The Master of Arts program in Child and Youth Care (CYC) intensively explores three thematic streams:

• Clinical Child and Youth Care Practice
• Management and Policy Development in Child and Youth Care
• Child and Youth Care Approaches to Research.

This program focuses on the theoretical and practice-oriented approaches related to young people facing adversity in myriad contexts and covers issues and themes that include:

Trauma-informed care, resilience, life-space intervention, critical and anti-oppressive perspectives, and management and policy development in child and youth-serving settings.

The MA program teaches and promotes leadership in child and youth care, with an emphasis on children’s rights and the daily experiences of youth within institutional and community-based services.

The program at Toronto Metropolitan University is designed as a one-year (12 months) full-time program. 

Students are required to attend fall classes in person while the winter term and spring/summer sessions can be completed in class or online. 

Students must complete five required courses and choose between two options: Research and Policy OR Therapeutic Placement. 

A part-time option exists for students currently employed in the child and youth care sector on a full-time basis. 

There are limited spots for this option, and admission requires an interview in addition to all other admission requirements.

• Academic/Official Transcripts
• Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
• Passport or Visa Documents
• Resume/Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Letters of recommendation
• Letter of Intent

• A four-year undergraduate degree in Child & Youth Care, completed at a Canadian University; or
• Applied undergraduate degree in Child & Youth Care from an Ontario College, or
• Undergraduate degree in Family Studies, Child and Youth Studies from a Canadian University PLUS 2080 hours (1 year, full-time) of direct service experience in a child and youth serving settings (Note: Hours of direct service requirement is waived if student has a CYW/CYC Diploma from an Ontario College), or
   
• An undergraduate degree in an allied discipline (psychology, sociology, social work, early childhood studies, cultural studies, gender studies, aboriginal studies) PLUS 4160 hours (2 years, full-time) of direct service experience in a child and youth serving setting (Note: Hours of direct service requirement is reduced to 2080 hours (1 year, full-time) if the student has a CYW/CYC Diploma from an Ontario College).
• Minimum GPA or equivalent of 3.00/4.33 (B) in the last two years of study