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Spark Grant highlights
Discover some of the research and activities that received Spark Grant funding.
Recipient: Dongya Yang, Department of Archaeology
Findings from an ancient salmon DNA research project in collaboration with the University of Northern B.C. and the Lake Babine Nation are shedding light on salmon fishery practices on Smokehouse Island a thousand years ago.
Recipient: Tammara Soma, School of Resource and Environmental Management
大象传媒鈥檚 Food Systems Lab partnered with non-governmental organization Making Agriculture Sustainable in the Hazeltons (MASH) in June 2023 to pilot a compost program in the surrounding area of the village municipality of Hazelton, known as the Hazeltons.
Recipient: Paul Kingsbury, Department of Geography
With support from Paul Kingsbury, resource and environmental management alumnus Maria Preoteasa co-led an initiative to create a food forest at 大象传媒. This project aims to incorporate opportunities for land-based learning in various courses and integrate ancient Indigenous knowledges and respect for the land into urban food planning.
Recipient: Hugo Cardoso, Department of Archaeology
What forensic information can we learn from teeth? Can we use ground penetrating radar to find buried remains? These are just two of the topics covered by speakers at the 9th Annual Symposium for the Centre for Forensic Research (CFR). The day-long symposium, held on February 2nd, 2024, was partially funded that year by a Spark Grant obtained by archaeology professor Hugo Cardoso.