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The University of Ottawa launched a groundbreaking one-year MA in Psychedelics and Consciousness Studies in 2024, jointly offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Arts under co-directors Dr. Monnica Williams and Dr. Anne Vallely. The program builds on earlier microprograms in Psychedelic Science and Psychedelics & Spirituality Studies established since 2020, training licensed professionals, clergy, and researchers in therapeutic, spiritual, and academic dimensions of psychedelics.
University of Ottawa is the most academically formal psychedelic training option in Canada: a public research university rather than a private retreat or coaching brand. Its offering sits squarely in the university sector, with an English-language MA and linked microprogrammes that bridge psychology, religious studies, consciousness research, and psychedelic-assisted therapies. It is best for clinicians, spiritual care providers, and researchers who want a credentialed, theory-led programme with clear university governance and a serious interdisciplinary frame.
Best suited to licensed clinicians, spiritual care providers, and graduate-level learners who want academically grounded training in psychedelics, consciousness, and comparative mysticism. The microprogrammes also suit researchers and graduate students seeking a university-based pathway into the field.
For the MA, applicants must have an honours bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related discipline with a minimum average of 70%, two strong letters of reference, and prior graduate-level coursework in cultural diversity or multicultural counselling plus research or professional ethics. Microprogrammes are open to graduate non-degree students, and some may be taken by special students who are not admitted to a graduate degree programme.
This is a fully accredited public university programme leading to a University of Ottawa Master of Arts degree. The MA page states it provides formal training in psychedelic-assisted therapies for clinicians and spiritual care providers; the university also records completion of microprogrammes on the academic transcript and says completed microprogramme credits may transfer into a subsequent graduate programme with departmental approval.
University of Ottawa does not publish a single flat price for the MA or microprogrammes. Tuition is charged according to student status, course load, and residency, and microprogramme enrolment follows the graduate non-degree student or special student fee structure; for Canadian students, the cited per-unit tuition for Arts, Science, and Social Sciences is $275.63, while international per-unit tuition is higher.
Learners can earn a University of Ottawa MA in Psychedelics and Consciousness Studies or complete a graduate microprogramme in Psychedelic Science or Psychedelics and Spirituality Studies. The curriculum builds competencies in psychedelic psychotherapies, mental health, preparation and integration, consciousness studies, comparative mysticism, and the therapeutic, spiritual, and ritual uses of psychedelics.
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By University of Ottawa
UOttawa offers a groundbreaking Psychedelic Studies Graduate Program, focusing on the therapeutic and spiritual uses of psychedelics across history and cultures.
Source lists: Estimated 100 hours
Delivery: Online + Montreal, Canada + Jamaica
By University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa offers a unique microprogram in Psychedelics & Spirituality Studies, designed to explore the rich and multifaceted world of plant medicines and their influence on human consciousness.
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