Overview

Students will focus on integrating education and leadership theory with practice and drawing on the Yukon’s unique socio-political-cultural-environmental context, preparing them to understand the current educational landscape, think for change, and enact change is fundamental to the program’s intent.

Features

The Educational Leadership - Leading For Educational Change In The Yukon program at Simon Fraser University emphasizes integrating theory with practice.

Designed intentionally to support the supervision and research trajectory of the cohort, the building in a course-cohort-based structure that takes the students beyond their comprehensive exams, the integrity of the cohort model continues to support students in their:

Research proposal and ethics (EDUC 950),
Data collection and analysis, and
Dissertation writing.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Seminar In Educational Theory

Educational Governance, Reform, And Diversity

Approches To Educational Research

Developing Educational Programs And Practices For Diverse Educational Settings

Leadership, Accountability And The Public Interest

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

PTE Academic

65

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TOEFL^® IBT

93

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Duolingo English Test

130

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Educational Leadership View 9 other PhDs in Educational Leadership in Canada

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.5

English requirements

PTE Academic

65

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TOEFL^® IBT

93

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Duolingo English Test

130

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Other requirements

General requirements

A master's degree from Simon Fraser University or its equivalent from a recognized institution, demonstrating strong academic performance, or

A bachelor's degree, with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5/4.33 or a grade point average of at least 3.67/4.33(A-) based on the last 60 units of undergraduate/graduate courses from a recognized institution, or

Completion of at least 75% of the course work units required for the relevant department's master's program, with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5. All graduate courses, whether completed at SFU or its equivalent from a recognized institution, shall be considered in the calculation.

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Tuition Fee

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International

4132 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2066 CAD per semester during 72 months.
National

4132 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2066 CAD per semester during 72 months.

Living costs for Burnaby

1600 - 2700 CAD /month

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