Students

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Current Students

(in alphabetical order by first name)

Alexandra Oakes (MA Student)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University
Research: Experiences of community researchers in collaborative survey research

Alexis Polidoro (PhD Student)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University

Research: Social Science and Inuit knowledge research trends in Nunavut

Alison Perrin (PhD Student)

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University

Research: Examining the research-policy framework in Canada’s North

Emmelie Paquette (PhD Student)

Co-supervised with Dr. Stephan Schott and Dr. Peter Pulsifer

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University

Research: Bringing Nattilingmiut harvests from land to table

Faith Rahman (MA Student)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University
Research: TBC

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

Kraig Matthews (MA Student)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University

Research: Decolonizing relations between provincial parks and First Nations communities in central Ontario

Regena Sinclair (MA Student)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University

Research: Qikiqtait Protected Area Development

Stuart Anderson (PhD Student)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University

Research: Evolving uses of technology in Nunavut research practice

Past Students

(in order of year of completion)

Alexis Polidoro (MA 2022)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University

Thesis: What is happening where? An evaluation of Social Science Research Trends in Nunavut (2004-2019)

Contributed to: Research Trends in Nunavut

Current position: PhD student, School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario)

Charlotte Buttle (Research Assistant 2022)

School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University

Research: Goose Policy Analysis

Current position: Master’s student, Public Health, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)

Katherine Wilson (PhD 2022)

Co-supervised with Dr. Trevor Bell

Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Thesis: The Sikumiut Model: A cross-cultural decolonizing research approach for sea ice travel safety in Mittimatalik, Nunavut

Contributed to: Sea-Ice Safety in Mittimatalik

Current position: Director of Knowledge Co-production, SmartICE (Ottawa, Ontario)

Emmelie Paquette (MSc 2020)

Co-supervised with Dr. Cheryl Johnson and Dr. Derek Mueller

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University

Thesis: The potential impacts of sea ice and ship traffic change to caribou sea ice crossings surrounding King William Island, Nunavut

Contributed to: Caribou and Sea Ice Crossings

Current position: PhD Candidate, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario)

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

Contributed to: Participatory Mapping in Inuit Knowledge Research

Current position: Fisheries Protections Program, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)

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

Contributed to: Caribou and Community Well-Being

Current position: President, Nunavut Arctic College (Iqaluit, Nunavut)

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)

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)

Contributed to: Makkovik People and Plants

Current position: Cultural Botanist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador)

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)

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

Contributed to: Land-Based Learning in Nunavut

Current position: Occasional Teacher with the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic District School Board (Peterborough, Ontario)