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These graduate students are working toward various graduate degrees& are supervised by faculty members in the Geography Program. Watch for graduate student updates on the What's New page.

* NRES = Natural Resources and Environmental Studies

* IDIS = Interdisciplinary Studies

* INTS = International Studies

Sam Albers, MSc (Biology) student BSc (Biology) University of Victoria Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew Topic: Salmon-nutrient and biofilm interaction in gravelbed streams Email: sam.albers@gmail.com
Matt Beedle, PhD NRES (Geog) candidate BSc (Earth Science) Montana State University; MA (Geography) University of Colorado Co-Supervisors: Drs. Brian Menounos & Roger Wheate Topic: Glacier change and relations to climate variability in northern British Columbia Email: beedlem@unbc.ca Website: http://web.unbc.ca/~beedlem Matt's research is featured in the June/July '09 issue of Northword magazine. Click HERE for Matt's Spring/Summer 2009 fieldwork update
Claudette Bois, PhD NRES candidate, September 2008 - present BSc, Botanical Sciences, McGill (2000) MSc, Renewable Resources, McGill (2004) Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Resource extraction impacts on indigenous-land spiritual values in rural Guatemala and northern BC Email: boisc@unbc.ca Click HERE for more details Click HERE for Claudette's Summer 2009 fieldwork update.
Kathy Carlson, MA NRES (Geog) candidate, May 2008 - present BA Anthropology '07, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Central American migration email: carlsonk@unbc.ca On Leave 2009-2010
Christine Creyke, MA NRES (Geog) candidate, September 2007 - present A Geography '06, UNBC Co-supervisors: Drs. Gail Fondahl & Greg Halseth Topic: The Tahltan First Nation and their relationship with mining industry e-mail: creykec@unbc.ca
Nathan Einbinder, MA NRES (Geog) candidate, September 2007 - present BSc Environmental Studies '02 Evergreen State College Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Dams, displacement, and perceptions of development: A case study from Rio Negro, Guatemala Email: nathaneinbinder@gmailcom Click HERE for more details and links to Nate's published news articles Click HERE for Nate's spring/summer 2009 fieldwork update
Brooke Eschuk, MA NRES (Geog) candidate, January 2008 - present BA Geography '07 Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon Topic: Access to organised sports, public green space for unstructured play, & family income in Prince George, BC Email: Click HERE for more details
Neil Gauthreau, MA IDIS candidate Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Topic: Engaging with Change: Past and Present (A Study of Transition in the Sizyabsk village, Komi Republic, Russian Federation)
Kelly Giesbrecht, PhD NRES (Geog) student, September 2009 - present BA Political Science, UNBC; MA NRES (Geography) '03, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Resisting Neoliberalism: Activism and Energy Development in the Skeena Watershed, Northwest BC Email: giesk000@unbc.ca
Melanie Grubb, MSc NRES candidate, September 2006 - present BSc Geography '06, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos Topic: Saptial and Temporal Patterns of Sedimentation in Proglacial Kitsumkalum Lake, Terrace, BC Email: grubbm@unbc.ca
Jocelyn Joe-Strack, MSc NRES student, May 2009 - present BSc (Biochemistry) '06, University of Victoria Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew Topic: Use of LH-PCR as a DNA fingerprint technique to monitor sediment-associated microbial communities from various land uses Email: joestra@unbc.ca
Phillip Krauskopf, MSc NRES student BSc Geography '06 UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew Topic: Landscape scale analysis of riparian zone sensitivity to forest harvest disturbance Email: krauskop@unbc.ca
JP Laplante, MA NRES (Geog) student, September 2009 - present BSc Biological Sciences, University of Guelph Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: TBA Email: laplan0@unbc.ca
Courtney (Wood) LeBourdais, MA NRES (Geog) candidate, September 2008 - present BA English '08 (Psych & Human Geog double minor), UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Marriage Migration in Northern BC: How do foreign brides establish place & identity Email: cwood0@unbc.ca Click HERE for more details Click HERE for Courtney's summer 2009 fieldwork update
Joe LeBourdais, MA NRES (Geog) candidate, September 2007 - present BA Geography '07 (First Nations Studies minor), UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon Topic: Community development & implications on access to health care and health service, Peace River Regional District, BC Email: lebourdj@unbc.ca Click HERE for Joe's summer 2009 fieldwork update
Alex Martin, PhD NRES (Geog) candidate BA (Geography), M.A. (Rural Dev.) Brandon University Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Topic: Community-company relationships in forest-dependent communities Email: amartin1@unbc.ca
Malyssa Maurer, MSc NRES (Geog) student, January 2010 - present BSc Geography '09, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos Topic: Terrestrial and Lacustrine Evidence of Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in Southernmost Patagonia Email: maurer@unbc.ca
Lorraine Naziel, MA IDIS candidate, September 2008 - present BA Geography '08, (First Nations Studies & Political Science minors), UNBC Diploma in Public Sector Managenment, UVic Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Witsuwit’en Women: Empowering the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit through Community Development Email: naziell1@unbc.ca Click HERE for more details Click HERE for Lorraine's summer 2009 fieldwork update
Jamie Pepper, MNRES (Geog) candidate, September 2008 - present Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Topic: A First Nation Approach to Marine Near-shore Natural Resource Management on Coastal British Columbia Email: pepperc@unbc.ca
Kara Przeczek, MSc NRES (Geog) candidate, 2006 - present BSc Ecology '05 (hons.), Earth Sciences (minor), University of Calgary Co-Supervisors: Drs. Brian Menounos & Stephen Dery Topic: Snowmelt & snowmelt modeling Email: przeczek@unbc.ca
Cristian Silva, MA IDIS candidate (at right, in photo), September 2007 - present BA Anthropology '07, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Topic: Exhuming Guatemala's gendered violence Email: ckandninos@telus.net Click HERE for more details Click HERE for Cristian's summer 2009 fieldwork update
Marc Steynen, MA NRES (Geog) candidate BSc Forestry, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Topic: The consequences of forest-dependence for community development in Northern BC. Email: steynenm@unbc.ca
Christina Tennant, MSc NRES (Geog) candidate, September 2007 - present BSc Geography ’06, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos Topic: Volumetric change of glaciers of the Columbia Icefield using oblique photographs Email: teen10ant@hotmail.com Website: http://web.unbc.ca/~menounos/www/Grad_Students.html
Chris Turner, MA NRES (Geog) student, September 2009 - present GIS Tech., BCIT ('97), Applied anthro., school of hard knocks ('98-'04), BGen.Studies, Thompson Rivers University ('09) Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Topic: Competing aboriginal claims to membership and territory in comprehensive land claim negotiation in Canada Email: cturner0@unbc.ca
Lynn Wilson, MA INTS - on leave for 2007-2009 Co-Supervisors: Drs. Catherine Nolin & Fiona MacPhail Topic: Grassroots organizations and the empowerment of indigenous women in post-conflict Guatemala Email: Lynn_Wilson@telus.net Click HERE for more details
Chelan (Hoffman) Zirul, MA NRES (Geog) candidate BA Geography '06, UNBC Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Topic: The Changing Governance of Rural Regional Development: A case study of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition Email: hoffmanc@unbc.ca

Former Graduate Students & Theses

2009
Jennifer Herkes, herkes@unbc.ca MA NRES (Geography) '09 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: "Planning for Resilience: A Case Study of Kitimat, BC"
Domenico Santomauro, dominic_sto@yahoo.co.uk MNRES (Geography) '09 Co-Supervisors: Drs. Gail Fondahl & Chris Johnson Thesis: "The Distribution of Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and Moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950”
Dr. John Rex, rex@unbc.ca PhD NRES (Geography) '09 Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew Thesis: The Flocculation Feedback Loop: Delivery of Marine Derived Nutrients in Pacific Salmon Streams
Caroline von Schilling, vonsch0@unbc.ca MNRES (Geography) '09 Supervisor: Dr. Darwyn Coxson (NRES Graduate Program) Thesis: Entropy Debt: A Link to Sustainability?
Anne Hogan, hogana@unbc.ca MA NRES (Geography) '09 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: Housing, Health, and Social Inclusion of Older People in Prince George, BC
Kyle Kusch, kuschk@unbc.ca MA NRES (Geography) '09 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: Historical Migration Patterns in the Upper Fraser Region, British Columbia
2007
Rachael Clasby MA NRES (Geography) '07 Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon http://web.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/neil/grads.shtml Thesis: Networks and partnerships in a resource town: A case study of adapting to an aging population in Mackenzie, B.C.
Karen Heikkila, MA NRES (Geography) '07 Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Thesis: Teaching through Toponomy: Using Indigenous Place Names in Outdoor Science Camps
Sarah (Parsons) Quinn, MA NRES (Geography) '07 Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Thesis: Locally based measures of successful forest co-management: A case study of Tl’azt’en Nation and the John Prince Research Forest
Jessica (McGregor) Place MA NRES (Geography) '07 Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon Thesis: Expanding the mine, killing a lake: A case study of First Nations' environmental values, perceptions of risk and health
Pamela (Prior) Tobin MA Interdisciplinary Studies '07 Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon Thesis: The social and cultural experience of food security in the Takla Lake First Nation: Informing Public Health
2006
Arian Spiteri, MNRES '06 Co-supervisors: Drs. Gail Fondahl & Sanjay Nepal (Texas A&M University) Thesis: Evaluating community incentives for biodiversity conservation in protected areas in Nepal

2005
Melissa Baxter, MA NRES (Geography) '05 Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Thesis: Devolution and post-secondary education: Challenging First Nations geo-legal spatiality
Roberta (Bobbi Jo) Lay, MNRES '05 Supervisor: Dr. Roger Wheate Thesis: Use of LandSat TM and ETM+ to describe intra-season change in vegetation, with consideration for wildlife management
Jennifer Reade MA Interdisciplinary Studies '05 Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Thesis: Mujeres Autorizadas: Women’s empowerment programs as a form of community development in Guatemala
Jacqui Stephens MA Interdisciplinary Studies, UNBC '05 Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin Thesis: Conflicting perspectives: Neoliberal resource development, indigenous communities, and modern Canadian imperialism in Guatemala

2004
Jenny Lo, MSc NRES (Geography) '04 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: Three Cs for CED: Concepts, case studies, and consequences: Building capacity for community economic development

2003
Kelly Giesbrecht, MA NRES (Geography) '03 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: Public participation in resource management: The Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board

2002
Laura Ryser, MNRES (Geography) '02 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: Institutional barriers to climate responsive design in commercial redevelopment in Prince George, BC
Lana Sullivan, MA NRES (Geography) ' 02 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: The geography of community crisis: A case of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

2001
Brian Stauffer, MA NRES (Geography) ' 01 Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth Thesis: Resource development patterns of the British Columbia salmon canning industry, 1870-1970

1999
Philip Morris, MA NRES (Geography) '99 Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl Thesis: Negotiating the production of space in Tl'azt'en territory, 1969-1984