{"id":90013,"date":"2024-01-05T11:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=90013"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:46:56","slug":"thesis-defences-jan-8-to-jan-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/01\/thesis-defences-jan-8-to-jan-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Jan. 8 to Jan. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biological Sciences thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lauren V. R. Nesbitt, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cUncovering millennia of wildfire occurrence during the Holocene at local and regional scales in the Northwest Territories, Canada&#8221; on Monday, Jan. 8 at 11 a.m. in virtual format.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Michael Pisaric, Supervisor; David Porinchu, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Katrina Moser and Liette Vasseur, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Biotechnology thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Williams, a Master of Science in Biotechnology candidate, will defend the thesis \u201cThe Susceptibility of Medically Important Mosquito Species to Insect-Specific Virus Infection&#8221; on Monday, Jan. 8 at noon in PLZ 600F.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Fiona Hunter, Supervisor; Const\u00e2ncia Ayres, External Examiner (Instituto\u00a0Aggeu\u00a0Magalh\u00e3es); and Ian Patterson and Adam Macneil, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences (Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Naomi Vos, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis\u00a0\u201cArterial Baroreflex Regulation of Sympathetic Discharge During Maximal Voluntary End-Inspiratory Apnea\u201d\u00a0on Wednesday, Jan. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon in WC 204.<\/p>\n<p>The examination committee includes, Sean Locke, Chair; Stephen Klassen, Supervisor; Sarah Baker, External Examiner (Mayo Clinic); and Deb O\u2019Leary and Stephen Cheung, Committee Members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies thesis defence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Sarah Epp, a Master of Arts in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;Moving forward: Perspectives of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities regarding the effectiveness of Individual Support Plans&#8221; on Friday, Jan. 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. in virtual format.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">The examination committee includes Dawn Zinga, Chair; Donato Tarulli, Supervisor; Heather Lawford, External Examiner (Bishop\u2019s University); Heather Ramey, Graduate Program Director; and Maureen Connolly and Tricia Vause, Committee Members.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,188,55,41,38],"tags":[7488,12849,348,522,3335,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90013"}],"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=90013"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90034,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90013\/revisions\/90034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}