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 descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margot White | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Han Yan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Megan MacPherson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy |
| William Bowman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Robert Clifford | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Philip Yoo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |
| Kristen Barnett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Jacqueline Noder | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Elizabeth Shaffer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Charles Margossian | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Brenda Poon | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Alexis Black | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences |
| Ignacio Barbeito Sanchez | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Whitney French | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Xin Tang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Computer Science |
| Amani Hariri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Phurwa Dondrub Dolpopa | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Daochen Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Yasir Mohamud | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Elena Pikulina | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Manon Ranger | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Saima Hirani | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Rachel White | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Mohammad Shahrad | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Jiajin Li | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Operations and Logistics |
| Jemima Baada | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Mark Paul Rivarez | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Peter Yichen Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Anil Maharaj | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Nathan Lack | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Vered Shwartz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Joan Ongchoco | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Keren Zaiontz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Souradeep Dutta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Jian Zhu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Aaron Beedle | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Nika Shakiba | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Danya Fast | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Mi Jung Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Jennifer Grenz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Marysa Lague | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Felix Wiesner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Asher Leeks | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Thea Whitman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Munir Squires | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Kathryn Isaac | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Ethan Greenblatt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Karice Mitchell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Aryan Karimi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Arun John Peter | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |