Rebecca Saah, PhD

PhD - Behavioural Health Sciences and Addiction Studies, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
MA - Sociology, York University
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Areas of Research

Substance use, Public Health, Qualitative Research
Harm reduction, drug policy, cannabis legalization, tobacco control, youth drug prevention and education, family contexts of substance use, toxic drug supply deaths (overdose/poisoning) in Canada, qualitative, community-engaged, and participatory methodologies and arts-based research.

Supervising degrees

Community Health Sciences - Doctoral: Unavailable
Community Health Sciences - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

Working with this supervisor

I will accept supervision inquiries with the caveat that as a qualitative researcher I do not have competitive access to the large grant funding pools that are required to support the faculty's mandatory graduate student stipend amounts. Therefore, student competitiveness and willingness to apply for tri-council and/or provincial graduate training awards is imperative. I will also consider co-supervisor arrangements where the topic has some fit and with my research expertise. I will not respond to inquiries that propose research that is not qualitative. 

Please forward your CV, post-secondary transcripts and an academic writing sample (any format: journal article, term paper, commentary) with your inquiry.

2025-26 stipend CSM levels

Domestic: MSc $30,000 - $38,000 x 2.5 years; PhD  $32,000 - $40,000 x 5 years

International: MSc $31,000 -  $39,000 x 2.5 years; PhD $33,000 -  $41,000 x 5 years

Please note that students in our faculty cannot be self-funded and must ensure that a supervisor has funding already in place to support them for the full length of their degree. 

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