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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryuko Kubota | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Haishan Zeng | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Dermatology & Skin Science |
| Anne Phelan | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Jonathon Leipsic | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine |
| Victoria Savalei | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| David Dreisinger | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Jiaying Zhao | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Department of Psychology |
| Barbara Arneil | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Tarek Sayed | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Megan Levings | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Alexandre Bouchard-Cote | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Mary Bryson | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Max Cynader | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
| Paul Bartha | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Alan Jacobs | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Daan Maijer | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Ian Frigaard | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mathematics |
| Stepan Wood | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Frank Donald Wood | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |