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Dr. Catherine Nolin

Graduate Students

Catherine with JP Laplante,

Comitancillo, Guatemala 2008

Catherine Nolin, Ph.D.
Queen's University, 2000
Associate Professor
Geography Program

Graduate Student Supervision & Opportunities

Graduate Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS)

Other Graduate Studies Program Affiliations:

- Gender Studies (GNDR)
- International Studies (International Development stream)

- Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MA NRES Geography stream & PhD program)

December 2008 gathering
Courtney (Wood) LeBourdais, Lorraine Naziel, Claudette Bois & Catherine Nolin

Graduate Student Supervision (Current)

Claudette Bois, boisc@unbc.ca PhD NRES (Geography) candidate BSc, Botanical Sciences, McGill (2000) MSc, Renewable Resources, McGill (2004) On academic leave, May 2011-May 2012 Resource extraction impacts on indigenous-land spiritual values in rural Guatemala and northern BC Update on 2009 & 2010 fieldwork Canadian Journal of Forest Research article Claudette's Photo Essay from the Guatemala Field School (2008): http://web.unbc.ca/~nolin/
Erica Henderson, hender4@unbc.ca MA Interdisciplinary Studies student BA Anthropology, UNBC '11 Tentative Title: "Kingdom of Impunity": Analyzing the maintaining factors of impunity in Guatemala
JP Laplante, jplaplant@gmail.com MA NRES (Geography) candidate BSc Biological Sciences, University of Guelph Tentative Title: Maya consultas and socially responsible investing: A case study examining perspectives on the indigenous right to free, prior and informed consent - JP's article in The Dominion (December '08) - JP's report on Kemess North (2009) - JP also collaborated on the making of the documentary film Amazay: A Film About Water - article (with C. Nolin) in Canadian Dimension (Jan/Feb 2011)
Courtney LeBourdais, cwood0@unbc.ca MA NRES (Geography) candidate BA English, UNBC '08 Marriage migration in northern BC: How do foreign brides establish place and identity? Courtney's summer 2009 fieldwork update
Lorraine Naziel, naziell1@unbc.ca MA Interdisciplinary Studies student BA Geography '08, (First Nations Studies & Political Science minors),UNBC Diploma in Public Sector Managenment, UVic On academic leave, May 2011 to May 2012 Witsuwit’en women: Empowering the heart, mind, body and spirit through community development Lorraine's summer 2009 fieldwork update
Trevor Shaw, shawt1@unbc.ca MA International Studies student, (International Development Stream) BA Economics/Political Science '09, UNBC Certificate in Management - General Management Specialization '00, SFU Certificate in Management - Marketing Specialization '01, SFU Topic: Indigenous Development in Latin America
Giulliana Tamblyn, MA International Studies student, (International Development Stream) September 2011 - present BA Economics, National University of Piura, Peru (1996) Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Is Resource Extraction A Curse Or A Bonanza For Local Communities? Mining Case Study: Peru And Canada Email: tamblyn@unbc.ca

Lynn Wilson, Lynn_Wilson@telus.net

MA International Studies student

Co-supervisor since May 2005 with Dr. Fiona MacPhail

Grassroots organizations and the empowerment of indigenous women in post-conflict Guatemala

On academic leave to May 2012

Graduate Student Supervision (Completed)

Hyae-Rim Roncin MA International Studies (International Development stream), UNBC '11 email: hyaerim@gmail.com "The Meanings of Reconciliation and Development in Post-Genocide Rwanda" Co-supervised with Dr. Fiona MacPhail Click here for abstract [coming soon]
Cristian Silva MA Interdisciplinary Studies, UNBC '11 email: silvac@unbc.ca & csilva@epafperu.org "Exhuming Guatemala's Gender-Based Violence: Justice, Truth-telling, and Rebuilding in a Post-Conflict Society" Click here for abstract Cristian's thesis defence [coming soon] International Coordinator, Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Foundation, 2011-present Click HERE for Cristian's 2009 & 2010 fieldwork updates
Alexandra Pedersen MA International Studies (International Development stream), UNBC '11 email: peders8@unbc.ca "Amplifying Voices of Development: Insights from Indigenous Maya Leaders of El Quiché, Guatemala" Click icon for abstract Alexandra's thesis defence, Part I and Part II (April '11) Alexandra's Dispatch from Guatemala (May '10)
Nathan Einbinder MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), UNBC '10 email: nathaneinbinder@gmail.com "Dams, Displacement, and Perceptions of Development: A Case Study from Rio Negro, Guatemala" Click here for abstract - Article in Upside Down World (August '08) - Letter to the Editor in USA Today (Dec '08) - Article: Environmental News Service (March '09) - Fieldwork Update (Summer '09) - Photo essay in The Dominion (August '10) - Photo essay (with C. Nolin) in Cultural Survival Quarterly (Fall 2010) - Nate's thesis defence (August '10)
Jennifer Reade MA Interdisciplinary Studies, UNBC '05 email: reade0@unbc.ca Thesis: Mujeres Autorizadas: Women’s Empowerment Programs as a Form of Community Development in Guatemala Click here for abstract Reade, J. and C. Nolin (2008) Empowering Women: Community Development in Rural Guatemala. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
Jacqui Stephens MA Interdisciplinary Studies, UNBC '05 e-mail: stephenj@unbc.ca “Conflicting Perspectives: Neoliberal Resource Development, Indigenous Communities, and Modern Canadian Imperialism in Guatemala” Click here for abstract Nolin, C. and J. Stephens (2010). “We have to protect the investors”: ‘Development’ & Canadian mining companies in Guatemala. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 37-70. [issued in May 2011] Click for PDF

Graduate Committees (Current)

Som Pun, MNRES (Geography) (January 2011 - present), Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth

The Opportunities and Limitations of First Nations’ Forest Tenures in British Columbia: The Key Issues, Challenges and Future Recommendations for Community Management of Forests in Tl’azt’en Nation

Rebecca Tallman, MA International Studies (International Development stream) (October 2011 - present), Supervisor: Dr. Fiona MacPhail

Chris Turner, PhD NRES (Geography) (September 2011 - present), Co-Supervisors: Drs. Gail Fondahl & Michael Murphy

Graduate Committees (Completed)

Carol Sanford, MSW (Social Work) '11 (Supervisor: Dr. Glen Schmidt), Mothers, Problematic Substance Use, and the Child Welfare System in Northern British Columbia

Sheri Bishop, MSW (Social Work) '10 (Supervisor: Dr. Glen Schmidt), Vicarious Traumatization: The Danger of the Unknown for Transition House Workers

Jennifer Herkes, MA NRES Geography '09 (Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth), Planning for Resilience: A Case Study of Kitimat, BC

Joanna Kafarowski, PhD NRES, UNBC '08 (Co-supervisors: Drs. Deborah Poff & Leslie King)

Inuit Women, Decision-making and Contaminants

Karen Heikkila, MA NRES Geography, UNBC '07 (Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl)

Teaching through Toponomy: Using Indigenous Place-Names in Outdoor Science Camps

Seiko Watanabe, MA International Studies, UNBC '05 (Supervisor: Dr. Fiona MacPhail)

HIV/AIDS in Rural Botswana: Poverty, Gender Inequality, Marginalization, and Stigma

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