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 descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Dahl | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Scott Hinch | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Philip Loewen | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| George Belliveau | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Christopher Ryan | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Operations and Logistics |
| Kamal Al-Solaylee | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Journalism, Writing, and Media |
| Anita Sinner | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Sharmila Anandasabapathy | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Gastroenterology |
| Stefan Dollinger | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Samson Nashon | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Zinovy Reichstein | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Elizabeth Hodgson | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Kevin Eva | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of General Internal Medicine |
| Catherine Dauvergne | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Ljiljana Biukovic | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Stan Floresco | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| William Welch | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Joerg Rottler | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Alfred Hermida | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Journalism, Writing, and Media |
| Raymond Andersen | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Chemistry |
| Evelyn Stewart | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Larry Lynd | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Paul Anthony Keown | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Nephrology |
| Alexandra Fedorova | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Lee Paul Gunderson | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| David Schaeffer | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Claire Kremen | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Department of Zoology |
| Corinna Schindler | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry |
| Julie Prytulak | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Dawn Gano | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Ali Mesbah | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Janice Kwon | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Douglas Matsell | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Nobuhiko Tokuriki | Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Tim Inglis | Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Niranjan Kissoon | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Barbara Dancygier | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Cristie Ford | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Izabella Laba | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Nicolas A Jaeger | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Laks Lakshmanan | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Janine Benedet | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Brian Wilson | Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Bruno Zumbo | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Natalie Strynadka | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Jessica Wang | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Pablo Shmerkin | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Lalitha Raman-Wilms | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Steve Morgan | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Ryuko Kubota | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |