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  • Thesis defences — Nov. 10 to Nov. 14

    Monday, November 03, 2025 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Sophie Hamstra, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “The role of GSK3 in regulating murine cardiac SERCA function in male and female mice” on Monday, Nov. 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Karen Campbell, Chair; Val Fajardo, Supervisor; Joseph Gordon, External Examiner (University of PEI); Joffre Mercier, Internal Examiner; and Nota Klentrou, Peter Tiidus, and Rebecca MacPherson, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Oct. 20 to Oct. 24

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | By

    PhD in Chemistry

    Zackery Watts, a PhD in Chemistry candidate, will defend the thesis “N,N,O- and O,N,O- Diarylazo Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, and Pathways to Spin Crossover Conductors” on Monday, Oct. 20, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Litsa Tsiani, Chair; Martin Lemaire, Supervisor; Michael Shatruk, External Examiner (Florida State University); David Crandles, Internal Examiner; and Art van der Est and Melanie Pilkington, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Sep. 30 to Oct. 3

    Monday, September 22, 2025 | By

    PhD in Child and Youth Studies

    Xiaomei Li, a PhD in Child and Youth Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Unpacking University-to-Work Transition of Chinese International Students in Canada amid and Post-Pandemic Era” on Tuesday, Sep. 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are Jeffrey Atkinson, Chair; Dan Cui, Supervisor; Qi Sun, External Examiner (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville); Jennifer Li, Internal Examiner; and Robert McGray and Jan Frijters, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Sep. 22 to Sep. 26

    Monday, September 15, 2025 | By

    PhD in Applied Health Sciences

    Sarah Galway, a PhD in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Is it just a numbers game? An examination of the relationship between exposure to calorie labels and body-related self-conscious emotions” on Tuesday, Sep. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The defence will take place in STH 361.

    The examination committee members are Aaron Mauro, Chair; Kimberley Gammage, Supervisor; Kent Kowalski, External Examiner (University of Saskatchewan); Michael Ashton, Internal Examiner; and Nota Klentrou, Philip Sullivan and Cathy van Ingen, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Sep. 15 to Sep. 19

    Monday, September 08, 2025 | By

    PhD in Biological Sciences

    Marvel Megaly, a PhD in Biological Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis “Investigating the role of Notch signalling during mesoderm development and cell proliferation” on Tuesday, Sep. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The defence will take place in CAIRNS 207.

    The examination committee members are Kimberley Gammage, Chair; Aleksandar Necakov, Supervisor; Allan Albig, External Examiner (Boise State University); Rebecca MacPherson, Internal Examiner; and Gaynor Spencer and Robert Carlone, Advisory Committee.

    PhD in Psychology

    Sophia Thierry, a PhD in Psychology candidate, will defend the thesis “The development of children’s social impressions of child faces” on Tuesday, Sep. 16, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are William Pickett, Chair; Catherine Mondloch, Supervisor; Eric Hehman, External Examiner (McGill University); Suzanne Curtin, Internal Examiner; and Angela Evans and Caitlin Mahy, Advisory Committee.

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  • Thesis defences — Sep. 8 to Sep. 12

    Wednesday, September 03, 2025 | By

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Wendy Forbes, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Mathematics Learning in a Computer Programming Environment: Co-Actional Phenomenon, Mathematical Significance, and Computational Thinking” on Thursday, Sep. 11, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The defence will take place in PLAZA 600F.

    The examination committee members are David Crandles, Chair; Joyce Mgombelo, Supervisor; Armando Preciado Babb, External Examiner (University of Calgary); Tek Thongpapanl, Internal Examiner; and Priscila Corrêa (University of Windsor) and Steven Khan, Advisory Committee.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Thesis defences — July 28 to August 1

    Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | By

    PhD in Educational Studies

    Ryan Kasperowitsch, a PhD in Educational Studies candidate, will defend the thesis “Watercolour Reflection in Outdoor Adventure Education: Challenging the “Meaningless Ritual” of Traditional Reflection” on Tuesday, July 29, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The defence will take place in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee members are Philip Sullivan, Chair; Robert McGray, Supervisor; Richard Siegesmund, External Examiner (Northern Illinois University); Erin Sharpe, Internal Examiner; and Debra Harwood and Gerald Walton (Lakehead University), Advisory Committee.

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