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
Seow, Chun Yong Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Cote, Helene Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Hallam, Steven Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Hall, David Geoffrey Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Ellermann, Antje Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Loewen, Philip Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Hodges, Nicola Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Brownlee, Kimberley Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Roman, Leslie Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Yassi, Annalee Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Cameron, Maxwell Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Condon, Patrick Michael Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Kingstone, Alan Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Slade, Gordon Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Woollard, Robert Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Cripton, Peter Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Biomedical Engineering
Liu, Siyuan Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
Teichman, Joel Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Dedhar, Shoukat Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mitchell, Ian Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Almeida, Fernanda Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Halpern, Mark Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Guenette, Jordan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Rieseberg, Loren Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany
Jorgenson, Andrew Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Wang, Zhen Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Spiegel, Jerry Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Rodrigues, Brian Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Johnson, Catherine Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Smith, Kevin Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Biukovic, Ljiljana Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Wijewickreme, Dharmapriya Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Leipsic, Jonathon Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine
Sherman, John Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Money, Deborah Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Li, Loretta Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Aamodt, Tor Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Gallipoli, Giovanni Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Lynd, Larry Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vaziri, Reza Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Enns, James Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Wang, Jessica Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Clifton, Kelly Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Community and Regional Planning
Sagan, Selena Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Berlinguette, Curtis Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Austin, Jehannine Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Genetics
Colliander, James Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Herrington, Susan Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Zed, Peter Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Van Petegem, Filip Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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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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