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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parisa Mehrkhodavandi | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Kendall Ho | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Blair Satterfield | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Timothy Cheek | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Department of History |
| Moshe Rozali | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Jennifer Williams | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Keith Head | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Roman Krems | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Sven Bachmann | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Steve Morgan | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Ryuko Kubota | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Haishan Zeng | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Dermatology & Skin Science |
| Anne Phelan | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Jonathon Leipsic | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine |
| Victoria Savalei | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| David Dreisinger | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Materials Engineering |
| Jiaying Zhao | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Department of Psychology |
| Barbara Arneil | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Tarek Sayed | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Megan Levings | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Alexandre Bouchard-Cote | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Mary Bryson | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Amin Ghaziani | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Francesca Capon | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Andrew MacNeily | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Ahmer Karimuddin | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Magdalena Janus | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | |
| David Green | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Patricia Duff | Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| Xin Li | Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany |
| Mark Martinez | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Freda Miller | Professor | Faculty of Science | Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics |
| Anthony Peirce | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Quynh Doan | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Michael Coughtrie | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Ayesha Chaudhry | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice |
| Isabel Grant | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Brett Gladman | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Bozena Karwowska | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies |
| Davide Elmo | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering |
| Toph Marshall | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |
| Eagle Glassheim | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Jeffrey Richards | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| John Oliffe | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Peter Lansdorp | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Brenna Bhandar | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Daniel Graf | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences |
| Xiaotao Bi | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Linda Svendsen | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Shernaz Bamji | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering |