Alumni

Gone but always in our hearts! We are excited to see the amazing steps our alumni have taken once they've finished their time with us.

Graduates

​Julia Palozzi (PhD: 2024)

​Thesis: Developing, implementing, and evaluating school-based environmental education programs that braid Indigenous and Western Science.

Rebecca Smith (MSc: 2024)

Thesis: Evaluating the Impacts of Anthropogenic Development on Large Mammals Across Protected and Industrialized Landscapes in Western Canada
Next steps: Rebecca now works for Parks Canada at Revelstoke National Park!

Hanna Thomson (MSc: 2023)

Thesis: A freshwater invasive in a salty pond: Investigating the germination of invasive Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) in saline conditions and risk of invasion in coastal marine habitats
Next steps: Ecologist at Parks Canada's Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Micah May (MSc: 2023)

Thesis: Revegetation as a method for dust mitigation along reservoir drawdown zones
Next steps: Ecologist with Chu Cho Environmental

Stefanie Lane (PhD: 2023)

Thesis: Plant community resistance, resilience, and recruitment in tidal freshwater marshes of the Salish Sea
Next steps: ​Restoration and Research Lead at Project Watershed

Erin Rolleman (MSc: 2023)

Thesis: Camas (Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson, C. quamash (Pursh) Greene) functional trait responses to urban pressures in Greater Victoria

Cole Lysgaard (MA: 2022)

Thesis: Invasive species removal and changing fire regimes in a lək̓ʷəŋən oak ecosystem
Next steps: Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Nihan Harman (MSc: 2021)

Thesis: Managing soil seed banks and pre-treating seeds to enhance rangeland restoration
Next steps: Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization

Research Support

Julia Sinclair (Undergraduate: Computer Science)

Database and SQL support for the Global Restore Project.

Christina McNeice (Undergraduate: Computer Science & Environmental Studies)

Field assistant conducting photo monitoring of oak meadow ecosystems, creation of field guides, assistance with research plots set up, soil data measurements and more.

Myah Matthes (BSc: Anthropology; B.Ed)

Assisted Micah May in his efforts to revegetate and mitigate dust emissions along the Williston Reservoir in Tsay Keh Dene Territory.
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We work on the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples. The Songhees and Esquimalt, as well as the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples have deep, historical relationships with the land that continue to this day. Most of our group are uninvited settlers here. We are committed to deepening our understanding of how we can assist in the movement of reconciliation, dismantling the systems that continue to cause harm, and honoring the traditional stewards that have shaped this land.