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Grad Studies Thesis Week | Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Defenses

Celebrate and learn about the work of our MFA Full-Residency students.

Join us to celebrate the incredible achievements of this year’s graduating class of MFA Full-Res students as they present their final thesis work. Several events are happening over a few days, both online and in-person and everyone is welcome!

Whether you’re a friend, peer, faculty or ECU staff member or community guest, we hope you’ll take part in this exciting week of presentations, creativity and inspiring discussions.

Our two-year full-residency MFA degree offers a concentrated on-campus academic experience, with year-round access to studios, facilities and research centres.

Tuesday, April 7

Trinidad Landajo

Navigating the Operational Landscape
Encountering the Technological Sublime Amongst the Digital, the Fleeting and the Insignificant

9:30am – 10:45am
D2315

External Reviewer: Susan Gibb
Supervisor: Randy Lee Cutler
Chair: Amanda White

Laur Flom

Queering the Book
A Material Investigation Into the Conventions of the Book Form

1:00pm – 2:15pm
D2315

External Reviewer: Kitt Peacock
Supervisor: Beth Howe
Chair: Randy Lee Cutler

Hok Kiu Cindy Shum

Between the Shores

4:00pm – 5:15pm
D2315

External Reviewer: Diane Wong
Supervisors: Ingrid Koenig + Gwenessa Lam
Chair: Amanda White

Wednesday, April 8

Jupiter Ahonen

Thee Arboreal Timescale

1:00pm – 2:15pm
D2315

External Reviewer: Liz Toohey-Weise
Supervisor: Amory Abbott
Chair: Janet Wang

Naimah Amin

To Such Love and the Duty of Dreaming

2:30pm – 3:45pm
D2435

External Reviewer: Sadia Shirazi
Supervisor: Rachelle Sawatsky
Chair: Randy Lee Cutler

Grace Edwards

Untitled
An Exploration of Matrilineal Knowledge Systems as a Counter-Archival Practice

4:00pm – 5:15pm
Join on Teams

External Reviewer: Brenda Draney
Supervisor: Diyan Achjadi
Chair: Lee Gilad

Thursday, April 9

Jennifer Wood

Patterns of Power and Control
Intimate Partner Violence & the Construction of Home

11:30am – 12:45pm
D2435

External Reviewer: Deborah Koenker
Supervisors: Alex Phillips
Chair: Justin Langlois

Chelsea O’Byrne

Post-Apocalyptic Printmaking
A Manifesto for Materiality

1:00pm – 2:15pm
D2315

External Reviewer: Emily Dundas Oke
Supervisors: Mark Johnsen + Ingrid Koenig
Chair: Randy Lee Cutler

Jaeden Blewett

Material Thresholds
Informing the In-Between

2:30pm – 3:45pm
D2435

External Reviewer: Lisa Baldissera
Supervisor: Laura Newlon
Chair: Amanda White

Gibson Switzer

Fake it ‘Til You Make it
Collecting, Photography, Vancouver

2:30pm – 3:45pm
CDM Meeting Room

External Reviewer: Andrew Witt
Supervisor: Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez
Chair: Lee Gilad

Luigi Pulido

A Body That is Gooey, Blurry, and Full of Seams

4:00pm – 5:15pm
D2315

External Reviewer: Melanie O’Brian
Supervisor: Randy Lee Cutler
Chair: Justin Langlois

Friday, April 10

Florence-Ariel Tremblay

Excavating Consumer Mythology
What We Leave Behind

9:30am – 10:45am
Join on Teams

External Reviewer: Rosalyn Burgin 
Supervisor: Alex Phillips 
Chair: Randy Lee Cutler 

Rin Yu

Once Upon a Time

9:30am – 10:45am
D2315

External Reviewer: Viahsta Yuan 
Supervisor: Janet Wang 
Chair: Amory Abbott 

Sichen Grace Chen

Painter to Water, Skin to Coast

1:00pm – 2:15pm
D2315

External Reviewer: Astrida Neimanis 
Supervisor: Ingrid Koenig 
Chair: Randy Lee Cutler