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2026-07-22

Neil Montgomery, Department of Political Science
Doctoral Department of Political Science Social Sciences
Time Immemorial Traditionalism in Canadian Aboriginal Rights Jurisprudence
2026-07-21

Sacha Ruzzante, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Disentangling Complex Climate Change Impacts on Past and Future Streamflow with Statistical Analysis
2026-07-16

Alycia Garcia, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Enseñando a Niños Valientes: A Critical Analysis of Educational Policies Designed for Newcomer Students in K-12 Arizona Public Schools
2026-07-16

Ash Moosavi, School of Public Administration
Doctoral School of Public Administration Social Sciences
Skilled Immigrant Work Integration in Canada: Governance, Policy, and Institutional Misalignment
2026-07-15

Bahare Bakhtiari, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Designing Expressive Data Physicalizations through Craft-Based Techniques and Tools
2026-07-14

Hayley Smith, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Greener Extraction and Structure-Property Relationships of Alginate for Biodegradable Plastic Applications
2026-07-09

Tengkai Yu, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Implicit Graph Theory: Scaling Graph Mining with Vector Arithmetic
2026-07-08

Cynthia McDowell, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social Sciences
A Factor Analytic Investigation of Allostatic Load and Associations with Cognitive Performance
2026-07-06

Laura Nashman, Interdisciplinary Studies
Doctoral Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Studies
The Legitimacy Boost: The Impact of Sports on Women’s Leadership Legitimacy
2026-07-06

Sherry Gill, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Health
Examining the Principles of Family Centred Care in the Pathways to Healing Partnership Initiative
2026-07-02

Jamey Jesperson, Department of History
Doctoral Department of History Humanities
Re-Storying Indigenous Trans Women in the Colonial Pacific Northwest, 1814-1895
2026-06-29

Leonard Misana, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
From Meaning-Making to Life Sustaining: A Narrative Ethnography of Students’ Out-of-school Daily Practices
2026-06-25

Nolan Jackson, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
Evaluation of Gold Nanoparticles and Docetaxel as Radiosensitizing Agents to Improve Current Radiotherapy Treatments
2026-06-24

Jilleun Tenning, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Health
What Indigenous Women and Gender-Diverse People Want: Respect, Fairness, and Social Justice
2026-06-23

Heather Hollman, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
Doctoral School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Health
Physical Activity mHealth Tailored to Postpartum Individuals with Lumbopelvic Pain
2026-06-23

Tamunobelema Adegbite, Faculty of Law
Doctoral Faculty of Law Law
Beyond Sustainable Development: Reclaiming the Environment–Economy Relationship in Nigeria’s Legal Order
2026-06-22

Nagwa Shaghluf, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Adaptive and Efficient Resource Allocation for Cognitive Radio Networks
2026-06-22

Forood Azargoshasbi, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Resilient Cities in a Warming World: Quantifying the Cooling Benefits of Urban Adaptation Strategies under Future Climate
2026-06-22

Nicholas Bruce, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
An End-to-End Radio Frequency Interference Monitoring System
2026-06-17

Syed Eraj Hassan, Gustavson School of Business
Doctoral Gustavson School of Business Business
Social Evaluation: The Interplay Between Legitimacy and Authenticity
2026-06-11

Denelle Lambert, Department of Philosophy
Doctoral Department of Philosophy Humanities
Psychedelic Experience and the Aesthetics of Surrender
2026-06-01

Saba Pakdel, Department of English
Doctoral Department of English Humanities
Climate Change Migration in Modern and Contemporary British Fiction
2026-05-14

Dominique Gatti, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Doctoral Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Science
Investigating the function of thymic eosinophils
2026-05-11

Daniel Cecchi, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
Evaluation of Gold Nanoparticles as Radiosensitizing Agents for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
2026-05-11

Michaela Maier, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Linking Spiciness and Oxygen Variability on Isopycnals off Vancouver Island
2026-05-08

Husnain Iqbal, Department of Political Science
Doctoral Department of Political Science Social Sciences
Systemic Drivers of State Formation
2026-05-05

Dominica Harrison, Department of Biology
Doctoral Department of Biology Science
Multi-Scale Remote Sensing of Coral Reef Community Dynamics
2026-05-01

Simon Diemert, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Confidence in Dynamic Assurance Cases
2026-04-30

Estrella Racoma Whetung, School of Indigenous Governance
Doctoral School of Indigenous Governance Social Sciences
Mnidoo-mkwendamwin: Beading and Restitching with Ancestral Threads of Memory
2026-04-30

Tianxiang Lu, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Reinforcement Learning-based Model Predictive Control for Uncertain Systems with Application to Robot Manipulators
2026-04-28

Longwen Shang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Reconstructing Joint Distributions from Marginal Summaries in Clinical Trials: Methods and Applications
2026-04-23

Geraldine Irlbacher, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Health
Navigating the estuary: Understanding nursing students experience of bullying in the clinical environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
2026-04-23

Archita Adluri, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Modelling Nanocomposite Dielectrics - Polarization and Inclusions At The Atomic Scale
2026-04-22

Kaveh Yazdani Motlagh, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Microfluidic Fabrication of Enteric-Coated Liquid-Core ATPS Capsules for Colon-Targeted Probiotic Delivery
2026-04-21

Allie Miskulin, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Non-targeted paper-spray mass spectrometry approaches for the detection of newly emerging substances for community based drug checking
2026-04-21

Isabelle Maurice-Hammond, School of Environmental Studies
Doctoral School of Environmental Studies Social Sciences
Gardens on the Edge: Estuarine Root Gardens as Places of Tangible Heritage and Indigenous Futurity
2026-04-20

Aruna Kumarasiri, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Second-Order Nonlinear Optics as an Orientation-Independent Probe of Molecular Environments at Interfaces
2026-04-17

Arjun Banik, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Scalable Bayesian Multistate Capture–Recapture Models for Complex Demographic Processes
2026-04-17

Nathan Thanyehténhas Brinklow, Department of Indigenous Education
Doctoral Department of Indigenous Education Education
Stitching Together Relationships, Partnerships, and Kanyen'kéha Revitalization at Tyendinaga
2026-04-17

Gerard Avellaneda Domene, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Offshore Wind-Powered Carbon Dioxide Removal – a Solid Carbon Initiative
2026-04-17

Kate Taylor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
Black holes immersed in a magnetic field: the case of the Ernst-Wild geometry
2026-04-16

Mehnaz Jahid, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Bayesian Methods of Integrating Multiple Sources of Data to Estimate Wild Population Abundance
2026-04-16

Scott Wilkinson, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
Mergers, black holes, and the end of star formation: a simulation-boosted multi-wavelength approach to understanding galaxy quenching
2026-04-15

Alana Sayers, Department of English
Doctoral Department of English Humanities
Revitalizing Hupač̓asatḥ Navigational Knowledge: Mapping the Waters of Settler-Colonialism Using a Critical, Coastal, Community-Based Consciousness
2026-04-14

Shoshannah Byrne-Mamhit, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
Galaxy interactions and active galactic nuclei: insights from cosmological simulations
2026-04-13

Nicholas Andrews, Department of Political Science
Doctoral Department of Political Science Social Sciences
Territorial Restitution as a Potential Solution to the Problem of Ecological Debt: A Case Study of the Solomon Islands and Greenland
2026-04-13

Ferrin Yola Willie, Department of Indigenous Education
Doctoral Department of Indigenous Education Education
Wixan’s Wi’la K’ak’ut’łap’a: let’s learn together! The beautiful chaos of family learning in ancestral language reclaimation
2026-04-10

Vishal Yeddu, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Strategies for improving the performance of single-crystal perovskite solar cells
2026-04-09

Lesley Scott, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Education
Critical factors for quality enhancement in the research university: Comparative case studies from the higher education systems of BC and Scotland
2026-04-07

Aijun Yang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Methods for Regression with Conditionally Poisson Measurement Error
2026-04-02

Allison Balabuch, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Under The Mango Tree: Decolonizing Education Using Lessons From Ghanaian Schools, Communities, and Museums
2026-04-02

Jessica Willows, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Education
Investigation of Teacher Leadership in the Context of a Rural School District
2026-03-31

Micah Quindazzi, Department of Biology
Doctoral Department of Biology Science
Using microchemistry to track the marine migrations of coho and Chinook salmon
2026-03-30

Kristy McLeod, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Coming Home to a Métis Identity – “All My Relations”: (Re)Searching for Identity Stories from Urban Métis Elders and Youth
2026-03-30

Yijie Zhu, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Understanding Earthquake-Cycle Deformation Around Subduction Zones and Strike-slip Faults
2026-03-26

Amber Bourgeois, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Health
Towards Advancing Health Equity in Cancer Care: Understanding the Barriers to Accessing Cancer Treatment for People who Experience Structural Vulnerability in Canada
2026-03-25

Ashley Mollison, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Health
Seeing, Engaging, and Supporting Caregiving at the End of Life in Contexts of Homelessness
2026-03-24

Robyn Shenfield, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Weaving Currere: Possibilities, Provocations, and Performative Inquiry in Drama Education
2026-03-20

Sean Kiley, Interdisciplinary Studies
Doctoral Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Studies
Sound and Trance States: Identifying the Elements of Music Most Conducive to Altered States of Consciousness
2026-03-20

Linda Nartey, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Doctoral Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Science
Breaking the Culture Barrier: Shaping the Future of Diagnostics with Direct-from-Specimen Omics
2026-03-12

Dana Agar-Newman, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
Doctoral School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Health
Jumping Tasks and Athletic Performance
2026-02-27

Colleen Lacey, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social Sciences
Investigating Influential Factors on Neurocognitive Aging in Women With and Without Multiple Sclerosis
2026-02-19

Emma Reinsch, Department of Economics
Doctoral Department of Economics Social Sciences
The Economics of U.S. Reproductive Policy: Evidence Across Five Decades
2026-02-03

Katrina Good, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Doctoral Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Science
Investigation of an Uncharacterized RNA Binding Domain in the Neurodevelopment-Associated Protein Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2
2026-01-29

Xin Qiao, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Thermochronological records of tectonics along the northwestern North American margin: Vancouver Island, Canada
2026-01-16

Jaykumar Viradiya, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Evaluation of the microstructural, mechanical, and durability performance of novel surface-treated fibers in cementitious composites
2026-01-16

William Campbell, Department of Anthropology
Doctoral Department of Anthropology Social Sciences
Revelatory Economics: Discerning Prudence and Realizing Theosis in Latter-day Saint Southern Alberta
2026-01-15

Harrison Young, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Synthesis and Optical Applications of Ferrocene-Containing Polymers
2026-01-15

Quan Nguyen, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Adaptive Algorithms for Online Learning in Non-Stationary Environments
2026-01-13

Christopher Tremblay, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Strategies for increasing the durability of platinum electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cell applications
2025-08-05

Adam Johnson, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Beyond the Speckles: New Horizons in High-Contrast Imaging for Exoplanet Science