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".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Trites, Andrew Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Norenzayan, Ara Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Leung, Cyril Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Harris, Douglas Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Jevitt, Cecilia Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Forsyth, Janice Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Zhou, Fei Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Young, Mary-Lynn Professor Faculty of Arts School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
Hodgson, Elizabeth Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Kingstone, Alan Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Bohlmann, Joerg Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany
Dancygier, Barbara Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Lam, Frank Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Fraser, Ailana Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Song, Kyungchul Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
van Willigenburg, Stephanie Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Quirk, Paul Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Davis, Wade Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Guy, Pierre Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics
Chiu-Duke, Josephine Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Ollivier-Gooch, Carl Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lam, Stephen C Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Martinez, Mark Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Gusterson, Hugh Phillimore Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Pierre, Jemima Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Lundholm, Russell Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
Nojeh, Alireza Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Hickson, Paul Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Rodrigues, Brian Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hewitt, Paul Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Duff, David Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Yatham, Lakshmi Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Schmader, Toni Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Stewart, James Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Wu, Lang Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Carenini, Giuseppe Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Schulte, Patricia Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Sin, Donald Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Kobor, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Mazawi, Andre Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Shechter, Steven Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Subramaniam, Sriram Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pindell, Ngai Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Berciu, Mona Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Condon, Patrick Michael Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Herrington, Susan Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Zed, Peter Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Satterfield, Theresa Professor Faculty of Science Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Dixon, David Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering

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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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