Articles from:April 2026

  • Thesis defences — Apr. 20 to Apr. 24

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Ash Grover, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Higher Education, Memoir Pedagogy and Seeing the Self-in-Coalition: An Autoethnographic Witnessing of Contemporary Narratives in Trauma and Learning” on Monday, Apr. 20, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Sankey Chambers.

    The examination committee members are Karen Campbell, Chair; Nancy Taber, Supervisor; Susan Brigham, External Examiner (Mount Saint Vincent University); Cathy Van Ingen, Internal Examiner; and Lisa Korteweg (Lakehead University) and Leanne Taylor, Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Robert Blom, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Defining Teacher Envelopment: The Ancient Wisdom Craft of Mindfulness and Extensional n-valued Discernment as Meta-Practices within the non-Aristotelian Conceptualisation of Truth Paradigms” on Tuesday, Apr. 21, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Cairns 207.

    The examination committee members are Val Fajardo, Chair; Chunlei Lu and Joyce Mgombelo, Supervisors; Claudia Eppert, External Examiner (University of Alberta); Michael Berman, Internal Examiner; and Darren Stanley (University of Windsor) and Anjali Khirwadkar, Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Chemistry

    Gabe (Gabriele) Delle Monache, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defence the thesis “Polynuclear Clusters of Heterometallic 3d/4f and Homometallic 3d Single Molecule Magnets: Syntheses, Optical and Magnetostructural Studies” on Thursday, Apr. 23, from 11:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are David Butz, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Chris Kozak, External Examiner (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Gavin Hester, Internal Examiner; and Martin Lemaire and Paul Zelisko, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences