Lab News - Nouvelles du labo
Fall 2024
Welcome, new students Élizabeth Laroche and Sasha Kelly!
Learn more about our newest students and their research projects. Welcome to the team, Élizabeth and Sasha!
Iliana Loupessis
PhD Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
Élizabeth Laroche
Master’s Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
Sasha Kelly
Undergraduate Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
July 2024
Visualizing Climate Change: The National Indigenous Climate Compass (NICC) Workshop
Iliana Loupessis developed and delivered a 2-day workshop with 40 Indigenous youth from across Canada in collaboration with IndigenousTech.ai. The workshop focused on 1) understanding climate change impacts, and 2) enhancing participant skills for gathering and mobilizing new and existing knowledge to support climate change adaptation, drawing from global, local and Indigenous perspectives.
May 2024
Our research is in the news!
Community research lead Celina Wolki and student Camille Slack’s research on the impacts of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk highway and its impacts on food availability was featured in the NNSL news. Read the article here.
May 2024
Presentations at the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems Student Research Symposium
Illiana Loupesiss, Camille Slack, and Tamara Donnelly attended and presented at the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems—Student Research Symposium in Waterloo. Congratulations on all of your hard work and successful presentations.
May 2024
Présentation au Symposium annuel de l'Institut nordique du Québec
Camille Slack presented her poster on Infrastructure Development and Community Food Security in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region: Impacts of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway at the INQ Symposium. Her project examines local perspectives on the impacts of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway including key trends connected to food access, harvesting, travel, and community well-being.
March 2024
Presentations at the Ottawa-Carleton Student Northern Research Symposium
Tamara Donnelly and Camille Slack had the opportunity to present at the Ottawa-Carleton Student Northern Research Symposium, which was held at UOttawa in March. Savanah Muller also presented a research poster on her project.
April 2023
Congratulations, Tamara Donnelly, on her SSHRC CGS scholarship!
Under the C4FS project, Tamara’s research focuses on understanding the retail food environment in the remote hamlet of Paulatuk (NWT). She uses a community-based participatory research approach to gather community perspectives on the current food environment in Paulatuk and to understand the potential impacts of an alternate store model in the community. Tamara is also conducting a media scan of the retail food environment in remote Indigenous communities across Canada.
December 2022
Alissa Sallans places 1st for student poster contest at ArcticNet!
Congratulations to Alissa Sallans for placing 1st in the student poster contest under the Social and Health Science category at the annual ArcticNet conference! Her research aims to capture the perspectives of children and youth across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) regarding their relationship with country foods and related procurement activities.
2022
Welcome, new students Alissa Sallans and Tamara Donnelly!
Learn more about our newest graduate students and their research projects. Welcome to the team, Alissa and Tamara!
Alissa Sallans
Masters Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
Tamara Donnelly
Masters Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
APRIL 2022
Steph Woodworth is one of 25 finalists for the SSHRC Storyteller’s Challenge!
The Storyteller’s Challenge asks students to inspire audiences with a story of how their research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians. Steph’s video ‘Stories from the Land’ does just that. The Final Five winners will be announced at the Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences on May 16, 2022. Check out finalist videos here: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-societe/storytellers-jai_une_histoire_a_raconter/gallery-galerie-eng.aspx
APRIL 2022
Congratulations, Savanah Muller on her SSHRC CGS scholarship!
Savanah’s research is being co-developed as part of the Bringing Research Home project with partners from Kluane First Nation and Yukon University. Centred on KFN values, knowledge and needs, this project collaboratively studies how self-governing Kluane First Nation (KFN) can enhance its ability to actively drive and participate in research. Savanah will be in Yukon this spring/summer to discuss community visions for future research, and bridge researcher and community perspectives around a suite of online tools being developed for the KFN website.
December 2021
Congratulations, Lena Dedyukina, winner of the ArcticNet Student Association x CSP Student Feature Contest!
October 2021
Welcome, new students Savanah Muller, Camille Slack, and Teagan Gran-Ruaz!
Learn more about our newest graduate students and their research projects. Welcome to the team, Savanah, Camille, and Teagan!
Savanah Muller
Master’s Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
Camille Slack
PhD Student
Supervisor: Sonia Wesche
Teagan Gran-Ruaz
Master’s Student
Supervisor: Eric Crighton
Septembre 2021
Forum mondial de l'économie circulaire
En septembre 2021, Chúk Odenigbo (avec Kathryn Gretsinger) agissait en tant que maître de cérémonie pour le Forum mondial de l’économie circulaire (FMEC). Organisé conjointement par le gouvernement du Canada et par le Fonds finlandais d'innovation Sitra, le FMEC est un événement annuel qui présente les meilleures solutions circulaires au monde et rassemble des dirigeant.e.s d’entreprise, décideur.euse.s et expert.e.s du monde entier. Cette année représente la première fois que le présent événement se déroulait en Amérique du Nord.
September 2021
Steph Woodworth received the uOttawa Graduate Student Knowledge Mobilization Training Scholarship
Congratulations to ECoHLAB grad student Steph Woodworth, who was one of nine doctoral students to receive the uOttawa Graduate Student Knowledge Mobilization Training Scholarship. These scholarships provide the “opportunity to develop their foundational knowledge and skills in knowledge mobilization by providing them access to workshops, mentorship and networking activities.”
From the uOttawa media release: “With their research and their knowledge mobilization skills, these graduate students are well under way to become the next generation of engaged scholars that will contribute to tackling the University of Ottawa’s strategic research priorities: advancing just societies, shaping the digital world, creating a sustainable environment and enabling lifelong health and wellness.”
Check out the media release for the full list of recipients.
August 2021
Video: Water Stewardship Gatherings in Kakisa, NWT
PhD Candidate Steph Woodworth appears in this new video published by APTN from the Water Stewardship Gatherings in Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation (Kakisa, Northwest Territories).
For their doctoral research, Steph is working with Dehcho First Nations, Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation, and Northern Water Futures to evaluate on-the-land camps in the Northwest Territories, which bring together Elders and scientists to educate and engage Dene and Métis youth. Specifically, they use photovoice during on-the-land camps with local Indigenous youth to capture their experiences of land-based education and their concerns of and priorities for changes happening in their communities.