COLD REGIONS - Key Persons
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Executive Committee Member / Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
- Governance
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- Physical Geography Technician, GES / Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies
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- Research Associate, GES / Manager, Trail Valley Creek Research Station
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- Member of the Early Career Research Committee
- Co - Program Director
Brian is a masters student in the Forest Ecology Research Group. His research focuses on assessing the changing resilience of the boreal forest to wildfire disturbance by measuring the frequency of post-fire forest composition changes. Brian likes to bake fresh bread, eat fresh bread, and play music.
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- President of the Early Career Research Committee
Caitlyn is a PhD Candidate in the Forest Ecology Research Group. Her research focuses on understanding the impact of wildfire and permafrost thaw on boreal trees in the Northwest Territories and more specifically on the access and use of permafrost thaw released nutrients. Caitlyn enjoys long runs with her dog, volunteering with Girl Guides, and spending time outside.
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- Member of the Early Career Research Committee
- Knowledge Mobilization Director
Claire is a Master's student in the Forest Ecology Research Group at Wilfrid Laurier University. Claire is interested in how plant communities and plant traits in the tundra are being impacted by climate change-related disturbances. Her work will also explore how certain plant communities are contributing to carbon fluxes with implications for a multi-scale eddy covariance project and the creation of a detailed vegetation map.
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- Member of the Early Career Research Committee
- Communication Director
Claudia is a PhD student in the Wildlife Integration for Land use Decisions (WILD) Lab at Wilfrid Laurier University. Claudia's research focuses on looking into what maintaining ecosystem integrity, connectivity and resilience means in a northern context. Claudia is a remote student living in Yellowknife with her young family so her life revolves mostly around her kids hobbies instead of her own but is happy when she can carve out "me" time to cook, dance and breath fresh air.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Executive Committee Member / Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology
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- Member of the Executive Committee
Senior Research Scientist, Environment & Climate Change Canada, WSTD and Adjunct Professor Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography & Environmental Studies, and Department of Biology
Laura is a Master's of Geography student at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her work focuses on food security in Indigenous Communities in the Dehcho Region. During 2021-22, Laura worked as a Research Assistant to support a project to improve Laurier's capacity for developing research agreements with Indigenous organizations and community partners. When she is not working on her thesis, Laura enjoys going on walks with her dog and spending time with her family.
Mat is a second-year master's student at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research is focused on the impacts of beaver impoundments on stream food webs and mercury bioaccumulation in fish in the Northwest Territories. As one of the program directors, he leads the organization of the Cold Regions Conference as well as social events for ECRs.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
Professor Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water Science
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- Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies