Program Related Concerns

The HSED Graduate Officer is available to help guide you through the program and to help navigate challenges affecting your participation in the program. The HSED Graduate Officer can also assist with administrative matters such as leaves of absence, education plans, and change of status.

Course Related Concerns

If you have concerns related to a specific course, your first contact should be with either the Course Instructor or the Course Coordinator. These include course content, grades and any other issues pertaining to the course. If the response from the Course Coordinator is not satisfactory, the next person to contact would be the HSED Graduate Officer.

Personal Concerns

If you have a concern of a personal nature and you do not feel comfortable talking directly to the HSED Program Administration, please contact the Student Wellness Centre (SWC) at 905-525-9140 ext. 27700, or email wellness@mcmaster.ca. SWC provides a range of services for students including counselling, arrangement of student accommodations, assistance with academic writing, and access to medical support. Please visit the SWC website for a detailed list of services and contacts. Student Accessibility Services provides or assists all McMaster students with their academic and disability-related needs. Please visit their website for a detailed list.

Student Ambassador

Student Ambassadors mandates are to provide a channel of communication to potential applicants, engage current students in personal and professional development, and foster relationships with alumni. The Ambassadors are a very engaged and motivated group and they are a great help and resource to the program.

The best way to contact a Student Ambassador is via e-mail. Please put “Question to Ambassador” in the subject line to ensure that your message doesn’t get lost. Please also note that all ambassadors are volunteers as well as current graduate students with busy schedules, so kindly allow 48 hours for their responses.

The current Student Ambassadors for the MSc HSED program are: Kathleen Howcroft and Sakshi Sinha.