Doctoral Examinations & Schedule
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 Student Accounts 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | Name: Lwanga Musisi |
Living on the Margins of the Centre called “Normalcy”: Autistic Children within a Neo- Colonial Uganda Education System Supervisor(s): Prof. George JS Dei Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Nov 1 | Name: Andrew James Mocle |
Formation of Hippocampal Memory Engrams by Ensemble Allocation and their Role in Context- dependent Modulation of Hippocampal Output during Memory Recall Supervisor(s): Prof. Sheena Josselyn Graduate Unit: Department of Physiology |
| Nov 2 | Name: Margaret Truc Thanh Thi Ho |
Photoreceptor Transplantation to the Retina to Investigate Intercellular Communication Supervisor(s): Prof. Molly Shoichet Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Nov 2 | Name: Emma Jean Walker |
Across Scales of Time and Space: Long-term versus Short-term Ecological Impacts of Local and Regional Processes on Biodiversity Supervisor(s): Prof. Benjamin Gilbert Graduate Unit: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Nov 3 | Name: Ksenija Josipovic |
Universal Minimum Deviation Controller Supervisor(s): Prof. Aleksandar Prodic Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Nov 3 | Name: Patrick Marshall |
State Violence, State Control: Costa-Gavras’s Cinematic Political Theory Supervisor(s): Prof. Brian Price Graduate Unit: Cinema Studies Institute |
| Nov 3 | Name: Annissa Malvoisin |
Through the Sahara, Across the Red Sea: Trade Networks of Meroitic Finewares and their Impact on Modern Museum Collections Supervisor(s): Prof. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner Graduate Unit: Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations |
| Nov 3 | Name: Janina Kowalski |
Fruitful Beginnings: Urban Food Trees Across Canada Supervisor(s): Prof. Tenley Conway Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Nov 3 | Name: Bangtian Liu |
Optimizing Irregular Computations on Parallel Processors Supervisor(s): Prof. Maryam Mehri Dehnavi Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Nov 3 | Name: Syed Nabeel Haider Shah |
Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation by Human C2H2-Zinc Finger Proteins Supervisor(s): Prof. Jack Greenblatt Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Nov 6 | Name: Elisabetta Campagnola |
Workers of the Trucks: Labour, Technology, and Repetitions along the Circuits of Transit Goods in Tanzania Supervisor(s): Prof. Todd Sanders Graduate Unit: Department of Anthropology |
| Nov 6 | Name: Dorothy Adanna Nze Anthony |
Job creation and Employment for the Biafra People: A Critical Analysis from an Indigenous Perspective Supervisor(s): Prof. Njoki Wane Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Nov 6 | Name: Judy Ghalayini |
Revealing the Mechanism Underlying the Beneficial Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in a Drosophila Alzheimers Disease Model Supervisor(s): Prof. Gabrielle Boulianne Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Nov 7 | Name: Alison Jee |
The Role of Corticosterone in the Early Response to Nevirapine Treatment in Mice: Implications for Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury Supervisor(s): Prof. Jack Uetrecht Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Nov 8 | Name: Laura Anne Crane |
Assessing Institutional Internationalization: Examining Three Formal Tools and their Representation by Universities Supervisor(s): Prof. Ruth Hayhoe Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Nov 9 | Name: Funing Lin |
Synthesis Small Molecules and Conjugates Against the ClpP Protease for the Development of Novel Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents Supervisor(s): Prof. Walid Houry Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Nov 10 | Name: Rayane Tabbara |
Investigating Factors Underlying the Ability of Reward-Paired Cues to Function as Conditioned Reinforcers Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Fletcher Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Nov 13 | Name: Leeladarshini Sujeeun |
Pyrogenic Carbon Mitigation of Allelopathy in Native and Invasive Tree Species Supervisor(s): Prof. Sean Thomas Graduate Unit: Faculty of Forestry |
| Nov 13 | Name: Leeladarshini Sujeeun |
Pyrogenic Carbon Mitigation of Allelopathy in Native and Invasive Tree Species Supervisor(s): Prof. Sean Thomas Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Forestry |
| Nov 13 | Name: Zhewei Sun |
Natural Language Processing for Slang Supervisor(s): Prof. Yang Xu Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Nov 13 | Name: Michelle Heather Ann Bailey |
Informing the Next Generation: The Role of Diasporic Black Grandfathers and Elders in Knowledge Transmission to their Grandchildren Supervisor(s): Prof. George JS Dei Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Nov 14 | Name: Talia Isaacson |
Tragic Tomorrows: Classical Reception in Twentieth Century Caribbean Literature Supervisor(s): Prof. Mary Nyquist Graduate Unit: Centre for Comparative Literature |
| Nov 14 | Name: Andrew Merrill |
Start-Up War: Venture Capital, Silicon Valley, the Pentagon and the Wars Yet-to-Come Supervisor(s): Prof. Emily Gilbert Graduate Unit: Department of Geography and Planning |
| Nov 15 | Name: Nicolette A Stogios |
Investigating the Effects of Antipsychotics on Brain Insulin Signaling: A Pilot Multi-Modality Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study in Healthy Controls Supervisor(s): Prof. Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Prof. Margaret Hahn Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Nov 15 | Name: YiQing Lu |
Revealing Novel Regulators of Wildtype and Mutant p53 Stability Supervisor(s): Prof. Daniel Schramek Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Nov 16 | Name: Kenneth Jackson |
One-dimensional p-wave Contact Supervisor(s): Prof. Joseph Thywissen Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Nov 16 | Name: Urfa Nadeem Arain |
Investigating the relationship between stem cell patterning and circuit assembly in the Drosophila medulla Supervisor(s): Prof. Teddy Erclik Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Nov 17 | Name: Taha Sheikh |
Multiscale Modelling and Experimental Characterization of Additively Manufactured Polymer and Polymer Nanocomposites Supervisor(s): Prof. Kamran Behdinan Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Nov 17 | Name: Gregory Frank Gambino |
Contributions to the thermo-mechanics of ice-filled rock discontinuities for rock engineering design Supervisor(s): Prof. John Paul Harrison Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Nov 17 | Name: Malcolm Cecil-Cockwell |
An Evaluation of Concepts and Tools for Managing the Northern Hardwoods. Supervisor(s): Prof. John Caspersen Graduate Unit: Faculty of Forestry |
| Nov 17 | Name: Malcolm Cecil-Cockwell |
An Evaluation of Concepts and Tools for Managing the Northern Hardwoods. Supervisor(s): Prof. John Caspersen Graduate Unit: Graduate Department of Forestry |
| Nov 17 | Name: Amanda Li Ling Khoo |
Proteomic Biomarker Discovery for Improved Risk Stratification in Localized Prostate Cancer Supervisor(s): Prof. Thomas Kislinger Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Nov 17 | Name: Yu-Qian Mao |
The Functions of the Chaperone Complex R2TP in Human Health and Disease Supervisor(s): Prof. Walid Houry Graduate Unit: Department of Biochemistry |
| Nov 17 | Name: Eric Michael Armstrong |
Targeting the Vaginal Microbiota to Reduce HIV Susceptibility Supervisor(s): Prof. Rupert Kaul Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Nov 20 | Name: Alireza Arab |
Stochastic Methods to Manage Uncertainty in Power System Operation Supervisor(s): Prof. Joseph Tate Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Nov 20 | Name: Pooja Bhalerao |
Modeling Supply and Demand of General Internists in Ontario Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael Carter Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Nov 20 | Name: Emily Shae Puumala |
Exploiting Chemical Libraries to Identify and Characterize Novel Bioactives with Efficacy Against Pathogenic Candida Species Supervisor(s): Prof. Leah Cowen Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Nov 21 | Name: Mohamed Ashraf Kamal Hafez |
Adaptive Regulation: Modelling Cerebellum-Driven Processes Supervisor(s): Prof. Mireille Broucke Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Nov 21 | Name: Subin Kim |
Structural and Magnetic Properties of α-RuCl3 Single Crystals. Supervisor(s): Prof. Young-June Kim Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Nov 21 | Name: Artyom Gritsunov |
Investigation of genes involved in quinate and prephenate metabolism Supervisor(s): Prof. Dinesh Christendat Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Nov 21 | Name: Hadia Akhtar Khan |
For the Family, By the Family: Migration and Betterment in Rural Pakistan Supervisor(s): Prof. Tania Li Graduate Unit: Department of Anthropology |
| Nov 22 | Name: Bahareh Najafi |
Deep Learning Approaches for Modeling Spatio-Temporal Dynamics In Evolving Networks Supervisor(s): Prof. Alberto Leon-Garcia Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Nov 22 | Name: Kevin Xue |
Elucidating the role and regulation of protocatechuate metabolism in Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species Supervisor(s): Prof. Dinesh Christendat Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Nov 22 | Name: Jason Shing-Yan Leung |
From the Ends of the Earth to the Edge of the Universe: New Tools for Overcoming the Extreme Environments of CMB Experiments Supervisor(s): Prof. C. Barth Netterfield, Prof. J Richard Bond Graduate Unit: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Nov 22 | Name: Jason Shing-Yan Leung |
From the Ends of the Earth to the Edge of the Universe: New Tools for Overcoming the Extreme Environments of CMB Experiments Supervisor(s): Prof. C. Barth Netterfield, Prof. Adam Hincks Graduate Unit: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Nov 22 | Name: Beth Ellen Rossen |
The Quest for Health Information Resources by Young Adults with Disabilities: Building Theory Supervisor(s): Prof. Rebecca Renwick Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Nov 22 | Name: Carol Louise Canzano-Hamala |
A View from the Frontlines: Understanding College to University Transfer in Ontario from a Street-Level Perspective Supervisor(s): Prof. Leesa Wheelahan Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Nov 23 | Name: Kelsey Gwen Smyth |
Microplastics Characterization in Stormwater: Pavement Source Evaluation and Treatment Efficiency of a Bioretention Cell Supervisor(s): Prof. Elodie Passeport, Prof. Jennifer Anne Pauline Drake Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Nov 23 | Name: Rajshree Ghosh Biswas |
The Development of Ex vivo and In vivo Multiphase NMR Spectroscopy Supervisor(s): Prof. Andre Simpson Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Nov 23 | Name: June Y Shiraishi |
EXPLORING SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT (STSE) EDUCATION Supervisor(s): Prof. Erminia Pedretti Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Nov 23 | Name: Liz Bernadine Holder |
Towards Equity in STEM in K-Grade 12 Education Supervisor(s): Prof. Nina Bascia Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Nov 23 | Name: Brendan Innes |
Intercellular Signaling Networks of a Tissue from Single-Cell Transcriptomics Supervisor(s): Prof. Gary Bader Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Nov 24 | Name: Eric Benjamin Kopp |
A Framework for Automated, Unsupervised Control Synthesis in Noiseless Subspaces of Open Quantum Systems Supervisor(s): Prof. Raymond Kwong Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Nov 24 | Name: Christopher Major |
Synthesis and Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Borocations Supervisor(s): Prof. Douglas Stephan Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Nov 24 | Name: Elizabeth Ann Cox |
Cognition and Neural Communication Following Paediatric Brain Tumour: The Effects of Task Complexity and Potential for Community-led Exercise as Intervention Supervisor(s): Prof. Donald Mabbott Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Nov 24 | Name: Rysa Zaman |
Cardiac Macrophages in Organ Adaptation to Hypertensive Stress Supervisor(s): Prof. Slava Epelman Graduate Unit: Department of Immunology |
| Nov 27 | Name: Maneesha Amrita Rajora |
Supramolecular Structure-Enabled Delivery of Porphyrin to Glioblastomas Beyond the Blood-Brain Barrier Supervisor(s): Prof. Gang Zheng Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Nov 27 | Name: Tyler Ross McDonald |
Synthesis of Small Carbocycles using C1-Bisnucleophiles Supervisor(s): Prof. Sophie Rousseaux Graduate Unit: Department of Chemistry |
| Nov 27 | Name: Monica Altagracia Espaillat Lizardo |
Nationalist Symbols, Legal Practices, and the Making of Impossible Citizenship in the Dominican Republic Supervisor(s): Prof. Melanie Newton Graduate Unit: Department of History |
| Nov 27 | Name: Tavis Turner Smith |
Mountain biking and trail building: capability expansion, relationships, and social change in the contact zone Supervisor(s): Prof. Simon Darnell Graduate Unit: Department of Kinesiology (Graduate) |
| Nov 27 | Name: Michael Woolman |
Rapid Diagnosis of Paediatric Brain Cancers using Picosecond Infrared Laser Mass Spectrometry Supervisor(s): Prof. Arash Zarrine-Afsar Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Nov 27 | Name: Aisha Saleh Abdullah Al Naamani |
Validating SCAP as a Therapeutic Target for Colorectal Cancer Supervisor(s): Prof. Rima Al-awar Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Nov 27 | Name: Nishanth Lakshman |
Exploring the regulation of neural stem cell behaviour along the adult neuraxis Supervisor(s): Prof. Cindi Morshead Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Nov 27 | Name: Sarah Christina Jane Jorgensen |
COVID-19 during pregnancy and infant health outcomes Supervisor(s): Prof. Jeff Kwong Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Nov 28 | Name: Sean Kinney |
Development of methacrylic acid biomaterial-based therapeutic tissues for type 1 diabetes Supervisor(s): Prof. Michael Sefton Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Nov 28 | Name: Alexandra Dawn Bannerman |
Biomaterials and tissue engineered constructs for therapeutic strategies at the surface of the injured heart Supervisor(s): Prof. Milica Radisic Graduate Unit: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry |
| Nov 28 | Name: Mohamed Shaaban |
Near-Ultraviolet Instrumentation and Cosmology in the New Space Era. Supervisor(s): Prof. Miriam Diamond Graduate Unit: Department of Physics |
| Nov 28 | Name: Yuhuai Wu |
Neural Networks for Mathematical Reasoning — Evaluations, Capabilities, and Techniques Supervisor(s): Prof. Roger Grosse, Prof. Geoffrey Hinton Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Nov 28 | Name: Naomi Laura Neufeld |
Shipwrights and Shipbuilding in the Ancient Mediterranean 700-400 BC Supervisor(s): Prof. Ben Akrigg Graduate Unit: Department of Classics |
| Nov 28 | Name: Nikhil Mahajan |
TRANSIENT EMISSION PHENOMENA IN MILLISECOND PULSARS Supervisor(s): Prof. Marten van Kerkwijk Graduate Unit: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Nov 28 | Name: Pamela Ann Kolopack |
Do Research Ethics Guidelines Promote Equitable Power Relationships Between Low-and-Middle Income Country Communities and High-Income Country Researchers? Supervisor(s): Prof. Alison Thompson Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Nov 28 | Name: Xinying Guo |
Regulation and function of Atypical Chemokine Rece ptor-1 (ACKR1/DARC) in primary endothelial cells Supervisor(s): Prof. Warren Lee Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Nov 29 | Name: Mehran Dadsetan |
Low-GHG Hydrogen Production using Microwave-Driven Methane Pyrolysis Supervisor(s): Prof. Murray Thomson Graduate Unit: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
| Nov 29 | Name: Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire |
Disasters and Developing Countries: Self-critique as a Mechanism to Overcome Obstacles to Institutional Reform Supervisor(s): Prof. Mariana Prado, Prof. Michael Trebilcock Graduate Unit: Faculty of Law |
| Nov 29 | Name: Vivian Feng |
The Relationship Between Biomarkers of Gut Barrier Integrity and Cognition in Cognitively Vulnerable Adults Supervisor(s): Prof. Krista Lanctot Graduate Unit: Department of Pharmacology |
| Nov 30 | Name: Patrick Maung Soe Win H Loa |
Investigating factors influencing adoption of ride -sourcing and incorporating such choices into trav el demand model Supervisor(s): Prof. Khandker Nurul Habib Graduate Unit: Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering |
| Nov 30 | Name: Mary Johanna Macdonald |
The Meaning of Equality Supervisor(s): Prof. Torrey Shanks Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Nov 30 | Name: Bojian Zheng |
Automatic Compiler-based Optimizations for Deep Neural Networks Supervisor(s): Prof. Gennady Pekhimenko Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Nov 30 | Name: Alexander Luscombe |
Digital footprints of the policing web: A Study of police economic crime investigation using natural language processing and machine learning Supervisor(s): Prof. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah Graduate Unit: Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies |
| Nov 30 | Name: Afreen Zaman Khan |
Effect of early neonatal administration of oral Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on stool iron content and iron status in newborns in Dhaka Bangladesh Supervisor(s): Prof. Daniel Roth Graduate Unit: Department of Nutritional Sciences |
| Nov 30 | Name: Julia Tomasi |
Genetic Investigation of Physiological Phenotypes to Understand Anxiety Mechanisms Supervisor(s): Prof. James Kennedy Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |