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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond McEwan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Brett Schrewe | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Kay Duffy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Xin Tang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Computer Science |
| Phurwa Dondrub Dolpopa | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Seth Parker | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Yasir Mohamud | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Tabitha Robin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Amy Jamieson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| McKenzie Kuhn | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| David Harriman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Jiajin Li | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Operations and Logistics |
| Asher Leeks | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Thea Whitman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Genelle Lunken | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| CJ Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Souradeep Dutta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Aaron Beedle | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Troy McDiarmid | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Elif Sari | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Ying Gao | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Allison Cloth | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Ilija Miskovic | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering |
| Amanda Cheong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Marysa Lague | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Ryan Bochnak | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Julia Harten | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Aynur Kadir | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies |
| Desiree Valadares | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Connor Forbes | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Han Yan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Marlene Briggs | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| William Bowman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Arun John Peter | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Robert Clifford | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Chadi Saad-Roy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Benjamin Juliar | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Nephrology |
| 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 |
| Elizabeth Shaffer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Tara Atleo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Germaine Koh | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Alexis Black | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences |
| Xun Liu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Coralie Salesse-Smith | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Ignacio Barbeito Sanchez | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Amani Hariri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Daochen Wang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Manon Ranger | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |