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"