Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — May 5 to May 9

    Monday, April 28, 2025 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Jenalyn Yumol, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Influence of Diet and Economic Factors on Bone Health” on Tuesday, May 6 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee members are Jeffrey Atkinson, Chair; Wendy Ward, Supervisor; David Ma, External Examiner (University of Guelph); Tony Yan, Internal Examiner; and Diane Dupont, Philip Sullivan and William Gittings, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Apr. 28 to May 2

    Monday, April 21, 2025 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Danja Den Hartogh, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Investigating the Effects of Carnosic and Rosmarinic Acid on Palmitate-Induced Muscle Insulin Resistance In Vitro” on Monday, Apr. 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee members are Catherine Hands, Chair; Evangelia (Litsa) Tsiani, Supervisor; David M. Mutch, External Examiner (University of Guelph); Aleksandar Necakov, Internal Examiner; and Rebecca MacPherson, Wendy Ward and Paul LeBlanc, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Apr. 7 to Apr. 11

    Monday, March 31, 2025 | By

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Jacqueline Beres, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Seeing Whiteness: An Autoethnographic Examination of Whiteness in My Life” on Monday, Apr. 7 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are William Pickett, Chair; Michelle McGinn, Supervisor; Christine Cho, External Examiner (Nipissing University); Janelle Joseph, Internal Examiner; and Leanne Taylor and Ken Montgomery (University of Windsor), Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Psychology

    Xiaoyang (Nick) Xia, a PhD in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis “How Justice System Contact, Race, and Gender Intersect: Examining Their Short and Long-Term Associations with Mental Health, Educational, and Occupational Outcomes” on Tuesday, Apr. 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Catherine Hands, Chair; Elizabeth Shulman, Supervisor; Adam Boessen, External Examiner (University of Missouri-St. Louis); Erin Panda, Internal Examiner; and Angela Book and Maureen Connolly, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Mar. 31 to Apr. 4

    Monday, March 24, 2025 | By

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Yvonne Messenger, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Navigating a Rapidly Changing Landscape for Teaching Literacy: A Mixed-Methods Study of Kindergarten Educators’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs” on Monday, Mar. 31 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in STH 361.

    The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Tiffany Gallagher, Supervisor; Maren Aukerman, External Examiner (University of Calgary); Donato Tarulli, Internal Examiner; and Sonia Mastrangelo (Lakehead University) and Diane Collier, Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Amanjot Toor, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Mathematic Teachers’ Lived Experiences of Teachable Moments” on Tuesday, Apr. 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Ping Liang, Chair; Joyce Mgombelo, Supervisor; Richelle Marynowski, External Examiner (University of Lethbridge); Maureen Connolly, Internal Examiner; and Tanya Kaefer (Lakehead University) and Doug Karrow, Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Child and Youth Studies

    Kimberley Duffin, a PhD in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Into the Forest: A Child and Family Therapist’s Journey” on Thursday, Apr. 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Elizabeth Vlossak, Chair; Heather Chalmers, Supervisor; Nevin Harper, External Examiner (University of Victoria); Trent Newmeyer, Internal Examiner; and Christine Tardif Williams, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Mar. 24 to Mar. 28

    Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | By

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Krystyna Henke, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Cultural Resistance: An Ethnographic and Phenomenological Case Study of Palestinian Music Educator Mohamed Fadel’s Life and Work” on Friday, Mar. 28 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee members are William Pickett, Chair; Fiona Blaikie, Supervisor; Carol Frierson-Campbell, External Examiner (William Paterson University); Susan Spearey, Internal Examiner; and Constance Russell (Lakehead University) and Michael O’Sullivan, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Mar. 17 to Mar. 21

    Monday, March 10, 2025 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Katrina Carbonara, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “The Butterfly Effect: methodological optimization and application of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to lay the proteomic foundation for personalized medicine” on Friday, Mar. 21 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee members are Elizabeth Vlossak, Chair; Adam MacNeil and Terrance Wade, Supervisors; Alan Doucette, External Examiner (Dalhousie University); Ping Liang, Internal Examiner; and Aleksandar Necakov, Deborah O’Leary and Rebecca MacPherson, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Mar. 3 to Mar. 7

    Monday, February 24, 2025 | By

    PhD in Chemistry

    Anne Worrell, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “Use of Oximes and Schiff-bases as Bridging/Chelating Ligands in Mn/Ln & Cu/Ln Cluster Chemistry and The Mechanistic Insight into the roles of Transition Metal ions in the Formation of Tetrazoles” on Friday, Mar. 7 from 2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. The defence will take place in STH 361.

    The examination committee members are William Pickett, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Louise Dawe, External Examiner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Gavin Hester, Internal Examiner; and Martin Lemaire and Art van der Est, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Feb. 24 to Feb. 28

    Thursday, February 13, 2025 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Robert Crozier, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Dissecting the anti-allergic potential of carnosic acid during IgE and IL-33-mediated mast cell activation” on Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee members are Jeffrey Atkinson, Chair; Adam MacNeil, Supervisor; John Ryan, External Examiner (Virginia Commonwealth University); Charlis Raineki, Internal Examiner; and Evangelia (Litsa) Tsiani, Val Fajardo and Wendy Ward, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Jan. 27 to Jan. 31

    Monday, January 27, 2025 | By

    PhD in Physics

    Jeremy Dion, a PhD in Physics candidate, will defend the thesis “Discovery of a Pseudogap Attributed to Charge Density Wave Order at the β- β’ Phase Transition in As₂2Te3 and the Influence of Cu and Ge Doping on its Properties” on Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The defence will take place in Cairns 207.

    The examination committee members are Brian Roy, Chair; Maureen Reedyk, Supervisor; Sasa Dordevic, External Examiner (The University of Akron); Dustin Duncan, Internal Examiner; and David Crandles and Thad Harroun, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

  • Thesis defences — Jan. 20 to Jan. 24

    Monday, January 20, 2025 | By

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Lindsay Shaw, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Academic Advising at Ontario Universities: An Institutional Ethnography of Policy and Practice” on Tuesday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The defence will take place in Cairns 207.

    The examination committee members are Ping Liang, Chair; Hilary Brown, Supervisor; Melody Viczko, External Examiner (Western University); Kristen Robertson, Internal Examiner; and Terry Sefton (University of Windsor) and Nancy Taber, Advisory Committee.

    Categories: Doctoral Thesis Defences

1 2 3 4 5 6