{"id":108939,"date":"2026-04-10T11:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=108939"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:08:32","slug":"thesis-defences-april-13-to-april-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/04\/thesis-defences-april-13-to-april-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 April 13 to April 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, April 13 and Friday, April 17.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Master of <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Science in Applied Health Sciences<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Hannah Mechelse, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201c<\/span>Exploring the Feasibility of Introducing Immersive Virtual Reality for Recreation in Long-Term Care: A Qualitative Study<span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u201d on Tuesday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in STH 361.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The examination committee includes Miya Narushima, Chair; Asif Khowaja, Supervisor; Colleen Whyte, External Examiner (Brock University); and Alisa Grigorovich and Luke Turcotte, Committee Members.<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Master of <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Arts in Applied Health Sciences<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">(Health and Physical Education) thesis defence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\" data-ogsb=\"white\">Emma Lewis,<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0a Master of\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Arts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201c<\/span>Navigating Gendered Terrain: A Critical Feminist Exploration of Women&#8217;s Experiences with Classroom Management as Physical Education Teachers in Canada\u201d <span data-ogsc=\"black\">on Thursday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to noon in STH 452.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The examination committee includes Ken Lodewyk, Chair; Nathan Hall and Rob Millingston, Supervisors; Lynn Randall, External Examiner (University of New Brunswick); and Cathy Van Ingen, Committee Member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\"> Master of Science in Physics<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0thesis defence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicholas Holditch, a Master of Science in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating Lipase Stability in Hydrophobic Solvent at Extreme Temperatures: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Candida Antarctica Lipase B in Polydimethylsiloxane\u201d on Tuesday, April 14 at 9:30 a.m. in WH147.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Thad Harroun and Peter Berg, Co-Supervisors; R\u00e9gis Pom\u00e8s, External Examiner (University of Toronto); and Edward Sternin, Committee Member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, April 13 and Friday, April 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41],"tags":[7488,348,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108939"}],"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=108939"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108989,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108939\/revisions\/108989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}