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 descending Faculty Academic Unit
Pawlowicz, Richard Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Cheek, Timothy Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Department of History
Lightfoot, Sheryl Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
De Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Johnson, Pauline Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Asselin, Edouard Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Roehr, Daniel Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Macdougall, Mary Professor Faculty of Dentistry
Puar, Jasbir Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Gramling, David Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies
Macnab, Andrew Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Hayden, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Black, Charlyn Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Swindale, Nicholas Vaughan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mathison, Sandra Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Jones, Steven J Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
O'Donoghue, Donal Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Woodward, Todd Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Campbell, Kristin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Koppes, Michele Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Hoppmann, Christiane Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Brander, James Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Srivastava, Diane Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Rohling, Robert Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Richardson, Alan Walter Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Li, Yue-Xian Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Macdonald, Christopher Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Hirst, Martin Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Michael Smith Laboratories
Innes, John Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Cranston, Emily Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Rogers, Theresa Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Johnston, Kirsty Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
Christenson, James Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Hudson Kam, Carla Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Sadowski, Ivan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Purssell, Roy Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Solymosi, Jozsef Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Wang, Rizhi Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering
Vatsal, Vinayak Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Illes, Judy Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Karwowska, Bozena Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies
Gates, Derek Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Oberoi, Harjot Singh Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Takahata, Kenichi Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Poh, Catherine Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Gay, Colin Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Pindell, Ngai Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Law, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Garbi, Rafeef Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Friedman, Joel Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science

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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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