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, the Program Completion webpages provide guidelines for students, staff and faculty involved in the Final Oral Examination.
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | Name: Scott Clerk |
The Impact of Power and Positioning Differences on the Internationalization Strategies of Latin American Flagship Universities Supervisor(s): Prof. Creso Sa Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Oct 2 | Name: Zoya Shaikh |
Who Is Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Meant to Be Successful For? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Corporate DEIB Practitioner Texts Supervisor(s): Prof. George JS Dei Graduate Unit: Department of Social Justice Education |
| Oct 2 | Name: Sivabalan Manivasagam |
Data-Driven Sensor Simulation for Developing Safe Self-Driving Systems Safely Supervisor(s): Prof. Raquel Urtasun Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Oct 2 | Name: Sara Ameri Mahabadi |
Crisis and Contemplation: Late Medieval Devotional Literature and the Problem of the Plague Supervisor(s): Prof. Alexandra Gillespie Graduate Unit: Department of English |
| Oct 2 | Name: Hazel Leaming Ngo |
Responsive Care Across Contexts: Teaching Empathy in Medical Training and Understanding Maternal Responsivity in Early Childhood Supervisor(s): Prof. Jennifer Jenkins Graduate Unit: Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development |
| Oct 5 | Name: Guang Chen Deng |
Computational aerodynamic and aeroacoustic investigation of wingtip noise. Supervisor(s): Prof. Philippe Lavoie Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Oct 6 | Name: . Vittala |
Understanding the Impacts of Impaired Metabolism on Brain Health in Individuals with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders using Multimodal MRI Approach Supervisor(s): Prof. Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Prof. Andreea Diaconescu Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Oct 6 | Name: Anne Fu |
Understanding Post-Transplant Outcomes Through Clinical, Environmental, and Health System Perspectives Supervisor(s): Prof. Chung-Wai Chow Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Oct 7 | Name: Cameron Thompson |
A Descriptive, Causal, and Predictive Epidemiologic Perspective on Frequent and Avoidable Emergency Department Utilization Supervisor(s): Prof. Laura Rosella Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Oct 7 | Name: Anita Taksokhan |
Identifying Circuits that Regulate Theta Activity During REM Sleep Supervisor(s): Prof. John Peever Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Oct 7 | Name: Alexandria Lauryn Decarlo |
Identifying and Therapeutically Exploiting Unique Vulnerabilities in High-Risk Medulloblastoma Supervisor(s): Prof. Vijay Ramaswamy, Prof. Uri Tabori Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Oct 8 | Name: Caitlin Gowans |
“Not Ordinary” Subjects in “Not Safe” Times: The Influence of Cary Churchill on Young British Playwrights of the 2010s Supervisor(s): Prof. Lawrence Switzky Graduate Unit: Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies |
| Oct 9 | Name: Alexa Lee Govette |
Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise in Women Across the Lifespan Supervisor(s): Prof. Jenna Gillen Graduate Unit: Department of Kinesiology (Graduate) |
| Oct 13 | Name: Yujie Chen |
Identification and Prediction of Pediatric Clostridioides difficile Infection Using Machine Learning Supervisor(s): Prof. Lillian Sung Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Oct 14 | Name: Sepideh Raissadat |
Within the Walls: Temporal and Spatial Lives of Female Singers after the 1979 Revolution in Iran Supervisor(s): Prof. Joshua David Pilzer Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Oct 14 | Name: Sepideh Raissadat |
Within the Walls: Temporal and Spatial Lives of Female Singers after the 1979 Revolution in Iran Supervisor(s): Prof. Joshua David Pilzer Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Oct 14 | Name: Sophia Alexandra Zamaria |
Development of a modelling framework to guide adaptive watershed management in agricultural regions Supervisor(s): Prof. George Archontitsis Graduate Unit: Department of Earth Sciences |
| Oct 14 | Name: Sean McGrath |
Lung cancer diagnostics and treatment using ultrasound activated microbubbles with endobronchial ultrasound and cisplatin/cisplatin prodrugs Supervisor(s): Prof. Naomi Matsuura Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomedical Engineering |
| Oct 14 | Name: Yunhao Mao |
Building Scalable Distributed Databases In the Age of Geo-Replication Supervisor(s): Prof. Hans-Arno Jacobsen Graduate Unit: Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engin. |
| Oct 15 | Name: Rumina Musani |
Building Online Learning Communities in Hematopathology in Low Resource Settings in Africa Supervisor(s): Prof. Jim Hewitt Graduate Unit: Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning |
| Oct 15 | Name: Yukai Zhang |
The Deformed Vortex Equation Supervisor(s): Prof. Lisa Jeffrey, Prof. Tristan Collins Graduate Unit: Department of Mathematics |
| Oct 15 | Name: Shweta Singh Banerjee |
Paper of Gold: Money and Sovereignty in India 1740 – 1935 Supervisor(s): Prof. Bhavani Raman Graduate Unit: Department of History |
| Oct 16 | Name: Nicolas Iragorri |
Advancing Equity-Informative Health Technology Assessment in Canada: Applications to Pneumococcal Disease and Vaccination Policy Supervisor(s): Prof. Beate Sander Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Oct 16 | Name: Zarah Khan |
Elemental Worlds: Settler Colonialism, Palestinian Resistance, and the Conditions of Life Supervisor(s): Prof. Dina Georgis Graduate Unit: Women and Gender Studies Institute |
| Oct 19 | Name: Dana George Lew |
Tools of Colonialism: Travel Literature and Violent Encounters in the Early Novel Supervisor(s): Prof. Thomas Keymer Graduate Unit: Department of English |
| Oct 20 | Name: Luca Anthony Thiede |
Quantum Chemistry Has Layers: An Exploration Into the Role of Neural Networks in Acclerating Computational Chemistry Supervisor(s): Prof. Alan Aspuru-Guzik Graduate Unit: Department of Computer Science |
| Oct 20 | Name: Fernando Nataniel Vieira |
Physiological Effects of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy and Ventilatory Interface Design on CO2 Clearance: From Bench to Clinical Application Supervisor(s): Prof. Laurent Brochard Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Oct 21 | Name: Christina Emma Pasqua |
Drawing out the Word: Remediating the Bible through Comics Supervisor(s): , Prof. Simon Coleman Graduate Unit: Department for the Study of Religion |
| Oct 21 | Name: Christina Emma Pasqua |
Drawing out the Word: Remediating the Bible through Comics Supervisor(s): , Prof. Pamela Klassen Graduate Unit: Department for the Study of Religion |
| Oct 21 | Name: Patrick Gilles Pumputis |
From Cellular Stress to Axial Deformity: Oxidative Tissue Stiffening, and Integrated Stress Response Signalling in Pre-clinical Models of Idiopathic Scoliosis Supervisor(s): Prof. Brian Ciruna Graduate Unit: Department of Molecular Genetics |
| Oct 21 | Name: Mahmut Mert Orsler |
Dizi Openness: Seriality, Travel, and Locations of Meta-Images Supervisor(s): Prof. Alberto Zambenedetti Graduate Unit: Cinema Studies Institute |
| Oct 21 | Name: Faraz Chogan |
A Hybrid 3D Bioprinted Patient-Specific Stem Cell- Based Skin Substitute for Enhanced Burn Repair Supervisor(s): Prof. Marc Jeschke, Prof. Stephen Juvet Graduate Unit: Institute of Medical Science |
| Oct 21 | Name: Cheuk Yan Chang |
Nanoparticle Retention in Solid Tumours Supervisor(s): Prof. David Hwang Graduate Unit: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Oct 22 | Name: Bruna da Silva Ricardo |
Isotopic and Geochronological Constraints on the Mechanisms and Timescales of Crustal Processes Supervisor(s): Prof. Corliss Kin I Sio, Prof. Neil Bennett Graduate Unit: Department of Earth Sciences |
| Oct 23 | Name: Paul Jerome Rapacon Gamueda |
Guard Cell-Specific Drought-Responsive Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana: Exploring PAP17, ZAT10, and TLP10 as Guard Cell Drought Regulators Supervisor(s): Prof. Nicholas Provart Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Oct 23 | Name: Olivier Lamarre |
ADAPTIVE DECISION-MAKING FOR LONG-RANGE PLANETARY NAVIGATION AUTONOMY Supervisor(s): Prof. Jonathan Kelly Graduate Unit: Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Oct 23 | Name: Jacob Winter |
Policymaking in the Periphery Debt and Distribution in Developing Democracies Supervisor(s): Prof. Mark Manger Graduate Unit: Department of Political Science |
| Oct 23 | Name: Kayla Preston |
Becoming Right-Wing on Campus: Socialization, Mobilization and Belonging, a Comparative Analysis of Canada and the United States Supervisor(s): Prof. Emine Fidan Elcioglu Graduate Unit: Department of Sociology |
| Oct 26 | Name: Brianne Caressa May Laverty |
Germline TP53 variants shape tumour genomic featur es and transposable element regulation in paediatr ic cancer Supervisor(s): Prof. David Malkin Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Oct 26 | Name: Menelaos Peistikos |
Towards the Sunset: Concerto for Piano and Audio Supervisor(s): Prof. Christos Hatzis Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Oct 26 | Name: Menelaos Peistikos |
Towards the Sunset: Concerto for Piano and Audio Supervisor(s): Prof. Christos Hatzis Graduate Unit: Faculty of Music |
| Oct 26 | Name: Grace Kusi |
Advancing the development of Psychoeducational Intervention for Family Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Establishing Evidence, Understanding Preferences, and Testing Feasibility Supervisor(s): Prof. Samantha Mayo Graduate Unit: Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing |
| Oct 26 | Name: Grace Kusi |
Advancing the development of Psychoeducational Intervention for Family Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Establishing Evidence, Understanding Preferences, and Testing Feasibility Supervisor(s): Prof. Samantha Mayo Graduate Unit: Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing |
| Oct 27 | Name: Pratham Preet Singh |
Multiplanar Knee Joint Mechanics in Sport and Clinical Settings: From Motion Capture to Musculoskeletal Modeling Supervisor(s): Prof. Timothy Burkhart Graduate Unit: Department of Kinesiology (Graduate) |
| Oct 27 | Name: Masroor Bayati |
Computational discovery of clinically informative combinations of genomic and immune features in can cer Supervisor(s): Prof. Juri Reimand Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Oct 27 | Name: Noel Wei Yang Ong |
Systemic Host-Microbiome Interactions Underlying C ancer Risk in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Supervisor(s): Prof. David Malkin Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Oct 27 | Name: Otuto Amarauche Chukwu |
Exploring opportunities for integrating pharmacists into cancer control in Nigeria: a health systems policy inquiry Supervisor(s): Prof. Beverley Essue Graduate Unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
| Oct 27 | Name: Delaram Farzanfar |
The Neural and Computational Effects of Contour on Visual Aesthetics Supervisor(s): Prof. Dirk Bernhardt-Walther Graduate Unit: Department of Psychology |
| Oct 28 | Name: Michael Law-Smith |
Limits to the State’s Authority in the Criminal Justice System Supervisor(s): Prof. Arthur S Ripstein Graduate Unit: Department of Philosophy |
| Oct 28 | Name: Carlos Felipe Roa Garcia |
Methods for Compact Micro-Ultrasound Transducer Array Development Supervisor(s): Prof. Christine Demore Graduate Unit: Department of Medical Biophysics |
| Oct 28 | Name: Arnaud N’guessan |
The evolution of phenotypes in the light of the transcriptome Supervisor(s): Prof. Alex Nguyen Ba Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Oct 29 | Name: Richard Longtin |
An Analysis of Formalized Town-Gown Relationships in Ontario Supervisor(s): Prof. Glen Jones Graduate Unit: Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education |
| Oct 29 | Name: Cameron Yetman |
Artificial Minds: A philosophical study of large language models Supervisor(s): Prof. Jennifer Nagel Graduate Unit: Department of Philosophy |
| Oct 30 | Name: Kaitlin Nicole Montanera |
CREST Functions as a Molecular Bridge between Neuron-Specific Enhancers and Epigenetic Regulators in Mature Motor Neurons Supervisor(s): Prof. Ho-Sung Rhee Graduate Unit: Department of Cell and Systems Biology |
| Oct 30 | Name: Brianna Mullin |
REECRIRE EROS: DESIR ET FEMINITE DANS LA CREATION D’UN SURREALISME FEMINISTE CHEZ BONA ET BELEN Supervisor(s): Prof. Pascal Michelucci Graduate Unit: Department of French |
| Oct 30 | Name: Thai Son Tang |
Causal inference methods for functional dose-volume histogram data in radiation treatment planning Supervisor(s): Prof. Olli Samuli Saarela Graduate Unit: Department of Public Health Sciences |