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Current Graduate Students

Name Program Research Interest(s) Research Supervisor(s)
NameSonja Bols ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Bank Swallows and Canada’s Boreal North: examining past and present biogeographical relationships Research Supervisor(s)K. Greer & B. Montgomerie (Queens)
NameNikki Commanda ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Management and Status Update for the Lake Nipissing Watershed - Part of the Great Lakes Upper St. Lawrence Population, Ontario, Canada Research Supervisor(s)R. Mirza
NameAdam Curran ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Assessing the implementation of Ontario’s Overall Benefit Permit Program Research Supervisor(s)D. Walters
NameMandy Ehnes ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)The use of automated recording and UAV technology to determine how emerald ash borer (Agrillus planipennis) invasion affects avian vocal behaviour and community composition in municipal woodlots Research Supervisor(s)J. Dech & J. Foote (Algoma)
NameNancy England ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Application of isotope hydrology in the study of hydroelectric watersheds Research Supervisor(s)A. James
NameDrew Gauthier ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Negotiating Competence: Perspectives on Capital Exchange and Occupational Socialization in Cultural Resource Management Research Supervisor(s)C. Dokis
NameBrittany Germain ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Hydrogeomorphic Classification Approach for the Hudson Bay Lowlands in the Attawapiskat Watershed Research Supervisor(s)A. James & B. Branfireun (Western)
NameJamie Girard ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Seasonal Dynamics Of Water Quality And Thermal Stratification Patterns Of Callander Bay, Ontario Research Supervisor(s)A. James & D. Walters
NameDuncan Hill ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Exploring the fully-polarimetric capabilities of RADARSAT-2 for monitoring a degraded white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) forest of the Mexican Pacific Research Supervisor(s)J. Kovacs
NameMary Kelly ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Multilocality and Multivocality of Place in a Subarea of the Algonquin Land Claim Settlement: The Perspectives of Trappers and Hunters Research Supervisor(s)C. Dokis and K. Greer
NameChristopher McConnell ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Using stable isotopes to estimate long-term average water balance conditions for headwater lakes in south-central Ontario Research Supervisor(s)A. James & H. Yao (MOECC DESC)
NameLaurel Muldoon ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Reconstructing the Plio-Pleistocene climate in Alaska and the Yukon using δ13C and δ18O isotopic signatures of Larch (Larix lacricina) Research Supervisor(s)A. James & A. Csank (Desert Research Institute - Reno)
NameVijanti Ramlogan Murphy ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Exploring underlying determinants of wastewater system risk in First Nation communities across Canada Research Supervisor(s)D. Walters
NamePaige Restoule ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Exploring land-based activities and well-being Research Supervisor(s)C. Dokis
NameStephanie Rhude ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Exploring hyperspectral data and nitrogen application levels for two field crops located in the West Nipissing agricultural region of northern Ontario Research Supervisor(s)J. Kovacs
NameAshley Ryan ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Development of Electroanalytical-Based Sensors for the Determination of Low-Oxidation State Sulfur Species and their Removal from Water Research Supervisor(s)S. Kariuki
NameAmanda Springer ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Using a multi-variate approach to describe the regeneration niche of black ash (Fraxinus nigra Marsh.) in the Great Lakes - St Lawrence forest Research Supervisor(s)J. Dech
NameTegan McWhirter ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Assessing the Intensity and Behaviours of Past Fires Using the Oxygen-Isotope Composition of Char Research Supervisor(s)J. Dech & E. Webb (Western)

 

Recent Graduates

Name Program Research Interest(s)
NameCorrine Arthur ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Testing the Diversity-Stability Hypothesis in Dry Forests of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest Region of Canada
NameBrandon Brown ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Spatial and temporal variability of First Nations drinking water risk
NameJeff Cable ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Influence of incidence angle and growth stage on polarimetric parameters of agricultural crops: An application using RADARSAT-2 multi-temporal data
NameCorrine Collin ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)The suitability of Lake Shikwamkwa, in Northern Ontario, to support an introduced Lake Char population throughout all of its life stages
NameRhonda Gagnon ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Anishinabek and Government Perspectives on Why Consultation is Important: An ethnographic approach
NameDevan Grainger ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Rural communities, subsistence activities, the development and implementation of social capital and social agencies, the interaction between global markets and local communities
NameDale Klodnicki ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)A Characterization of Benthic Invertebrate Community Assemblages in Northwestern Ontario Streams
NameImane Meddah ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Chemical characterization and identification of Ostariophysan alarm cues
NameNathan Mountain ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Source Water Contributions to Stream Flow in the Wasi Watershed Using Stable Isotope and Geochemical Tracers
NameAmanda Paulin ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Ontario Forest Products: Branding and Certification
NameJohn Perry ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)The Effect of Environmental Calcium on Olfactory-Mediated Predator-Prey Interactions in Pumpkinseed Sunfish
NameSteven Piquette ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Determination of Littoral Benthic Macroinvertebrate Diversity in Response to Calcium Decline in Northern Ontario Lakes
NameOriana Pokorny ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Memory of conspecifics in Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
NameDavid Poliquin ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)TTX and Newts: A Powerful Neurotoxins Role in Newt Danger Avoidance
NameMegan Prescott ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Using the Lake Analyzer tool to characterize weather related controls on mixing and stratification events in three Lake Nipissing embayments
NameZach Rawluck ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Sulfur Dioxide Pollution Histories of Sudbury Smelters Revealed by Northeastern Ontario Tree Rings
NameOlawale Sogbein ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Comparing The Potentials for Process-Peat and Mined Zeolite For Removal of Dissolved Heavy Metal Toxins from Mining and Other Industrial Wastewaters
NameJennifer Thompson ProgramMES Research Interest(s)Agricultural Promotion and Apiculture in Ontario, 1880-1910
NameElisha Townshend ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)Modeling Wood Fibre Length Based on Ecosite and Tree Crown Size of Black Spruce
NameJeff Wilson ProgramMESc Research Interest(s)The Application of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data for Precision Agriculture in Northeastern Ontario