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".
Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Tokuyama | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Swapnika Rachapalli | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Joseph Lau | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology |
| Ji-yoon An | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Jac Nobiss | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Social Work |
| Meaghan Thumath | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Gillian Vandekerkhove | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Carles Vilarino-Guell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Yasmine Abdin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Erica Bennett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Sarah Purcell | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine | |
| Jonathan Proctor | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Zelalem Taye | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Chao Liu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Liang Song | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Benjamin Bloem-Reddy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Kelly McCormick | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Mia Raynard | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Clare Ardern | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Mohammad Atiquzzaman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Nephrology |
| Rachel Eddy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology, Department of Pediatrics |
| Kasia Jankiewicz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Elena Pikulina | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Sweta Agrawal | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| C. D. Alison Bailey | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Michael Weaver | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Lucia Nappi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Kuni Kamizaki | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Ron Yang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Randa Soussou | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Julia Spiegelman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Priti Narayan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Ying Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Neal Shahidi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Gastroenterology |
| Katherine Wagner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Khaled Abdelrahman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Thiviya Selvanathan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Muskan Chawla | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Emily Schaeffer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Orthopaedics |
| Milan Valyear | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Sara Ghebremusse | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Dallas Hunt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Laura Evgin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Afsoun Afsahi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Stephanie Sellers | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Catrina Loucks | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Syam Somasekharan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Tarun Khanna | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Shin Oblander | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Kate Hale | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |