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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Neurology |
| Alessandra Santos | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Sara Shneiderman | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Thomas Mattison | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| John Frostad | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Nancy Sin | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Vicki Floyd Knight | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Sarah Hedtrich | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Mila Zuo | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Laura Nelson | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Theodore Lim | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Peter Hudson | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Nicola Levell | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Yann Cornil | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Peter Cole | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy |
| Matthijs Smit | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Mieszko Lis | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Ying MacNab | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Brian Hunt | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Jie Cheng | Associate Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Emily Brigham | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Cynthia Kallenbach | Associate Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Joseph Dahmen | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Tami Howe | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences |
| Laurie Ford | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Jessica de Villiers | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Will Gornall | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Jongho Lee | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Marcin Morzycki | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Edward Kroc | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Samantha Dawson | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Miranda Holmes-Cerfon | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Jason Snyder | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Ben Williams | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Hedy Law | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Christopher West | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| John Bass | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Ali Lazrak | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Annalijn Conklin | Associate Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Guillermo Marshall | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Jessica Flake | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Reka Juhasz | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Tricia Tang | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Endocrinology |
| Glen Donaldson | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Jacqueline Pettersen | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Neurology |
| Candace Galla | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies |
| Thomas Davidoff | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| David Silver | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| John Yee | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Michel Ducharme | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |