Our asynchronous online graduate diploma equips you with the multidisciplinary skills essential for success in any public safety-related career. By focusing on one of Canada’s four pillars of public safety—Border Strategies, National Security, Emergency Management, or Countering Crime—this program enhances your ability to make evidence-based decisions and apply sound reasoning to contribute to improved public safety interoperability.
First program of its kind in Canada.
Fully online.
Five diplomas to choose from.
Canadian public safety leaders, policy makers, and politicians are increasingly being called upon to deepen their understanding of complex, public safety issues through education so that they can lead Canada in having more enlightened policies, structures, and organizations.
Our five fully online graduate diplomas provide you with the critical thinking skills to analyze and scrutinize the complex questions and issues you will face or are already facing in your career, and will also teach you how to be effective leaders and managers within your organizations and communities.
The program will provide you with multidisciplinary competencies that will generate public safety practitioners who have the necessary skill sets to enhance evidence-based decision making and public safety interoperability.
Each graduate diploma corresponds directly to the areas of public safety in Canada.
The structure of each diploma is designed to afford you the flexibility you need in order to advance your education whether you are seeking further education directly after a bachelor degree program or are already a working professional. We offer four different graduate diplomas, each designed to seamlessly transition into the Master of Public Safety program, if desired. You can choose to complete a graduate diploma on its own (2.0 credits) or continue on to complete a full Master of Public Safety (2.0 credits).
"I have found the MPS program a suitable program for my needs due to the synergistic learning approach and the ability it provides to self schedule my time."
Dean Young, Master of Public Safety Program
Take the first step in your graduate education and apply to one of our graduate programs. Follow our three-step admission process — we’ll walk you through how to apply and prepare for your first day as a graduate student.
B average (75%) in your last five full credits or 10 half credits of a four-year undergraduate degree. Applicants who possess a three-year undergraduate degree may be considered in exceptional circumstances.
After you have submitted your OUAC application, paid the non-refundable application fee, and Laurier has received your application, you'll receive an email from gradadmissions@wlu.ca advising you to upload the additional required documentation to Laurier’s Online Registration and Information System (LORIS).
Please note, the application process and the uploading of supplemental documentation, which includes references, typically takes two weeks. To avoid disappointment, please apply early.
An application for admission to our Master of Public Safety program must include:
Visit our Graduate Admissions Toolkit for more information about applying.
Proficiency in written and spoken English is essential to graduate studies at Laurier. Applicants whose language of instruction during their previous postsecondary education was not in English must submit evidence of proficiency in English. If applicable, results from accepted testing services must be uploaded to LORIS.
Questions? Contact us via email at publicsafety@wlu.ca.
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