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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Grant | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Martin Tanner | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Michael Kobor | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Russ Algar | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Jonathan Davies | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Lalitha Raman-Wilms | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Margaret Kovach | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Annalee Yassi | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Todd Handy | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Yves Tiberghien | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Anne Lacey Samuels | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Matthew Evenden | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| David Dixon | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Kathryn Harrison | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Hsingchi von Bergmann | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Ronaldo Cerri | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Panos Nasiopoulos | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Amanda Vincent | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Marek Pawlik | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering |
| Thibault Mayor | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories |
| Stuart Turvey | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Philip C Stamp | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Christopher Patterson | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice |
| Adam Clare | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Russell Lundholm | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Bianca Eskelson | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| P Terence Phang | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Jim Christenson | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Alexander Rauscher | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Quentin Charles Cronk | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Colin Collins | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Philippe le Billon | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Department of Geography |
| Peter Tsz Lung Choi | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Rachel Fernandez | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Joerg Gsponer | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories |
| David Perrin | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Francois Jean | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Richard Barichello | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Sylvia Berryman | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Kurt Huebner | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| M. V. Ramana | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Erik Pioro | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medicine |
| Alexander Summers | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Zu-Hua Gao | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Jehannine Austin | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Psychiatry |
| Ali Abdi | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Lukas Chrostowski | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Helen Brown | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| James Olson | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Shubhayan Sanatani | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |