Fairy Tales

Hello,

University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa has a 4 year Bachelor Program in Medical Laboratory Science. The end degree is in Bachelor of Health Science Honours in Medical Laboratory Science.
I believe this is the only program in Ontario that gives qualifications to work in the lab as the medical laboratory scientist.

This is a new-ish University and my son who is interested in applying this year is wondering if anyone heard any good/bad opinions about it.

He worries that the Oshawa University isn’t known/recognized enough and maybe he should wonder off somewhere like UBC or University of Alberta for similar program.

Is Oshawa a nice place itself to study in or is it similar to places like Thunder Bay ( Lakehead University ).

Could anyone share their opinion?

Thank you,

dbd33

Oshawa is horrible. It's an industrial town that the industry left. If I were him I'd try for UBC.

evets

I drove through it on my way to Montreal. dbd comment sums it up well based on my stop over. The parking lot and all the closed down shops. I was thinking this is so close to Toronto but a world away.

If I think Mississauga is bad, Oshawa is dire to be kind. Good luck with your move.

Siouxie

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bats

If you mean Medical Laboratory Technologist then there are more choices.


https://www.cma.ca/En/Pages/medical-...echnology.aspx

Also read this, College of Medical Radiation laboratory Technologists Ontario

http://www.cmlto.com/index.php?optio...221&Itemid=748

And this
https://www.csmls.org/

Though they are 6 year courses with placements so it might not be what you are thinking of.

evets

To add, speaking with a colleague today. Canadian born and breed, he had nothing good to say about the place except the property is on the up, based on prices 5 years ago.

Engineer_abroad

I agree if the OP is fabulously wealthy, UBC is a good university and beautiful campus but the living costs are huge. The university cannot even accommodate most of its students in university accommodation now as they sold most of it privately to fund their new building programs.

For the cost of living and as good education I would got for UoA.

scilly

Fake news !!!!!

UBC has NOT "sold most of its university accommodation"


True facts:-

Most of the recent (last 10-20 years) building around the central UBC campus has been on the Endowment Lands, lands that were set up by the government in 1907 (!!!!!!!) to provide income for the support of the university.

Houses and condos built on those lands can be bought by the public but are leasehold from the university. Many are also let or sold at reduced prices to faculty and staff. They are also part of an unincorporated community, but with an Official Community Plan to govern how development takes place. No mayor or council, but they elect a Metro Vancouver Director for what is known as Vancouver Area A.

Money obtained from those houses have been used to build residences on the campus itself, which are available for letting ONLY to UBC students.

dbd33

My daughter went there because it was the economical option. She was not fabulously wealthy and lived in a rooming house nearby like, you know, like a student.

Fairy Tales

Thank you so much for all responses. After further research he is gong to UBC.

dbd33

Good luck to him.