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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 (MA 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
Charlotte Buttle (Research Assistant)
School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University
Research: Goose Policy Analysis
Emmelie Paquette (PhD Student)
Co-supervised with Dr. Peter Pulsifer
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Research: TBC
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
Kraig Matthews (MA Student)
School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University
Research: relations between provincial parks and First Nations communities in central Ontario
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
Megan Sheremata (PhD Student)
Co-supervised with Dr. William Gough
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Research: Inuit knowledge of the cumulative impacts of environmental change in eastern Hudson Bay
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: TBD
Past Students
(in order of year of completion)
Emmelie Paquette (MSc 2020)
Co-supervised with Dr. Cheryl Johnson and Dr. Derek Mueller
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Thesis: Potential Impacts of Sea Ice Change and Shipping Traffic on Caribou Migratory Routes Surrounding King William Island, Nunavut
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: Vice 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)
Sean Robertson (Postdoctoral Fellow 2012)
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University
Contributed to: Caribou and Community Well-Being
Current position: Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
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
Contributed to: Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project
Current position: Manager, Inuit Qaujisarvingat (Inuit Knowledge Centre), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Ottawa, 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
Contributed to: Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project
Current position: Manager, Conversational Design, [24]7 Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)