Research Supervisors

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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
Lockwood, William Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Grocott, Hilary Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Zerriffi, Hisham Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Giaschi, Deborah Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Gu, Xiong Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Baron, Andrew Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Brauer, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Abu-Laban, Riyad Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Sorensen, Poul Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Saewyc, Elizabeth Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Chua, Romeo Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Wetton, Brian Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Elmo, Davide Professor Faculty of Applied Science Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Kerr, Thomas Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Social Medicine
Hunt, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Roskelley, Calvin Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
Brumer, Harry Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Chemistry
Madden, John Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Abrutyn, Seth Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Brownlee, Kimberley Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Marti, Jose Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Brussoni, Mariana Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, School of Population and Public Health
Pattabiraman, Karthik Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Putnins, Edward Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Ross, Colin Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Evans, Philip David Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Ma, Hongshen Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
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
Behrend, Kai Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Kumar, Ujendra Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jatskevich, Juri Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Steidl, Christian Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Lynd, Larry Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Trites, Andrew Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Algar, Russ Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Sadar, Marianne Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Sigal, Leonid Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Kwakkel, Erik Professor Faculty of Arts School of Information
Kelly, Deirdre Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Wilson, David Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics
Hoegg, Jo Andrea Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Sheel, William Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Floresco, Stanley Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Sheffer, Alla Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Straus, Suzana Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Sobolev, Boris Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Russell, James Professor Faculty of Medicine Critical Care Medicine

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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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