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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Cardinal-McTeague | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Melanie Nelson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Yanpu He | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Sofia Bartlett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Naveena Naqvi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Kwang Moo Yi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Devon Greyson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Anshula Ambasta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Mohamed Gebril | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Alexia Yavicoli | Assistant Professor | Department of Mathematics | |
| Allen Hu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Jonathan Seinen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Andrew Ivsins | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| David Rosen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Ben Matthews | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Lindsay Lachance | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Helena Wu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Kevin Duan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Sophie Borwein | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Michelle Kunimoto | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Yilin Pan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Kay Duffy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Seth Parker | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Tabitha Robin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Amy Jamieson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Glory Ovie | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Peter West | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Zachary Pennington | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| James Lan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medicine |
| Shoufu Yin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Desmond McEwan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Brett Schrewe | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Rabia Khan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Kelsey Allen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science, Department of Psychology |
| Jamie McCasland | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Elif Sari | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Yuan Yao | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Ismail El Baggari | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| David Harriman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Genelle Lunken | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| CJ Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Callan Hummel | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Justin Zhang | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| William Bowman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Robert Clifford | Assistant Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Philip Yoo | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies |
| Kristen Barnett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Elizabeth Shaffer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Enda Murphy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |