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".

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Supervisor Directory

Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Cox, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Gordillo, Gaston Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
MacLure, Malcolm Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Ghaziani, Amin Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Vaziri, Reza Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Hermiston, Nancy Jane Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Lemieux, Guy Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Aviles, Leticia Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Rahmim, Arman Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Gupta, Neeru Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, School of Population and Public Health
Gustafson, Stephen James Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Levin, Adeera Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Nephrology
Pike, Ian Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Walley, Keith Professor Faculty of Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Vedam, Saraswathi Professor Faculty of Medicine Midwifery Program
Wittman, Hannah Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Wijewickreme, Dharmapriya Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
McAlpine, Jessica Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Koehle, Michael Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology, Department of Family Practice
Patey, Grenfell Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Ashe, Maureen Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
Fernandez, Rachel Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Forwell, Susan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Momose, Takamasa Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Halpern, Mark Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Ogilvie, Gina Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Suttle, Curtis Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Militzer, Matthias Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering
Innes, John Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Ferraz, Claudio Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
Dell, Sharon Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Jones, David Professor Faculty of Science Department of Physics & Astronomy
Thobani, Sunera Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies
Conati, Cristina Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Fisher, Adlai Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Finance
Bohlmann, Joerg Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany
Dvorak, Marcel F S Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics
Cairns, Brian Professor Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pakhomov, Yevhenii Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Ur, Ehud Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Endocrinology
Oberg, Gunilla Professor Faculty of Science Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Lyon, Annabel Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Schafer, Laurel Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Bryson, Mary Professor Faculty of Education Department of Language & Literacy Education
Chia, Stephen K.L. Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Medical Oncology
Boushel, Robert Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology, Department of Family Practice
Aquino, Karl Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Angert, Amy Professor Faculty of Science Department of Botany, Department of Zoology
Roehr, Daniel Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Lima, Viviane Dias Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases

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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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