Research Supervisors

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".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Rolesort ascending Faculty Academic Unit
Pulleyblank, Douglas Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Chi, Kim Nguyen Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Medical Oncology
Winstanley, Catharine Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Kingstone, Alan Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Ma, Hongshen Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Schultz, Kirk Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Muehlmann, Shaylih Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Ahmed, Rumee Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Klonsky, Elisha Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Woody, Sheila Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Vertinsky, Ilan Boris Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Ghaziani, Amin Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Tortell, Philippe Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany
Chen, David Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Thrush, Coll Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Kozak, Robert Antal Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Snowberg, Erik Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Bertram, Allan Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Warburton, Darren Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Clare, Adam Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Renneckar, Scott Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Samuels, Anne Lacey Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany
Cavusoglu, Hasan Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
Sheel, William Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Savalei, Victoria Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Klein, Bern Professor Faculty of Applied Science Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Kuus, Merje Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Plotkin, Steven Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Russell, James Professor Faculty of Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Robertson, Leslie Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Wetton, Brian Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Momose, Takamasa Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Guenette, Jordan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Lam, Stephen C Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Martinez, Mark Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Henderson, Sarah Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Zhitnitsky, Ariel Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Steiner, Theodore Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
Reichstein, Zinovy Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Grzybowski, Stefan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Zed, Peter Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nolde, Natalia Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Cooper, Elisabeth Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Schneider, Thomas Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Gustafson, Paul Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Behrend, Kai Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Kumar, Ujendra Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Schafer, Laurel Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Bryson, Mary Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education

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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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