Meet our scholars

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Dana Dmytro

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

Exploring the delivery of school-based interventions for youth at risk for substance use-related harms: Opportunities to strengthen practice and improve outcomes

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Shiho Ogura

Japan

Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)

Music Imaginings of Others: Rethinking Thainess and Otherness through Samniang Phasaa in Thai Classical Music

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Aaní Perkins

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

Sheetʼká Lingít as Attested in Written and Spoken Evidence

Diego Gabriel Delic

Argentina

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

For the Good of the Group? Caste Norms and the Nutritional Cost of Conformity in India

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Samara Polwatta Lekamlage

Sri Lanka

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceans and Fisheries (PhD)

Advancing Seahorse Conservation: Strategies for Data-Deficient Hippocampus spp. in Sri Lanka

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Ashleigh Janis

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Decolonizing Early Childhood Education Through Participatory Action Research

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Dharani Persaud

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)

Tracing Heritage Through Objects in Queer Diasporic Caribbean Descendants of Indenture Communities

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Angela Barrera-Bello

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Agroforestry as ecological restoration? Evidence from Zapotec Indigenous farming systems in Oaxaca’s montane forests

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Mahfida Tahniat

Bangladesh

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Connecting Place-rooted Pedagogies to Global Climate Justice

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Hayley Lawrence

Jamaica

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

The Impact of Canada’s “Pharmacare” Policies on Equity-denied Communities

Letitia Pokiak

Canada

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD)

Land Based Knowledge Transfer: Inuvialuit Pedagogies to Meaningfully Prepare Inuvialuit Youth to Implement the Inuvialuit Final Agreement

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Brittany Pousett

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Developing and Evaulating Peer-HELP: A Peer Support Resource to Support Psychosocial Adaptation for Canadians with Amputations

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Bronte Johnston

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Contraception supports youths’ wellbeing by facilitating their reproductive health goals such as pregnancy prevention and menstruation management.

Carol Tatiana Chamorro Vargas

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Scaling out silvopastoral systems in Colombia

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Jessica Key

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Circles for Equity, Decolonization, Accountability, and Reconciliation (CEDAR) in Nursing

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Nathalie Lozano Neira

Colombia

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Weaving Relational Solidarity: Indigenous Women’s Embodied Artistic Praxis, and Transnational Solidarity across Abya Yala and Turtle Island

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Joey Oi Yee Wong

Hong Kong

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Co-design a culturally sensitive virtual reality (VR) dementia education program with older adults, family partners, nursing students and educators: A participatory action research

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Rishika Selvakumar

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Investigating the Canadian Mental Health System for Improvement and Efficiency

Haopu (Lily) Ren

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Shaping Ethical Virtual Reality Use for Older Adults Living With Dementia in Hospitals

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Hok Yau, Tim Pit

Hong Kong

Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)

Re-story-ation for animal: Animal hi/stories of Hong Kong, 1945 – 2025

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Francis Kato

Uganda

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

TDialogue: Reimagining Mental Health Through the Voices of Residential Care Youth in Uganda

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Lucas Barros da Rosa

Brazil

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

A Multimodal Framework for Estimating Fire Severity and Emissions in Tropical Savannas and Wetlands.

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Anjana Rajendran

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)

Synergy through stimulation: optimizing stroke rehabilitation through neurophysiology

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Bing Yan

China

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The Political Life of Drugs: Understanding Chinese Experiences in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

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Trishala Dutta

India

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

Where We Labor, Where We Rest: Mapping an Exhausted Commons

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Karen Davies

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Implementation of a community-based rowing program for adolescents with cerebral palsy

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Kim Correa

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)

The Anti-Surveillance Practices of Grassroots Activists in the Era of Surveillance Culture

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Sherryl Sewepagaham

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)

kîwîtin wacistona (Northern Nests) Song Project

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Chelsey Perry

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Intersections of Indigenous health, gender equity, and climate justice

Miah Godek

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Wildfire resilience and Indigenous cultural burning in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Fideline Awasiri Mboringong

Cameroon

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Understanding and integrating diverse values into decision-making for large-scale projects (mining and related infrastructure) in the Southern and Eastern regions of Cameroon

Ana Polgar

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Seeing through Skies, Streets and Stories: Aligning urban nature and climate risks in a rapidly urbanizing watershed

Ania Landy

Poland

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Older people leading community conversations about a new vision of care and social services in a semi-rural community.

Joachim Stassart

Belgium

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Addressing land grabbing in Brazil: evaluating the opportunities and risks of digital transformation in land governance to foster accountability and climate justice

Yunfei Li

China

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Walking towards Change: Exploring Engagement Effects of Urban Future Walks

Shams Moh'd Fares Khalaf Al-Anzi

Jordan

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Digital Engagement and Mental Health Among West Asian, Middle Eastern & North African (WAMENA) Young People in British Columbia: A Latent Class Analysis Approach