Masters of Arts (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture is a unique partnership of ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ and Toronto Metropolitan University. The Joint program combines academic and professional work, with the objective of promoting the application of critical theory and research to contemporary issues and practices in communication and culture. It brings together perspectives from the social sciences, humanities and fine arts, and communication—and media—related professions, and aims to encourage critical and innovative thinking, research, and practice.
Three Flexible Areas of ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ
Media & Culture
Politics & Policy
Technology In Practice:
Applied Perspectives
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In the 2025 Quacquerelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings by Subject report, Communications & Media Studies tied for #5 in Canada.
Featured Faculty
Kelly Bergstrom
Research Interests
Gender Issues, Communications, Game Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Social Media
Jonathan Obar
Research Interests
Information Policy, Communication Policy, Big Data and Privacy, Network Neutrality and Digital Activism
Shirley Roburn
Research Interests
public storytelling strategies used by indigenous communities and their civil society allies in order to reframe controversies over infrastructure development in terms of issues of land and water, food, and cultural sovereignty
Philippe Theophanidis
Research Interests
intersection of philosophies of communication, media studies and visual culture, cinema to contemporary political issues
My major interest in popular culture stems from the fact that it has proved over time to be a resilient and useful tool for assessing the attitudes of the masses in modern society. ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵing popular culture will therefore go a long way to help understand the masses in the society with respect to policy making.
— Alfrieda Owusu Asiamah
MA student in Communication & Culture
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The York & Toronto Metropolitan University Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education.