Doctor of Philosophy in Social Justice Education

This PhD program offers students with opportunities for advanced study, original research, and theoretical analysis in Social Justice Education. It is designed primarily for those interested in research and careers in academia. The flexible-time PhD degree is designed to accommodate demand by practising professionals for a PhD degree that permits continued employment in areas related to their areas of research. Degree requirements for the flexible-time and full-time PhD programs are the same. Flexible-time PhD students register full-time during the first four years and part-time during subsequent years of the program.
The program is offered by the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), providing students with critical understandings of the social, historical, cultural, political, economic, and ethical contexts of education, broadly conceived. Based on the diverse intellectual traditions of the humanities and social sciences, the department is committed to multi- and interdisciplinary studies in education, with a focus on equity and social justice in educational studies from a variety of perspectives including history, philosophy, sociology, and social justice education. Through humanities, social sciences, and/or social justice education, faculty and students may pursue studies including anti-racism, critical race theory, and Indigenous studies, aesthetics, media, and communication, feminist and gender studies, class and poverty studies, francophone studies, post-colonial, diaspora, and transnational studies, queer and disability studies, cultural and philosophical contexts in education, and democracy, ethics, and social class and/or may follow traditional disciplinary inquiry.

Admission requires a University of Toronto Master of Arts or Master of Education in Education, or its equivalent from a recognized university in the same field of specialization proposed at the doctoral level, completed with standing equivalent to B+ or better.
Students who are admitted without sufficient previous study in a humanities, social science, or a cognate discipline may be required to take additional courses.
Applicants to the flexible-time PhD option are accepted under the same admission requirements as applicants to the full-time PhD option. However, in addition, applicants to the flexible-time PhD should demonstrate that they are active professionals engaged in activities relevant to their proposed program of study.

All applicants must submit:
Transcript(s) from each post-secondary institution attended
Two letters of reference (one academic and one professional)
A r'sum that provides clear and complete information about the applicant's work or field experience related to their proposed studies
Statement of Intent

TOEFL: Paper-Based Test and TWE- Overall Score 580 TWE: 5, Internet-Based Test (IBT): 93, Writing/Speaking: 22.
IELTS: Minimum required score: 7.0 (Academic)with at least 6.5 for each component.