Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Amy Abdel-Malak
Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MA NRES) student, September 2020 - present
HBSc Geography, Lakehead University, 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Meletis
Thesis Topic (tentative): keystone species, tourism, and conservation in British Columbia
Email: abdelmala@unbc.ca
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
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: The relationship between natural assets and achieving community-level climate action goals
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) Under Changing Environmental Conditions in the Arctic
Email: schan@unbc.ca
Karen Church
PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2018 - present
MA - Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary 2015
Certificate of Proficiency in First Nations Languages, xaad kil/northern Haida focus, Simon Fraser University, 2010
BA with Honours - Archaeology, First Nations Studies, Environmental Studies and Fine Arts, 2009
Supervisor: Dr. Roger Wheate
Dissertation Topic: Long range travel in the late precontact period in the Americas
Email: church@unbc.ca
Richard Darko
MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), September 2020 - present
BA Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2012; MA Development Economics, University of Northern BC, 2019
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis topic: Economic restructuring in resource-dependent communities in the aftermath of mill/mine closure in northern British Columbia
Email: darko@unbc.ca
Sara Darychuk
MSc 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
Tejinder (Tony) Dhaliwal
MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2013 - present [On leave]
Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis Topic: Thinking Outside of the Blue Box: Considering Sikh Perceptions of and Participation in Recycling, in Abbottsford, BC
Email: dhali04@unbc.ca
Audrey Faber
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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Benjamin Hagerty
MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2020 - present
B.A. International Relations and Global Studies; French Studies. University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, 2010
Supervisor: Drs. Zoe A. Meletis and Mark Groulx
Thesis Topic: Examining vegan philosophy in sustainable tourism and entrepreneurialism
Email: bhagerty@unbc.ca
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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
Phone: 250-960-5899
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Kristen Kieta
PhD Natural Resources Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2018 - present
B.S. Environmental and Engineering Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 2014.
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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Annie King
MA in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (NRES) student, September 2021 - present
BA Environmental Studies (ENST), University of Regina '20
Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Incorporation of Traditional Knowledge in Environmental Impact Assessment
Email: annking372@gmail.com
Erin McPhail
MA International Studies student, September 2021 - present
Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Community vulnerability to COVID-19 in Fijit
Email: emcphail@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
Kevin Ostapowich
MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science) student, January 2020 - present
Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis Topic: Alpine ground thermal regime variations in the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
Email: ostapowic@unbc.ca
Stacey Pickering
MA Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS) student, September 2016 - present
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis Topic: Syrian refugee settlement in northern British Columbia
Email: stacey.pickering@alumni.unbc.ca
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Annie Pumphrey
Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MNRES) student, January 2020 - present
Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis Topic: Management of roadside bear tourism in Alberta's mountain provincial parks
Email: pumphrey@unbc.ca
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Jessica Smart
MSc Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), September 2019 - present
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
Email: jsmart@unbc.ca
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Adrian Smith
MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2019 - present
Bachelor of Planning – Natural Resource Planning, University of Northern British Columbia, 2019
Co-supervisors: Drs. Roger Wheate and Dr. Chelsey Armstrong (Simon Fraser University)
Thesis Topic: Understanding the Effects of Timber Harvest on Devil’s Club (Oplopanax horridus)
Email: asmit03@unbc.ca
Glen Thielmann
PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, September 2019 - present
M.Ed. Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership, 2004, SFU, Burnaby, BC, 2004
B.A. Geography and English, UBC, Vancouver, BC, 1994
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Dissertation Topic: Dead Reckoning the Curriculum: Problems of Practice related to Geography Education among K-12 Educators
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
Rulan Xiao
MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) student, January 2021 - present
BSc Geography and Spatial Information Science + GIS certificate, Simon Fraser University
Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis topic: Field-based and remote sensing observations of wildfires and fuel moisture conditions
Email: xiaor@unbc.ca
Former Graduate Students and Theses
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2021
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
Email: gordonm@unbc.ca
2020
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
Email: mortezapour@unbc.ca
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
Email: pelto@unbc.ca
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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
Email: achunike@unbc.ca
2019
Bridget Kinsley
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
Email: bkinsley@unbc.ca
Tashi Sherpa
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
Email: sherpa@unbc.ca
Sean O'Rourke
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”
Email: orourke@unbc.ca
Charlotte Connolly
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
Email: cconnolly@unbc.ca
Tsatia Adzich
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
Email: adzich@unbc.ca
Nicholas Parlato
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
Email: parlato@unbc.ca
2017-2018
Aaron Zwiebel
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
Email: zwiebel@unbc.ca
Dominic Reiffarth
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
Email: dominic.reiffarth@unbc.ca
Kirk Walker
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
Email: kirk.walker@unbc.ca
Cherise Chrispen
MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) '18
Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis: Conservation and Consumption: Conflicted Bedfellows in Sea Turtle Conservation
Email: chrispen@unbc.ca
Christopher Turner
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: A Geography of Reconciliation: An Effective and Lawful Framework for Achieving Clarity of First Nations Territorial Jurisdiction in British Columbia
Email: cturner0@unbc.ca
Kristy Rasmus
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”
Email: rasmus@unbc.ca
Jake Duros
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
Email: duros@unbc.ca
2016
Erica Henderson
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
Email: hender4@unbc.ca
Alex Koiter
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
Email: alex.koiter@unbc.ca
2015
Carolyn Emon
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
Email: emon@unbc.ca
Leah Vanden Busch
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
Email: vandenbl@unbc.ca
Md Abdur Rashid
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
Email: rashidm@unbc.ca
Malyssa Maurer
MSc NRES (Geography), BSc Geography '09, UNBC
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: Late Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in Southernmost Patagonia
2014
Jocelyn Joe-Strack
MSc NRES (Geography)
Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis: Mercury, Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria and Organic Matter in the Subarctic Lake Sediments of Kusawa Lake, Yukon
Som Pun
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
Email: puns@unbc.ca
JP Laplante
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
Email: jplaplant@gmail.com
Titilope (Titi) Kunkel
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
Email: kunkel@unbc.ca
Joanna Paterson
MSc Community Health Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis: Students Who Stay: Stories of Northern Medical Program Graduates and Place Integration
Email: paters8@unbc.ca
(Ysler) Giulliana Tamblyn
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
Email: tamblyn@unbc.ca
Rob Vogt
MSc NRES, BSc in Physics & Math, UNBC ‘10
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: A Model for Holocene Glacial Erosion at Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada
Email: rvogt9@gmail.com
2013
Matthew Beedle
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)
Website: http://web.unbc.ca/~beedlem
Publication Feature: Northword Magazine June/July 2009
Brooke Eschuck
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
Courtney LeBourdais
MA NRES, BA English, UNBC
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Narratives of Negotiation: Marriage Migration in Northern British Columbia
Eric Kopetski
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
Theo Mlynowski
MSc NRES, BSc Geography, UNBC
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: The Influence of Glacier Change on Sediment Yield, Peyto Basin, Alberta, Canada
2012
Dr. Alexander Martin
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
Christina Tennant
MSc NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: "Nine Decades of Glacier Change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains"
Website: http://web.unbc.ca/~menounos/www/Grad_Students.html
Jessica Blewett
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
Leana Garraway
MA Interdisciplinary Studies, BA Anthropology, UNBC
Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis: Knowledge to Action: First Nations Engagement with Research for Community Benefit
Nick Ehlers
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
2011
Hyae-Rim Roncin
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
Jamie Pepper
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
Cristian Silva
MA Interdisciplinary Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Exhuming Guatemala's Gender-Based Violence: Justice, Truth-Telling, and Rebuilding in a Post-Conflict Society
Handout at Thesis Defence
International Coordinator, Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Foundation, 2011 - present
2009 - 2010 Fieldwork Updates
Courtney Jermyn
MSc NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis: An Approach for Remote Landslide Mapping, South Nahanni Watershed, Northwest Territories, Canada
Chris Turner
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
Email: cturner0@unbc.ca
Jiwon Slotwinski
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.
Christine Creyke
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
Alexandra Pedersen
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)
President, UNBC's International Development Society (IDS), 2010-2011
Kara Przeczek
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
2010
Sam Albers
MSc NRES (Biology), BSc (Biology) University of Victoria
Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis: The Salmon Disturbance Regime: The Effects on Biofilm, Sediment and Water
Handout at Thesis Defence
Nathan Einbinder
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
Defence Video
Handout at Thesis Defence
Published News Articles
Spring / Summer 2009 Fieldwork
Chelan (Hoffman) Zirul
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: The Changing Governance of Rural Regional Development: A Case Study of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition
Handout at Thesis Defence
Marc Steynen
MSc NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: The Consequences of Forest-Dependence for the Economic Growth and Socioeconomic Development of Houston, BC
Handout at Thesis Defence
2009
Jennifer Herkes
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Planning for Resilience: A Case Study of Kitimat, BC
Handout at Thesis Defence
Domenico Santomauro
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
Dr. John Rex
PhD NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Thesis: The Flocculation Feedback Loop: Delivery of Marine Derived Nutrients in Pacific Salmon Streams
Caroline von Schilling
MNRES
Supervisor: Dr. Darwyn Coxson (NRES Graduate Program)
Thesis: Entropy Debt: A Link to Sustainability?
Anne Hogan
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Housing, Health, and Social Inclusion of Older People in Prince George, BC
Kyle Kusch
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Historical Migration Patterns in the Upper Fraser Region, British Columbia
2007
Rachael Clasby
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.
Karen Heikkila
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis: Teaching through Toponomy: Using Indigenous Place Names in Outdoor Science Camps
Sarah (Parsons) Quinn
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
Jessica (McGregor) Place
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
Pamela (Prior) Tobin
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
2006
Arian Spiteri
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
2005
Melissa Baxter
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis: Devolution and post-secondary education: Challenging First Nations geo-legal spatiality
Roberta (Bobbi Jo) Lay
MNRES
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
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Mujeres Autorizadas: Women’s empowerment programs as a form of community development in Guatemala
Jacqui Stephens
MA Interdisciplinary Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: Conflicting perspectives: Neoliberal resource development, indigenous communities, and modern Canadian imperialism in Guatemala
2004
Jenny Lo
MSc NRES
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
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Public participation in resource management: The Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board
2002
Laura Ryser
MNRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Institutional barriers to climate responsive design in commercial redevelopment in Prince George, BC
Lana Sullivan
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: The geography of community crisis: A case of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
2001
Brian Stauffer
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis: Resource development patterns of the British Columbia salmon canning industry, 1870-1970
1999
Philip Morris
MA NRES
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
Thesis: Negotiating the production of space in Tl'azt'en territory, 1969-1984
