Mcmaster Clinical Education Catchment Area

3.4.2 OT CATCHMENT GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

McMaster Clinical Education Catchment Area:

The assigned placements, other than those in the NSS can include:

· Hamilton

· Burlington

· Brantford

· Milton

· Orangeville

· Fergus

· Paris

· Oakville

· Barrie

· St. Mary`s

· Guelph

· Georgetown

· Some shared sites in Kitchener/Waterloo

· Some shared sites in Cambridge

· Some shared sites in Mississauga

· Some shared sites in Brampton

Some university-shared facilities are available as ‘incatchment’ in:

· Niagara Falls

· Welland

· St. Catharines

· Kitchener

· Waterloo

· Cambridge

Through Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM):

NW-ON Northwestern Ontario (Northern Studies Stream Program) sites are included as incatchment sites in and

around:

· Atikokan

· Dryden

· Ear Falls

· Emo

· Fort Francis

· Geraldton

· Hornepayne

· Ignace

· Kenora

· Longlac

· Manitouwadge

· Marathon

· Nipigon and Red Rock

· Pickle Lake

· Rainy River

· Red Lake

· Schreiber

· Sioux Lookout

· Sioux Lookout Zone

· Terrace Bay

· Thunder Bay

· Wawa

NE-ON Northeastern Ontario (Rehabilitation Sciences Program)sites are included as incatchment sites in and around:

· Blind River

· Bracebridge

· Cochrane

· Elliot Lake

· Englehart

· Espanola

· Gore Bay

· Gravenhurst

· Hailebury

· Hearst

· Huntsville

· Iroquois Falls

· Kapuskasing

· Kirkland Lake

· Little Current

· Mattawa

· Moose Factory

· New Liskeard

· North Bay

· Parry Sound

· Sault Ste. Marie

· Smooth Rock Falls

· Sturgeon Falls

· Sudbury

· Timmins

Ontario is divided into catchment areas among the 5 University OT Programs:

· University of Ottawa, Queen’s University (Kingston), University of Toronto, McMaster University (Hamilton) and University of Western Ontario (London)

Greater Toronto Area (University of Toronto catchment):

· Includes “Oakville to Whitby and Newmarket to Lake Ontario” as per NFPS

· Includes Halton, Peel, York, Durham Regions and the City of Toronto

· Does not include Oshawa or east of Oshawa (Queen’s University catchment)

· A request for GTA goes via McMaster Director of Clinical Education through National Fieldwork Placement Service (NFPS)

· Students may ask for specific areas within GTA, however there is no guarantee a placement will be obtained in a precise area. NFPS will do the best job possible in securing a placement that meets students’ practice learning requirements for the University professional program.

· Students who list all three placement locations in the Greater GTA restrict chances of obtaining a placement, due to high volume demand for these areas from across Canada.

British Columbia (University of British Columbia catchment):

· Includes entire province, as well as Yukon Territories

· A request for BC or Yukon goes via Director of Clinical Education through National Fieldwork Placement Service (NFPS)

· Students may ask for specific areas of the province, however there is no guarantee a placement will be obtained in a precise area. NFPS will do the best job possible in securing a placement that meets students’ practice learning requirements for the University professional program.

· Students who list all three placement locations in BC restricts chances of obtaining a placement, due to demand volume in these areas from across Canada

Province of Quebec:

· Students can apply for placement in Quebec if they are fluently French / English bilingual

· A request for Quebec goes via McMaster Director of Clinical Education through National Fieldwork Placement Service (NFPS)

· Students may ask for specific areas within Quebec, however there is no guarantee a placement will be obtained in a precise area. NFPS will do the best job possible in securing a placement that meets students’ practice learning requirements for the University professional program.

Atlantic Provinces:

· A request for Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island goes via McMaster Director of Clinical Education through National Fieldwork Placement Service (NFPS)

· The New Brunswick stream works directly with the Director of Clinical Education at each university

· Students may ask for specific areas of a province, however there is no guarantee a placement will be obtained in a precise area. NFPS will do the best job possible in securing a placement that meets students’ practice learning requirements for the University professional program.

Prairie Provinces:

· A request for Alberta, Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Inuvik and Saskatchewan goes via McMaster Director of Clinical Education through National Fieldwork Placement Service (NFPS)