Research Supervisors

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

View More Advice Videos
 

Supervisor Directory

Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Faulkner, Guy Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Aparicio, Samuel Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Wilkes, Rima Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Krems, Roman Professor Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
Haynes, Charles Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Guan, Leluo Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology
Nagarajan, Mahesh Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Operations and Logistics
Handy, Todd Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Pailer, Gaby Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies
Zeng, Haishan Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Dermatology & Skin Science
Ross, E. Wayne Professor Faculty of Education Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy
Griffin, Michael Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Department of Philosophy
Bohlmann, Joerg Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany
Nagamune, Ryozo Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
Li, Linda Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Tetzlaff, Wolfram Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Webb, P. Taylor Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies
Matsui, Shigenori Professor Peter A. Allard School of Law
Davis, Wade Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Ramdorai, Sujatha Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Hunt, Michael Anthony Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy
Lee, Agnes Yuet Ying Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Hematology
Wood, Jasper Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Wilton, Steven Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Wright, David Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Heine, Steven Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Underhill, Michael Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering
Martin, Gregory Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Hoegg, Jo Andrea Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science
Molday, Robert Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hakkinen, Lari Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences
Stoessl, A Jonathan Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology
Koehoorn, Mieke Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Wu, Lang Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Mohn, William Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Trites, Andrew Professor Faculty of Science Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Oliffe, John Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Laval, Bernard Professor Faculty of Applied Science Department of Civil Engineering
Hamm, Corey Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Groat, Lee Professor Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Browne, Annette Professor Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing
Satterfield, Theresa Professor Faculty of Science Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability
Dancygier, Barbara Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Lam, Frank Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Wood Science
Fraser, Ailana Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Song, Kyungchul Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
van Willigenburg, Stephanie Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Quirk, Paul Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Guy, Pierre Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics

Pages

Displaying 2151 - 2200 of 2207
 

Other Researcher Directories

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.
Attend an information session

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