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2025-07-22

Ze Shi Li, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Exploring Automation of User Feedback Analysis for Requirements Engineering
2025-07-18

Mehrab Najafian, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Construction of Sudoku, Magic Rectangles, Magic Sudoku, Twin Sudoku, and Their Extension to 3D Sudoku With Application in Cryptography and Data Security
2025-07-17

Zahra Jahangiri, Department of Civil Engineering
Doctoral Department of Civil Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
A Machine Learning Approach to Surrogate Development for Canadian Power System Toward Decarbonization
2025-07-16

Mary Anne Vallianatos, Faculty of Law
Doctoral Faculty of Law Law
A Legal History of Asian Migration, Race, and Exception in British Columbia, 1885-1949
2025-07-10

Te-Chun Wang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Renormalized limits of the stochastic heat equation and the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation in high dimensions
2025-07-08

Ying Ying Ye, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Chordality of Digraphs, Signed Graphs, and Signed Bigraphs
2025-07-08

Amarah Epp-Stobbe, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
Doctoral School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Health
Objective quantification of physical athlete load in women’s rugby sevens
2025-07-07

Kimberly Shapkin, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Health
Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences with Treatment Decision Making When Older People are Living with Neurocognitive Disorders (MCI-Dementia) and Comorbid Conditions
2025-07-04

Taylor Snowden-Richardson, School of Medical Sciences
Doctoral School of Medical Sciences Health
A Multimodal Assessment of the Long-Term Effects of Concussions in Adults over age Fifty
2025-07-04

Karen E. Efford, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Becoming a Teacher: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Beginning Teachers
2025-07-02

Maheyer Shroff, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
Effectively Exploring New Physics: A first EFT interpretation using the WZ→llvl process with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
2025-06-23

Seyed Morteza Moghimi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Load Optimization for Connected Smart Green Buildings Using Machine Learning
2025-06-18

Lucie Kotesovska, Department of English
Doctoral Department of English Humanities
Lyrical Agency as a New Symbiosis: Renegotiating Private and Public Worlds in Irish Poetry, 1965–2023
2025-06-18

Jenny McGrath, School of Child and Youth Care
Doctoral School of Child and Youth Care Education
Child and Youth Care Fieldwork during COVID-19
2025-06-09

Camille Febvre, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Co-evolution of ecosystems and their environments: modeling the evolution of ecosystem-level responses to, and impacts on, environmental temperature
2025-06-06

Madeline Doucette, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social Sciences
Oral Contraceptives and Cognition: Advancing Methodology, Measurement, and Knowledge Translation in Sex and Gender-Informed Neuropsychological Research
2025-06-05

Tayler Zavitz, Department of Sociology
Doctoral Department of Sociology Social Sciences
When Empathy Becomes a Crime: The Repression and Criminalization of Animal Activism in Canada
2025-06-03

Raj Deepak Suruli Nagarajan, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Global Sensitivity Analysis for Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Simulations Under Present and Future Climate Conditions
2025-05-27

Buse N. Bedir, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social Sciences
Parenting Under Stress: The Role of a Home-Based Intervention in Enhancing Efficacy and Reducing Stress in Families
2025-05-27

Rachael Fitzpatrick, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Doctoral Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Science
Investigating the function of eosinophils in mucosal immunity
2025-05-26

Tarun Kumar, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Doctoral Department of Physics and Astronomy Science
On-sky Applications of Adaptive Optics: Performance Measurements and Globular Cluster Photometry
2025-05-22

Shera Potka, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Three Ethical Dimensions of AI: Fairness in Social Recommenders, Bias Detection in LLMs, and Privacy in NLP
2025-05-15

James Tricker, School of Environmental Studies
Doctoral School of Environmental Studies Social Sciences
The emergence of novel disturbance in Jasper National Park – evaluating the causes and implications of 100 years of landscape change using repeat photography
2025-05-15

Kevin Tunnicliffe, Department of English
Doctoral Department of English Humanities
Anaesthetic Modernism
2025-05-15

Jianwei An, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Bandwidth Tomography
2025-05-13

Jeffrey Bruton, Interdisciplinary Studies
Doctoral Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Studies
The Quest for an Affordable Dante Implementation for Non-Perceivable Latency Rehearsal and Performance by Physically Distanced Musicians
2025-05-12

Christina Chakanyuka, School of Nursing
Doctoral School of Nursing Health
“Come here, let’s take care of you”: Indigenous Nurse Wellness and Intergenerational Mentorship with/in Community
2025-05-12

Raul Ivan Perez Martell, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
Raul Ivan Perez Martell
2025-05-07

Wenjuan Lu, Department of History
Doctoral Department of History Humanities
Reasoning Canada’s Rights in Immigration Matters, 1867-1977: The Conceptual Labour of State Sovereignty
2025-05-01

Walid El Gadal, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
AI-Driven Security in Software-Defined Networks: A Unified Framework for Intrusion Detection and Mitigation
2025-04-30

Xinxin Shang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
On Switched Control Systems and Model Predictive Control under Uncertainty: Theory and Applications
2025-04-29

Shruti Tandon, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
An Art Education Methods Course for Pre-Service Elementary Generalist Teachers: Developing Competencies through the Studio Habits of Mind
2025-04-28

Jonathan Sader, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Studies Toward a Unified Synthesis of 6,11-Dioxasteroids
2025-04-25

Qin Yuan, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Doctoral School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures Humanities
The Efficacy of Explicit Instruction of Discourse Connectives on Chinese EFL Learners’ Argumentative Writing Performance Across Different Writing Proficiency Levels
2025-04-25

Dongyang Zhang, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Scalable fabrication of formamidinium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells in ambient air
2025-04-23

Nicki Benson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Reaching Advanced Indigenous Language Proficiency: Innovative Strategies for Adult Learners
2025-04-23

Ismail Sami Abdelaziz Afia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Privacy-Preserving Protocols: Advancing Security and Flexibility with Policy-Based Sanitizable Signatures and Fair Exchange Mechanisms
2025-04-23

Theron Finley, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Neotectonics of major faults in the Canadian Cordillera
2025-04-23

Ziwei Zhang, Department of Geography
Doctoral Department of Geography Social Sciences
Detection of Coccolithophore Bloom Development in the Salish Sea, Canada: Leveraging Reflectance Data from Autonomous Shipborne In Situ Radiometers and Sentinel-3A with a Random Forest Classifier
2025-04-23

Brett Henderson, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Computational Models of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
2025-04-22

Faryal Ali, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Intelligent Microscopic Models for Traffic Flow Characterization
2025-04-22

Allison Selinger, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Deriving function from complex linked equilibria: systems chemistry with self-assembled p-sulfonatocalix[n]arenes in aqueous solution
2025-04-17

Erin Wilkins, School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education
Doctoral School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education Education
Designing and Implementing Employee Wellness Frameworks: An Action Research Approach
2025-04-16

Alex Wells, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Human and Social Development
2SLGBTQ Recreational Sport Participation: Mental Health, Social Support and Community Connection
2025-04-16

Ian Chagunda, Department of Chemistry
Doctoral Department of Chemistry Science
Mechanistic Investigations of Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Advanced Mass Spectrometric Methodologies
2025-04-15

Clea Moutrie Beale Sturgess, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social Sciences
The Paradox of Fat Embodiment
2025-04-15

Mattie Walker, Social Dimensions of Health
Doctoral Social Dimensions of Health Human and Social Development
Transforming Supports: Trauma-Related Mental Health Care with Trans and Gender-Diverse Young People
2025-04-15

Aaron Slobodin, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Graph-theoretic and chemical properties of anionic fullerenes
2025-04-14

Pauline Song-Choi, Department of Psychology
Doctoral Department of Psychology Social Sciences
A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Racialized Youth Who Receive Mental Healthcare in 51�Թ�, BC
2025-04-14

Sean Bazzocchi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Data-Driven Real-Time Model Identification of UAS for Adaptive Control
2025-04-11

Manting Wang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Doctoral Department of Mathematics and Statistics Science
Deterministic and Stochastic Modelling of Infectious Diseases in the Early Stages
2025-04-11

Guy Salomon, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Multi-scale remote sensing to characterize crustal faulting in the northern Pacific Cordillera
2025-04-09

Yunyong Guo, Department of Computer Science
Doctoral Department of Computer Science Engineering and Computer Science
An Energy-Saving Model for Integrating IoT with Fog and Cloud Computing in Telehealth Applications
2025-04-09

Mohsen Haghighat, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Experimental Validation of On-chip Terahertz Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Structures Integrated to Coplanar Strip Waveguide
2025-04-04

Theresa Mackay, Department of History
Doctoral Department of History Humanities
Landscape with Kitchen: Women and foodways of the Gàidhealtachd in the western Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1770–1840
2025-04-03

Lila Boulet, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
Doctoral Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Education
Tracking Early Literacy Development and COVID-19 Learning Loss
2025-04-01

Patrick Cormier, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
Doctoral School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education Education
Invisible Monitoring Using Athlete Worn Sensors in Elite Women's Soccer
2025-03-25

Nicole Boucher, School of Environmental Studies
Doctoral School of Environmental Studies Social Sciences
Understanding moose population declines in salvage-logged landscapes: Impacts of forest harvest on juvenile moose habitat use and survival, maternal strategies, and predator-prey interactions in interior British Columbia
2025-03-25

Yussuf Reza Esmaeili, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Intelligent Machine Learning-based Leakage Detection and Localization in Vacuum-assisted Composite Manufacturing
2025-03-21

Anna O'Meara, Department of Art History and Visual Studies
Doctoral Department of Art History and Visual Studies Finearts
Spectacle as World: Situationist Theories on the World of Images
2025-03-17

Jesse Robertson, Department of History
Doctoral Department of History Humanities
Fathoming Empire: Marine Knowledge and Colonial Navigation in an Indigenous Seascape, 1825-1906
2025-03-07

Abdussalam Omar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
1-D and 2-D Digital Filters Design Using Model Reduction and Optimization Methods for Broadband Beamforming and Interference Rejection
2025-03-07

Sanaz Matinkoosha, Gustavson School of Business
Doctoral Gustavson School of Business Business
From Surviving to Thriving: The Dynamics of Regaining Work Meaningfulness in Career Transition of International Skilled Migrants
2025-03-06

Neha Acharya-Patel, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Doctoral Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Science
Optimizing eDNA methods to assess marine ecosystem health
2025-02-26

Alexandros Dimopoulos, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Doctoral Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Engineering and Computer Science
Detection of Fraudulently Recycled Integrated Circuits
2025-02-22

Nima Dorji, Faculty of Law
Doctoral Faculty of Law Law
Happiness Theory of Constitutionalism: A Contextual Analysis of the Nature of Bhutan’s Constitution
2025-02-14

Kara Flanagan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Doctoral Department of Curriculum and Instruction Education
Shaking in the Wings: Creating a Drama-based Curriculum Derived from Actor Education to Address Music Performance Anxiety
2025-02-14

Tia Anderlini, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
A Characterization of Trace Metal Distributions in Canada’s Pacific and Arctic Marine Waters
2025-02-13

Jia-Xuan Chang, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Doctoral School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Science
Saturation of Internal Tide Generation and Wake Vortex Energy Partitioning in Shallow Fjord-like Topography
2025-02-04