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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Ervin | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Valery Milner | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Wei Li | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Anne Murphy | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Agni Boedhihartono | Associate Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Leigh Van Handel | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Neda Maghbouleh | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Graham Reynolds | Associate Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Vikramaditya Yadav | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Christopher Ong | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Bill Salh | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Gastroenterology |
| Alan So | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Eva Oberle | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | |
| Frederik Noack | Associate Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Elitza Tocheva | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Simcha Srebnik | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Antje Ziethen | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Gillian Hanley | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Kyle Frackman | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies |
| Matthew Ramer | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Phyllis Johnson | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Billy-Ray Belcourt | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Parveen Bhatti | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |