• MA in Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria is offered as a 3-years program by the School of Child and Youth Care.
  • The University of Victoria also ranked 2nd in Maclean’s top Canadian Comprehensive Universities 2019.
  • The program has an applied focus, preparing professional practitioners in the child and youth care field for leadership in advanced practice, training, research, and service support roles.
  • This academic program draws from a variety of disciplines and approaches including but not limited to child and youth care, social pedagogy, education, psychology, health, criminology, Indigenous studies, anthropology, women’s studies, political theory, and sociology.
  • In this program, students will develop an understanding of issues related to children and youth. Their learning will be informed by multi-disciplinary theory and practice-based instruction.
  • The program of study consists of a total of 18 units.