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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yousry El-Kassaby | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Nicola Hodges | Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Chunping Dai | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Saleem Razack | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Zhen Wang | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Kurt Haas | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Aaron Boley | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| John Sherman | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Philip Hieter | Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics |
| Poul Sorensen | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Judy Illes | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Neurology |
| Carolyn Brown | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Robert Holt | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Psychiatry |
| Terje Haukaas | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Thomas Chang | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Andrew Trites | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Kerry Savage | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Medical Oncology |
| Sumeet Gulati | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Stephan Schwarz | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |