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Preparations are underway for the 2025 Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC), which will take place in-person/virtually in Edmonton, Alberta, on November 7 - 9, 2025.
Visit the GSRC website for more infoDissertation and thesis defences
Athabasca University final dissertation and thesis defences are open to the public. If you wish to attend any of the listed exams, please submit a request to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
| Student | Exam Details | Thesis Title | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Porter | EdD Final Defence | Pedagogical Decision-Making in Online Courses: A Localized Theory | Feb. 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain) |
| Tara Clowes | DBA Final Defence | Competency in Goods and Services Tax for Canadian Professional Designated Accountants: Analyzing an Expectation Performance Gap | Feb. 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain) |
| Samarjit Dhillon | EdD Final Defence | Registered Nurses' Experience with Online Professional Development Program and Role Transition to Academic Clinical Nursing Instructors | Feb. 20, 2025, at 10: 00 a.m. (Mountain) |
| Nancy (Ya Xi) Lei | MC Final Defence | Racialized Graduate Students' Experiences of Wellbeing: Critical Incidents of Racial (In)Equity in Counsellor Education in Canada | Feb. 21, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. (Mountain) |
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