{"id":106994,"date":"2026-01-16T10:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=106994"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:51:00","slug":"thesis-defences-jan-19-to-jan-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/01\/thesis-defences-jan-19-to-jan-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Jan. 19 to Jan. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Jan. 19 and Friday, Jan. 23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Critical Sociology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miriam Nowling, a Master of Arts in Critical Sociology candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;An Exploration into the Criminalization of Indigenous Men in Canada: CCDA through Hubbard\u2019s Documentaries\u201d on Friday, Jan. 23 from 10 a.m. to noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Ifeanyi Ezeonu, Chair; Lyn Trudeau, Supervisor; Robert Henry, External Examiner (University of Saskatchewan); Trent Newmeyer, Acting Graduate Program Director; and Fernando Avila, Committee Member.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences<\/strong> <strong>thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacob Wiebe<span data-ogsc=\"black\">, <\/span>a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPhysiological Oxygen and Media Conditions Influence Breast Cancer Hallmarks in Vitro\u201d on Monday, Jan. 19 at 9:45 a.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Jeff Stuart, Supervisor; Rebecca MacPherson, External Examiner (Department of Health Sciences); and Tony Yan and Ping Liang, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Physics thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachit Kapoor<span data-ogsc=\"black\">, <\/span>a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cQuantum Magnetism Under Disorder: A Study of the Bismuth Rare-Earth Germanates\u201d on Monday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Gavin Hester, Supervisor; Pat Clancy, External Examiner (McMaster University); and Ganesh Ramachandran and Jasneet Kaur, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences<\/strong> <strong>thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chanille Ubias<span data-ogsc=\"black\">, <\/span>a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating the Post-Translational Modification of Notch1 Intracellular Domain: From Proteolytic Cleavage to Mass Spectrometric Profiling\u201d on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Newman Sze, External Examiner (Department of Health Sciences); and Val Andrew Fajardo and Rebecca MacPherson, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Master of Science in Chemistry<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donya Shahmoradi<span data-ogsc=\"black\">, <\/span>a Master of Science in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cConjugation of oligonucleotides for drug delivery via a linker derived from Meldrum&#8217;s acid and A capture-release method to synthesize long oligonucleotides\u201d on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Tony Yan, Supervisor; Russell Viirre, External Examiner (Toronto Metropolitan University); and Jianbo Gao and Dustin Duncan, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madelyn Walsh, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPost-Injury Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms in University Athletes following a Substantial Injury: Looking at Lower Body Injuries and Concussions\u201d on Friday, Jan. 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. via Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Sean Locke, Chair; Phil Sullivan, Supervisor; Matthew Miller, External Examiner (Brock University); and Amanda Black and Cathy Van Ingen, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Jan. 19 and Friday, Jan. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,188,55,41,38],"tags":[48,7437,389,2524,14757,522,81,31,33,15004,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106994"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107105,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106994\/revisions\/107105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}