Articles from:August 2025

  • Thesis defences — Sep. 1 to Sep. 5

    Monday, August 25, 2025 | By

    PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities

    Miroslav Zovko, a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities candidate, will defend the thesis “The Figures of Crisis: Reflections of the 2008 Financial Crisis as Ideological Discourse of Capitalism” on Friday, Sep. 5, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Marilyne Carrey, Chair; Andrew Pendakis, Supervisor; Tanner Mirrlees, External Examiner (Ontario Tech University); Stefan Dolgert, Internal Examiner; and Trevor Norris and Mathew Martin, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Aug. 25 to Aug. 29

    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | By

    PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities

    Camila Mugan, a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities candidate, will defend the thesis “Silence as Voice: Silence, the Body and the Decoloniality of Quiet in Raduan Nassar and Sara Gallardo’s novels of the country” on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

    The examination committee members are David Butz, Chair; Christine Daigle, Supervisor; Cynthia Francica, External Examiner (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez); Ebru Ustundag, Internal Examiner; and David Fancy and Gale Coskan-Johnson, Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Biological Sciences

    Ryan Hallam, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Investigating β- and γ-secretase function and processing of APP with genetic and pharmacological tools” on Friday, Aug. 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

    The examination committee members are Philip Sullivan, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Margaret Fahnestock, External Examiner (McMaster University); Newman Sze, Internal Examiner; and Rebecca MacPherson and Stephen Glasgow, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Aug. 11 to Aug. 15

    Tuesday, August 05, 2025 | By

    PhD in Biotechnology

    Noah Xiao, a PhD in Biotechnology candidate, will defend the thesis “In vitro Transcriptomic Biomarker Discovery for Psychedelic Tryptamines and Its Applications for High-throughput Drug Screening Platform Development” on Tuesday, Aug. 12, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

    The examination committee members are Wendy Ward, Chair; Charles Després, Supervisor; Javier González-Maeso, External Examiner (Virginia Commonwealth University); Rebecca MacPherson, Internal Examiner; and Jonathan Simone and Jim Willwerth, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences