The following is a list of thesis defences taking place from Monday, Jan. 9 to Friday, Jan. 13.

Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence

Kelly McCowell, a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “The Time(s) of our Lives: Exploring and Opening Up Alternative Temporalities Through the Experience of Disability” on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. in virtual format.

The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Donato Tarulli, Supervisor; Yani Hamdani, External Examiner (Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto; Clinician-Scientist, Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)); Hannah Dyer, Graduate Program Director and Heather Ramey, Committee Member.

Master of Arts in Psychology thesis defence

Matthew Rollins, a Master of Arts in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis “Examining the Bilingual Mental Lexicon Through Associative Priming” on Friday, Jan. 13 at noon in virtual format.

The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Sid Segalowitz, Supervisor; Lynn Dempsey, External Examiner (Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Applied Linguistics, Brock University); Stephen Emrich, Graduate Program Director; and Gary Libben and Karen Arnell, Committee Members.