The collective scholarly expertise sustained by the three participating universities, makes the Nova Scotia PhD Program in Educational Studies an especially rich context for learning and research.

Faculty members possess deep and integrated expertise covering all six of the fields of study of the PhD Program:

• Curriculum Studies;
• Educational Foundations and Leadership;
• Inclusive Education;
• Lifelong Learning;
• Literacies;
• The Psychological Aspects of Education.

Faculty linkages and collaborative research relationships are well established both within and across the three universities. All three institutions boast strong research cultures that support a range of important scholarly enterprises.