Dear Ivan - I figure a public reply might help as things may vary considerably in Canada from US or Australia (where I am based). In the "olden days" the student picked a supervisor and followed them wherever they went, even moving universities to stay with the supervisor, possibly as a teaching assistant, but most certainly as an active participant in her/his research. Even today, I think that the relationship with the supervisor is still vital. (I had five supervisors in total - poor planning on my part played a significant role, other factors were mot mine, such as retirements, ill health, etc.). But the FINAL supervisor was the best!!! In a field outside of mine, in a school outside of my knowledge base (BUT) a guy willing to discuss anything with me and conscientious about meetings, drafts, reviews, and etc. So I personally would never pick a school over the person that would be supervising (which was my previous mistake - I looked at the disciplinary possibilities without considering the person). Having said all that, if it is a coursework Master's then naturally what the school has to offer is essential. Hope this helps. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD thesis submitted, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tuesdays: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 or Mobile 0427 245 497 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com