Courses at the University of Toronto

CHL5310H — Health Politics
Term offered: Check the DLSPH course timetable for the current term
Format: Online
Enrolment conditions: Designed for master's-level DLSPH students, with a particular focus on MPH students; doctoral students (DrPH, PhD) are welcome if it fits their program and space permits
Summary: Examines how politicians shape health policy through their ongoing power struggles with one another, offering frameworks to analyze Canadian health politics (transferable to other political systems). Highly applied — students work in groups as a "team of political consultants," using current events, political documents, and guest speakers actively working in health politics.

CHL5020H — Public Health Impact, Trust and Communications
Term offered: Check the DLSPH course timetable for the current term
Format: Lecture, in-class, St. George campus
Enrolment conditions: Open to graduate students in any field of public health or health policy across DLSPH programs; no formal prerequisite listed
Summary: Addresses the crisis of public mistrust affecting public health work and introduces evidence-based models — community engagement, journalism, political problem-solving, and crisis management — to build impact in low-trust environments. Interactive and applied, featuring guest speakers from journalism, politics, and public health, and culminating in a crisis-simulation session.