Research team members
Below are people who are currently working with Dr. Margot Parkes as research team members or graduate students at UNBC. They are listed in alphabetical order, starting with their first name.
Aita Bezzola
Research Assistant
MSc NRES Biology (UNBC); ADGIS (Selkirk College); BASc Biology and Geography (McGill University)
Email: bezzola@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Chris Buse
Current projects
Environment Community Health Observatory Network (ECHO); Integrated Watershed Research Group (IWRG) Portal; Mapping and Analysis Support
Barry Booth
MSc Forestry Wildlife (UBC); BSc Zoology (UBC)
Email: barry.booth@unbc.ca
Current projects
Koh-learning in our Watersheds Program (Technical Advisor and Co-Research Manager), Integrated Watershed Research Group (Part-time Research Manager)
Dr. Dawn Hoogeveen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: dawn.hoogeveen@sfu.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Henry Harder
Current projects
Environment Community Health Observatory (ECHO) Network; Indigenous Health Impact Assessment; Land, Health and Healing: Understanding and promoting the health and wellness benefits of Indigenous Protected Areas; Ocean Imaginaries: Climate change and offshore drilling moratoriums in Canada and New Zealand; Climate Change and Intersectionality in British Columbia.
Makayla Skrlac
Research Assistant
BSc Pharmacology (McGill University); BHPE Physical Literacy (Mount Royal University)
Email: makayla.skrlac@mail.mcgill.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Current projects
Environment Community Health Observatory Network (ECHO); Integrated Watershed Research Group (IWRG) Portal, General Website and CV updates, and ECHO&YOU(th)
Shayna Dolan
Research Associate
MSc Community Health Sciences Student; BTR Honours - Therapeutic Recreation (Douglas College)
Email: shayna.dolan@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Current projects
Environment Community Health Observatory Network (ECHO); Arts-based ECHO projects.
Tavia McKinnon
Research Assistant
MSW Student (UNBC); BSW (Université de Saint-Boniface)
Email: tmckinnon@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Current project
Current Students
Angel Kennedy
Research Assistant
PhD Health Sciences Student, MPH Public Health, BSc Population and Quantitative Health Sciences (Simon Fraser University)
Email: angel_kennedy@sfu.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Maya Gislason (SFU)
Current projects
Environment Community Health Observatory (ECHO) Network, ECHO & YOU(th) Research Manager for the Research for Ecosocial and Equitable Transformation (RESET)
Alexis Seely
Research Assistant
BSc Biology Student (UNBC)
Email: seely@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Current project
Koh-Learning in Our Watersheds
Christiana Onabola
PhD Candidate, Health Sciences; MPPGA Public Policy and Global Affairs (UBC); BSc Pharmacology (University of Lagos, Nigeria)
Email: onabola@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Henry Harder, Dr. Nathan Andrews, Dr. Maya Gislason (SFU)
Thesis topic
Cross-sectoral Applications of the SDGs Framework in Nexus Thinking: Leveraging Connections for Health, Equity and Climate Impacts in Local Settings.
Jordan Cranmer
Research Assistant
BSc Community and Environmental Health Student
E-mail: cranmer@unbc.ca
Current projects
Koh Learning in our Watersheds; Nechako Watershed Roundtable Youth Engagement Coordinator; ECHO&YOU(th)
Melissa Bates
MNRES Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Student; BA Psychology and Anthropology (UBC, Vancouver)
Email: mbates@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Jessie King, Dr. Sinead Earley
Thesis topic
An Investigation Into the Co-benefits of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
Sandra Harris
Past students and team members
Below are people who have worked with Dr. Margot Parkes as research team members or graduate students at UNBC. They are listed in alphabetical order, starting with their first name.
Alissa MacMullin
BSc Honours - Biomedical Studies
Email: macmull@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr Margot Parkes
Honours thesis topic
Bianca Michell
MSc Community Health Sciences Student
Email: michellb@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Henry Harder
Thesis topic
Differences in perceptions of diabetes between diabetics and non-diabetics
Carling Matthews
MNRES; BA Outdoor Recreation and Nature-Based Tourism Management (UNBC)
Email: matthe7@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Pamela Wright
Committee: Dr. Phillip Mullins & Dr. Margot Parkes
Thesis topic
Exploring the connections between outdoor recreation, nature, and well-being in Vanderhoof, B.C.
Chris Rose
MNRES; BA Environmental Studies (McGill University)
Email: rosec@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Annie Booth, Dr. Phil Owens
Thesis topic
Evaluating community-based watershed governance arrangements in B.C.
Dr. Diana Kutzner
Research Manager
Email: diana.kutzner@fnha.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Previous projects
Environment Community Health Observatory (ECHO) Network; Koh-Learning in our Watersheds; Land, Health and Healing: Understanding and promoting the health and wellness benefits of Indigenous Protected Areas
Esther Tong
Graduate Student Intern; MPH Health Promotion (University of Toronto – Dalla Lana School of Public Health); BTech Environmental Health (British Columbia Institute of Technology); BSc Animal Biology (University of British Columbia)
Email: esther.tong@mail.utoronto.ca
Academic Advisor: Dr. Blake Poland, Associate Professor - DLSPH
Research interests
Dynamics of resource-based economies in northern B.C. on the determinants of health, opportunities for collaboration between environmental health movements and public health, environmental health promotion.
Ella Parker
MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Student; BASc (Quest University)
Email: parkere@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Mark Groulx, Dr. John Rex
Thesis topic
Linking School-Based Monitoring to Land and Water Decision-Making
Hilary McGregor
MSc Community Health Sciences
Email: mcgreg4@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
Committee: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Candida Graham
Thesis topic
Envisioning Change Prince George Women's Experiences of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Through Photography
Jessica Madrid
MSc Community Health Sciences; BSc Nursing (UNBC)
Email: madridj@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Peter McMillan, Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis topic
Integrating an Ecosystem Approach to Health within the Public Health Domain
Joanna Paterson
MSc Community Health Sciences; BASc Nutrition (Ryerson University)
Email: paters8@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Committee: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Dave Snadden
Thesis topic
The impact of the Northern Medical Program on the recruitment and retention of physicians in northern B.C.
Joseph Gothreau
MNRES Student; BA Philosophy and English (University of New Brunswick); BA Environmental Studies (Mount Allison University)
Email: gothreau@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Stephen Déry, Dr. Margot Parkes
Thesis topic
Climate change implications for ecosystems and well-being: developing effective geospatial knowledge translation exchange tools in the Nechako River Basin
Julia Russell
MSc Community Health Sciences; BSc Honours Environmental Science and International Development (University of Toronto)
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Neil Hanlon, Dr. Theresa Healy
Thesis topic
Kate Hewitt
MNRES Student; BA Geography (University of Victoria)
Email: khewitt@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Agnes Pawlowska-Mainville, Dr. Scott Emmons
Thesis topic
Exploring Connections between Indigenous/settler collaboration
Katie Cornish
MSc Health Sciences Student; BHSc Community Population Health - Environmental Health (UNBC)
Email: cornishk@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Henry Harder
Katya Korol
MA Interdisciplinary Studies; BASc (McMaster University)
Email: korolodwy@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw, Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Zoë Meletis, Dr. Jessie King
Thesis topic
Experiences of food sovereignty in northern B.C.
Kimberley Thomas
Northern Medical Program Student; MSc Health Sciences
Email: kthomas@unbc.ca
Committee: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw, Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. David Snadden
Thesis topic
Promoting health equity and community-based palliative care in rural and remote northern B.C.
Leanna Garraway
MA Interdisciplinary Studies
Email: garraway@unbc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Committee: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Paul Michell
Thesis title
Knowledge to Action - First Nations Engagement with Research for Community Benefit
Lindsay Beck
MSc Community Health Sciences; BSc Biological Sciences (University of Alberta)
Email: lindsay.beck@fnha.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Scott Green, Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
Thesis title
The Connections between Land and Well-being for First Nations Youth in the community of Saik'uz
Lindsay Galway
PhD Health Sciences (Simon Fraser University)
Email: lpg@sfu.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Takaro
Committee: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Diana Allen
Thesis topic
Linking climate change, water, and public health: An interdisciplinary exploration with implications for research and action
Meg Labron
MSW Student (UNBC); BA Honours International Development Studies (Trent University)
E-mail: labron@unbc.ca
Committee: Dr. Joanna Pierce, Dr. Susan Burke, Dr. Margot Parkes
Thesis topic
Land-based and Environmental Social Work Practice: Learning from Social Workers' in the Northwest Territories
Past projects
Environment Community Health Observatory Network (ECHO); Land, Health and Healing Project and Seasonal Touch-point Series
Nadia Nowak
MNRES Student; BPl Northern and Rural Community Planning (UNBC)
Email: nnowak@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Annie Booth, Dr. Margot Parkes
Pouyan Mahboubi
PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (UNBC); MSc Environmental Biology (University of Guelph)
Email: pmahboubi@nwcc.bc.ca
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Laurie Chan, Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Dr. Neil Hanlon, Dr. Craig Stephens, Dr. Peter McMillan
Thesis topic
Development of a scoping tool to characterize the social-ecological importance of marine locations on the Pacific North Coast of B.C.
Shayna Dolan
MSc Community Health Sciences Student; BTR Honours Therapeutic Recreation (Douglas College)
Email: dolans@unbc.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes and Dawn Hemingway
Thesis topic
Women’s Health in Rural and Remote Resource-based Communities
