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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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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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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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

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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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 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

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

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

MSc NRES

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