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Defences, M.sc Thesis Proposals, and Ph.D. Candidacy Exams
M.Sc. Thesis Proposals, Ph.D. Candidacy exams, and Thesis defences for both M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees occur throughout the year, and are open to the general public. If you'd like to attend any of the "Online" events, please contact the EASC Graduate Secretary (eascgsec@sfu.ca) for information on how to join.
Ph.D. Thesis Defences
| August 14th, 2025 at 1:30 pm LIB 2020 and Online |
Yu Yen Pan | "A Path Towards Resilience: Intergrating Volcanic Hazards into Multi-Hazard Management in British Columbia, Canada" |
| August 14th, 2025 at 9:30 am LIB 2020 and Online |
Sarah Aufrere | "Short Fuse, Long Memory: Constraining the Timing of Magma Storage and Mobilisation at the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex (BC, Canada)" |
M. Sc. Thesis Defences
| December 4th, 2025 at 9:00am TASC1 7011 and Online |
Paula Ramirez Lopez | "Petrography of Sedimentary Strata Beneath the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and its potential for Mineral Trapping of CO2" |
| December 12th, 2025 at 9:00am Library Thesis Defence Room 2020 and Online |
Jorrin Lenton | "Characterizing Wildfire-Induced Alteration to Soil Hydraulic Properties Across a Gradient of Burn Severity in Three Distinct Ecosystems, British Columbia, Canada" |
Ph.D. Candidacy Exams
| Dec. 11th, 2025 at 9:00 am TASC1 7005 and Online |
Gaby Jones | "Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of mafic and ultramafic rocks within the cryptic Insular-Intermontane suture zone in Southwestern BC" |
| Dec. 12th 2025 at 10:30 am TASC1 7005 and Online |
Chloé Monty | “State, fate and downstream impacts of glaciers in the Joffre Group and Spearhead-Fitzsimmons Ranges, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada” |
M.Sc. Thesis Proposals
| Nov. 25th at 9:00am TASC1 7401 and online |
Nivedita | "Sequence Statigraphy of the Viking Formation in South-Central Alberta" |