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 Role Sort ascending Faculty Academic Unit(s)
Alastair Younger Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics
Vin Nardizzi Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Boris Sobolev Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Shigenori Matsui Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Mauricio Drelichman Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Adele Diamond Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Reza Vaziri Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Donald Sin Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Artem Cherkasov Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Terry Sunderland Professor Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Kelly Clifton Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Community and Regional Planning
Johnna Montgomerie Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Mahesh Nagarajan Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Tina Loo Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Joel Friedman Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Jessica Tracy Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Ivan Sadowski Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kalle Karu Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Thomas Schneider Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Christiane Hoppmann Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Christoph Hauert Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Michael Tenzer Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Naznin Virji-Babul Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Harjot Singh Oberoi Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Andrea Damascelli Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Michael Hunt Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Miu Chung Yan Professor Faculty of Arts School of Social Work
Desmond Nunez Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
David Anderson Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Barbara Weber Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Liam Watson Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Hilary Grocott Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
David Gramling Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies
Cristina Conati Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Sharalyn Orbaugh Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Jeffrey Brubacher Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Laura Sly Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Steven Plotkin Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Sally Otto Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Paul Quirk Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Lindsay Eltis Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Amina Zoubeidi Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Robert Boushel Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology, Department of Family Practice
Franck Duong Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert Olson Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Judith Mank Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Corey Hamm Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Lisa Sundstrom Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Luke Clark Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Anoush Poursartip Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering

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