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".

Advice on how to reach out to supervisors

 
Name Rolesort descending Faculty Academic Unit
Bloem-Reddy, Benjamin Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Bourges, Antoine Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Theatre & Film
Tokuyama, Maria Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Kadir, Aynur Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
Duan, Kevin Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine
Schrewe, Brett Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Weaver, Michael Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Political Science
Amijee, Fatema Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy
Sam, Johanna Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Bain, Kimberly Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Jun, Hyejung Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Music
Marzano-Lesnevich, Alex Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Creative Writing
Gao, Ying Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Vancouver School of Economics
McCracken, Rita Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice
McCormick, Kelly Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of History
Silva, Tony Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Sociology
Barbeito Sanchez, Ignacio Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
McEwan, Desmond Assistant Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Park, CJ Assistant Professor Faculty of Education Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
McKendry, James Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Catungal, John Paul Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice
Germain, Rachel Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Hunt, Dallas Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures
Evgin, Laura Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics
Bennett, Erica Assistant Professor Faculty of Education School of Kinesiology
Grenz, Jennifer Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Gebril, Mohamed Assistant Professor Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences
Shaffer, Elizabeth Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts School of Information
Atleo, Tara Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resources Management
Orell, Julia Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Sugioka, Kenji Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Zoology
Robeva, Elina Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Cohen, Tamara Assistant Professor Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health
Narayan, Priti Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Geography
Wang, Ying Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Shwartz, Vered Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Gao, Lucy Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Statistics
Lunken, Genelle Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Yan, Han Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems
Hoang, Nguyen Phong Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Blakney, Anna Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering
Jamieson, Amy Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Barnett, Kristen Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Im, Hee Yeon Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology
Karim, Ehsan Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health
Schiebinger, Geoffrey Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics
Mehta, Aastha Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Forbes, Connor Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences
Wang, Daochen Assistant Professor Faculty of Science Department of Computer Science
Sirwani, Deepak Assistant Professor Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science

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