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 descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aly Karsan | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Carol McAusland | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Steven Pelech | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Neurology |
| Mark Van Raamsdonk | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Charles Haynes | Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Cecilia Jevitt | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Family Practice |
| Irene Bloemraad | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology |
| Daniel McDonald | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Jan Hare | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Karthik Pattabiraman | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Dennis Pavlich | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| David Patrick | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Alla Sheffer | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Marcel Franz | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Marc Horwitz | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Henry Siu | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Kourosh Afshar | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Jessica Dempsey | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Suzanne Simard | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |