Graduate Studies
Pursue a PhD on preventing crime
The Institute for the Prevention of Crime offers exciting opportunities for Masters and Doctoral students to join their dynamic team. Together, staff at the institute work to shift the focus of policy makers and community service providers from simply responding to crime to investing in prevention and building safer communities.
The IPC provides an excellent opportunity to network with top community safety experts and academics from across Canada and from abroad. Students interact with officials from Federal, Provincial, and Municipal orders of government as well as police services, research institutes, and community groups. The IPC provides an environment to acquire valuable hands on skills and research experience, to produce publications, and to put research into action. Doctoral and Masters students are encouraged to develop thesis topics that advance the institute’s mission. Working with top researchers, students are mentored to become leaders in the field of crime prevention.
The University of Ottawa offers generous graduate scholarships, and students at the IPC are well compensated for their work. The IPC is striving to attract 12 exceptional doctoral students by 2009, and Masters students are encouraged to conduct placements at the Institute.
For information on Scholarships and Graduate Studies in Criminology, please visit www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/index_grad_stud.asp.
Further inquires may be directed to the IPC by e-mail at ipc@uOttawa.ca.
Criminology at U of Ottawa
The Department of Criminology strives to offer students opportunities to acquire both academic training in criminology and practical experience in criminal justice agencies. The masters program includes both an MA and an applied Masters degree. One of the optional masters courses is already devoted to crime prevention and has been taught in either English or French each year for many years.
The recently launched doctoral program is devoted to using the best available information and knowledge for the reform of criminal justice policies, including crime prevention through social development.