Graduate Student Supervision

I am currently leading and participating in a number of funded research projects and open to supervising MRM students with research interests in renewable energy and transport, Indigenous governance, Indigenous-Settler solidarity, nature-based solutions, Indigenous forestry, and Indigenous peeps and the po-po.

I am not currently accepting any new PhD students, but may again in 2026.

graduateS (11)

Amy Metzger (completed April 2024)

• 699 Project: Reflections of UNDRIP in British Columbia's emerging forestry policy: The province's understanding and a closer look at old growth management

• Amy is a Land Policy Analyst for the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas of the Government of Alberta in July 2024.

Andrew Palmer - (completed January 2024)

• 699 Project: Assessing Watershed Health Indicators: Strengthening Indigenous Co-Governance and Embracing Climate Adaptation in Support of Watershed Resilience

• Andrew is working as a Planning Associate at EcoPlan International

Katarina Heim - (completed November 2023)

• 699 Project: Turning the Tide: A Just Transition to Low-Emission Marine Propulsion Solutions in Coastal Indigenous Communities

• Kat is currently a Junior Policy Analyst at the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.

Deanna Cummings - (completed August 2023)

• 699 Project: Nuu-chah-nulth Health Sovereignty in the Time of COVID-19

• Deanna is currently working as a Planning Associate at EcoPlan International

Tyla Crowe - (completed May 2023)

• 699 Project: Reconciliation, Resurgence, Indigenous-led Conservation and the Helicat Canada Toolkit

• Tyla and I co-authored a peer-reviewed book chapter with Kara Shaw and Tamara Krawchenko titled, “Indigenous ambivalence? It's not about the pipeline …: Indigenous responses to fossil fuel export projects in Western Canada” in Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export, edited by Hilary Boudet and Shawn Hazboun (2022). You can find it: here.

• Tyla is currently working as a Socio-Cultural and Community Planner at Dillon Consulting

Maya Molander - (completed August 2022)

• 699 Project: Renewables and Reconciliation: Decolonizing climate policies for a just transition to a low-carbon future

• Maya is a Senior Specialist, Community Development at the First Nations Health Authority for the Fraser Salish Region.

Clémentine Bouche (completed April 2022)

• 699 Project: Developing Indigenous Health Indicators for Cumulative Health Impact Assessment

• Clémentine is an Environmental Assessment Advisor at the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board in the Northwest Territories.

Aidan Whiteley (completed August 2021)

• 699 Project: An unprincipled relationship: Settler colonialism, recognition, and reconciliation in the principles respecting the government of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples

• Aidan is currently working as a Title & Rights Administrator for the Lower Nicola Indian Band.

Chantelle Spicer (Mi'kmaq, Moroccan Jewish & Austrian heritage), MA, Sociology & Anthropology - co-supervised with Dr. Pamela Stern (completed July 2021)

• Thesis: Knowing the land as home and alive: Re-centering Snuneymuxw’s relationship to Saysutshun in co-management

• Chantelle is the Campaign Manager at the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.

Tara Lamothe-Ammerlaan (Métis) (completed January 2021)

• 699 Project: Mercury loss from gold rush era placer mines in the Fraser Basin

• Tara is a Program Manager at the Firelight Group.

Maddie Hague (completed September 2019)

• 699 Project: How ENGOs in British Columbia navigate Indigenous rights and title: A look at the past and a present day case study

• Maddie is a Referrals Analyst with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Graduates where I was a committee Member:

Dr. Spencer Greening (Gitga'at), PhD candidate, Archaeology (Completed April 2024)

• Thesis: Ła al'algyag̱a laxyuuba Gitḵ'a'ata (The Territory of the Gitga'at speaks): Place-based Indigenous knowledge in the heart of Gitga'at Territory

• Spencer is now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria

Current students:

PhD candidates:

Sarah Ozog

• Sarah is a co-applicant with the PICS team working on the Turning the Tide: Exploring Clean Marine Propulsion in Coastal Indigenous Communities project. She is leading the research with our Haida partners.

MRM Students:

Tatum Askew

Nadia Drissi El-Bouzaidi

Megan Roxby

Irina Borgos

Committees:

Skye Augustine (Stz'minus), PhD candidate, REM

Jonathan Boron (Cayuga), PhD candidate, REM

• Jonathan and I co-authored the article, “Land Is Life: Indigenous Relationships to Territory and Navigating Settler Colonial Property Regimes in Canada” (2022), which you can find: here.

Kim-Ly Thompson, PhD candidate, REM

Jennifer Cutbill, PhD student, UBC Interdisciplinary Studies

Will Niver, PhD student, REM

Alya Govorchin, MSc student, Faculty of Health Sciences

Maeve Leduc, MSc student, Faculty of Health Sciences