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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilsa Cooke | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen la | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Camille Usher | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Kamyar Keramatian | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Marika Kunnas | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Alex Yu-Ting Lin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Ashley Dalrymple | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Scott Orr | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Hamish van der Ven | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Vincent Hopkins | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Alycia Hall | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Alexander Ross | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Kirsten Marchand | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| John Mawson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology |
| Trisha Chakrabarty | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Jonathan Hermon | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Mathias Lecuyer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Joaquin Munoz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Emilia Lim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| AJ Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Kimberly Yazzie | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Jeff Dong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Sima Sajjadiani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Ramon Antonio Victoriano | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Samuel Beswick | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Emmanuela Ojukwu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Michael Fabris | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Hal Bradbury | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Joy Wu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Holly Hummer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Andrew Roth | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Department of Computer Science |
| Khanh Dao Duc | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Qingshi Tu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Krisztina Szabo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Dan Starling | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Tianxi Yang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food, Nutrition & Health |
| Anabel Maler | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Michael Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Yacoub Kassouri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Lydia Wytenbroek | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| David Swanson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Marianne Vidler | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Kiana Amini | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Ahmet Alacaoglu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Cheryl Peters | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Saifuddin Syed | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Elizabeth Lagresa-González | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Myeong Jin Ju | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Thomas Pasquier | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Pasang Sherpa | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Department of Asian Studies |