Faith Rahman

PhD Candidate
School of Earth, Environment and Society
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Email: rahmaf16@mcmaster.ca

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-rahman-a727aa162/

Background

Faith is a PhD student in Geography at McMaster University interested in learning about the importance of Inuit-led and community-based research across Inuit Nunangat and the Arctic. In her MA (Geography) research as a part of the StraightUpNorth research team (SUNTeam), she collaborated with the Government of Nunavut Climate Change Secretariat (CCS) and Nunavut Research Institute (NRI) on exploring climate change research trends in Nunavut (2004-2021). You can view her thesis and visual summary report here.

Faith also received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES Hons.) in Environment, Resources & Sustainability from the University of Waterloo and completed an undergraduate thesis to further learn about decolonizing research as a non-Indigenous researcher. 

Throughout her undergraduate degree, Faith has had the privilege to work in a variety of positions across the environmental field. Her past experiences include working for an environmental consulting firm, environmental non-profit charity, outdoor environmental education centre, as well as municipal, provincial, and federal governments. 

When not doing research, Faith can be found rock climbing, reading, pottery-making, taking photos, playing squash, and spending time in nature, whether it be hiking or camping in forests near or far away.