Students and Team Members
Research Team Members
ADGIS, Selkirk College
BASc Biology and Geography, McGill
Students
Sandra Harris
Christiana Onabola
Past Students and Team Members
Bianca Michell
M. Sc. Community Health Sciences Student
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes and Dr. Henry Harder
Thesis Topic: Differences in Perceptions of Diabetes between diabetics and non-diabetics
Email: michellb@unbc.ca
Shayna Dolan
M. Sc. Community Health Sciences Student
BTR Hons. (Therapeutic Recreation), Douglas College
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes and Dawn Hemingway
Thesis Topic: Women’s Health in Rural and Remote Resource-based Communities
Email: dolans@unbc.ca
Kate Hewitt
MNRES Student
BA (Geography), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee: Agnes Pawlowska-Mainville and Scott Emmons
Thesis Topic: Exploring Connections between Indigenous/settler collaboration
Email: khewitt@unbc.ca
Katie Cornish
M. Sc. Health Sciences Student
B. HSc (Community Population Health-Environmental Health), UNBC
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes and Dr. Henry Harder
Thesis Topic: TBA
Email: cornishk@unbc.ca
Ethan McLean
Interdisciplinary Studies student
Supervisors: Dr. Margot Parkes
Thesis Topic: TBA
Email: mclean@unbc.ca
Nadia Nowak
MNRES Student
BPl (Northern and Rural Community Planning), UNBC
Supervisor: Dr. Annie Booth and Dr. Margot Parkes
Thesis Topic: TBA
Email: nnowak@unbc.ca
Joseph Gothreau
MNRES Student
BA (Philosophy/English), University of New Brunswick; BA (Environmental Studies), Mount Allison University
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry and 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
Email: gothreau@unbc.ca
Carling Matthews
MNRES
BA Outdoor Recreation & Nature-Based Tourism Management, UNBC
Supervisor: Dr. Pamela Wright
Committee Members: Dr. Phillip Mullins & Dr. Margot Parkes
Thesis topic: Exploring the connections between outdoor recreation, nature, and well-being in Vanderhoof, BC.
Email: matthe7@unbc.ca
Pouyan Mahboubi
PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, UNBC
M. Sc. Environmental Biology, U of Guelph
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Laurie Chan and Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee Members:, Dr. Neil Hanlon, Dr. Craig Stephens, Dr. Peter McMillan
Topic: Development of a scoping tool to characterize the social-ecological importance of marine locations on the Pacific North Coast of BC Email: pmahboubi@nwcc.bc.ca
Lindsay Galway
PhD in Health Sciences (Simon Fraser University)
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Takaro
Committee Members: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Diana Allen
Topic: Linking climate change, water, and public health: An interdisciplinary exploration with implications for research and action
Email: lpg@sfu.ca
Chris Rose
MNRES
B.A. (Environmental Studies), McGill University
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee Members: Dr. Annie Booth, Dr. Phil Owens
Thesis topic: Evaluating community-based watershed governance arrangements in BC
Email: rosec@unbc.ca
Julia Russell
M. Sc. Community Health Sciences
B. Sc. Hons. (Environmental Science and International Development), University of Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee Members: Dr. Neil Hanlon, Dr. Theresa Healy
Thesis Title: Consuming Connections: Experiences of Food Systems during times of Homelessness in Prince George, BC. Email: j.russell.jozkow@gmail.com
Link to thesis
Jessica Madrid
M. Sc. Community Health Sciences
B. Sc. (Nursing), UNBC
Supervisor:Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee Members: Dr. Peter McMillan, Dr. Neil Hanlon
Thesis topic: Integrating an Ecosystem Approach to Health within the Public Health Domain
Email: madridj@unbc.ca
Alissa MacMullin
B. HSc Honours in Biomedical Studies
Supervisor: Dr Margot Parkes
Honours Thesis Topic: Communities and Health in Living Landscapes: Linking Outdoor Recreation and Health in Northern British Columbia
Email: macmull@unbc.ca
Link to thesis
Esther Tong
Graduate Student Intern
MPH (Health Promotion), University of Toronto – Dalla Lana School of Public Health
B. Tech (Environmental Health), British Columbia Institute of Technology
B. Sc (Animal Biology), University of British Columbia
Academic Advisor: Dr. Blake Poland, Associate Professor - DLSPH
Research Interests: Dynamics of resource-based economies in Northern BC on the determinants of health, opportunities for collaboration between environmental health movements and public health, environmental health promotion
Email: esther.tong@mail.utoronto.ca
Joanna Paterson
M.Sc. Community Health Sciences
BASc. (Nutrition), Ryerson University
Supervisor: Dr Neil Hanlon
Committee members: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Dave Snadden
Thesis topic: The impact of the Northern Medical Program on the recruitment and retention of physicians in Northern BC
Email: paters8@unbc
Lindsay Beck
M. Sc. Community Health Sciences
B. Sc. (Biological Sciences), University of Alberta
Supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
Committee Members: Dr. Scott Green and Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
Thesis Title: The Connections between Land and Wellbeing for First Nations Youth in the community of Saik'uz
Email: Lindsay.Beck@fnha.ca
Link to thesis
Leanna Garraway
M.A Interdisciplinary Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Neil Hanlon
Committee Members: Dr. Margot Parkes and Paul Michell
Thesis Title: Knowledge to Action- First Nations Engagement with Research for Community Benefit
Email: garraway@unbc.ca
Hilary McGregor
M. Sc. Community Health Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
Committee Members: Dr. Margot Parkes, Dr. Candida Graham
Thesis Title: Envisioning Change Prince George Women's Experiences of
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Through Photography
Email: mcgreg4@unbc.ca
Project website: http://www.envisioningchange.ca
