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Alexandre Bevington

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2016 - present)

Co-supervisors: Dr. Brian Menounos, Dr. Marten Geertsema
Dissertation topic: Time Series Satellite Remote Sensing of Cryospheric Change in the Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta
Email: bevington@unbc.ca

Charlie Bourque

Graduate student, MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2022 - present)
BSc Integrated Science (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, 2020)

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis topic: The impact of red snow algae and black carbon on glacier melt
Email: cbourque@unbc.ca

Andrea Byrne

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (September 2021 - present)
MPlan (University of Waterloo, 2020)
BSc Environmental Science (University of British Columbia, 2011)

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Dissertation topic: Nature-based adaptation to climate change and local governments
Email: byrnea@unbc.ca

Richard Darko

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2022 - present)
MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, 2022)
MA Development Economics (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, 2019)
MA Economics (University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, 2016)
BA Economics (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2012)

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis topic: Advancing new Regional Industrial Development Pathways: Exploring the Dynamics of Power, Legitimacy, and Institutionalization​
Email: darko@unbc.ca

Sara Darychuk

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Environmental Science (September 2019 – present)

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis topic: LiDAR-based snow volumes and remotely sensed snow-covered area.
Email: darychuk@unbc.ca

Audrey Faber (on leave)

Graduate student, MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2017 - present)
BSc Geography (University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C., 2016)

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis topic: Determining the provenance of sand beaches on Calvert Island, BC, using geochemical fingerprinting
Email: faber@unbc.ca

Madeleine Fisher

Graduate student, MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2024-Present)

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Community Resilience to Coastal Change in the Canadian Arctic
Email: fisherm@unbc.ca
 

Briana Greer

Graduate student, MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2021 - present)
BA Global and International Studies and Political Science - Double Major (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, 2021)

Supervisor: Dr. Zoe Meletis
Thesis topic: Métis Women's Experiences of Climate Change
Email: greerb@unbc.ca

Rubi Juliana Briones Venegas

Graduate student, MA International Studies (January 2024-Present) 

BA Tourism Administration (Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Peru, 2018)

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Community Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the dry region of Guatemala
Email: briones@unbc.ca
 

Amy Klepetar

Graduate student, PhD Health Sciences (September 2023 - present)

Co-supervisors: Dr. Neil Hanlon, Dr. Margot Parkes
Dissertation topic: Examining human health impacts of industrial development in the Kitimat Valley, British Columbia
Email: aklepetar@unbc.ca

Gabrielle Lint

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Environmental Science
BSc Honours Environmental Science, focus in Toxicology; Minor in Soil Science (University of Manitoba, 2018)

Supervisors: Dr. Ellen Petticrew and Dr. Philip Owens
Thesis topic: Effects of Mount Polley mine spill tailings on impacted lakes' phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentrations
Email: lint@unbc.ca

Caleb Mathias

Graduate student, MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2021 - present)

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Thesis topic: Investigating Holocene glacier fluctuations in the northeastern Canadian Cordillera
Email: mathias@unbc.ca

Md Abdur Rashid

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2022 - present)
MA International Studies - International Development (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, 2015)
BA (Aligarh Muslim University, 1999)

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis topic: Rohingya Refugee Crisis & Rethinking Development in Bangladesh
Email: rashidm@unbc.ca

Halena Scanlon

Graduate student, MNRES Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2022 - present)

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Knowledge co-production of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in a changing Arctic
Email: scanlon@unbc.ca

Samiullah Sofizada

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (January 2023 - present)

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Dissertation topic: Community resilience and adaptation to changing mountain snowpacks and geohazards in Robson Valley, British Columbia

Glen Thielmann

Graduate student, PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography (September 2019 - present)
MEd Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., 2004)
BA Geography and English (UBC, Vancouver, B.C., 1994)

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Dissertation topic: Possibilities of Place: Tracing the Roots of Place-Responsive K-12 Educator Practice in North Central B.C.
Email: thielmann@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-5789

Ali Bishop

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography
Advanced Diploma - Geographic Information Systems (Vancouver Island University, 2019)
BSc (Dalhousie University, 2016)

Co-supervisors: Dr. Joseph Shea and Dr. Bill Floyd
Thesis topic: Evaluation of Snow Distribution under Forest Canopy with Airborne LiDAR
Email: bishopa@unbc.ca

Stephanie Chan

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Biology

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Measuring individual specialization in Greenland cod (Gadus ogac) in the Arctic
Email: schan@unbc.ca
 

Yanik Rozon

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography 

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Nature-based adaptation to climate change and marine protected areas in Fiji
Email: rozon@unbc.ca
 

Yihang Zhang

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography 

BA Media Economics and Management - Broadcasting and Television Playwright Directing, TV Editing (Communication University of China, Beijing, 2010)

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis topic: Bringing dinosaurs into the 2020s: considering current visitation and future virtual tourism possibilities for the Tumbler Ridge Museum and Geopark (B.C.)
Email: yihangz@unbc.ca

Adam Hawkins

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography
BS Environmental and Engineering Geology (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 2014)

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Dissertation topic: Holocene Glacier and Climate Change in Northwestern Canada and southern South America
Email: ahawkins@unbc.ca

Kristen Kieta

PhD Natural Resources Environmental Studies - Geography
BSc Environmental Science (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2011)
MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (ÂÜÀòÉäÇø, 2017)

Supervisors: Dr. Phil Owens and Dr. Ellen Petticrew
Dissertation topic: Determining sources of sediment in the Nechako River Basin using the sediment fingerprinting technique
Email: kieta@unbc.ca

Erin Nevison

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography
BA International Relations (University of British Columbia Okanagan, 2017)

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis topic: Policy and the decarbonization of energy in British Columbia
Email: nevison@unbc.ca
 

Sergio Vazquez Tagle Gallegos

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography
BEng Environmental Geology (Autonomous University of Hidalgo State, Mexico)

Supervisors: Dr. Brian Menounos and Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis topic: Measurement of snow volume fluctuations in northern regions with LiDAR data
Email: gallegos@unbc.ca
 

James Whitehead

Student, MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography
BASc Quest University Canada (Squamish B.C., 2017)

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Dissertation topic: Assessing the Implementation of Community Based Wildfire Risk Reduction Initiatives in BC
Email: whiteheaj@unbc.ca
 

Annie King

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis: Consultation and Engagement of Sahtú Dene and Métis People in the Closure and Reclamation of the Norman Wells Oilfield
 

Adrian Smith

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Co-supervisors: Dr. Roger Wheate and Dr. Chelsey Armstrong (Simon Fraser University)
Thesis: Historical-Ecological Approach to Understanding the Effects of Timber Harvest on Wa’uumst, Hu’ums (Oplopanax horridus) in Lax Yip Madii Lii
 

Rulan Xiao

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis topic: Comparison of methods to estimate fuel moisture content in different forest stand types in central British Columbia
 

Amy Abdel-Malak

Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MNRES)

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Meletis
Thesis:

Richard Darko

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:

Benjamin Hagerty

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Supervisors: Dr. Zoe A. Meletis and Dr. Mark Groulx
Thesis: Examining vegan philosophy in sustainable tourism and entrepreneurialism
 

Kevin Ostapowich

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Environmental Science

Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Shea
Thesis:
 

Annie Pumphrey

Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MNRES)

Supervisor: Dr. Zoë A. Meletis
Thesis:
Awarded: Governor General's Gold Medal at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø's May 2023 Convocation

Megan Gordon

MA Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Thesis:
 

Jessica Smart

MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Environmental Science

Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Thesis topic: Inuit Knowledge and Observations of Changes in Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) and the Implications for Subsistence Livelihoods in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories
 

Marzieh Mortezapour

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Peter Jackson and Dr. Brian Menounos
Dissertation:

Ben Pelto

PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies - Geography

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
Dissertation: An approach to remotely monitor glacier mass balance at seasonal to annual time scales, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada
 

Obumneme Achunike

MNRES Geography
BSc Geology and Mining (Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria, 1998)

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
Thesis: