Graduate Defence Listings
Aditya Singh's Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on December 19, 2019 at 8:30 am in Room 101, JD MachLachlan. The title of Aditya’s presentation is: " Technical Efficiency and Factor Substitution in the Canadian Manufacturing Industry".
Examination Committee
Yu Na Lee (Chair)
Alfons Weersink External)
John Cranfield (Committee Member)
Getu Hailu (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
John Cranfield (Co-Advisor)
Getu Hailu (Co-Advisor)
Emma Burger's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Emma Burger took place on Thursday, December 12 at 10:00 am in Room 106, Rozanski Hall. The title of Emma's presentation is: "Canadian Consumer Benefit & Risk Perseption of GM Food: The Role of Emotion, Risk Attitudes and Information".
Examination Committee
Kwaku Afesorgbor (Chair)
Tongzhe Li (External)
Andreas Boecker (Committee Member)
Yu Na Lee (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Andreas Boecker (Co-Advisor)
Yu Na Lee (Co-Advisor)
Alexander Grygorczyk (Committee Member)
Yi Wang's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Yi Wang took place on Tuesday, September 10 at 10:00 am in Room 319, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of Yi's presentation is: "Size, Inventory and Productivity in the Canadian Food Manufacturing".
Examination Committee
Alfons Weersink (Chair)
Tongzhe Li (External)
Getu Hailu (Committee Member)
Mike von Massow (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Getu Hailu (Advisor)
Mike von Massow (Committee Member)
John Cranfield (Committee Member)
Joseph Raymond's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Joseph Raymond took place on Monday, August 12, 2019 in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of Joseph's presentation is: "Financial Constraints, Innovation, and Productivity".
Examination Committee
Tongzhe Li (Chair)
Yu Na Lee (External)
Getu Hailu (Advisory Committee Member)
Alfons Weersink (Advisory Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Getu Hailu (Advisor)
Alfons Weersink (Advisory Committee Member)
John Cranfield (Advisory Committee Member)
Jamie Westover's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Jamie Westover took place on Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of Jamie's presentation is: "Incentives for the Adoption of Blockchains in Ontario's Agri-Food Sector: The Role of Risk and Information".
Examination Committee
Yu Na Lee (chair)
Alfons Weersink (external)
Getu Hailu (advisor)
Andreas Boecker (advisory committee member)
Advisory Committee
Getu Hailu (advisor)
Andreas Boecker (advisory committee member)
John Cranfield (advisory committee member)
Jamie Naylor's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Jamie Naylor took place on Monday, June 24, 2019 in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of Jamie's presentation is: "Assessing the Effect of Food Retail Subsidies on the Price of Food in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Case Study of the Nutrition North Canada Subsidy Program".
Examination Committee
Getu Hailu (Chair)
Alfons Weersink (External)
Brady Deaton (Advisory Committee Member)
Alan Ker (Advisory Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Brady Deaton (Advisor)
Alan Ker (Advisory Committee Member)
Danielle Mayer's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Danielle Mayer took place on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of her presentation is: "The Impacts of Cover Crops on Yield and Profits in Ontario".
Examination Committee
Kwaku Afesorgbor (chair)
Alan Ker (external)
Richard Vyn (advisor)
Laura Van Eerd (advisory committee member)
Advisory Committee
Richard Vyn (advisor)
Alfons Weersink (advisory committee member)
Laura Van Eerd (advisory committee member)
Horlick Ng's Master of Science Defence
The Master of Science defence for Horlick Ng took place on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of his presentation is: "On the Technological Change and Volatility in Canadian Agriculture".
Examination Committee
Alfons Weersink (Chair)
Getu Hailu (External Examiner)
Alan Ker (Advisory committee)
Yu Na Lee (Advisory committee)
Advisory Commitee
Alan Ker (Advisor)
Yu Na Lee (Committee member)
Brianne Chan's Master of Science Defence
Brianne Chan’s Master of Science Defence took place on Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 at 10:30 am, in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of her thesis is: "The Effect of Family Food Skills and Purchases on Household-Level Food Waste”. Click on candidate name for attached announcement.
Advisory Committee
Mike von Massow (advisor)
John Cranfield (advisory cmt)
Kate Parizeau (advisory cmt)
Jess Haines (advisory cmt)
Examination Committee
Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor (chair)
Yu Na Lee (external)
Mike von Massow (advisory cmt)
John Cranfield (advisory cmt)
Angela Sweeney's Master of Science Defence
Angela Sweeney’s Master of Science Defence took place on Monday, April 23rd, 2018 at 2:30 pm, in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of her thesis is: "An Economic Analysis of Food Bank Use in Toronto, Canada”. Click on candidate name for attached announcement.
Advisory Committee
Rakhal Sarker (advisor)
John Cranfield (advisory cmt)
Glenn Fox (advisory cmt)
Examination Committee
Yu Na Lee (chair)
Brady Deaton (external)
Rakhal Sarker (advisory cmt)
Glenn Fox (advisory cmt)