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Graduate Program in Spatial Analysis

Tuition and Financial Support

Information about current graduate tuition fees and associated regulations can be found at http://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/fees

Ryerson University provides financial support for as many full-time graduate students as possible. Categories of financial support include:

  • Ryerson Graduate Scholarships (RGS)
  • Ryerson Graduate Awards (RGA)
  • Other University-internal awards
  • Research stipends
  • Research assistantships
  • Teaching assistantships

Scholarships, stipends and awards are offered on a competitive basis and the number awarded in any year depends on academic performance. RGS and RGA do not require separate application because all candidates are automatically entered in the competition as part of the application process.

In recent years, the average funding package for students in the Master of Spatial Analysis was over $10,000, and up to $19,000 from Ryerson-internal sources alone. The level of funding depends on factors such as incoming academic qualifications, time of application, suitability for research and teaching assistantships, as well as academic standing in the program.

Students are also encouraged to apply for external scholarships from the major federal granting agencies (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and the Province of Ontario (Ontario Graduate Scholarships). These scholarships require separate applications well in advance of admission to the program.

For further information on graduate funding see: (http://www.ryerson.ca/gradstudies/funding/).

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24 May 2012 – MSA admissions are being closed early this year. A few completed application files are still being assessed, but the program is nearly full for Fall 2012. If you were considering an application, please make sure to apply early for admission in Fall 2013. Program staff are available throughout the year to discuss your goals and perspectives.

14 May 2012 – Congratulations to MSA faculty member Dr. Sutama Ghosh, who is co-investigator and designated team leader on a 2012-2019 SSHRC Partnership Grant on “Neighbourhood inequality, diversity, and change: trends, processes, consequences, and policy options for Canada’s large Metropolitan areas”.

17 April 2012 – Dr. Tony Hernandez’ commitment to research on shopping centres was honoured with a 2012 International Council of Shopping Centers Researcher Award. Many MSA students have contributed to Tony’s research at Ryerson’s Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity.

23 March 2012 – Congratulations to Brad Carter, parttime MSA student, whose map on “Broken Windows & Violent Crime in Philadelphia” completed for the MSA cartography course won 2nd place in the 2012 National Geographic Award in Mapping as well as a honorable mention in the 39th Annual Map Design Competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. A detailed version of Brad’s map is linked on the CartoNews blog.

16-18 March 2012 – The MSA program along with the Department of Geography and Student Association in Geographic Analysis are proud to host the first OpenStreetMap developer event held in Canada, the Toronto Hack Weekend March 2012

08 March 2012 – Steph Murphy (MSA ’11) was interviewed for the Women in GIS/Geomatics section of the GoGeomatics blog. Other MSAs may follow.

04 March 2012 – The International Journal of Ecology published Adrian Gawedzki’s (MSA ’11) research with Dr. Wayne Forsythe on anthracene and arsenic contamination within Buffalo River sediments.

24 Feb 2012 – Six MSA faculty members are participating in the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) this week. Three presentations are based on student research by Dan Boyko (MSA ‘10), Hong Chen and Mary Makar (MSA ‘11), and current MSA student Enia Dhoska.

26 Jan 2012 – Congratulations to Suzanne Kershaw (MSA ’10) and her MSA supervisor, Dr. Andrew Millward, on publishing the article entitled “A Spatio-Temporal Index for Heat Vulnerability Assessment” based on Suzanne’s major research paper.

20 Jan 2012 – Dr. Ken Jones, co-founder and major contributor to the MSA program, former Chair of Geography, and now Dean of Ryerson’s management school, received the 2012 Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership. Congratulations, Ken!

22 October 2011 - Four MSA Students from the 2011 class, I. Dragovic, A. Gawedzki, A. Kluke, and G. McCartney presented their research at the CAGONT conference together with their supervisors, Dr. W. Forsythe and Prof. S. Swales. Congratulations to Amy and Adrian on winning the two Masters-level awards in the Student Paper Competition!

20 October 2011 - At Ryerson's Fall Convocation, 24 MSA students graduated today! A great turn-out of 20 graduands were in attendance to receive congratulations on and off stage.  See this group photo taken in the Quad.

14 October 2011 - Another peer-reviewed journal publication resulted from MSA student research: "A Scalable GeoWeb Tool for Argumentation Mapping" by A. Sani (MSA "11) and MSA program director, Dr. C. Rinner.


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