{"id":111397,"date":"2026-09-04T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=111397"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:09","slug":"thesis-defences-sept-8-to-sept-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/09\/thesis-defences-sept-8-to-sept-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Sept. 8 to Sept. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Friday, Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Computer Science thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert Kwaku Antwi, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cCompiling a Functional Programming Language Using Combinators\u201d on Tuesday, Sept. 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Ke Qiu, Chair; Blessing Ogbuokiri, External Examiner (Brock University); Michael Winter, Supervisor; and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman, Supervisory Committee Member.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Seyedeh Ava Razi Razavi, a Master of Science in Computer Science candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cGenerating Realistic Labeled Graphs with Conditional Generative Models\u201d on Thursday, Sept. 10 from noon to 2 p.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Yifeng Li, External Examiner (Brock University); Renata Queiroz Dividino and Sheridan Houghten, Co-Supervisors; and Rahnuma Islam Nishat, Supervisory Committee Member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biotechnology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bryce Doyle, a Master of Science in Biotechnology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cInvestigating the Role of the TrkB Receptor in the Signalling Pathways of Psychedelics\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in PLZ 601C.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Melissa Perreault, External Examiner (University of Guelph); Charles Despres, Supervisor;\u00a0and Rebecca MacPherson and Jonathan Simone,\u00a0Supervisory Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luiza Guazzelli da Costa Rodrigues, a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cCanine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Children: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Christine Tardif-Williams, Supervisor; Kathy Belicki, External Examiner (Brock University); Heather Ramey, Graduate Program Director; and Ayda Tekok-Kilic, Committee Member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Sport Management) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick Lacoste,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cConceptualizing Hockey Opportunity in Canada: Developing a Location-Based Composite Model\u201d on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Haley Baxter, Chair; Taylor McKee, Supervisor;\u00a0Jonathon Edwards,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(University of New Brunswick); and\u00a0Chris Chard and Mike VanBussel, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie Pilkington, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cOnline Comments, Offline Crisis: Examining Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality as Potential Mediators in the Relationship Between Cyberbullying Victimization and Mental Health Among an Adolescent Cohort\u201d on Thursday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Terry Wade, Chair; Karen Patte, Supervisor; Drew Dane, External Examiner (Brock University); and Will Pickett and Ann Farrell, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Friday, Sept. 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,41,38],"tags":[45,4753,7488,348,522,3258,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111397"}],"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=111397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111400,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111397\/revisions\/111400"}],"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=111397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}