Learn about the clinical psychology program’s research productivity, and licensure and employment data.
Reflecting our emphasis on clinical science, graduate students in the clinical program are successful in research. On average, our current graduate students in clinical psychology publish two papers a year, and they author and co-author three professional conference presentations each year.
Excluding students who are on residency, 22 (67%) currently hold competitive external research fellowships, and all students but one are current recipients of competitive university fellowships.
At the time of graduation, 100% of our graduates in the past five years had at least one publication, and 100% had presented their research at a professional conference at least once.
| Academic Year | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Full-Time Students | 40 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 38 |
| # Part-Time Students | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total # of Students | 40 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 38 |
| Males | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Age Range | 23-36 | 22-38 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Self-Identify as Diverse (ie, minority, disability, LGBTQ) | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| Co/Authors of Papers at Professional/Scientific Meetings | 26 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 27 |
| Co/Authors of Articles in Referred Journals | 21 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 25 |
| Members/Affiliates in Professional/Scientific Societies | 33 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 21 |
| Teaching Assistantship | 25 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Research Assistantship | 16 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 24 |
| External Scholarship/Fellowship | 14 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 20 |
| Internal Scholarship/Fellowship | 15 | 15 | 13 | 35 | 29 |
| Worked more than 20 Hours/week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2* |
| Withdrew from Programme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*These two students had completed all degree requirements (including residency) except the dissertation, which they finished during the academic year.
Of 34 graduates from our program in the past seven years, 26 are already registered as psychologists, and most of the remaining graduates are in process. None has been unsuccessful in seeking registration.
Eleven of 19 recent graduates from our program are employed in settings that involve at least some research activity (most of these also include clinical service provision). Seven were employed in clinical positions or have opened a private practice, and one works in the technology industry.
Graduates from our program have gone on to hold faculty positions both in Canada (e.g., Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, York University, University of Toronto) and abroad (e.g., Texas Tech University, Wesleyan University).
In addition, other recent graduates hold positions outside of universities that nevertheless involve a significant amount of scholarly activity. These positions include hospital-based jobs in mental health units that have a dual mission of research and clinical service such as BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Stanford University School of Medicine.