Caroline Hummell, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “’An Integrative Qualitative Exploration of Sport-Based Mentorship in the Lives of Girl and Women Athletes” on Monday, Sep. 28, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Costa Metallinos, Chair; Corliss Bean, Supervisor; Tara-Leigh McHugh, External Examiner (University of Calgary), Matthew Kwan, Internal Examiner; and Dan Cui, Shannon Kerwin, and Michele Donnelly, Advisory Committee.

Julio Trevino, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Fluorosilicones: A Route Towards Superhydrophobicity” on Tuesday, Sep. 22, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Val Fajardo, Chair; Paul Zelisko, Supervisor; Andrew Vreugdenhil, External Examiner (Trent University), Amir Mofidi, Internal Examiner; and Melanie Pilkington and Travis Dudding, Advisory Committee.

Emily Copeland, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “’Investigating potential therapeutic targets and strategies to enhance cognitive function in muscle-wasting conditions and Alzheimer’s disease” on Thursday, Sep. 10, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Karen Campbell, Chair; Val Fajardo and Rebecca MacPherson, Supervisors; Margaret Fahnestock, External Examiner (McMaster University), Joffre Mercier, Internal Examiner; and Paul LeBlanc and Paula Duarte Guterman, Advisory Committee.

Jennifer Mooradian, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “’Transgressing Boundaries in Sport: Thinking With and Through Disability Knowledges” on Tuesday, Sep. 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Ernest Biktimirov, Chair; Dawn Trussell, Supervisor; Danielle Peers, External Examiner (University of Alberta), Shauna Pomerantz, Internal Examiner; and Chelsea Jones, Valerie Michaelson, and Shannon Kerwin, Advisory Committee.

PhD in Educational Studies

Lianne Fisher, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “’Making the University Sing: Speculative Fabulations on Teaching in Higher Education” on Thursday, Sep. 3, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Wendy Ward, Chair; Robert McGray, Supervisor; Alex Khasnabish, External Examiner (Mount Saint Vincent University), Gale Coskan-Johnson, Internal Examiner; and Susan Hollaway (University of Windsor) and Leanne Taylor, Advisory Committee.

Colin Dunne, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “’Measuring the Contribution of Equipment to Performance: Using portable kinematic and kinetic instrumentation to optimize skate setup and performance in competitive speed skaters” on Monday, Aug. 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are David Crandles, Chair; Kelly Lockwood and Michael Holmes, Supervisors; Shawn Robbins, External Examiner (McGill University), William Marshall, Internal Examiner; and Shawn Beaudette and Philip Wilson, Advisory Committee.

Hamnah Shahid, a PhD in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis “’Drug (De)Criminalization and the (De)Stigmatization of People Who Use Illicit Drugs” on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Kimberley Gammage, Chair; Scott Neufeld, Supervisor; Adrian Guta, External Examiner (University of Windsor); Julia Ham, Internal Examiner; and Gordon Hodson and Samantha McAleese, Advisory Committee.

Anita Twele, a PhD in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis “’Stereotypes and first impressions of young and older adults: A high-dimensional approach” on Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Aaron Mauro, Chair; Catherine Mondloch, Supervisor; Mila Mileva, External Examiner (University of Plymouth); Kimberley Gammage, Internal Examiner; and Angela Evans and Caitlin Mahy, Advisory Committee.

Trudy Tattersall, a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities candidate, will defend the thesis “’A Mingled Yarn’: Needlework, Emotional Communities, and Affective Experience in Settler-Colonial Maritime Canada” on Tuesday, July 14, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Jeffrey Atkinson, Chair; Daniel Samson, Supervisor; Erin Morton, External Examiner (St. Francis Xavier University); Ebru Ustundag, Internal Examiner; and Ingrid Makus and Margot Francis, Advisory Committee.

Srini Vemulapalli, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Photophysical properties of cyclopropenium compounds with applications in [4+2] and [3+2] cycloadditions” on Tuesday, June 23, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

The examination committee members are Marilyne Carrey, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Stefan France, External Examiner (Georgia Institute of Technology); Jim Willwerth, Internal Examiner; and Melanie Pilkington and Tony Yan, Advisory Committee.

Rozhin Rowshanpour, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Developing New Strategies in Organic Synthesis Through Photocatalytic Azo Formation, Radical Fluorination, and Carbonyl Activation” on Monday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 601C.

The examination committee members are Maureen Reedyk, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Rebecca Davis, External Examiner (University of Manitoba); Yifeng Li, Internal Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Tony Yan, Advisory Committee.