The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Dec. 18 to 22.<\/p>\n
All are open for the University community to attend.<\/p>\n
Master of Science thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n Lisha Wang, a candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will present her Master of Science thesis defence on Monday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n Her thesis is titled \u201cChemostratigraphy of the Latest Cambrian at the Ordovician GSSP.\u201d<\/p>\n Her examination committee members are Dr. Ping Liang, Chair; Dr. Ed Landing, External Examiner, (New York State Museum, Albany, New York); Dr. Uwe Brand, Supervisor; and Dr. Nigel Blamey, Dr. Martin Head and Dr. Francine McCarthy, Committee Members.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yosra Kazemi, a candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will present her Master of Science thesis defence on Monday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. in Plaza 600F.<\/p>\n Her thesis is titled \u201cA Deep Learning Pipeline for Classifying Different Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease from fMRI Data.\u201d<\/p>\n Her examination committee members are Dr. Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Dr. Adil Khan, External Examiner, (Innopolis University); Dr. Sheridan Houghten, Supervisor; and Dr. Beatrice Ombuki-Berman and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Master of Arts thesis defences<\/strong><\/p>\n Tyler Harrison, a candidate in the Department of Sport Management, will defend his Master of Arts thesis by video conference on Monday, Dec. 18 from noon to 3 p.m. in Walker Complex 203.<\/p>\n His thesis is titled \u201cFrom the Desk of the Canadian Athletic Director; Perceptions of Core Competencies in Ontario University Athletics (OUA).\u201d<\/p>\n The examination committee members are Dr. Christopher Chard, Supervisor; Kirsty Spence and Luke Potwarka, Advisory Committee; Dr. Joanne MacLean, External Examiner (University of Fraser Valley); and Dr. Hilary Findlay, Chair.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sustainability Science and Society student Tyler Prince will defend the Master of Arts thesis, \u201cPostglacial reconstruction of fire history from a small lake in southwest Yukon using sedimentary charcoal and pollen,\u201d on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Diane Dupont, chair; Brian Cumming, External Examiner (Queen\u2019s University); Michael Pisaric, supervisor; and Kevin Turner and Bronwyn Hancock (Yukon College), committee members.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Department of Applied Disability Studies student Talia Ennett will defend the Master of Arts thesis, \u201cComparison of TAGteach Error-Correction Procedures to Teach Beginner Yoga Poses to Novice Practitioners\u201d on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 10 a.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Diane Dupont, chair; Raymond Miltenberger, External Examiner (University of South Florida); Kimberley Zonneveld, supervisor; and Tricia Vause and David Ditor, committee members.<\/p>\n PhD in Educational Studies Comprehensive Portfolio Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Education student Susan Docherty-Skippen will defend the portfolio \u201cFrom Surface to Depth \u2013 Tracing the Development of an Aesthetic Currere\u201d on Monday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. in WH 147.<\/p>\n The examination committee includes Susan Drake, Chair; Fiona Blaikie, External Examiner; Hilary Brown, Supervisor; Lissa Paul, Committee Member; and Pauline Sameshima, Committee Member (Lakehead University).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Dec. 18 to 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,41],"tags":[5780,1677,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48511"}],"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=48511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48532,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48511\/revisions\/48532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}