Research Supervisors

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The supervisor is the key person in a thesis-based graduate degree program. The principal role of the supervisor is to help students achieve their scholastic potential and to chair the student’s Supervisory Committee. The Supervisor will provide reasonable commitment, accessibility, professionalism, stimulation, guidance, respect and consistent encouragement to the student. Learn more

Graduate programs have different expectations regarding prospective students contacting faculty members. Some require commitment of a faculty member as thesis supervisor prior to applying while others assign supervisors in the first year. Please review the requirements for each program in the degree listing under the heading "Admission Information & Requirements" in step 3 "Prepare Application" under "Thesis Supervision".

Advice on how to reach out to supervisors

 
Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Yodanis, Carrie Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Bayrampour Basmenj, Hamideh Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Midwifery Program
Zhang, Jenny Li Associate Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
Gerofsky, Susan Associate Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Odic, Darko Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Jin, Xiaoliang Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Schaeffer, David Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Hallas, Alannah Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Fung, David Associate Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Lauck, Sandra Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Weijs, Steven Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Hutchinson, Norman Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Fulton, Bruce Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Perla, Jesse Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Schmidt, Julia Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Keenan, Harper Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Turgeon, Ricky Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dadugblor, Stephen Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
Alaica, Aleksa Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Abughannam, Rana Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Nobiss, Jac Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Social Work
Mitchell, Cameron Assistant Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Park, Yongjin Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Department of Statistics
Rosin, Jessica Assistant Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Darvin, Ron Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Singh, Anurag Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine
Gujarati, Arpan Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Soussou, Randa Assistant Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Gourlay, William Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Page, Brent Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cragg, Jacquelyn Assistant Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Weidberg, Hilla Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Reid, Andrea Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Khmelnitskaya, Ekaterina Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Pleiss, Geoffrey Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Sun, Jim Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Eddy, Rachel Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Department of Pediatrics
Petherick, Leanne Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Moore, Marcus Assistant Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Grunau, Brian Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Kim, Eric Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Ding, Jiarui Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Feng, Haibo Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Oblander, Shin Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Korthauer, Keegan Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Weber, Alexander Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Cohen-Hillel, Tamar Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Dias Saraiva-Patelli, Ella Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Usher, Camille Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Keramatian, Kamyar Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

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Reaching Out Tips

Complete these steps before you reach out to a faculty member!

Check requirements
  • Familiarize yourself with program requirements. You want to learn as much as possible from the information available to you before you reach out to a faculty member. Be sure to visit the graduate degree program listing and program-specific websites.
  • Check whether the program requires you to seek commitment from a supervisor prior to submitting an application. For some programs this is an essential step while others match successful applicants with faculty members within the first year of study. This is either indicated in the program profile under "Admission Information & Requirements" - "Prepare Application" - "Supervision" or on the program website.
Focus your search
  • Identify specific faculty members who are conducting research in your specific area of interest.
  • Establish that your research interests align with the faculty member’s research interests.
    • Read up on the faculty members in the program and the research being conducted in the department.
    • Familiarize yourself with their work, read their recent publications and past theses/dissertations that they supervised. Be certain that their research is indeed what you are hoping to study.
Make a good impression
  • Compose an error-free and grammatically correct email addressed to your specifically targeted faculty member, and remember to use their correct titles.
    • Do not send non-specific, mass emails to everyone in the department hoping for a match.
    • Address the faculty members by name. Your contact should be genuine rather than generic.
  • Include a brief outline of your academic background, why you are interested in working with the faculty member, and what experience you could bring to the department. The supervision enquiry form guides you with targeted questions. Ensure to craft compelling answers to these questions.
  • Highlight your achievements and why you are a top student. Faculty members receive dozens of requests from prospective students and you may have less than 30 seconds to pique someone’s interest.
  • Demonstrate that you are familiar with their research:
    • Convey the specific ways you are a good fit for the program.
    • Convey the specific ways the program/lab/faculty member is a good fit for the research you are interested in/already conducting.
  • Be enthusiastic, but don’t overdo it.
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G+PS regularly provides virtual sessions that focus on admission requirements and procedures and tips how to improve your application.