Fellowship

The Wilson Centre is a world leader in advancing the education and practice of health care professionals through research. We support the education-oriented research programs of eleven full time PhD scientists and many clinician-researchers, addressing topics ranging from the acquisition and evaluation of basic surgical skills to the development and understanding of communication and professionalism.

The scientists and clinician-researchers of the Wilson Centre are strongly dedicated to developing new researchers in this vital and growing field of study, and the Wilson Centre Fellowship Program is designed to support these efforts. Wilson Centre Fellows are given a place to work and learn where they receive intensive mentoring in a community of researchers from many academic disciplines and many health professional backgrounds. The level of mentoring and breadth of interdisciplinary and interprofessional interactions develops scholars who are well prepared to engage in their own program of high quality research, to collaborate with a diverse set of research colleagues, and to train the next generation of researchers into this field. Our Fellows are the future leaders in health professional education.

Applications are normally due by October 31st for a January start or April 30th to begin in September. Late applications may be considered on a case to case basis.

To apply or for more information please check out the FAQ and review the Wilson Centre Fellowship Policies and Procedures Manual.  Be sure to include the Wilson Centre Fellowship Application Cover Page with your application. 

Current Fellows

Grecia Alaniz

Grecia Alaniz is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, as well as a PhD Candidate in the Health Professional Education doctoral program at Western University, and a practicing pelvic health physiotherapist. She completed her Master of Science in Physiotherapy and Honours Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) at McMaster University. Grecia's research draws on her interests in critical health discourse and reproductive health. Through this work, Grecia aims to understand the ways in which dominant discourses shape and inform the use of various reproductive technologies in maternity care provision, based on the experiences of maternity care providers. Grecia is also the recipient of the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral) for 2022-2025.

Supervisor:  Stella Ng

Nicole Bajcar

Nicole Bajcar is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre. She completed her Master of Arts in Applied Disability Studies specializing in Applied Behaviour Analysis at Brock University and a Bachelor of Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University. Under the supervision of Dr. Nicole Woods, her research aims to explore the best practices to develop adaptive experts to incorporate into e-module training. 

Supervisor: Nicole Woods

Laura Brereton

Laura Brereton is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Her doctoral work focuses on the nature of shared decision-making between patients and clinicians, and the ways healthcare relationships are enabled and limited by institutional power structures. She is interested in the potential of reflective writing and other applied humanities to enrich clinical education. Laura previously managed the clinical practice guideline development program and various graduate medical education projects for the National Kidney Foundation in New York City, and worked as a healthcare analyst for RAND Corporation in Cambridge, UK. She has an MSc in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a certification in narrative medicine from Columbia University. Laura is also the recipient of the Kimel-Schatzky Scholarship at the Wilson Centre for 2021-2024.

Supervisor: Ayelet Kuper

Hei-Ching Kristy Cheung

Hei-Ching Kristy Cheung is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She completed her Master of Science in Clinical Anatomy at the University of Western Ontario and an Honours Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Biomedical Toxicology Majors at the University of Toronto. Under the supervision of Dr. Nicole Woods, her research aims to explore the formation of conceptual understanding in anatomical sciences and identify strategies that better facilitate knowledge integration. 

Supervisor: Nicole Woods 

Nathan Cupido

Nathan Cupido is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Prior to this, he completed a Master of Science in Health Science Education and an Honours Bachelor of Arts & Science in Arts & Science and Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, both at McMaster University. Under the supervision of Dr. Maria Mylopoulos and Dr. Nicole Woods, his research explores how models of expert development can inform the principles of curriculum design to train future health professionals. Nathan is also the recipient of the Currie Fellowship at the Wilson Centre from 2020-2024.

Supervisors: Maria Mylopoulos and Nicole Woods

Brett A. Diaz

Brett A. Diaz is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS). He completed his PhD in Applied Linguistics at Penn State in 2021, and a postdoctoral fellowship in health professions education research at Unity Health in 2023. His work centres on emotion in social phenomena, social aspects of health policy implementation, and praxis in health professions education. Most recently, he was Lead for Knowledge Mobilization Research and Learning Enrichment at CAMH, where he helped to create equity-based user centred processes and methods, and led research initiatives on improving trustworthiness in evidence-informed resources.

Supervisors: Ayelet Kuper, Joanne Goldman

Gousia Dhhar

Gousia Dhhar MD, FRCPC completed her Internal Medicine residency, General Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology fellowships from the University of Toronto. She has completed a higher education teaching course from Harvard University and a certificate course from Center of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.

She is a fellow at the Wilson Center in the Masters program and is currently obtaining a Masters in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University. Her research interests lie in exploring and optimizing assessment and feedback systems in Competency Based Medical Education.

Supervisor: Walter Tavares

Qiuyue Fang

Qiuyue Fang is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Her doctoral research focuses on the artificial intelligence (AI) usage in health professions measurements and assessment, along with big data analytics. She is interested in exploring advanced AI methodologies to enhance accuracy and efficiency in clinical education. Qiuyue previously served as a Test Development Officer at the Health Human Resources Development Center of National Health Commission in China, and also worked as a Research Assistant at the Asia Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health in Thailand. She completed her Master of Medical Science in Global health from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine in China. Qiuyue is also the recipient of the Currie Fellowship at the Wilson Centre from 2024-2028.

Supervisor: Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram

Jacquelin Forsey

Jacquelin Forsey is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wilson Centre under the supervision of Dr. Nikki Woods. She completed her undergraduate degree in English Literature at McGill University, before transitioning to health professions and obtaining her PhD from the University of Toronto’s Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. Jacquelin’s research is concerned with patient-provider communication, and her PhD thesis examined the ways that training for health professionals and trainees supports the development of adaptive expertise in communication with patients. In her postdoctoral research, Jacquelin is working with the Conversation Lab under Dr. Warren Lewin to explore the impact of training for serious illness conversations on observed communication behaviours.

 Supervisor: Nicole Woods 

Amanda Hempel

Amanda Hempel is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre a Master of Health Professional Education student at Maastricht University. She completed her medical degree and Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease residencies at the University of Toronto and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine at the Gorgas Institute. Her scholarly interests are in the optimization of programmatic assessment and competency-based medical education, with a focus on connecting theory to practice in post graduate medical education. Her clinical interests are in HIV and Tropical Medicine.

 Supervisor: Shiphra Ginsburg

Massoma Jafari

Massoma Jafari is a research fellow at the Wilson Centre and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her doctoral studies are in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre. Massoma's research focuses on midwifery education reform in Afghanistan. Under the mentorship of Professor Cynthia Whitehead, she aims to address systemic inequities in health education, particularly for midwives in both public and private sectors, and develop impactful solutions that align with the system's needs. 

Massoma is a midwife from Afghanistan who has served as vice president of the Afghan Midwives Association and as an advisor for Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. She was part of the national task force to establish the Afghanistan Midwives and Nurses Council and was involved in revising the community midwifery and nursing education curriculum. With over a decade of experience in Afghanistan's midwifery and maternal and newborn health, she was recognized as a young midwife leader by the International Confederation of Midwives in 2017-2018.

Massoma's journey to Canada began in 2019 when she arrived as an asylum seeker. She started her new life by attending a city adult school, then earned an advanced diploma in project management from George Brown College. She completed a master's degree in global health at McMaster University and worked as a research associate for the Canadian Red Cross. Massoma is passionate about reducing health system inequities in humanitarian and conflict settings and improving access to quality maternal health care for all.

Supervisor: Cynthia Whitehead

Stephanie Jiang

Stephanie Jiang is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre and a Master of Education candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She is a current PGY3 in the University of Toronto General Surgery program. She is also part of the Clinician Investigator Program, Surgeon-Scientist Training Program, and recipient of MOH-CIP funding for 2024-2025. Stephanie completed 2 years of undergraduate studies in Psychology at Queen’s University before receiving her MD from Queen’s University School of Medicine. Her research interests lie in surgical psychology, notably the transformation of identity in aging and retiring surgeons. She has also completed works investigating cognitive flow in healthcare, positive perspectives in surgical practice, peer support in physicians, as well as other topics within surgical education and general surgery, such as acute care surgery protocols and optimizing elderly patient care. 

 Supervisor: Dr. Carol-anne Moulton 

Sanne Kaas-Mason

Sanne Kaas-Mason is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Her research interests focus on the spectrum of relatively stable or fluid ways that constellations of collaboration show up across healthcare spaces, and how these impact the delivery of care. This includes interprofessional ways of collaborating. She also explores how entrenched distributions of power, along with siloed understandings of illness and care, might influence collaborative practices of healthcare practitioners. Sanne draws on her academic training as an interprofessional education (IPE) educator and as political scientist to examine the context, underlying structures and lived experience of healthcare practitioners to deepen her understanding of these behaviours. Sanne is also the recipient of the Kimel-Schatzky Scholarship at the Wilson Centre for 2021-2024.

Supervisors: Cynthia Whitehead and Paula Rowland

Joanna Krongold

Joanna Krongold is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre investigating antisemitism in health professions education. She is jointly appointed at the University of Toronto’s Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity. Joanna obtained her PhD from the University of Toronto's Department of English in 2020, focusing on Holocaust literature written for children and young adults. Her current work explores the intersections between antisemitism and the COVID-19 pandemic, EDI and social justice-oriented education, experiential learning, and Holocaust memory, literature, and pedagogy. She has taught at many levels in both university- and community-based settings, and her scholarly monograph is forthcoming in 2024 from Lexington Books. 

Supervisors: Ayelet Kuper, Lisa Richardson

Justin Lam

Justin Lam is a PhD student in Health Professions Education Research offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) in collaboration with the Wilson Centre at the University of Toronto. He is also a paediatrician and education scientist at the Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre and the University of Western Ontario. Prior to this, he completed a BA in Art History at Stanford University and went on to complete his MD, paediatrics residency, and academic fellowship, at the University of Toronto, where he served as one of the Chief Residents. 

 His research uses qualitative methods to track hidden curriculum and governmentality effects related to professional identities of trainees and faculty, with an interest in equity issues in clinical and learning environments. His work has been published in Academic Medicine and Medical Education. His aim is to make learning environments more equitable and safe for teachers and learners, with the ultimate goal of contributing to better patient care. His work has been supported by the Vanier scholarship and the Robert Maudsley Fellowship.   

Supervisor: Tina Martimianakis 

Andrea Pozo-Barruel

Andrea Pozo-Barruel is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She completed a Master of Education at the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Science in Human Communication Sciences at the Universidad de las Americas in Mexico. Her research interests focus on how disability is represented in the healthcare context, and how these representations construct the identity of people living with a disability. Currently, Andrea’s doctoral work explores how disability is conceptualized in paediatrics populations within rehabilitation.

Andrea is the recipient of the Kimel-Schatzky Scholarship at the Wilson Centre for 2022-2025.

Supervisors: Paula Rowland. Stella Ng, Maria Mylopoulos

Kashmala Qasim

Dr. Kashmala Qasim is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wilson Centre. Kashmala completed her PhD in History, Theory, and Critical Psychology from York University, where she examined how Qur'anic learning influences Muslim women's perceptions of empowerment, well-being, and identity, using a Standpoint Feminist framework. Her doctoral research combined community-based studies with psycho-educational workshops, as well as her experience in conducting pastoral counselling. Kashmala has also completed her Islamic studies at Al Huda Institute, as well as a Qualitative Methodology graduate certificate at the University of Toronto. As a fellow, working under the supervision of Dr. Cynthia Whitehead and Dr. Umberin Najeeb, Kashmala is conducting research to understand the role and impact of Islamophobia in medical health education, as well as to develop and deliver educational resources to address Islamophobia within medical health practice.

Supervisors: Cynthia Whitehead, Umberin Najeeb

Elisabeth-Abigail Ramdawar

Elisabeth-Abigail Ramdawar is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She completed a Master of Health Sciences, and an Honours Bachelor of Science both at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Elisabeth’s current research interests include exploring socio-political relationships and institutional practices that impact healthcare professional’s wellness. 

Supervisor: Tina Martimianakis 

Leslie St. Jacques

Leslie St. Jacques is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre, and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research (HPER) doctoral concentration offered by the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, in collaboration with the faculty of the Wilson Centre, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Leslie is a Canadian certified physician assistant (CC-PA) and a graduate of the inaugural class of the PA Education Program at McMaster University (2010). Her experience as a PA includes cardiovascular surgery ICU and peri-operative neurosurgery. Leslie was the PA discipline Co-Lead and PA Education Lead at the University Health Network from 2019-2022. She served as the first female president of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA) (2019-2021) and is currently their Past President. Prior to becoming a PA, Leslie earned both a Master’s in Environmental Studies (Planning) from York University (1998) and a Master’s in Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University (2004). She has worked as a psychotherapist in adult and children’s mental health in-patient and ambulatory care settings. Her experiences as social worker, a PA, and in leadership roles fuel her scholarly interests. Under the supervision of Dr. Tina Martimianakis, Leslie’s research explores interpersonal aspects of healthcare education and work, professional identity formation and compassion in healthcare provision.

Supervisor: Tina Martimianakis

Erene Stergiopoulos

Erene Stergiopoulos is a PhD student in Health Professions Education Research (HPER) and Clinical Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She completed her BSc in psychology and MA in history and philosophy of science at the University of Toronto, where she also completed her MD and psychiatry residency. Currently her clinical fellowship focuses on workplace mental health in the Department of Psychiatry. Under the supervision of Dr. Tina Martimianakis since 2016, her research uses qualitative methods to study barriers to physician health disclosure, and experiences of disability across the training trajectory. This work has resulted in publications in Academic Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and CMAJ. She is currently involved in collaborative efforts to change policy in the US and Canada for medical learners with disabilities, with collaborations in the US, Canada, and New Zealand. She will continue to grow this body of research as a PhD student in HPER, thanks to the Currie Fellowship at the Wilson Centre.

 Supervisor: Tina Martmianakis

Conrad Tsang

Conrad Tsang is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Centre and a PhD student in the Health Professions Education Research concentration at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. His scholarly interests are in how medical school and residency admissions shape equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in the physician workforce. Conrad is the recipient of the Currie Fellowship at the Wilson Centre from 2022-2026.

Clinically, Conrad is a subspecialty resident in Occupational Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is also a staff physician in Public Health & Preventive Medicine and in Family Medicine, having done his previous residencies at UBC. He has been the Chief Resident for all three programs. Conrad completed his BHSc at McMaster University, MD at the University of Alberta, MPH (Quantitative Methods) at Harvard University as a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow, and MSEd (Medical Education) at the University of Pennsylvania as the Lougheed Fellow. His clinical interests are in caring for marginalized workers and health care workers, as well as changing policy to promote their health, safety, and wellness.

Supervisor: Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram

Lucy Vorobej

Lucy Vorobej is a post-doctoral fellow at the Wilson Centre under the supervision of Dr. Cynthia Whitehead. She completed her BAH and B.Ed. at Queen’s University before joining the University of Waterloo to complete graduate work is history. As a historian of health care interested in the intersections of discourse and power, her PhD thesis assessed the ways in which settler-colonialism and racism impacted First Nations health care access in Canada from the 1940s to the 1960s. Her current work examines the history of hospital volunteers as a case study to critically consider the ways in which the labour of care has been positioned within or excluded from frameworks of compensation.

Supervisor: Cynthia Whitehead

Wendy Ye

Wendy Ye is a Research Fellow at the Wilson Center and a Master of Health Professional Education student at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She is one of two Chief Medical Residents in the Adult Nephrology training program at the University of Toronto. Her scholarly interests include curriculum development and remediation of non-medical knowledge skills including professionalism, leadership, and communication. She completed her HBSc in physiology and biochemistry at the University of Toronto, followed by her MD, MSc, and Internal Medicine training at McMaster University. Her clinical interests are in home peritoneal and hemodialysis.

Supervisors: Shiphra Ginsburg and  Maria Mylopoulos

Fellowship F.A.Q

What is the Wilson Centre?

The Wilson Centre is one of the largest and most comprehensive centres for health professions education research in the world. It is a community of individuals from many disciplines (including medicine, nursing, dentistry, cognitive psychology, education, sociology, communication studies, kinesiology and the humanities) who strive to improve healthcare through thoughtful and innovative research.

What is the relationship between the Wilson Centre and the University of Toronto?

The Wilson Centre is officially an “extra-departmental unit” at the University of Toronto.  An extra-departmental unit is a multidisciplinary, multi-departmental group with faculty and students engaging in a commonly focused area of research. It is a centrally established unit (outside the usual department structure) designed to foster research and teaching in new or highly specialized areas.  
 

What are the Wilson Centre’s vision and mission?

The vision of the Wilson Centre is to advance healthcare education and practice through research.
The mission is to:

  1. Foster the discovery and application of new knowledge relevant to advancing healthcare education and practice.

  2. Promote creative synergies between diverse theoretical perspectives, and between theory and practice.

  3. Be a world leader in education research.

What characterizes the Wilson Centre community?

The Wilson Centre community is noted for its supportive, collaborative and open-minded research environment. These characteristics are a natural outgrowth of a strong, cross-disciplinary desire to push the boundaries of inquiry in health professions education with leading-edge innovation.
 

What major research topics are currently being investigated at the Wilson Centre?

Research at the Wilson Centre evolves with and responds to advances in health professions education. Research projects are currently in progress on the following topics:

  • Assessment

  • Effects of stress on performance

  • Globalization

  • Interdisciplinary research in health

  • Interpersonal communication on healthcare teams

  • Interprofessional education and collaboration

  • Health equity

  • History of medical education research

  • Learning and memory

  • Motor learning

  • Self regulation and evaluation

  • Simulation-based training and education

  • Social responsibility

 

What is a Wilson Centre Fellow?

A Fellow is a graduate student who participates in the Wilson’s Centre’s full-time research training program while pursuing a graduate degree at an affiliated academic institution (e.g., University of Toronto, University of Chicago, Maastricht University, University of Waterloo, etc).
 

What does a Wilson Centre Fellowship involve?

Wilson Centre Fellows work and learn in a supportive community of researchers and health care professionals. Fellows design and conduct original research. Their work is guided by close mentorship from an established scientist, and it also benefits from the diverse perspectives of the Wilson Centre community. Fellows become familiar with the range of research methods and theoretical approaches used in research, and they develop professional skills needed to pursue a career in the field. The level of mentoring and breadth of interdisciplinary and inter-professional interactions develops scholars who are well prepared to engage in their own program of high quality research, and to professionally collaborate with a diverse set of research colleagues.
 

Are there additional benefits to being a Wilson Centre Fellow?

Wilson Centre Fellows also benefit in a number of concrete ways. They learn and practice giving oral presentations and participating in discussion groups. Fellows have access to professional-development and career-development seminars, the Centre of Faculty Development Stepping Stones program, and the Professional Development Series. Finally, for practical matters, fellows receive a place to work (office space and materials), a travel stipend, and administrative, media and creative support.

What are the responsibilities of Wilson Centre Fellows?

Wilson Centre Fellows are integral members of the Wilson Centre community and are expected to actively participate in both formal events and day-to-day activities. Fellows are responsible for attending monthly presentations and professional development seminars, presenting their work as it progresses, and participating in the collaborative conversations of the Centre. They are also responsible for fulfilling the milestones required in their home departments and adhering to the highest standards of professional and research ethics. 
 

Where have graduates of the fellowship program gone after the Wilson Centre?

Graduates of the Wilson Centre move on to a number of different positions, often in combination:

  • PhD and post-doctoral programs (sometimes continuing as WC Fellows)

  • Clinical practice, research, teaching and leadership roles

  • Academic research, teaching and leadership roles

 

Is the Wilson Centre a degree-granting department/institution?

No. The Wilson Centre does not grant degrees.  Fellows do receive a certificate of completion at the end of their fellowships.
 

How do I obtain a degree, then?

Fellows obtain their degrees by enrolling in affiliated programs. Many fellows choose the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the Institute of Medical Science, or the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. However, a fellow can enroll in any program as long as:

  • The research to be carried out is relevant to health professional education AND,

  • The selected department or program is willing to allow your Wilson Centre Supervisor to sit on your Master's/PhD committee or act as your program supervisor.

 

How do I become a Fellow? What is the application process?

Start by carefully reading the Wilson Centre Research Fellowship Program Policies and Procedures,
All the specifics about eligibility, the program, and the application process are in this document. 
The key points to remember are:

 

Who is eligible for the Wilson Centre Fellowship?

Wilson Centre Fellows must be pursuing graduate studies (Masters, PhD or post-doc) in an area relevant to research in any aspect of health professions education.
 

How long is the Fellowship?

Wilson Centre provides 2-5 years of onsite, fulltime intensive support and mentorship.
 

How will I fund my research?

The Wilson Centre does not offer funding at this time. Fellows are expected to seek their own funding to support their research. For some Fellows (especially those coming from a Medical Postgraduate Program), funding is provided by their health professional program. Other Fellows apply for scholarships and grants, either from their home departments or external sources. If you would like more information about potential funding sources, please contact Mariana Arteaga at mariana.arteaga@uhn.on.ca. 
 

How can I find a Wilson Centre Supervisor?

Each Fellow must be supervised by a Wilson Centre Scientist. You need to identify a supervisor as part of your application process. If you don’t already have a relationship with a possible supervisor, start by reading the annual reports and website to identify the research interests of the Wilson Centre Scientists. 
After you determine whom you might like to work with, you may contact them directly by email (see Wilson Scientist Directory for contact information) to initiate a conversation about your research interests and whether they would be the appropriate supervisor/mentor. If it appears that none of the Wilson Centre Scientists is a good fit, you can contact Dr. Maria Mylopoulos (Associate Director of Training Programs) to discuss possible alternatives.
 

Is my Wilson Centre Supervisor on my thesis/doctoral committee?

Yes. In general, for Master’s candidates, your Wilson Centre Supervisor is also your Master’s supervisor. For Doctoral candidates, your Wilson Centre Supervisor may be your doctoral supervisor, or may be a member of your dissertation committee.
 

What are the facilities like?

The Wilson Centre is located in the Toronto General Hospital, which allows for close contact and collaboration with healthcare professionals. Each Fellow has a dedicated work area and internet access.
 

Where is the Wilson Centre located?

The Wilson Centre is located in the Toronto General hospital. The hospital occupies an entire block, with the corner of College Street and University Avenue at the northwest end. The nearest transit stop (subway and streetcar) is: Queen’s Park.

What can you tell me about Toronto?

Toronto is a safe, clean, ethnically diverse city, with a lot to offer. To learn more about Toronto, see:
www.toronto.ca – the official website of the government of the city of Toronto
www.math.toronto.edu/toronto - links to EVERYTHING Toronto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto - a cultural and historical overview
 

Do I need a visa to come to Canada to study? How do I get one?

If you are coming to Canada as a Wilson Centre Fellow you will need a Canadian Study Permit. As well, depending on the country you are coming from, you may also need an Entry Visa. For complete information about entry requirements, the application process, and anything else you might want to know about the official requirements for coming to Canada to study, go to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website at www.cic.gc.ca/, select your language, and then in the left navigation column under “Come to Canada”, select the “Study” link.
 

Where will I live?

The University of Toronto Student Housing Service can provide information and help with finding accommodation. See their website at http://www.housing.utoronto.ca/