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 ascending Role Faculty Academic Unit
Barbic, Skye Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Barbeito Sanchez, Ignacio Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Banthia, Nemkumar Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Bansback, Nick Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Bamji, Shernaz Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
Balmforth, Neil Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Bally, Marcel Bertran Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Ballarin, Roberta Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Baldwin, Susan Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Baldauf, Markus Associate Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Baker, Donald Leslie Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Bakan, Joel Conrad Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Baines, Donna Professor Faculty of Arts School of Social Work
Baines, Erin Professor Faculty of Arts School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Bain, Kimberly Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Bailey, C. D. Alison Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Baier, Gerald Associate Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Badir, Patricia Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Bachmann, Sven Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Bacca, Mattia Associate Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bablitz, Leanne Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
Babel, Molly Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Linguistics
Baada, Jemima Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Ba, Wenjia Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Aydede, Murat Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Ayas, Najib Professor Faculty of Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Ayars, Alisabeth Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Ayan, Irem Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
Avramidis, Stavros Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Avina, Antonio Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Rheumatology
Aviles, Leticia Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Averill, Gage Professor Faculty of Arts
Av-Gay, Yossef Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Auxier, Jenny Assistant Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Austin, Philip Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Austin, Jehannine Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Genetics
Auld, Vanessa Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Auger-Methe, Marie Associate Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Atleo, Tara Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Atiquzzaman, Mohammad Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Nephrology
Asselin, Edouard Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Ashe, Maureen Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Aronson, Meigan Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Arneil, Barbara Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Arefin, Mohammed Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Ardern, Clare Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Arcese, Peter Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences
Arbour, Laura Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Arbel, Efrat Associate Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Aquino, Karl Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science

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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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G+PS regularly provides virtual sessions that focus on admission requirements and procedures and tips how to improve your application.