{"id":87910,"date":"2023-09-15T10:13:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=87910"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:04:09","slug":"thesis-defences-sept-18-to-sept-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/09\/thesis-defences-sept-18-to-sept-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Sept. 18 to Sept. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Mesich, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend the thesis &#8220;Characteristics of dominance: behaviours and hormones in a facultatively social bee species (Xylocopa virginica)&#8221; on Monday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. in CRN 207.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Miriam Richards, Supervisor; Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy, External Examiner (University of Rochester); and Cheryl McCormick and Gaynor Spencer, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Management (Operations and Information Systems Stream) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jobandeep Singh Sethi, a Master of Science in Management candidate, will defend the<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>thesis \u201cImproving Patient Flow and Operational Efficiency in Emergency Rooms using a Discrete Event Simulation Approach\u201d on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 8:30 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Joesph Kushner, Chair; Reena Yoogalingam, Supervisor; Yavuz Gunalay, External Examiner (Bahcesehir University); and Anteneh Ayanso and Martin Kusy, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kaitlyn Michener, a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;The Perceived Experiences of Volunteering: A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Volunteerism in the Snow Buddies Program and Similar Volunteer Initiatives in Niagara&#8221; on Tuesday, Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to noon in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Rosemary Condillac, Chair; Heather Ramey, Supervisor and Graduate Program Director; Pauli Gardner, External Examiner (Brock University); and Asif Khowaja and Heather Chalmers, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts \u200bin Applied Disability Studies thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Bailey, a Master of \u200bApplied Disability Studies candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cPerception of Universal Design for Learning in Online Higher Education\u201d on Thursday, Sept. 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Jonah Butovsky, Chair; Laura Mullins, Supervisor;\u00a0Melody Viczko,\u00a0External Examiner\u00a0(Western University); Rosemary Condillac, Graduate Program Director; and\u00a0Priscilla Burnham Riosa and Maureen Connolly, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Arts in Applied Health Sciences (Nursing) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tara Lundy, a Master of Arts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cCommunity-Based Workers&#8217; Health and Wellness: Supporting Women Survivors of Partner Violence\u201d\u00a0on Friday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to noon in WC 204.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Zaida Rahaman, Chair; Joanne Crawford, Supervisor; Farah Ahmad, External Examiner (York University); and Sheila O\u2019Keefe-McCarthy and Farhana Madhani, Committee Members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept. 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,39,188,55,41,38],"tags":[12918,49,45,7488,607,348,522,594,3335,34,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87910"}],"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=87910"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87939,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87910\/revisions\/87939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}