Alexandre Bevington

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2016 - present

Co-Supervisors: Drs. Brian Menounos and Marten Geertsema
Dissertation Topic: Time Series Satellite Remote Sensing of Cryospheric Change in the Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta
Email:bevington@unbc.ca
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Ali Bishop

Master of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), January 2022 - present
Advanced Diploma in GIS, Vancouver Island University, 2019; BSc - Dalhousie University, 2016

Co-supervisors: Dr. Joseph Shea & Dr. Bill Floyd
Thesis topic:  Evaluation of Snow Distribution under Forest Canopy with Airborne LiDAR
Email: bishopa@unbc.ca

Charlie Bourque

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2022 - present
BSc Integrated Science, University of Northern British Columbia, 2020

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis Topic: The impact of red snow algae and black carbon on glacier melt
Email: cbourque@unbc.ca

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Andrea Byrne

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (NRES) student, September 2021 - present
Masters of Planning - UWaterloo, 2020; BSc Environmental Science - UBC, 2011

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Dissertation Topic: Nature-based adaptation to climate change and local governments
Email: byrnea@unbc.ca

Stephanie Chan

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Biology) student, September 2020 - present

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic:Measuring individual specialization in Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) in the Arctic
Email:schan@unbc.ca

Richard Darko

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2022 - present
BA Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2012; MA Development Economics, University of Northern BC, 2019; MA NRES (Geography), University of Northern BC, 2022

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis topic: New regional industrial path development: Power, legitimation, and institutionalization

Email:darko@unbc.ca

Sara Darychuk

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science) student, September 2019 – present

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis topic: LiDAR-based snow volumes and remotely sensed snow-covered area.
Email:darychuk@unbc.ca

Audrey Faber (on leave)

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2017 - present
BSc Geography, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC '16

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis topic: Determining the provenance of sand beaches on Calvert Island, BC, using geochemical fingerprinting
Email:faber@unbc.ca
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Davi Florêncio de Lima

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2022 - present

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis topic: Public policies to support population aging in a small resource-based community in northern British Columbia
Email:florencio@unbc.ca

Briana Greer

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2021 - present
BA, Double Major in Global & International Studies and Political Science, UNBC, 2021

Supervisor: Dr. Zoe Meletis
Thesis Topic: Métis Women's Experiences of Climate Change
Email:greerb@unbc.ca

Adam Hawkins

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2015 - present
B.S. Environmental and Engineering Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 2014.

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Dissertation Topic: Holocene Glacier and Climate Change in Northwestern Canada and southern South America
Email:ahawkins@unbc.ca
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Steinunn Jonatansdottir

PhD Health Sciences, September 2016 to present

Co-Supervisors: Neil Hanlon and Martha MacLeod
Dissertation Topic: Exploring the influence of social intimacy on rural nursing practice.
Email:jonatansd@unbc.ca

Kristen Kieta

PhD Natural Resources Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2018 - present
BSc Environmental Science, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) 2011; MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, UNBC 2017

Supervisors: Drs. Phil Owens and Ellen Petticrew
Dissertation Topic: Determining sources of sediment in the Nechako River Basin using the sediment fingerprinting technique

Email:kieta@unbc.ca
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Amy Klepetar

PhD Health Sciences, September 2023 to present

Co-Supervisors: Neil Hanlon and Margot Parkes
Dissertation Topic: Examining human health impacts of industrial development in the Kitimat Valley, British Columbia.
Email: aklepetar@unbc.ca

Gabrielle Lint

MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), May 2020 - present
BSc Environmental Science (hons) Focus in Toxicology and Minor in Soil Science, University of Manitoba 2018

Supervisor(s): Drs. Ellen Petticrew, Philip Owens
Thesis Topic: Effects of Mount Polley mine spill tailings on impacted lakes' phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentrations
Email:lint@unbc.ca

Caleb Mathias

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2021 - present

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis Topic: Investigating Holocene glacier fluctuations in the northeastern Canadian Cordillera
Email:mathias@unbc.ca

Erin Nevison

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2020 - present
B.A. International Relations, University of British Columbia Okanagan 2017

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis Topic - Policy and the decarbonization of energy in British Columbia
Email:nevison@unbc.ca

Md Abdur Rashid

PhD Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2022 - present
MA International Studies (International Development stream), UNBC 2015
BA, Aligarh Muslim University 1999

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis Topic: Rohingya Refugee Crisis & Rethinking Development in Bangladesh
Email:rashidm@unbc.ca

Yanik Rozon

MA Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2022 - present

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Nature-based adaptation to climate change and marine protected areas in Fiji
Email: rozon@unbc.ca

Sheri Sarami Foroushani

MANatural Resources & Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2021 - present

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis Topic: Tourism's contribution to sustainable development in small communities: A case study of Tumbler Ridge in northern British Columbia
Email: Foroushan@unbc.ca

Halena Scanlon

Masters of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2022 - present.

Supervisor: Dr Tristan Pearce
Thesis Topic: Knowledge co-production of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in a changing Arctic
Email:scanlon@unbc.ca

Samiullah Sofizada

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), January 2023 - present

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Dissertation Topic: Community resilience and adaptation to changing mountain snowpacks and geohazards in Robson Valley, British Columbia

Glen Thielmann

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2019 - present
MEd Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership, 2004, SFU, Burnaby, BC, 2004
BA Geography and English, UBC, Vancouver, BC, 1994

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Dissertation Topic: Possibilities of Place: Tracing the Roots of Place-Responsive K-12 Educator Practice in North Central BC
Email: thielmann@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-5789
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Sergio Vazquez Tagle Gallegos

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2018 - present
BEng Environmental Geology, Autonomous University of Hidalgo State, Mexico

Supervisor: Drs. Brian Menounos and Joseph Shea
Thesis Topic: Measurement of snow volume fluctuations in northern regions with LiDAR data
Email: gallegos@unbc.ca

James Whitehead

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student
BASc Quest University Canada, Squamish BC, 2017

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Dissertation Topic: Assessing the Implementation of Community Based Wildfire Risk Reduction Initiatives in BC
Email:whiteheaj@unbc.ca

Yihang Zhang

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2021 – present
BA Media Economics and Management; Broadcasting and Television Playwright Directing (TV Editing), Communication University of China, Beijing, 2010

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis Topic: Bringing dinosaurs into the 2020s: considering current visitation and future virtual tourism possibilities for the Tumbler Ridge Museum and Geopark (BC)
Email: yihangz@unbc.ca

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Annie King

MA in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '23

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis: Consultation and Engagement of Sahtú Dene and Métis People in the Closure and Reclamation of the Norman Wells Oilfield

Adrian Smith

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '23

Co-supervisors: Drs. Roger Wheate and Dr. Chelsey Armstrong (Simon Fraser University)
Thesis: Historical-Ecological Approach to Understanding the Effects of Timber Harvest on Wa’uumst, Hu’ums (Oplopanax horridus) in Lax Yip Madii Lii

Rulan Xiao

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '23

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis topic: Comparison of methods to estimate fuel moisture content in different forest stand types in central British Columbia

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Amy Abdel-Malak

Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, '22

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Meletis
Thesis: Learning to ride the waves: Whale-watching tour operators in British Columbia and their perspectives on COVID-19 impacts

Richard Darko

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '22

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:Economic restructuring in resource-dependent communities in the aftermath of mill/mine closure in northern British Columbia​: A comparative case study of Valemount and Tumbler Ridge in Northern British Columbia

Benjamin Hagerty

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '22

Supervisor: Drs. Zoe A. Meletis and Mark Groulx
Thesis: Examining vegan philosophy in sustainable tourism and entrepreneurialism
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Kevin Ostapowich

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), '22

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis:Measurements and controls on mid-winter alpine ground thermal regime in the Purcell mountains, British Columbia

Annie Pumphrey

Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MNRES) '22

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis:Bear jams in Kananaskis country: Visitor and expert perceptions of roadside bear viewing management in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta

Awarded: Governor General's Gold Medal at UNBC's May 2023 Convocation
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Megan Gordon

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '21

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Achieving a ‘Just Transitions’ for Forestry-Dependent Works and Communities in Northern British Columbia

Jessica Smart

MSc Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (Environmental Science) '21

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis Topic: Inuit Knowledge and Observations of Changes in Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) and the Implications for Subsistence Livelihoods in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories
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Marzieh Mortezapour

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '20

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Peter Jackson and Dr. Brian Menounos
Dissertation:Modelling Snowpacks in Topographically Complex Terrain During the Winter Accumulation Season, Columbia River Basin, British Columbia, Canada

Ben Pelto

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '20

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Dissertation: An Approach to Remotely Monitor Glacier Mass Balance at Seasonal to Annual Time Scales, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada
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Obumneme Achunike

Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MNRES, Geography)'20
BSc Geology & Mining, Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Enugu, Nigeria, 1998

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Social Impacts of Oil Extraction in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '19
BS Animal Science, Rutgers University, 2005

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Meletis
Thesis: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Investigating Scientific, Social and Other Influences on the 2017 British Columbia Grizzly Bear Hunt Ban

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '19

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:The Importance of Land and Water to the Culture of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation: An Analysis of Statements Presented at Environmental Impact Assessment Hearings

MA Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS) '19
RMA (Masters of Arts in Research), Mount St. Vincent University, 2017; BASc (Anthropology [BA] & Psychology [BSc]), University of Lethbridge, 2015

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis:“­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­It’s Good for the Soul:” Eveny Traditional Land-Use and Meaning in Life”

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '19
BA Peace, Conflict and Justice Program, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto '16

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:Exploring Canada's Extractive's Approach to Development: The Nexus of Law, Violence and Development in the Case of Tahoe Resources Inc. in Guatemala

MA Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS) '19
MA Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria, 2017
BA Communications and First Nations Studies (Honours), SFU, 2016

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis: Storying Urban Indigeneity in the Russian Far East: Eveny and Evenki Women Navigating Yakutsk, Sakha Republic

MA Interdisciplinary Studies student '19
BA Oberlin College, 2012

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis topic:A Critical Legal Geography of “Territory of Traditional Nature-Use” (TTP) Formation in the Sahka Republic (Yakutia), Russia

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies '18
BSc Forestry, UBC 2014

Co-supervisors: Drs. Ellen Petticrew & Phil Owens
Thesis Topic:Spatial and Trophic Biomonitoring of Aquatic Trace Metals Following the Mt. Polley Mine Tailings Spill

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies '18
MSc Chemistry ’06, UNBC & BSc Chemistry ’98, UNBC

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Ellen Petticrew and Dr. Phil Owens
Dissertation:That’s Phat: The Development and Evaluation of Compound-Specific Stable Isotopes (CSSIs) of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acids (VLCFAs) as a Sediment Tracing Tool in a Temperate Climate

MA Interdisciplinary Studies '18
Diploma - Broadcast Communications (Television) '04 - BCIT, BA Anthropology '12 - UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Landscape and Collective Memory in Post-Conflict Ayacucho, Peru: Narratives and Photography of Survivors

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '18

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis:Conservation and Consumption: Conflicted Bedfellows in Sea Turtle Conservation

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (GEOG/POLS), 2017
MA NRES (Geography) '11, GIS Tech., BCIT ('97), Applied anthro., school of hard knocks ('98-'04), BGen.Studies, Thompson Rivers University ('09)

Co-supervisors: Dr. Gail Fondahl and Dr. Michael Murphy
Dissertation: "Overlap": Causes and implications of contested indigenous claims to territory in the context of the BC treaty process

MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies '17

Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis: Seasonal Movement of Marine-Derived Nutrients in the Surface Bed Sediment and Floodplain Hyporheic Zone

MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies '17
BSc Biology (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) '11

Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis:The Movement of Marine-Derived Nutrients from a Salmon Spawning River to a Nursery Lake

MA Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS) BA Anthropology '11, UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Seeking Justice in Guatemala: Dignifying the 'Disappeared' in a Context of Impunity

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, M.Sc. (Soil Science) University of Manitoba, B.Sc. (Environmental Science) University of Guelph

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Phil Owens and Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Dissertation:It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson: Implications of Watershed Processes on the Sediment Fingerprinting Approach

MA Interdisciplinary Studies, BA Geography, UNBC '13

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:Human Trafficking: An Examination of Available Services and Support in Prince George, BC

MSc NRES (Environmental Science), BSc (Biology) ’08, University of Wisconsin

Co-supervisors: Dr. Ellen Petticrew and Dr. John Rex
Thesis:Hyporheic Nutrient exchanges in salmon bearing interior streams

MA International Studies (International Development stream)

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:Gendered Violence in Gender-Based Development Projects: Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Women’s ‘Empowerment’ and ‘Development’ in Bangladesh

MSc NRES (Geography), BSc Geography '09, UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis:Late Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in Southernmost Patagonia

MSc NRES (Geography)

Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis:Mercury, Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria and Organic Matter in the Subarctic Lake Sediments of Kusawa Lake, Yukon

MNRES (Geography)

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: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

MA NRES (Geography)

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:La Voz del Pueblo: Maya Consultas and the Challenge of Self-Determination for Socially Responsible Investment in the Mining Sector

PhD NRES (Geography)

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Bob Ellis and Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Dissertation:Aboriginal values, sacred landscapes, and resource development in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of BC

MSc Community Health Sciences

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:Students Who Stay: Stories of Northern Medical Program Graduates and Place Integration

MA International Studies(International Development Stream), BA Economics, National University of Piura, Peru '96

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Research Project:Is Resource Extraction A Curse Or A Bonanza For Local Communities? Mining Case Study: Quiruvilca, Peru

MSc NRES, BSc in Physics & Math, UNBC ‘10

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: A Model for Holocene Glacial Erosion at Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada

PhD NRES, BSc (Earth Science) Montana State University; MA (Geography) University of Colorado

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Brian Menounos and Dr. Roger Wheate
Dissertation: Glacier change in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, Canada (1946-2011)
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MA NRES,BA Geography, UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:Come Out and Play!: Exploring the Landscapes of Free-Play in Prince George, British Columbia

MA NRES, BA English, UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:Narratives of Negotiation: Marriage Migration in Northern British Columbia

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:You Want Me to Grow Trees? The Social Implications of Biomass Crops on the Resilience of Quesnel, British Columbia

MSc NRES, BSc Geography, UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis:The Influence of Glacier Change on Sediment Yield, Peyto Basin, Alberta, Canada

PhD NRES, BA (Geography), M.A. (Rural Dev.) Brandon University

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Dissertation: Community-Company Relationships in Forest-Dependent Communities in Northern BC: Assessing the Local, Sectoral, and Theoretical Implications

MSc NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: "Nine Decades of Glacier Change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains"

MA NRES, BA Geography (minor in Women's Studies), UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis: Disablement in Prince George, BC: A Qualitative, Holistic and Participatory Exploration

MA Interdisciplinary Studies, BA Anthropology, UNBC

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:Knowledge to Action: First Nations Engagement with Research for Community Benefit

MA NRES, BSc (Biology, opt. Marine Biology) Oregon State University

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Meletis
Thesis: Little Boats and Big Concerns? Seeking a Balance Between Ecotourism and Motorboat Use in Tortuguero, Costa Rica

MA International Studies (International Development)

Co-supervisors: Dr. Catherine Nolin and Dr. Fiona MacPhail
Thesis:The Meaning of Reconciliation and Development in Post-Genocide Rwanda

MNRES

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis:From a Different Perspective: A First Nations Approach to Marine Near-Shore Natural Resource Management on Coastal British Columbia

MA Interdisciplinary Studies

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:Exhuming Guatemala's Gender-Based Violence: Justice, Truth-Telling, and Rebuilding in a Post-Conflict Society

MSc NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: An Approach for Remote Landslide Mapping, South Nahanni Watershed, Northwest Territories, Canada

MA NRES Geography
GIS Tech., BCIT (1997); Applied anthro., school of hard knocks (1998-2004); BGen.Studies, Thompson Rivers University ('09)

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis:Overlap: Causes and Implications of Contested Indigenous Claims to Territory in the Context of the BC Treaty Process

MSc Community Health Sciences

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:'People Need to Listen to Us': The Role of Empowerment in Positive Prevention Helps People Living with HIV/AIDS t o Improve their Health and Quality of Life.

MA NRES, BA Geography '06, UNBC

Co-supervisors: Dr. Gail Fondahl and Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: The Tahltan Nation and Our Consultation Process with Mining Industry: How a Land Use Plan Might Improve the Process

MA International Studies (International Development), BA International Development ’09, U Guelph

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:Amplifying Voices of Development: Insights from Indigenous Maya Leaders of El Quiché, Guatemala (Defence Video: Part I and Part II)

MSc NRES, BSc Ecology '05 (hons.), Earth Sciences (minor), University of Calgary

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Brian Menounos and Dr. Stephen Dery
Thesis:Assessment of Optimum Snowmelt Model Complexity, Cariboo Highlands, British Columbia, Canada

MSc NRES (Biology), BSc (Biology) University of  Victoria

Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis:The Salmon Disturbance Regime: The Effects on Biofilm, Sediment and Water
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MA NRES, BSc Environmental Studies '02 Evergreen State College

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Dams, Displacement, and Perceptions of Development: A Case Study from Rio Negro, Guatemala

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: The Changing Governance of Rural Regional Development: A Case Study of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition

MScNRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:The Consequences of Forest-Dependence for the Economic Growth and Socioeconomic Development of Houston, BC

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:Planning for Resilience: A Case Study of Kitimat, BC

MNRES

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Gail Fondahl and Dr. 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

PhD NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis:The Flocculation Feedback Loop: Delivery of Marine Derived Nutrients in Pacific Salmon Streams

MNRES

Supervisor: Dr. Darwyn Coxson (NRES Graduate Program)
Thesis:Entropy Debt: A Link to Sustainability?

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:Housing, Health, and Social Inclusion of Older People in Prince George, BC

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Historical Migration Patterns in the Upper Fraser Region, British Columbia

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:Networks and partnerships in a resource town: A case study of adapting to an aging population in Mackenzie, B.C.

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis:Teaching through Toponomy: Using Indigenous Place Names in Outdoor Science Camps

MA NRES

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

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:Expanding the mine, killing a lake: A case study of First Nations' environmental values, perceptions of risk and health

MA Interdisciplinary Studies

Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis:The social and cultural experience of food security in the Takla Lake First Nation: Informing Public Health

MNRES

Co-supervisors: Dr. Gail Fondahl and Dr. Sanjay
Nepal (Texas A&M University)
Thesis:Evaluating community incentives for biodiversity conservation in protected areas in Nepal

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis:Devolution and post-secondary education: Challenging First Nations geo-legal spatiality

MNRES

Supervisor: Dr. Roger Wheate
Thesis:Use of LandSat TM and ETM+ to describe intra-season change in vegetation, with consideration for wildlife management 

MA Interdisciplinary Studies

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Mujeres Autorizadas: Women’s empowerment programs as a form of community development in Guatemala

MA Interdisciplinary Studies

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis:Conflicting perspectives: Neoliberal resource development, indigenous communities, and modern Canadian imperialism in Guatemala

MSc NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:Three Cs for CED: Concepts, case studies, and consequences: Building capacity for community economic development

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Public participation in resource management: The Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board

MNRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:Institutional barriers to climate responsive design in commercial redevelopment in Prince George, BC

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: The geography of community crisis: A case of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:Resource development patterns of the British Columbia salmon canning industry, 1870-1970

MA NRES

Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis:Negotiating the production of space in Tl'azt'en territory, 1969-1984