Overview
The Final Oral Examination (FOE) is the capstone experience of your doctoral studies. General information about the FOE is outlined in the SGS Calendar. The Final Oral Examination schedule (see calendar below) lists current thesis defenses, and is updated periodically.
Additionally, you may find helpful the Guidelines for the Doctoral Final Oral Examination (FOE), a document that outlines the responsibilities of the graduate unit, SGS, the Examination Committee, and the Chair of the Committee in the planning and conduct of a Final Oral Examination. Faculty and Staff can access additional resources on the SGS Final Examinations webpage.
Academic fees for continuously registered Ph.D. candidates in the final year of the program are pro-rated over the 12–month academic year, based on the date of the final approved thesis submission to SGS. Incidental fees are charged on a sessional (term) basis. More information on the pro-rated fees and schedules can be found in Graduate Fees and on the University Registrar’s Office website under Current Fall–Winter Fee & Refund Schedules.
In-person examinations at the School of Graduate Studies
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Doctoral examination schedule
| Exam Date | Student Name | Exam Information (Thesis, Supervisor(s), Graduate Unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2 | Name: Garima Talwar Kapoor |
Trust is a verb: Organizational-level leadership competencies for federal public health institutions to demonstrate trustworthiness in an evolving information ecosystem Supervisor(s): Prof. Erica Marie Christine Di Ruggiero Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Mar 2 | Name: Yaoyao Ding |
Tensor Program Compilation for Deep Learning on Modern GPUs Supervisor(s): Prof. Gennady Pekhimenko Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 2 | Name: Jackson Hase |
Forged, Suppressed, Corrupted, and Burned: Letters and Miscommunication in Late Antiquity Supervisor(s): Prof. Kevin Wilkinson Graduate Unit: Department of Classics |
| Mar 2 | Name: Durand Jarrett-Amor |
Single-Ended Simultaneous Bidirectional Signaling for Die-to-Die Links Supervisor(s): Prof. Anthony Chan Carusone Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Mar 3 | Name: Allan Tran |
Economics of Unexpected Out-of-pocket Costs For Preventive Care in the United States Supervisor(s): Prof. Eric Nauenberg, Prof. Alexander Hoagland Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Mar 3 | Name: Nicholas Moser |
Effectiveness of a Customized Rehabilitation Program for Adults with Post-Concussion Syndrome Supervisor(s): Prof. Milos Popovic Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Mar 3 | Name: Caitlin Harrigan |
A Probabilistic View of DNA Repair in Cancer Evolution Supervisor(s): Prof. Quaid Morris, Prof. Kieran Campbell Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 3 | Name: Yu Lung |
Precarious Employment, Immigration, and Mental Health in Canada: Temporal, Intersectional and Contextual Perspectives Supervisor(s): Prof. Lin Fang Graduate Unit: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work |
| Mar 3 | Name: Yu Lung |
Precarious Employment, Immigration, and Mental Health in Canada: Temporal, Intersectional and Contextual Perspectives Supervisor(s): Prof. Lin Fang Graduate Unit: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work |
| Mar 3 | Name: Aleksandra Elias Chereque |
Learning from model representations of terrestrial snow Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Kushner Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Mar 4 | Name: Elyse Anne Comeau |
Including Childhood Disability in School Transportation Planning: A Study of Family Work and Practitioner Perspectives Supervisor(s): Prof. Ronald Buliung, Prof. Tim Ross Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Mar 4 | Name: Peng Liu |
Three Essays on Generative Models in Asset Pricing Supervisor(s): Prof. Bing Han, Prof. Liyan Yang Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 4 | Name: Peng Liu |
Three Essays on Generative Models in Asset Pricing Supervisor(s): Prof. Bing Han, Prof. Liyan Yang Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 4 | Name: Hong Liu |
Melancholic in the Theater: Allegory, Tragedy, and History after Trauerspiels Supervisor(s): Prof. Rebecca Comay Graduate Unit: Centre for Comparative Literature |
| Mar 5 | Name: Guanzhong Shu |
Firms’ Communication of Geopolitical Uncertainty: Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Supervisor(s): Prof. Scott Liao, Prof. Dushyantkumar Vyas Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 5 | Name: Guanzhong Shu |
Firms’ Communication of Geopolitical Uncertainty: Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Supervisor(s): Prof. Scott Liao, Prof. Dushyantkumar Vyas Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 5 | Name: Chloe Melo-Gavin |
The Effects of the Shared Genome on Sex-Specific Adaptation Supervisor(s): Prof. Aneil Agrawal Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Mar 5 | Name: Karl Wagner |
Investigating the Role and Mechanisms of Extracellular Vesicle Signalling in Human Cardiac Tissue-on-a-Chip Models Supervisor(s): Prof. Milica Radisic Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Mar 5 | Name: Amita Gnanapandithan |
Towards Securing Quantum Key Distribution at the Source Supervisor(s): Prof. Li Qian, Prof. Hoi-Kwong Lo Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Mar 6 | Name: Jiaxin Zhang |
Decoding Urban Evolution: A Parcel-Level Blueprint for the ILUTE 2.0 Land Use Module Supervisor(s): Prof. Eric Miller Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Mar 6 | Name: Lydia Jiang |
Multimodal Markers of Perirhinal Cortex Integrity and Visual Discrimination in Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment Supervisor(s): Prof. Rosanna Olsen Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Mar 9 | Name: Hannah Frances Davis-Abraham |
Expanding Analytical Approaches to Contemporary Compositions Supervisor(s): Prof. Daphne Tan Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 9 | Name: Hannah Frances Davis-Abraham |
Expanding Analytical Approaches to Contemporary Compositions Supervisor(s): Prof. Daphne Tan Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 9 | Name: Dina O’Brien |
Essays in Political Economy of Development Supervisor(s): Prof. Ceren Baysan, Prof. Gustavo Bobonis Graduate Unit: Department of Economics |
| Mar 11 | Name: Andre Laylor |
The Social Reproduction of Black Families and the Ontario Child Welfare System Supervisor(s): Prof. Abigail Bakan Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Mar 11 | Name: Ze Yang |
Toward Scalable World Modeling and Simulation for Autonomy Supervisor(s): Prof. Raquel Urtasun Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 11 | Name: Monique Kaur Gill |
Life After Loss: Exploring the Role of Occupation, Mental Health and Life Transitions in Young Adults’ Experiences of Suicide Loss Supervisor(s): Prof. Jill Cameron, Prof. Helene J. Polatajko-Howell Graduate Unit: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute |
| Mar 11 | Name: Tiago Luis Delgado |
Instrumental Dramaturgy in Elliott Carter’s Clarinet Works: Performing Gra and Steep Steps through Character-Patterns Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Sallmen Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 11 | Name: Tiago Luis Delgado |
Instrumental Dramaturgy in Elliott Carter’s Clarinet Works: Performing Gra and Steep Steps through Character-Patterns Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Sallmen Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 12 | Name: Ukesh Raj Bhuju |
SPIRITUALITY AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY: A CASE OF TAPOVANA FOR DECOLONIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN NEPAL Supervisor(s): Prof. Njoki Wane Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Mar 12 | Name: Biranavan Uthayakumar |
Investigating the Association of Hyperpolarized 13 C Labelled Metabolities with Human Brain Function, Aging, and Cellular Composition. Supervisor(s): Prof. Charles Cunningham Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Mar 12 | Name: Anneesa Singh |
Psychosocial Treatment for Youth and Parents: Factors that Influence Treatment Readiness Supervisor(s): Prof. Brendan Andrade Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Mar 12 | Name: Virginia Mary Joan Shewfelt |
Adapted Memory: German-Jewish Holocaust Narratives on Stage, Page, and Screen. Supervisor(s): Prof. Stefan Soldovieri, Prof. Anna Shternshis Graduate Unit: Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures |
| Mar 17 | Name: Denise Margaretha Janna Arnold |
Three-Dimensional Innervation of the Elbow Joint: An Anatomical Foundation for Ultra-Sound Guided Denervation Procedures Supervisor(s): Prof. Emily Ho Graduate Unit: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute |
| Mar 17 | Name: Manuela Rita Collis |
Organizational and Societal Implications of Exclusionary Environments Supervisor(s): Prof. Andras Tilcsik, Prof. Avi Goldfarb Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 17 | Name: Manuela Rita Collis |
Organizational and Societal Implications of Exclusionary Environments Supervisor(s): Prof. Andras Tilcsik, Prof. Avi Goldfarb Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 17 | Name: Zirou Chen |
Competitive Gamification in Digital Consumption: Evidence from TikTok Supervisor(s): Prof. Nitin Mehta Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 17 | Name: Zirou Chen |
Competitive Gamification in Digital Consumption: Evidence from TikTok Supervisor(s): Prof. Nitin Mehta Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Management |
| Mar 17 | Name: Ziyan Chen |
Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Using Helper-Dependen t Adenoviral Vectors: CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated CFTR Re pair in Porcine Genome Supervisor(s): Prof. Jim Hu Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Mar 18 | Name: Ziqi Li |
Phase-Matching and Electromagnetic Field Optimization in Subwavelength Bullseye Plasmonic Gratings for Raman Enhancement Supervisor(s): Prof. Harry Ruda Graduate Unit: Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
| Mar 18 | Name: Wiaam Jaafar |
Enhancing Neighborhood-Scale Air Quality Exposure in Diverse Urban Environments: From Sensor Networks to Hybrid Monitoring Supervisor(s): Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Mar 19 | Name: Mengjia Huang |
Molecular mechanisms of membrane fusion and vesicle trafficking in photoreceptors Supervisor(s): Prof. Shuzo Sugita Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Mar 20 | Name: Sajeevan Sujanthan |
Understanding and Improving Cognitive Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Randomized Controlled Trials Supervisor(s): Prof. Richard Swartz Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Mar 20 | Name: Daniel Martin Turner |
Principles of Fingering Music at the Classical Guitar Supervisor(s): Prof. Jeffrey McFadden Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 20 | Name: Daniel Martin Turner |
Principles of Fingering Music at the Classical Guitar Supervisor(s): Prof. Jeffrey McFadden Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 23 | Name: Jingzhi Liang |
Assessment of In Situ Transformation of Organic Contaminants in Groundwater: From Nanotechnology to Bioaugmentation Supervisor(s): Prof. Brent Sleep Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Mar 23 | Name: Sasha Christine Main |
Use of Cell-free DNA to Enable Precision Medicine in Advanced Breast Cancer Supervisor(s): Prof. Scott Bratman Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Mar 23 | Name: Maurice Mark Pasternak |
Multimodal MRI Signatures of 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Supervisor(s): Prof. Mario Masellis Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Mar 23 | Name: Seth William Goren |
Storylisteners: Experiences of Teachers of Listening in Informal Jewish Educational Settings in Higher Education Supervisor(s): Prof. Rob Simon Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Mar 23 | Name: Goran Katic |
Undoing Science Journalism: Journalists Face Public Distrust in the Post-Truth Era Supervisor(s): Prof. Megan Boler Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Mar 23 | Name: Sherwin Bahmani |
Dynamic 3D Scene Generation with Video Diffusion Models Supervisor(s): Prof. David Lindell, Prof. Andrea Tagliasacchi Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 24 | Name: Kai Ian Leung |
Characterizing Neurodiverse Bilingual Development: An Investigation of Language and Cognition in Linguistically Diverse Children Supervisor(s): Prof. Monika Molnar, Prof. Elizabeth Rochon Graduate Unit: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute |
| Mar 24 | Name: Harris Chan |
Training Agents to Achieve Goals Supervisor(s): Prof. Jimmy Ba, Prof. Sheila McIlraith Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 24 | Name: Celeste Faye Kirsh |
Journalistic Learning in Teacher Education: A Relational and Civic Approach to Writing Pedagogy Supervisor(s): Prof. Kathleen Marie Gallagher Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Mar 25 | Name: Seungwoo Lee |
The Transcriptional Coregulator Prdm16 Drives Effector and Memory T Cell Accumulation During Respiratory Influenza Infection Supervisor(s): Prof. Tania Watts Graduate Unit: Department of Immunology |
| Mar 25 | Name: Louis Busch |
Kwayask Ayamiwin Kaki Nitaskakon(Good Words are Medicine): Articulating a Cree Theory of Helping Work Supervisor(s): Prof. Jennifer Wemigwans Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Mar 26 | Name: Tianyi Ling |
Interrogating the Role of Protein S-Glutathionylat ion in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Supervisor(s): Prof. Courtney Jones, Prof. Brian Raught Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Mar 26 | Name: Joseph Hung |
Characterizing the Arctic Atmosphere with Hyperspectral Infrared Measurements: Composition, Clouds, and Climatologies Supervisor(s): Prof. Kimberly Strong Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Mar 26 | Name: Michael Ruoqi Zhang |
Reducing Manual Intervention in Deep Learning Supervisor(s): Prof. Jimmy Ba, Prof. Roger Grosse Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 26 | Name: Bingjian Huang |
End-to-End Design of On-Body Haptic Systems: From Perception to Hardware and Application Innovation Supervisor(s): Prof. Daniel Wigdor Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 26 | Name: Alessia Portante |
Elucidating the Clinical and Molecular Landscape o f Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma, H3 G34-Mutant to Ide ntify Novel Therapeutic Targets Supervisor(s): Prof. Cynthia Hawkins Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Mar 26 | Name: Daniella Eliathamby |
A Histopathological Analysis of Aortic Disease Using A Biomechanics Approach Supervisor(s): Prof. Craig Simmons, Prof. Jennifer Chung Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Mar 26 | Name: Shinwon Kang |
Paralog-specific roles of GSK-3 in synaptic plasticity and behaviour in the adult mouse hippocampus Supervisor(s): Prof. Graham Collingridge Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Mar 27 | Name: Samar Abdelgalil |
Childhood Governmentality in the Context of Colonialism and Nation-Building in Egypt 1882-1952 Supervisor(s): Prof. Jens Hanssen Graduate Unit: Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations |
| Mar 27 | Name: Che-Yuan Wu |
SGLT2 Inhibitors as Potential Treatments for Cognitive Decline Supervisor(s): Prof. Walter Swardfager Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Mar 27 | Name: Fernando Javier Yanez |
Designing for the Individual: A Scalable, Trait-Based Framework for User Adaptive Visualizations Supervisor(s): Prof. Carolina Nobre Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Mar 27 | Name: Yung Yen |
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Type IV Pilus Function and Regulation Supervisor(s): Prof. Lynne Howell Graduate Unit: Department of Biochemistry |
| Mar 27 | Name: David Donald Martin |
Aberration Correction Methods of Transspinal Focused Ultrasound Supervisor(s): Prof. Meaghan O’Reilly Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Mar 27 | Name: Jack Goldman |
How Biotic and Abiotic Environmental Variability Shapes Wildfire Burn Severity in Ontario’s Boreal Forest Supervisor(s): Prof. Patrick James, Prof. Marie-Josee Fortin Graduate Unit: Faculty of Forestry |
| Mar 27 | Name: Elizaveta Igoshina |
Social-Affective Dysfunction Following Paediatric Brain Tumour and Treatment: A Multi-Domain Long- Term Follow-Up Investigation Supervisor(s): Prof. Donald Mabbott Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Mar 27 | Name: Alexandra Nicole Riemenschneider |
Functional Modelling of Heterogeneity of Pediatric Ependymoma Supervisor(s): Prof. James Rutka Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Mar 30 | Name: Hymn Chan |
On Breuil’s lattice conjecture for GL_2 Supervisor(s): Prof. Florian Herzig Graduate Unit: Department of Mathematics |
| Mar 30 | Name: Yuhan Zhou |
Of Dreams and Butterflies Suite Supervisor(s): Prof. Christos Hatzis Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 30 | Name: Yuhan Zhou |
Of Dreams and Butterflies Suite Supervisor(s): Prof. Christos Hatzis Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Mar 30 | Name: Li Gong |
Development of ultrasound enhanced clot aspiration Supervisor(s): Prof. David Goertz Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Mar 30 | Name: Yiran Wei |
Collection and Reproduction of “Ethnic Cultures” in Southwest China, 1920s-1960s. Supervisor(s): Prof. Yue Meng Graduate Unit: Department of East Asian Studies |
| Mar 30 | Name: Emily Farrar |
Rethinking Transport Decarbonization: From Grassroots Community Engagement to Regional Policy Making Supervisor(s): Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou, Prof. Shoshanna Saxe Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Mar 30 | Name: Anna Foley |
Gasdermin D and Inflammasome Signaling in Acute Lung Injury and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Supervisor(s): Prof. Neil Goldenberg Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Mar 31 | Name: Yat Sze Kwok |
Post-Implantation Developmental Dynamics and Aneuploid Cell Fate in Human Mosaic Embryos Supervisor(s): Prof. Clifford Librach Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Mar 31 | Name: Kassandra Spooner-Lockyer |
When Fields Settle, Rust Remains: Accumulation, Ex haustion, and the Work of Endurance in the Coalfie lds of Sydney, Cape Breton Supervisor(s): Prof. Katie Kilroy-Marac, Prof. Donna Jean Young Graduate Unit: Department of Anthropology |
| Mar 31 | Name: Erin Kathleen McGee |
Investigating the Arctic Carbon Cycle with Fourier Transform Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Supervisor(s): Prof. Kimberly Strong Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |