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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Karim Qayumi | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Tal Jarus | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy |
| Rena Sharon | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| William Gibson | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Erica Frank | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Jinhua Chen | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Marianne Sadar | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Kerry Wilbur | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Terri Elizabeth Givens | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Leluo Guan | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Penney Clark | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Mona Berciu | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Elizabeth Dunn | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Saraswathi Vedam | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Midwifery Program |
| Gwynn Elfring | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Anthony Phillips | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Roy Purssell | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Liisa Holsti | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy |
| Gail Murphy | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Donald Garbuz | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Orthopaedics |
| Ingrid Stairs | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Andrew MacFarlane | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Tamara Munzner | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Jason Barton | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Neurology, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
| Thomas Oxland | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Mark Greenstreet | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Christopher Maxwell | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Risa Sargent | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Alice Te Punga Somerville | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies |
| Neil Balmforth | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Alireza Nojeh | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Ya Shen | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences |
| Tillie-Louise Hackett | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Colin Ross | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Lara Boyd | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Vincent Wong | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Wyeth Wasserman | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Gregory Lawrence | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Sean Graham | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Carlos Estuardo Ventura | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dominique Weis | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Ian Mitchell | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Yi Qian | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Corey Nislow | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Stavros Avramidis | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| David Fedida | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Jeremy Heyl | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Leticia Aviles | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Heather Campbell | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Richard Hamelin | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |