Be at the forefront of creating a healthier future
By 2050, more than one-fifth of the global population will be over 60 years old.
The Faculty of Health offers the first collaborative PhD program in Canada with a focus on aging, health and well-being.
The doctoral program is an interdisciplinary platform to develop a broad understanding of the issues related to the health and well-being of our aging population.
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Collaborative PhD
Student stories
Taylor Kurta
Growing up, Taylor Kurta witnessed the age-related stigma her grandparents faced in the health care system. Connecting her passion for music with a drive to improve care for older adults, Taylors PhD Aging, Health and Well-being research aims to use collaborative song writing with people living with dementia as a tool to expose and challenge the harmful consequence of dementia-stigma.
![Taylor playing guitar at home music studio](/recreation-and-leisure-studies/sites/default/files/uploads/images/taylor_homestudio_0.jpg)
Arany Sivasubramaniam
Arany has always had a passion for health care. For as long as she can remember being able to help people has always been something that she cares about. Now enrolled as a PhD Aging, Health and Well-being student her research is looking at how to abolish the medical industrial complex by looking at the experiences of the BIPOC community.
![Arany Sivasubramaniam](/recreation-and-leisure-studies/sites/default/files/uploads/images/arany_500x500_0.jpg)