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.

 

Camponeschi, Chiara
Advisor: B. Bradshaw
Research
: Participatory approaches to social innovation and urban resilience.

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.

Jon Belanger

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

Tara Holland

Holland, Tara
Advisor: B. Smit
Research:Adaptability of social-ecological systems; vulnerability of the wine sector to rural and environmental change.

Elizabeth Holmes

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

Erin McIver

MacIver, Erin
Advisor: A. Hovorka
Research
: Cattle and gender relations in Botswana.

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.

Lisa Ohberg

Ohberg, Lisa
Advisor: E.Fraser/J. Smithers
Research
: Role of food system localization in community food security.

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

Sneyd, 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: A political-economic, geographical and historical perspective on agricultural policy, labour market change and livelihoods within the coconut industry in Kerala, India

Vanessa Stretch

Stretch, Vanessa
Advisor: Z. Gedalof
Research: Multiproxy reconstrutions of spatial variability and landscape controls of fire in the Alberta Foothills.

Vansteenkiste

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


MA / MSc Students
Cayla Albrecht

Albrecht, Cayla
Advisor: J. Smithers
Research: Local food systems and small scale agriculture: consumer/producer perceptions and understandings of food cost and value.

Laura Benakoun

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

Deanna Coop

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

Steve Eligie

Dinh, Theresa
Advisor: Z. Gedalof
Research:

Lidia Fourcans

Fourcans, Lidia
Advisor: R. Hawkins
Research:
Representational discourses in the CRM Eve Echo-FINCA Ecuador campaign.

Fraser-Celin, Valli

Fraser-Celin, Valli
Advisor: A. Hovorka
Research:
The Lives of Cheetas in Botswana.

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.

Shannon Greenberg

Hutton, Cara
Advisor: Jaclyn Cockburn
Research: Habitat and fluvial geomorphology.

Rylea Johnson

Johnson, Rylea
Advisor: E. Fraser/R. Hawkins
Research:

Robyn Kenny

Kenny, Robyn
Advisor: R. Hawkins
Research:
Cause-Related Marketing as Ethical Consumption? An Analysis of Three Conservation Campaigns.

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.

Ivanna Lung

Lung, Ivana
Advisor: W. Yang
Research:
Examining water quality effects of land management practices in an agricultural watershed using a GIS based fully distributed hydrologic model.

Sandra McCubbin

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

Alexandra Meeker

Meeker, Alexandra
Advisor: N. Gray
Research:

Allan Merchant

Merchant, Allan
Advisor: A. Berg
Research:
Ecological classifications of the Taiga Plains Boreal Zone using Polarimetric SAR.

Bryce Molder

Molder, Bryce
Advisor: J. Cockburn
Research
: Sediment and nutrient mobilization in agricultural landscapes.

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'.

Rebecca Scriver

Scriver, Rebecca
Advisor: A. Berg
Research
: Evaluating the effect of irrigation policies on urban energy budgets using remote sensing.

Maria Shallard

Shallard, Maria
Advisor: J. Silver
Research
: Understanding Indigenous perspectives on ocean space in the context of fisheries decline and contested management options.

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

Kimberley Stemshorn

Stemshorn, Kimberley
Advisor: K. Parizeau
Research: Analysing the decision-making processes of siting Toronto’s solid waste with the lens of social justice.

Isabella Sulpizio

Sulpizio, Isabella
Advisor: J. Silver
Research
: Tracing NGO and Retailer perceptions of consumers in the sustainable seafood movement

Mattew Vetta

Vetta, Matthew
Advisor: J. Cockburn
Research
:

Julia Withers

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

Josie Wittmer

Wittmer, Josie
Advisor: K. Parizeau
Research
:Socioeconomic and environmental health aspects of informal recycling.

Kathryn Woodrow

Woodrow, Kathryn
Advisor: J. Lindsay/A. Berg
Research
: Isolated catchment mapping in Southwestern Ontario morainal landscapes.