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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xin Tang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Computer Science |
| Phurwa Dondrub Dolpopa | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Yasir Mohamud | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Anna Jurkevics | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Aastha Mehta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Kate Johnson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Dominic Alford-Duguid | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Scott Ramsay | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Jiajin Li | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Operations and Logistics |
| Mark Paul Rivarez | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Peter Yichen Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Anna Blakney | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Catrina Loucks | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Dena Shahriari | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Orthopaedics, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Rachel Scholes | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Mona Rahmani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Anurag Singh | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medicine |
| Avery Everhart | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Joan Ongchoco | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Souradeep Dutta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Aaron Beedle | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Kenji Sugioka | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Matthew Lowe | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Bo Bian | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Mohammed Arefin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Sara Beck | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Amritpal Singh | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Rubee Dev | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Kiran Sunar | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Marysa Lague | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Asher Leeks | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Thea Whitman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| David Clough | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| John Paul Catungal | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice |
| Lindsay Gibson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Marie-Eve Bouchard | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| William Nikolakis | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Haibo Feng | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Arpan Gujarati | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Karice Mitchell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Arun John Peter | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Chadi Saad-Roy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| John Mawson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology |
| Jessica Dennis | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Carl de Boer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Floyd Besserer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Janice Leung | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Tina Wilson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Social Work |
| Rana Abughannam | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Germaine Koh | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |