Program Overview

Midwifery Program

The Midwifery program at McMaster University is a first-of-its-kind graduate program in Canada, designed to provide midwives with the leadership, scholarship, and clinical knowledge and skills needed to advance their contributions as midwives, drive positive change, and strengthen the midwifery profession.

Program Overview

The program is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences and is designed to respond to the global call for midwives to play an increased role in leadership within health systems. The program's core courses are founded on the major attributes of advanced midwife practitioners, including autonomy in practice, leadership, expertise, and research skills.

Degree Options

• Midwifery (MSc)
  • The program offers the option of either a course-based or a thesis-based stream.
  • While the thesis-based stream must be completed full-time, the course-based program may be completed either full-time or part-time.
  • The program uses a hybrid format, with a combination of asynchronous online, synchronous online, and in-person learning, which provides students with flexibility and allows the degree to be primarily completed from a distance.

Program Details

• Length:
  • Full-time: 2 years
  • Part-time: 3 years
• Required Credentials:
  • Two years of full-time (or equivalent) clinical experience as a practicing midwife, and either a 4-year undergraduate degree in midwifery from an accredited university, or (for midwives without an undergraduate degree in midwifery) must have qualified for registration in a Canadian jurisdiction and have at least two years of clinical experience as a practicing midwife.
• Type:
  • Course-based
  • Thesis
• Options:
  • Full-Time
  • Part-Time
• Typical Entry:
  • May
• Typical Deadline:
  • January

Scholarships

Several external scholarships are available to students in the Midwifery program, including:

• Bertram Scholarship
• CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC Canada Graduate Research Scholarships – Master’s (CGRS-M)
• Dr. J. A. Campbell Young Investigator Award
• Fulbright Canada Student Awards
• Health Research Postdoctoral Opportunities
• Iranian Student Memorial Scholarship
• John Charles Polanyi Prize
• Lyle Makosky Values and Ethics in Sport Fund
• Manulife Life Lessons Scholarship Program
• Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security
• Mary Buzzell Graduate Scholarship for Resilient Aging
• McMaster Graduate General Bursary
• McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
• MIRA Graduate Scholarship Program
• Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program
• Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada Graduate Student Award of Merit
• The Dr. Colin Webber Graduate Scholarship
• The Dr. M. Corinne Devlin Graduate Scholarship in Women’s Health
• The Edna Howard Bursary
• The James F. Harvey and Helen S. Harvey Travel Scholarships
• The Lambda Scholarship Foundation Canada Graduate Award
• The School of Graduate Studies Grant in Aid for Research Travel