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Social, Cultural and Foundational Studies (MEd)

Note: This program is not currently accepting new applications.

In this program, you’ll study educational and social institutions from many perspectives. You'll gain the skills and knowledge to work as a teacher, administrator or policy analyst. You'll also be able to work as a consultant for the government or educational agencies. Research topics may include any combination of philosophical, historical or sociological research perspectives.

Expected length Project or thesis Course-based
2-5 years Yes No

Quick facts

Program options:
Master's
Study options:
Full-time study
Program delivery:
On-campus
Dynamic learning:
Co-op optional

Find a supervisor

MEd applicants do not need to choose a supervisor before admission. The department will assign supervisors to each MEd cohort.

Alison Shields

Associate Professor, Art Education

Anita Prest

Associate Professor, Music Education, Lansdowne Scholar in Decolonizing Music Education

Erika Germanos

Assistant Professor, Science Education, Environmental Education

Graham McDonough

Acting Chair and Professor, Philosophical Foundations, and Associate Fellow, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society

Hector Vazquez-Cordoba

Assistant Teaching Professor Indigenous ways of knowing and being, music education, decolonizing and Indigenizing music education, Indigenous methodologies and methods, educational policy, epistemologies of the South

Helen Raptis

Associate Professor, Historical Foundations

Jason Price

Associate Professor, Social Studies

Jennifer S. Thom

Professor, Mathematics Education & Curriculum Studies

Jodi Streelasky

Associate Professor, Language & Literacy, Early Childhood Education

Kathy Sanford

Professor, Language & Literacy, Teacher Education

Leslee Francis-Pelton

Associate Professor, Mathematics Education

Lyndze Harvey

Assistant Teaching Professor, Social Studies and Philosophical Foundations

Michael Paskevicius

Associate Professor, Educational Technology

Michelle Wiebe

Assistant Professor, Art Education

Monica Prendergast

Professor, Drama Education

Natalie LeBlanc

Associate Professor, Art Education

Natasha Reid

Associate Professor, Art Education Community art education, Visual inquiry as research, Studio art practices, K-12 art education, Canadian or Indigenous art

Ted Riecken

Professor, Social Studies

Tim Anderson

Associate Professor, Additional Language Learning TESOL/Applied linguistics, Language socialization, English for academic purposes, Second-language writing, Internationalization of higher education, Chinese as an additional language, Case study as a research method

Tim Pelton

Associate Professor, Mathematics Education

Todd Milford

Associate Professor in Science Education and Research Methodologies

Valerie Irvine

Associate Professor, Educational Technology

Special requirements

Note: This program is not currently accepting new applications.

Need help?

Contact Ms. Fariba Ardestani at edcigrad@uvic.ca or 250-721-7882.

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