Research Supervisors

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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".

Advice on how to reach out to supervisors

 
Namesort descending Role Faculty Academic Unit
Pina Baldoquin, Manuel Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Pinar, William Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Pindell, Ngai Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Pioro, Erik Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine
Piret, James Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Plan, Yaniv Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Pleiss, Geoffrey Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Pliska, Benjamin Associate Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Plotkin, Steven Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Poh, Catherine Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Pohl-Weary, Emily Associate Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Pollock, Courtney Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Ponga de la Torre, Mauricio Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Poole, Warren Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Poon, Brenda Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Porto, Nuno Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Potter, Andrew Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Pottinger, Rachel Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Poudrier, Eve Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Pouladi, Mahmoud Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Poursartip, Anoush Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Powers, Bradley Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
Pramanik, Malabika Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Prange, Sebastian Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Pratap-Singh, Anubhav Associate Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Pratt, Geraldine Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Preston, Roanne Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Price, Richard Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Price, Morgan Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Prior, Jerilynn Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Endocrinology
Proctor, Jonathan Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food and Resource Economics
Protopopova, Alexandra Associate Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Prueitt, Cat Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Puar, Jasbir Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Pulleyblank, Douglas Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Purcell, Sarah Assistant Professor Department of Medicine
Purssell, Roy Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Puterman, Eli Associate Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Putnins, Edward Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Puyat, Joseph Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Qayumi, Abdul Karim Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Qian, Yi Associate Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Qian, Yue Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Quandt, Jacqueline Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Quayle, Moura Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Quirk, Paul Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Quon, Bradley Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Rabkin, Simon Professor Faculty of Medicine Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery
Rachapalli, Swapnika Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Strategy and Business Economics
Radic, Valentina Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences

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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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