{"id":111989,"date":"2026-10-02T15:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=111989"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:41:10","slug":"thesis-defences-oct-5-to-oct-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/10\/thesis-defences-oct-5-to-oct-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Oct. 5 to Oct. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Sport Management) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liam Mutunga,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cReimagining Leadership Diversity in University Sport: A Critical Exploration of Equity, Representation, and Systemic Change<em>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on Monday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Chris Chard, Chair; Curtis Fogel, Supervisor; Courtney Szto,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(Queen\u2019s University); and\u00a0Kirsty Spence and Ryan Clutterbuck, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Recreation, Sport and Community) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Madison DiSalvo,\u00a0a Master of\u00a0\u200bArts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Social Benefits of Campus Recreation Participation Among Post-Secondary Students:\u00a0 A Rapid Review\u201d on Monday, Oct. 5 from noon to 3 p.m. in STH 452.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Pei-Chun Hsieh, Chair; Scott Forrester, Supervisor;\u00a0Jacob Eubak,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(Lehman College); and\u00a0Martha Barnes and Colleen Whyte, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rik Rivard, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cCharacterization of 7 Niagara-isolated\u00a0<em>Saccharomyces uvarum<\/em>strains in chardonnay wine fermentation\u201d on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Adonis Skandalis, Chair; Vivien Measday, External Examiner (University of British Columbia); Debbie Inglis, Supervisor; and Jeff Stuart and Jennifer Kelly, Supervisory Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u200b<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ava Pollinzi, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cExperiences of Sexual Harassment Victimization, Perpetration and Psychosocial Wellbeing Among a Cohort of Canadian Secondary School Student\u201d on Friday, Oct. 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. in STH 361.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Samantha Hajna, Chair; Karen Patte, Supervisor; Deinera Exner-Cortens, External Examiner (University of Calgary); and Terry Wade and Tony Volk, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55,41],"tags":[8907,3602,4753,7488,348,3258,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111989"}],"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=111989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111990,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111989\/revisions\/111990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}