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Defences and presentations are listed in reverse order with the latest one at the top. All events are open to the public.

Masters of Resource Management Thesis
Candidate: Michele Grenier (Supervisor Anne Salomon)
Title: Indigenous knowledge reveals recent predator relationships along the northwest coast of North America were enduring features of late Holocene shorelines
Date: Thursday August 28, 2025
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)

Master of Resource Management Project
Candidate: Jiaqi Zhang (Supervisor Mark Jaccard)
Title: Policy Analysis of British Columbia Liquified Natural Gas鈥� Economic and Geopolitical Implications
Date: Wednesday August 20, 2025
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: 2250 Westcoast Energy Executive Room, 大象传媒 Harbour Centre

Master of Resource Managment Thesis
Candidate: Emma Griggs (Supervisor Jonathan Moore)
Title: Developing and applying a framework to evaluate the efficacy of cumulative effects management in policy
Date: Tuesday August 19, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Library Thesis Defense Room (WAC 2200)

Master of Resource Management Thesis
Candidate: Mackenzie Skuce (Supervisor Karen Kohfeld)
Title: Insights from Diatom Abundance and Morphology over the last 300,000 years in the southwest Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean
Date: Tuesday August 5, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: REM Seminar Room TASC1 8219

Master of Resource Management Thesis
Candidate: Cassandra Pereira (Supervisor Karen E Kohfeld)
Title: Tracing Environmental Change through Pollen Records: Holocene Vegetation History in Southern British Columbia
Date: Monday July 28, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: REM Seminar Room TASC1 8219

Master of Resource Management Project Presentation
Candidate: Alli Di Giovanni (Supervisor Andreanne Doyon)
Title: In the Wake of Extreme Heat: Equitable Urban Heat Planning for Residential Buildings
Date: Thursday July 24, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: REM Seminar Room TASC1 8219

Master of Resource Management
Candidate: Edmund Strachan (Supervisor Sophie Wilkinson)
Title: Carbon Dynamics in Managed Peatlands: Understanding the Early Recovery Phase Post-Wildfire
Date: Thursday July 3, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: REM Planning Room TASC2 7520

Master of Resource Management
Candidate: Maya Townend (Supervisor Brett van Poorten)
Title: Identifying Values-Based Objectives and Informing Reference Points for Dolly Varden Subsistence Fisheries Through Gwich鈥檌n and Inuvialuit Knowledge
Date: Thursday June 26, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Online

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Jessica Skye Augustine (Supervisor Anne Salomon)
Title: Bringing our beaches to life again: the resurgence of Coast Salish clam gardening territory
Date: Tuesday June 10, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location:

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Megan Roxby (Supervisor Cliff Atleo)
Title: "We鈥檙e Fighting for Our Future鈥�: Navigating Cross-Jurisdictional Complexity in Establishing Indigenous-Led Conservation of the Skagit Headwaters.
Date: Monday June 2, 2025
Time: 9:30 am
Location: , 7201 Vedder Road, Chilliwack

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Hossein Ayouqi (Supervisor Duncan Knowler)
Title: Sustainable Aquaculture in British Columbia: Bioeconomic Insights into Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA)
Date: Friday May 30, 2025
Time: 9:30 am.
Location:

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Dana Kluchinski (Supervisor Sean Markey)
Title: From Ownership to Stewardship: Centering Belongings in Indigenous Heritage Management in the Salish Sea
Date: Friday April 25, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: REM Seminar Room TASC 1 8219

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Jordan Wilson (Supervisor Sean Markey)
Title: Renewing Rural Economies: Exploring the Connection Between Land Use Planning and Regenerative Economic Development in the Cowichan Valley, British Columbia
Date: Thursday April 24, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: REM Seminar Room TASC 1 8219

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Katarina Kwon (Supervisor Murray Rutherford)
Title: Moving beyond assessment: Indigenous-led cumulative effects management in Metlakatla First Nation territory
Date: Wednesday April 23, 2025
Time: 12:30 pm.
Location:

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Christina Gemino  (Supervisor Tammara Soma)
Title: The Silent Death of Agriculture in Metro Vancouver: When Farmland Protection Isn鈥檛 Enough
Date: Monday March 24, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Jordyn Carss  (Supervisor Tammara Soma)
Title: Feeding our Friends: An Assessment of the Prince Rupert Food System through a Social-Ecological Resilience Lens
Date: Monday March 17, 2025
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Online

Master of Resource Management
Candidate: Jeremy Ross (Supervisor Brett van Poorten)
Title: Predicting public responses to proactive management of aquatic invasive species through stated preferences for lake attributes in Jasper National Park
Date: Tuesday February 4. 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Online

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Yves Bouillet  (Supervisor Mark Jaccard)
Title: Towards Net Zero: An Analysis of Policy and Technology Pathways for Ontario's Residential Buildings
Date: Monday December 2, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Mark Cantu (Supervisor Frank Gobas)
Title: Improving Methods for Environmental Assessment and Management of Consumer Chemicals
Date: Friday November 29, 2024
Time: 2:30 pm.
Location:

Master of Resource Management
Candidate: Lal Basok (Supervisor Andres Cisneros-Montemayor)
Title: Key Attributes and Patterns in Global Shark Ecotourism
Date:Thursday November 7, 2024
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Online  

Master of Resource Management
Candidate: Wendy Fleming (Supervisor Jonathan Moore)
Title: Linking habitat to spatial and temporal variability in individual energetic condition: towards assessing freshwater habitat quality for Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Date: Wednesday November 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 am
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)

Master of Resource Management
Candidate: Kelsea Krawetz (Supervisor Pascal Haegeli)
Title: Assessing the Impact of Precipitation Inputs on Snowpack Simulations in Western Canada
Date:Tuesday October 8, 2024
Time: 11:15 am
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Griffin Slimkowich (Supervisor Pascal Haegeli)
Title: Understanding exposure to avalanche terrain and avalanche information product use of snowshoers and winter hikers: Insights from Mount Seymour Provincial Park
Date:Tuesday October 1, 2024
Time: 9:30 am
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Eleanor Simpson (Supervisor Karen Kohfeld)
Title: Variability and Drivers of Nearshore Carbonate Chemistry and the Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Ocean Acidification in British Columbia
Date: Wednesday September 11, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: HC 1315, 大象传媒 Vancouver at Harbour Centre

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Viviane Hippmann Gauer (Supervisor Jonn Axsen)
Title: The role of automobility engagement in consumer response to new mobility innovations
Date: Tuesday September 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Online only

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Noelani Penney (Supervisor Sean Markey)
Title: Achieving Long Term Benefits in Communities through Corporate Social Responsibility? A Case Study focusing on the Peace River Region of Northeastern British Columbia
Date: Thursday August 22, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Online only

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Chelsea Mathieson (Supervisor Tom Gunton)
Title: Evaluating Canadian Climate Policy
Date: Wednesday August 21, 2024
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Online only

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Desir茅e Lawson (Supervisor Anne Salomon)
Title: Revitalizing and Future Proofing Hai虂色zaqv 位a虂bac虛i (clam gardens) Through G虒vi虂岣穉虂s (ancestral laws) du (and) 色a虂xvai虂 (authority)
Date: Tuesday August 20, 2024
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Chief's Room, Big House, Bella Bella

Doctor of Philosophy
Candidate: Julie Nielsen (Supervisor Murray Rutherford)
Title: Supporting the cultural use and stewardship of Large Cultural Cedar in Kwakwaka鈥檞akw territories
Date: Thursday August 8, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Library Thesis Defense Room, 2200 WAC Bennett Library

Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Candidate: Lauren Smith (Supervisor Andreanne Doyon)
Title: Evaluating the Quality and Connectivity of Urban Green Space Networks for Biodiversity Planning in Canadian Cities: a Case Study in Surrey, BC
Date: Monday July 29, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Location: REM Seminar Room (TASC1 8219)