Alexandra Oakes (MA Student)
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University
Research: TBC
Emmelie Paquette (MSc Student)
Co-supervised with Dr. Cheryl Johnson
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Research: Potential Impacts of Sea Ice Change and Shipping Traffic on Caribou Migratory Routes Surrounding King William Island, Nunavut
Lauren Watts (MA Student)
Co-Supervised with Dr. Elyn Humphreys
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Research: Indigenous knowledge of vegetation change in the Southern Canadian Arctic: Perceptions, considerations, and communications
Todd Wong (Undergraduate Thesis Student)
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University
Research: Geographies of research in Nunavut
Alexis Polidoro (MA Student)
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University
Research: Research trends in Nunavut
Jason Carpenter (MA Student)
Co-Supervised with Dr. Trevor Bell
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Research: Exploring the informal sharing network for weather, water and ice knowledge among Inuit in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Megan Sheremata (PhD Student)
Co-supervised with Dr. William Gough
Department of Geography, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Research: Inuit knowledge of the cumulative impacts of environmental change in eastern Hudson Bay
Alison Perrin (PhD Student)
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Research: Examining the research-policy framework in Canada’s North
Katherine Wilson (PhD Student)
Co-supervised with Dr. Trevor Bell
Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Research: Mobilizing Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit for Sea-Ice Safety: A Sikumiut case study to support Inuit Self-Determination in Research
Natalie Carter (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Co-supervised with Dr. Jackie Dawson
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University and Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics, University of Ottawa
Research: Understanding Inuit community uses and needs for weather, water, ice, and climate information and services
Past Students
Alex de Paiva (MA 2017)
Co-supervised with Dr. Scott Mitchell
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: Understanding the Role and Value of Participatory Mapping in an Inuit Knowledge Research Context
Current position: Fisheries Protections Program, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
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Leah Ronayne (MA 2016)
Co-supervised with Dr. Scot Nickels
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: Towards a tailored vision of water security in the North: A case study of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Canadian Arctic
Current position: Program Advisor, Security and Disruptive Technologies, National Research Council Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
Sean Robertson (Postdoctoral Fellow 2012)
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Research: Caribou and community well-being
Current position: Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
Rebecca Mearns (MA 2017)
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: Nunavut, Uqausivut, Piqqusivullu Najuqsittiarlavu (Caring for our Land, Language and Culture): The use of land camps in Inuit knowledge renewal and research
Current position: Vice President, Nunavut Arctic College (Iqaluit, Nunavut)
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Erica Oberndorfer (PhD 2016)
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: The shared stories of people and plants: Cultural and ecological relationships between people and plants in Makkovik (Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada)
Current position: Northern Cultivation Research Program Development, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador)
Karen Kelley (MA 2010)
Co-supervised with Dr. Claudio Aporta
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: Policies and Practicalities of Shipping in Changing Ice Conditions: A case study from Cape Dorset, Nunavut
Current position: Manager, Inuit Qaujisarvingat (Inuit Knowledge Centre), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Ottawa, Ontario)
Dana Holtby (MA 2016)
Interim Supervisor while Dr. Emilie Cameron was on medical leave
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: The Community Readiness Initiative in Kugluktuk, Nunavut: Mining, neoliberalism, and state intervention in arctic Indigenous community development
Current position: Training Coordinator, Coastal First Nations – Great Bear Initiative (Victoria, British Columbia)
Carmelle Sullivan (MA 2013)
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: Integrating Culturally Relevant Learning in Nunavut High Schools: Student and educator perspectives from Pangnirtung, Nunavut and Ottawa, Ontario
Current position: Occasional Teacher with the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic District School Board (Peterborough, Ontario)
Kelly Karpala (MA 2010)
Co-supervised with Dr. Claudio Aporta
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
Thesis: Adapting to a World of Change: Inuit Perspectives of Climate Change in Igloolik, Nunavut
Current position: Manager, Conversational Design, [24]7 Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)
