Applicants must identify a faculty member they have determined as a good fit to act as a supervisor. Ideally, prospective students will have contacted that faculty member in advance of submitting their plan of study and this faculty member has agreed to support the application. Applicants are not limited to current approved IDSR faculty members; you may reach out to any tenured or tenure-track Trent faculty for consideration.
IDSR Faculty & Research
- Regular Graduate Faculty
- Adjunct Graduate Faculty/Adjunct Graduate and Research Faculty
- Special Graduate Faculty
Graduate Faculty Appointment Policy
trentu.ca/graduatestudies/current-students/regulations-and-policies
Criteria for Membership in a Graduate Program
Masters’ Supervisory/Teaching Membership
- Nomination by program
- PhD or equivalent qualification appropriate to the discipline
- An established program of research, including peer-reviewed publications
and/or other evidence of productivity in scholarship, research and creative activity, appropriate to the discipline - Evidence of external or internal research funds, as appropriate to the discipline
Doctoral Supervisory Membership
In addition to criteria for Master’s Supervisory membership:
- A successful record of participation in graduate education (such as teaching a graduate course, serving on a supervisory committee, or examination committee), where such participation is possible
Recommended to Senate by the Graduate Studies Committee November, 2006. Amended and Approved by Senate December 5, 2006