In this program, your learning will be informed by multi-disciplinary theory and practice-based instruction. You’ll gain expertise through coursework and practical experience tailored to your goals. Your final project will be a research thesis or a culminating project. This program is offered primarily online . There is a mandatory three-week summer institute. The MA in Child, Youth, Family & Community Studies may be used as partial fulfilment towards a provincial or national counselling certification or credential. By the end of the MA program, graduates will be able to demonstrate: knowledge of decolonial, critical and justice-oriented approaches to research, practice and leadership in diverse local, national and global contexts for the purposes of promoting child, youth, family and community well-being respect for and commitment to the wellbeing, resurgence and self-determination of Indigenous nations globally, with responsibilities to local First Peoples ethical, strengths-based, relational approaches to working with diverse children, youth, families and communities, and ability to respond to intersecting forms of historical and ongoing structural and systemic exclusion based on race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, and citizenship, among others capacity for responsive and collaborative leadership, advocacy, activism and systems-level change in preparation for leadership roles in diverse human service sectors that serve children, youth and families (including organizations, government, private, not-for-profit, community, other) knowledge and application of diverse research methods, methodologies and knowledge mobilization approaches that reflect multiple contexts, knowledges and research paradigms
