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".
Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort ascending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Lee | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Social Work |
| Babak Shadgan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Orthopaedics |
| Renren Yang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Hasan Zahid Siddiqui | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Faizal Haji | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Nicole Georgopulos | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Holly Caggiano | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Deepak Sirwani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Melissa Hunte | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Nicholas Tong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Kendra Chritz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Ella Dias Saraiva-Patelli | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Graziano Oldani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Hee Yeon Im | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Kate Salters | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Yemin Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Il Myoung Hwang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Jeffrey Martin Coil | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences |
| Colleen Laird | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Simon Wisnovsky | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Rosanne Sia | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice |
| Harini Rajagopal | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Brittany Bingham | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Reto Achermann | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Rodolfo Brandao Macena Lira | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Rajesh Vijayaraghavan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Danielle Wong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Veena Sriram | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, School of Population and Public Health |
| Christopher Hammerly | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Kevin Wei | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Thomas Booker | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Kwang Ho Kim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Ana Komparic | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Martial Guillaud | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Tamara Mitchell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Thorsten Knipfer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Lindsey Heagy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Lily Zhou | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Neurology |
| Tania Gutierrez Monroy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Katelynn Boerner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Shaojun Zhang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Natasha Lane | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Geriatric Medicine |
| Mohamed Ibrahim | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Social Work |
| Tamara Vanderwal | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Megan Daniels | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |
| Stephen Dadugblor | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Journalism, Writing, and Media |
| Mostafa Abedinifard | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Andrea Hilland | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Michelle Amri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Miffy Cheng | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences |