis): bioethics, master of science (m.sc.) human nutrition (thesis), 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advanced nursing (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) advanced nursing (non-thesis): global health, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) advanced nursing (non-thesis): nursing services administration, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) animal science (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) animal science (non-thesis): sustainable agriculture, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) biotechnology (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) couple and family therapy (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) human nutrition (non-thesis): dietetics credentialing, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) nurse practitioner (non-thesis): adult care, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) nurse practitioner (non-thesis): mental health, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) nurse practitioner (non-thesis): neonatology, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) nurse practitioner (non-thesis): pediatrics, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) nurse practitioner (non-thesis): primary care, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) nursing (non-thesis): global health, master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) occupational health (non-thesis) (resident), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.ot.) occupational therapy (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.pt.) physical therapy (non-thesis), master of science, applied in human nutrition (non-thesis) (practicum), natural sciences (6), master of arts (m.a.) geography (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) geography (thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) geography (thesis): environment, master of arts (m.a.) geography (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) geography (thesis): neotropical environment, master of arts (m.a.) mathematics and statistics (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) mathematics and statistics (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) atmospheric and oceanic sciences (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) chemistry (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) earth and planetary sciences (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) geography (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) geography (thesis): environment, master of science (m.sc.) geography (thesis): neotropical environment, master of science (m.sc.) mathematics and statistics (non-thesis), master of science (m.sc.) mathematics and statistics (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) physics (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) plant science (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) plant science (thesis): bioinformatics, master of science (m.sc.) plant science (thesis): neotropical environment, master of science (m.sc.) renewable resources (thesis), master of science (m.sc.) renewable resources (thesis): neotropical environment, social sciences and management (6), master in global manufacturing and supply chain management, master of arts (m.a.) anthropology (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) anthropology (thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) anthropology (thesis): environment, master of arts (m.a.) anthropology (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) communication studies (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) east asian studies (thesis) (ad hoc), master of arts (m.a.) education and society (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) education and society (non-thesis): course work, master of arts (m.a.) education and society (non-thesis): course work math & science education, master of arts (m.a.) education and society (non-thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) education and society (non-thesis): jewish education, master of arts (m.a.) education and society (non-thesis): project math & science education, master of arts (m.a.) education and society (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) education and society (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) education and society (thesis): mathematics and science education, master of arts (m.a.) educational leadership (non-thesis): course work, master of arts (m.a.) educational leadership (non-thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) educational leadership (non-thesis): project, master of arts (m.a.) educational leadership (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) educational leadership (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) educational psychology (thesis): health professions education, master of arts (m.a.) educational psychology (thesis): human development, master of arts (m.a.) educational psychology (thesis): learning sciences, master of arts (m.a.) german (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) german (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) hispanic studies (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) hispanic studies (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) italian (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) italian (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) medical anthropology (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) medical sociology (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) medical sociology (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) political science (non-thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) political science (non-thesis): european studies, master of arts (m.a.) political science (non-thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) political science (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) political science (thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) political science (thesis): european studies, master of arts (m.a.) religious studies (thesis): gender and women’s studies, master of arts (m.a.) russian (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) second language education (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) second language education (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) sociology (non-thesis), master of arts (m.a.) sociology (non-thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) sociology (non-thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) sociology (non-thesis): population dynamics, master of arts (m.a.) sociology (thesis), master of arts (m.a.) sociology (thesis): development studies, master of arts (m.a.) sociology (thesis): gender and women's studies, master of arts (m.a.) in teaching and learning (non-thesis): english language arts option, master of arts (m.a.) in teaching and learning (non-thesis): english or french second language, master of arts (m.a.) in teaching and learning (non-thesis): science and technology option, master of arts (m.a.) in teaching and learning (non-thesis): social sciences option, master of arts (m.a.) in teaching and learning (non-thesis):mathematics option, master of education (m.ed.) educational psychology (non-thesis): general educational psychology, master of education (m.ed.) educational psychology (non-thesis): general educational psychology: project, master of education (m.ed.) educational psychology (non-thesis): inclusive education, master of education (m.ed.) educational psychology (non-thesis): inclusive education: project, master of education (m.ed.) educational psychology (non-thesis): learning sciences, master of laws (ll.m.) law (non-thesis), master of laws (ll.m.) law (non-thesis): air and space law, master of laws (ll.m.) law (non-thesis): comparative law, master of laws (ll.m.) law (non-thesis): environment, master of laws (ll.m.) law (thesis), master of laws (ll.m.) law (thesis): air and space law, master of laws (ll.m.) law (thesis): bioethics, master of laws (ll.m.) law (thesis): comparative law, master of laws (ll.m.) law (thesis): environment, master of public policy (m.p.p.) public policy (non-thesis), master of science, applied (m.sc.a.) communication sciences & disorders (non-thesis): speech-language pathology, master of social work (m.s.w.) social work (non-thesis): gender and women's studies, master of social work (m.s.w.) social work (non-thesis): international partner program, master of social work (m.s.w.) social work (thesis), master of social work (m.s.w.) social work (thesis): gender and women's studies, executive mba (2), mcgill-hec montréal emba, full-time mba (2), joint program in management & law (mba/law), master of business 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philosophy (ph.d.) kinesiology sciences, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) mental health, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) microbiology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) microbiology and immunology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) microbiology: bioinformatics, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) neuroscience, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) parasitology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) parasitology: bioinformatics, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) pathology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) pharmacology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) pharmacology: environmental health sciences, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) physiology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) plant science, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) plant science: bioinformatics, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) plant science: environment, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) plant science: neotropical environment, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) psychology, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) psychology: behavioural neuroscience, doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) psychology: language acquisition, doctor of 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Nursing goes to university

In 1920,  McGill’s School for Graduate Nurses , the second university-based nursing program in Canada (UBC opened its school in 1919),  welcomed its first students.   The School  opened in the shadow of   World War I and the 1918 influenza pandemic ,   devastating  events   that  had a catalyzing effect on the nursing profession .   W ith the c hanges taking place in public health and  rapid advances in medical care,  nursing leaders knew that  nursing education had to be modernized to meet these new demands .    

Hospital schools  

Although nurses had always had training of some kind, often as part of religious orders that ran hospitals, the first formalized Canadian nursing schools appeared in the 1870s. These were modelled on  nursing education pioneer   Florence  Nightingale’s  approac h.  Nightingale’s method  emphasized  hands-on ,   in-hospital  training   overseen by  ward sisters and  augmented by  medical courses  taught by  physicians .   M eticulous note taking ,  training in  medical ethics ,  and  decent conditions, including  meals and lodgings ,  for the  students , were  other  important elements .   Quebec ’s first such school, at  t he Montreal General Hospital ,  opened its doors in 1890.  One of its trainees, Flora Shaw ,   w ould go on to become   its  first full-time  nursing  teacher  and later the founding director of the School for Graduate Nurses.    

Pushing ahead  

By the 1910s, it became clear to many in the profession that there was a need for university-based training, at least for those who would go on to train the nursing students in the hospital schools.  “ Nurses knew better than to promote university education for all nurses at this time ,” writes  Canadian nursing historian  Lynn  Kirkwood . *   “ Instead they chose to  ‘ tread softly ’  and be satisfied with university education for a small group of nurses ,  …. creating  a two-tiered system of entry into the profession and two cultures for nursing — the professional culture, rooted in education and science, and a craft culture, rooted in domestic skills. ”    

First, they had to create the programs.  “Up until the year 1919, Canadian nurses wishing to further their education had to go to the United States to do so,” notes Barbara Tunis in her history of nursing at McGill. * *  “Many of these did not return to Canada.”  She continues:  

In the wake of the United States which had established its first basic nursing programme affiliated with a university in 1909, and by 1918 had  twenty-one schools affiliated with universities, nurse educators in Canada began to seek admission for nurses in Canadian institutions of higher learning.  

Among them were Grace Fairley and Mabel Hersey, Montreal nursing leaders who  won  the  support of  McGill’s  Dean of Medicine,  Dr. H erbert  Birkett . Dr. Birkett had  mounted the  3rd Canadian General Hospital (McGill)   in France  during World War I  and commanded  a  hand-picked  group  of top   medical personnel from McGill-affiliated hospitals there, including  nursing  matrons and  sisters.  

Rapid growth  

The School’s first cohort was  small,  made up of 15 students, six of them in the Public Health Nursing stream and nine in Teaching and Supervising in Schools of Nursing.  The majority of  nurses continued to train in the hospital schools.  From 1920 to 1957, the School offered certificate and degree programs developed for nurses holding diplomas from  the  hospital  schools . In 1941  it  became part of the Faculty of Medicine  and ,  i n 1944, a two-year Bachelor of Nursing for RNs was added. In 1957, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSc   (N)) program was introduced.  Shortly after, in 1961 the innovative MSc   (Applied) in Nursing was added.   

Research and innovation  

The School’s  research activities also expanded  during this epoch , and in 1969 Nursing Papers, Canada’s first nursing research journal (now the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research) was founded at McGill.  As universal health care  was ushered in, McGill nursing  leaders  saw an opportunity to rethink the role of the nurse. Out of these reflections emerged an innovative patient- centred  approach to nursing that became known as the  McGill Model of Nursing . Now known as Strengths-based Nursing, the model has been adopted all over Canada and the world.  

CEGEP system brings changes  

The advent of the CEGEP system brought several changes to nursing programs in  Quebec . In 1972,  the province ’s hospital-based nursing programs were  closed  and McGill’ s BSc  (N) was reduced to a three – year program, from five. In 1974 the MSc(A)-Direct Entry, a program for non-nurses , was  introduced .  

In  the midst of   all these  change s , the School’s name  changed ,  too ,  becoming  the School of Nursing  in 1973 . The School introduced Canada’s first PhD program in  n ursing in 1986, with the first doctorate in nursing awarded (at McGill and in Canada) in 1990.  In 2012, the School of Nursing was formally  re named the Ingram School of Nursing  after donors  Richard and Satoko  Ingram .    

In 2019,  the School launched  Quebec’s first online Bachelor of Nursing program , offered in French and English.   The following year,  the School celebrated its  Centennial . The year 2020 also marked the 200th year of  Florence Nightingale’s birth and   was declared  the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife    by t he World Health Assembly .   

*  Kirkwood , Lynn, “ Enough but Not Too Much: Nursing Education in English Language Canada (1874-2000) ,” in  On all frontiers : four centuries of Canadian nursing ,  edited  by Christina Bates, Dianne Dodd, Nicole Rousseau,  Ottawa University Press, 2005.  

* * Barbara  L.  Tunis,  In Caps and Gowns: The History of the School for Graduate Nurses , 1920-1964 ,   McGill University Press, 1966.   

Ingram School of Nursing  Centennial Timeline : learn about the School’s many achievements from 1920 to the present day  

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