Graduate Defence Listings
Alain Mutabazi’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on Thursday, October 19th, 2023, at 1:00 pm in JD MacLachlan Room 319. The title of Alain’s presentation is: “COVID-19 and Food Firm Dynamics: Are Productive Agri-Food Firms More Resilient to the COVID-19 Pandemic?".
Examination Committee
Yu Na Lee (Chair)
Tongzhe Li (Internal-External)
Getu Hailu (Co-Advisor)
Danny Leung (Co-Advisor)
Advisory Committee
Getu Hailu (Co-Advisor)
Danny Leung (Co-Advisor)
Brady Deaton, Jr. (Committee Member)
Aaron Lorenz’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on Friday, July 28, 2023, at 1:00 pm in JD MacLachlan 319. The title of Aaron’s presentation is: “On Rice and Weddings: An Investigation of the Effects of Food Assistance on the Incidence of Child Marriage in Indonesia".
Examination Committee
José Nuño Ledesma (Chair)
Brady Deaton (Internal-External)
Yu Na Lee (Advisor)
Kwaku Afesorgbor (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Yu Na Lee (Advisor)
Kwaku Afesorgbor (Committee Member)
Tia Asalwe Edwige’s Doctor of Philosophy Oral Examination
The final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Tia Asalwe Edwige was held on Monday, June 19, 2023, at 10:00 am in JD MacLachlan 310. The title of Tia’s oral presentation is "Urban Containment Policies and Property Values: Essays on the impact of the Greenbelt Act on Housing and Farmland values in the Rural-Urban Fringes of the Greater Toronto Area".
Examination Committee
Alfons Weersink (Chair)
Sathya Gopalakrishnan (External Examiner)
Brady Deaton (Advisory Committee)
Getu Hailu (Advisory Committee Member)
Yu Na Lee (Internal-External)
Thesis Committee
Brady Deaton (Advisor)
Getu Hailu (Advisory Committee Member)
Chad Lawley (Advisory Committee Member)
Richard Vyn (Advisory Committee Member)
Isabel Maddocks’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on Monday, May 8, 2023, at 2:00 pm in JD MacLachlan 319. The title of Isabel’s presentation is: “Gender Differences in Bargaining and the Effects of Gender Revealing Settings: A Laboratory Experiment".
Examination Committee
José Nuño Ledesma (Chair)
Alfons Weersink (Internal-External)
Tongzhe Li (Advisor)
Miana Plesca (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Tongzhe Li (Advisor)
Miana Plesca (Committee Member)
Inseok Jang’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 10:00 am in JD MacLachlan 319. The title of Inseok’s presentation is: “Hedging Strategies under Market and Weather Uncertainties for Ontario Crops".
Examination Committee
José Nuño Ledesma (Chair)
S. Kwaku Afesorgbor (Internal-External)
Getu Hailu (Advisor)
Alfons Weersink (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Getu Hailu (Advisor)
Alfons Weersink (Committee Member)
Bahman Pourtaherian’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 3:00 pm in JD Maclachlan 319. The title of Bahman’s presentation is: “How Information and Messengers Affect Farmers’ Cover Crop Adoption: A Field Experiment".
Examination Committee
Yu Na Lee (Chair)
Brady Deaton (Internal-External)
Tongzhe Li (Advisor)
Alfons Weersink (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Tongzhe Li (Advisor)
Alfons Weersink (Committee Member)
Ananka Shah’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on September 12, 2022. The title of Ananka’s presentation is: “Assessing the Adoption of Soil Health Beneficial Management Practices by Ontario Farmers".
Examination Committee
Mike von Massow (Chair)
Brady Deaton (External)
Alfons Weersink (Advisor)
Tongzhe Li (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Alfons Weersink (Advisor)
Tongzhe Li (Committee Member)
Richard Vyn (Committee Member)
Bibek Dahal’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on September 2, 2022. The title of Bibek’s presentation is: “Estimate Carbon Footprint and Environmentally Adjusted Productivity of Ontario Dairy Farms".
Examination Committee
Brady Deaton (Chair)
S. Kwaku Afesorgbor (External)
Getu Hailu (Advisor)
Yu Na Lee (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Getu Hailu (Advisor)
Yu Na Lee (Committee Member)
Alfons Weersink (Committee Member)
Yuquan Sun’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on August 31, 2022. The title of Yuquan’s presentation is: “Using Loyalty Points to Encourage Healthy Food Choices in Online Shopping".
Examination Committee
Alfons Weersink (Chair)
Yu Na Lee (Co-Advisor)
Mike von Massow (Advisory Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Yu Na Lee (Co-Advisor)
Mike von Massow (Co-Advisor)
Monika Bischof’s Master of Science Defence
This defence took place on August 12, 2022. The title of Monika’s presentation is: “Food Prices and Child Marriage: Evidence from Ethiopia".
Examination Committee
Tongzhe Li (Chair)
S. Kwaku Afesorgbor (External)
Yu Na Lee (Advisor)
Brady Deaton (Committee Member)
Advisory Committee
Yu Na Lee (Advisor)
Brady Deaton (Committee Member)