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PhD Defence: Charlotte Potter

Submitted by dfoolen on November 20th, 2025 9:57 AM
Date: 
Monday, December 8th, 2025 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: 

Hybrid:  (Teams / LA 100)

Charlotte Potter, a PhD Rural Studies candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend their thesis on “Autopoiesis and Relationality in Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems: A Multi-Case Study Analysis.”

Examination Committee:
Dr. Silvia Sarapura, SEDRD - Advisor
Dr. Faisal Moola, Geography - Committee Member
Dr. Noella Gray, Geography - Committee Member

Dr. Lindsay Martel Montgomery, University of Toronto, Anthropology - External Member
Dr. Nic Brunet, SEDRD, Chair of Examination

Advisory Committee:
Dr. Silvia Sarapura, SEDRD - Advisor
Dr. Leith Deacon, SEDRD - Committee Member
Dr. Faisal Moola, Geography – Committee Member

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Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/sedrd/events/2025/12/phd-defence-charlotte-potter