Our Graduate Students
Current Students
Abbas, Mohamed
- PhD student researching the use of multi‑sensor remote sensing and deep learning to map woody vegetation in croplands and quantify carbon stocks across Canadian agricultural landscapes.
Amini, Yasaman
- PhD student using passive microwave brightness temperature to identify Canadian peatlands vulnerable to wildfire, aiming to improve understanding of soil moisture dynamics and support the development of predictive tools to protect these long‑forming ecosystems.
Antropova, Yulia
- PhD student combining satellite and in‑situ data to track multi‑decadal changes in the Milne Glacier and better understand the processes driving Arctic glacier thinning and sea‑level rise.
Barber, Quinn
- PhD student studying remote sensing of peatland wildfire, with a focus on using UAVs and satellite imagery to assess peatland wildfire vulnerability and seasonal dynamics.
Bourdages, Madelaine
- PhD student assessing the sources, transport, and fate of microplastics in Arctic freshwater systems by quantifying and characterizing contamination in Great Slave Lake and along the Mackenzie River (NWT).
Cauley-Le Fevre, Noreen
- PhD student studying the geographic dimensions of how sexual abuse survivors experience place, using mixed methods to reveal how trauma shapes spatial practices and to advance more holistic understandings of survivors’ lived worlds.
Dabboussy, Maria
- PhD student exploring emotional geographies through intersectional, feminist, and critical race lenses, with research focused on fostering accessibility, joy, and collaborative practices within academic spaces.
Diaz-Cuellar, Vladimir
- PhD student analyzing the expansion of capitalism in Bolivia and its connections to greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, using an interdisciplinary approach that bridges the natural and social sciences.
Foster, John
- MSc student mapping and modeling how industrial activity, permafrost thaw, and wildfires affect freshwater quality in the Stewart River watershed, using spatially explicit methods to support the First Nation of Na‑Cho Nyak Dun in land‑use planning and cumulative effects assessments.
Fuke, Arianna
- MA student researching the constraints and benefits of integrating on‑site community food programs into housing developments, with a focus on how such initiatives may help ease residents’ experiences of urban precarity amid rising living costs in Ottawa.
Hill-Guye, Taihisa
- PhD student investigating how immigrants’ countries of origin and settlement locations shape their wealth accumulation in Canada, with the goal of identifying key factors influencing economic integration and informing policy and financial-sector decision‑making.
Imeri, Monika
- PhD student examining lived experiences of development‑led displacement to better understand the political economy of housing and neighbourhood change in Canada’s capital.
Jonat, Galina
- PhD student researching permafrost change by reducing and quantifying uncertainties in climate model inputs and assessing how these uncertainties influence simulations of future permafrost dynamics.
Kennedy, Rebeccah
- MA student examining knowledge exchange in forestry decision‑making between Indigenous and non‑Indigenous actors, focusing on barriers to Indigenous stewardship and pathways for improved collaboration.
Kirkham, Owen
- MSc student studying the morphology and evolution of the Milne Ice Shelf channel using ROV and imaging sonar to build 3D models of this unique Arctic system.
Lavallée, Sarah
- MA student examining how urban wild food provisioning in green and blue spaces contributes to cultural ecosystem services, with research grounded in environmental justice, sustainable food, and socio‑ecological systems.
Loewen, Ada
- PhD student integrating in‑situ and satellite observations with Inuit knowledge to understand the physical processes that make landfast sea ice in Admiralty Inlet vulnerable to break‑up.
Martin, Zack
- PhD student researching how historical place‑making shapes urban built environments and geographic understandings over time, at the intersection of geography, history, and urban studies.
Meier-Legault, Olivia
- MSc student investigating changing permafrost conditions in Canada through ground‑temperature observations to improve permafrost monitoring and support northern decision‑making.
Miller, Kt
- PhD student using mixed‑methods and Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit knowledge) to research the social‑ecological and socioeconomic relationships between mitiq (eider ducks) and Inuit harvesters.
Pontone, Nicholas
- PhD student using SAR and InSAR to improve soil‑moisture modeling and wildfire burn‑depth estimation in boreal peatlands through satellite–field data integration and radiative‑transfer modeling.
Rashid, Leila
- MSc student investigating groundwater–surface water interactions in remote boreal mountain wetlands of central Yukon using hydrometric monitoring, geochemical/isotopic sampling, and digital‑terrain‑based modelling to assess landscape controls and wetland hydrologic function.
Rasouli, Abbas
Richardson, Elisha
Robinson, Steve
Schultz, Samantha
Senanayake, Uvini
Shahbakhti, Mahsa
Sumanth , Sneha
Tokarski, Michaela
Verhey, Chantelle
Graduated Students
Asenso, Opoku
Astles, Brittany
Atienza, Jose
Barron, Jennie
Beaupre, Patrick
Capy, Vanessa
Conzon, Julia
Crawford, Anna
Diamant Boustead , Loucas
Ganji, Tina
Guindon, Eric
Hall, Teall
Huda, Shababa
Jardine, Pat
Kirkwood, Adam
Kusi-Appiah, Andy
Landriau, Rae
Lapins, David
Lindsay, Emily
Lizzeth Zuniga, Zara
Moffatt, Jordan
Obeda, Kristen
Palmer, Mike
Parker, Ryan
Peart, Christian
Pelletier, Nicolas
Peraza, Inés
Perrin, Alison
Poitevin-DesRivières, Chloé
Robertson, Colin
Samson, Cameron
Smith, Keegan
Smith, Cassie
Storosko, Iain
Vasantha (Thumbadoo) Trebilcock, Romola
