Current Graduates

Phd Students
Justin Adams

Adams, Justin
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: Integration of active and passive microwave imagery for retrievals and scaling of soil moisture.

Bhamjee

Bhamjee, Rashaad
Advisor: J. Lindsay
Research: Characterizing the impact of flow, sediment and pollutants in ephemeral streams.

Jon Belanger

Belanger, Jonathon
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: The role of soil moisture monitoring networks in the validation of remotely sensed soil moisture estimates.

Liette Connoly-Boutin

Connolly-Boutin, Liette
Advisor: B. Smit
Research: Food security, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa.

Dawn Dietrich

Dietrich, Dawn
Advisor: A. Hovorka
Research: Feminist environmental history of Addington Highlands and North Frontenac, Ontario.

Tara Holland

Holland, Tara
Advisor: B. Smit
Research:Environmental change and its impacts on viticulture and viniculture; adaptive capacity of the wine industry.

Elizabeth Holmes

Holmes, Elizabeth
Advisor: B. Bradshaw
Research: Governance mechanisms associated with the protection of ecological goods and services; landowner engagement in environmental stewardship.

legwegoh

Legwegoh, Alexander
Advisor: A. Hovorka
Research: Urban food consumption in Botswana.

Lusis

Lusis, Tom
Advisor: H. Bauder
Research: Immigrant transnationalism in Ontario’s second-tier cities with a  focus on the Filipino-Canadian community.

Hida Manns

Manns, Hida
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: Agricultural influences on soil moisture variability applicable to remote sensing.

Manson

Manson, Gavin
Advisor: R. Davidson-Arnott, Ray Kostaschuk
Research: Numerical simulation of nearshore sediment transport in a changing climate: North Shore of Prince Edward Island.

Phil Mount

Mount, Philip
Advisor: J. Smithers
Research: Investigating the effects of increased scale (in both farm and food chain) on adherence to fundamental principles of local food systems, through an examination of ‘local beef’ initiatives in Ontario and the EU.

Anatoliy Oginshkyy

Oginskyy, Anatoliy
Advisor: W. Yang
Research: Integrated Environmental-Economic Watershed Modelling of BMPs and Agri-Environmental Policies.

Sri Sethuratnam

Sethuratnam, Sri
Advisor: E. Fraser
Research:

Lauren Scannell

Scannell, Lauren
Geography and Collaborative International Development Studies
Advisor: E. Fraser
Research: Global agri-food; globalization; power; international development; food security; food sovereignty; regional food systems; wild food products; food from the forest; food traditions; dietary and bio diversity.

Sportel

Sportel, Terah
Advisor: R. Véron
Research: Political Economy; Globalisation, Geography and Space; Labour and Labour Markets; Livelihoods; Coconut Sector, Kerala, India.

Vanessa Stretch

Stretch, Vanessa
Advisor: Z. Gedalof
Research: Spatial variability and landscape controls of fire in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.

Vansteenkiste

Vansteenkiste, Jennifer
Advisor: E. Fraser
Research: Global food systems; food security; international development interventions; local alternative food systems; gender; Haiti.


MA / MSc Students
Melanie Allard

Allard, Melanie
Advisor: L. Bennett
Research: Evaluate the effectiveness of the Provincial Policy Statement in protecting ecological functions of provincially significant wetlands in Southern Ontario.

Steve Ahrens

Ahrens, Beau
Advisor: J. Lindsay
Research: Landscape characterization using digital elevation models.

Laura Benakoun

Benakoun, Laura
Advisor: Z. Gedalof
Research: The relationship of tree growth and visible symptoms of decline in Ontario's sugar maple population.

Rob Brown

Brown, Rob
Advisor: Z. Gedalof
Research: Alpine Treeline Dynamics and Climatic Change.

Jaqueline Bull

Bull, Jacquie
Advisor: J. Smithers
Research: Implications of the consumption and commoditization of the countryside on the local food sector; farm-restaurant partnerships.

Michael CoDyre

CoDyre, Michael
Advisor: E. Fraser
Research: Alternative Food Systems in Southwestern Ontario.

Deanna Coop

Coop, Deanna
Advisor: J. Smithers
Research: Community farms in Ontario: exploring prospects for local food on public land.

Steve Eligie

Elgie, Steve
Advisor: W. Yang
Research: Modelling riparian buffer filtration capacities in agricultural regions using a fully distributed model.

Tokny Fedec

Fedec, Tony
Advisor: W. Yang
Research: Quantifying the Water Quality Impacts of Agricultural Beneficial Management Programs in Southern Manitoba using GIS based Hydrological Modelling software.

Colleen Fuss

Fuss, Colleen
Advisor: A. Berg and J. Lindsay
Research: Increasing digital elevation model resolution using multi-observation, quad-polar, RADARSAT-2 imagery and data fusion techniques.

Martha Geiger

Geiger, Martha
Advisor: A. Hovorka
Research: Examining animal-human relationships in Northern Botswana.

Shannon Greenberg

Greenberg, Shannon
Advisor: N. Gray
Research: Marine biodiversity conservation and market mechanisms in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Shelley Hazen

Hazen, Shelley
Advisor: E. Fraser
Research:Evaluating farm-level sustainability: analyzing how globalization affects farms in southern Ontario.

Sarah Impera

Impera, Sarah
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: Calibrating soil moisture networks and optimizing SMOS soil moisture retrievals, through experimental coupling techniques.

Robert Klinck

Klinck, Robert
Advisor: B. Bradshaw
Research: Identifying ideal mechanisms for communicating knowledge of a proposed project and its likely impacts within Aboriginal communities.

Sandra McCubbin

McCubbin, Sandra
Advisor: B. Smit
Research: Adaptation to climate change in small island communities of the South Pacific.

Steve McKeown

McKeown, Steve
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: Using Synthetic Aperture Radar and optical imagery for detecting tillage and crop residue.

Amie Melnychuk

Melnychuk, Amie
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: Improving crop classificaton accuracies using a combination of optical imagery and ancillary data sources in a decision tree classifier.

Sarah Peirce

Peirce, Sarah
Advisor: J. Lindsay
Research: Characterization of ephemeral streams using electrical resistance (ER) sensors.

Swapan Roy

Roy, Swapan
Advisor: A. Berg
Research: Role of data simulation in earth sciences.

Kimberly Rozon

Rozon, Kimberly
Advisor: B. Bradshaw
Research: Training and employment opportunities for Aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario's 'Ring of Fire'.

Dominique Schmidt

Schmidt, Dominique
Advisor: B.Bradshaw
Research: Market-based governance of seafood in the Canadian food retail sector.

Shaw, Christina
Advisor: B. Bradshaw
Research: Agri-environmental Behaviour; Beneficial Management Practices; Adoption; Governance Mechanisms; and Environmental Stewardship.

Jane Simmons

Simmons, Jane
Advisor: W. Yang
Research: Quantifying effluent credits for use in non-point source water quality trading programs.

Kimberley Stemshorn

Stemshorn, Kimberley
Advisor: K. Parizeau
Research: Understanding urban waste management through ethics, stigma and consumer responsibility.

Julia Withers

Withers, Julia
Advisor: J. Smithers
Research: Agri-Environmental Geography.