Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Aug 17 to Aug 21

    Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | By

    PhD in Psychology

    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.

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  • Thesis defences — Aug 3 to Aug 7

    Monday, July 27, 2026 | By

    PhD in Psychology

    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.

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  • Thesis defences — July 13 to July 17

    Tuesday, July 07, 2026 | By

    PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities

    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.

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  • Thesis defences — June 22 to June 26

    Monday, June 15, 2026 | By

    PhD in Chemistry

    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.

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  • Thesis defences — June 15 to June 19

    Monday, June 08, 2026 | By

    PhD in Chemistry

    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.

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  • Thesis defences — June 1 to June 5

    Monday, May 25, 2026 | By

    PhD in Chemistry

    Tayo Laleye, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “ Synthesis of a Homologous Series of Bolaphosphatidylcholines: Influence of Chain Length and Rigidity on Self-Assembly and Model Phospholipid Membrane Structure” on Monday, June 1, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are William Pickett, Chair; Jeffrey Atkinson, Supervisor; John Sanderson, External Examiner (Durham University); Thad Harroun, Internal Examiner; and Travis Dudding and Tony Yan, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — May 18 to May 22

    Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Madison Bell, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Bone and Inflammation Effects of Greek Yogurt Supplementation in Regular Exercisers across the Lifespan” on Friday, May 22, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in STH 361.

    The examination committee members are David Crandles, Chair; Nota Klentrou, Supervisor; Marta Erlandson, External Examiner (University of Saskatchewan); Erin Panda, Internal Examiner; and Andrea Josse (York University), Brian Roy (Thompson Rivers University), and Bareket Falk, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Apr. 20 to Apr. 24

    Monday, April 13, 2026 | By

    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.

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  • Thesis defences — Mar. 2 to Mar. 6

    Monday, February 23, 2026 | By

    PhD in Biological Sciences

    Melanie Denommé Stauder, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Analyzing common husbandry practices and potential indicators of welfare in Pogona vitticeps” on Wednesday, Mar. 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Michael Owen, Chair; Glenn Tattersall, Supervisor; Noam Miller, External Examiner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Dustin Duncan, Internal Examiner; and Cheryl McCormick, Gaynor Spencer and Georgia Mason (University of Guelph), Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Feb. 2 to Feb. 6

    Monday, January 26, 2026 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Larissa Lobo, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Exploring Contemporary Risk-Taking in Canadian Adolescents” on Friday, Feb. 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Marilyne Carrey, Chair; William Pickett, Supervisor; Ian Colman, External Examiner (University of Ottawa); Heather Ramey, Internal Examiner; and Terrance Wade and Maureen Connolly, Advisory Committee.

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