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 ascending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Ciernia | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Antoine Bourges | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Maria Tokuyama | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Swapnika Rachapalli | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Joseph Lau | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology |
| Ji-yoon An | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Ahmet Alacaoglu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Holly Hummer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Yasmine Abdin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Erica Bennett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Sarah Purcell | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine | |
| Jonathan Proctor | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Monika Fischer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Joseph Dupris | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Henry Kilgore | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Liang Song | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Benjamin Bloem-Reddy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Kelly McCormick | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Mia Raynard | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Clare Ardern | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Mohammad Atiquzzaman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Nephrology |
| Camellia Bryan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Cheryl Peters | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Saifuddin Syed | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| C. D. Alison Bailey | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Michael Weaver | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Lucia Nappi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Kuni Kamizaki | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Ron Yang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Eric Lees | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Trevor Goodyear | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Margot White | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Megan MacPherson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy |
| Priti Narayan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Ying Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Neal Shahidi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Gastroenterology |
| Katherine Wagner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Khaled Abdelrahman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Thiviya Selvanathan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Jacqueline Noder | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Charles Margossian | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Sara Ghebremusse | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Dallas Hunt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Laura Evgin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Afsoun Afsahi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Stephanie Sellers | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Syam Somasekharan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Tarun Khanna | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| 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 |