The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Dec. 5 to Friday, Dec. 9. 

Master of Education thesis defences 

Kendra Marotta, a Master of Education candidate, will defend the thesis “The Transition from Elementary to Secondary School: Lived Experiences of Grade 9 Students” on Monday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. via Lifesize. Attendance capacity is limited. Please register to express interest in attending.  

The examination committee includes Catherine Hands, Chair; Angela Evans, External Examiner (Brock University); Sandra Bosacki, Supervisor; and Michael Savage and Ann Marie DiBiase, Committee Members. 

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Christina De Silva, Master of Education candidate, will defend the thesis “Junior Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy through Texts, Technology and Collaboration” on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. via Lifesize. Attendance capacity is limited. Please register to express interest in attending.  

The examination committee includes Catherine Hands, Chair; Goli Rezai-Rashti, External Examiner (Western University); Tiffany Gallagher, Supervisor; and Kari-Lynn Winters and Leanne Taylor, Committee Members. 

Master of Science in Management (marketing stream) thesis defence 

Md. Zillur Rahman Siddique, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the thesis “Consumer Response to Proactive and Reactive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Contributions in the Environmental and Social Domains” on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at noon in a virtual format. 

The examination committee includes Lester Kwong, Chair; Leyland Pitt, External Examiner (Professor of Marketing, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University); Todd Green, Supervisor; and Kai-Yu Wang and Abdul Rehman-Ashraf, Committee Members.