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The PSI Network consists of almost 400 doctoral students and PhDs from across the full range of disciplines at UBC.

Below you can navigate their profiles based on year of scholarship, faculty, theme; read about their research; and watch brief videos of their talks. 

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Hossein Foroozand

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)

Hydrological monitoring networks design

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Susanna Klassen

Canada

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

Assessing the contributions of organic agriculture to food system sustainability
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Kirsten McIlveen

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Prison Paradox and Post-Secondary Education: Challenges to Developing Innovative Curriculum in Women’s Prisons

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Denali YoungWolfe

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Âhkameyihtamowin: We Rise, Mapping Indigenous Assurgency Across Turtle Island
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Sandeep Pai

India

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

Evaluating ‘Just Transition’ policies for coal workers in Alberta, Canada
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Roseanna Gamlen-Greene

New Zealand

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Western Toad ecology on Haida Gwaii: threats, genetics and conservation
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Keith Dormond

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Understanding Honour Related Violence and Oppression in Ways that are Helpful for Victims, their Communities and Canadian Society
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Gerald Tembrevilla

Philippines

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Technological [in]accessibility:Transnational Divide on Digital Literacy in STEM Education
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Grace Nosek

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)

Restorying the Climate Crisis
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Colin Dring

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Agricultural Planning, Equity, Participation, Food Sovereignty
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Jennica Nichols

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Reimagining Research-Based Theatre: An Arts-Based Approach to Engaging Veterans, Families, and Service Providers in the Co-Design of an Intervention to Improve Veterans' Success in Higher Education
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Amir Michalovich

Israel

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Language and literacy education of youth refugees
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Erika Gavenus

United States of America

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

Interrogating Crown-imposed governance of First Nations’ fisheries through the lens of food justice
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Saori Ogura

Japan

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

Devising Strategies for Food Security and Responses to Climate Change in Indigenous Villages in Zimbabwe and the Himalayas: Folding Visual Art into an Evidence-Based Project
Emily Acheson

Emily Acheson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Climate change, land use change, or both? How spatio-temporal modelling of the Cryptococcus gattii fungus in the Pacific Northwest may reveal determinants of emerging infectious diseases
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Lindsay Cole

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Building a public sector innovation lab in the City of Vancouver
Tebogo Thandie Leepile

Tebogo Thandie Leepile

Botswana

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Is household food security associated with nutritional status of indigenous women of childbearing age and young children? The case of the San in rural Botswana.
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Zarina Giannone

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)

Athletes in Transition: A novel intervention targeting elite athletes' identity development
Vincent Ricciardi

Vinny Ricciardi

United States of America

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

Examining the food security, climate resilience, and equity implications of farm size
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Katrina Dunn

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre (PhD)

Real Estate and Theatricality in Vancouver’s Downtown Core
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Alexander Held

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Essays on Civic Participation and the Quality of Democracy
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Tonya Smith

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Lil'wat Food Security and Ecosystem Services
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Assadullah Sadiq

Afghanistan

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Language and Literacy from the Periphery: Understanding the Language and Literacy Practices of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

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Jens Vent-Schmidt

Germany

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Patient Integrated Development of a New Cell Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Simangele Mabena

Simangele Mabena

South Africa

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

The Team Effort Project: A South African Deaf and Hearing teaching partnership for d/Deaf education
Sharon Provost

Sharon Provost

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

A realist evaluation of violence prevention education in BC healthcare
Ketty Anyeko

Ketty Anyeko

Uganda

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Senses of Justice and Reparations: Women's Decision Making After Wartime Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda
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Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Wildfire: Building Socially and Ecologically Resilient Communities in the British Columbia Interior
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Kelsey Johnson

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Social and economic geographies of blood plasma donation in the United States
Jose Arias-Bustamente

José Arias-Bustamante

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Contested lands and climate change: A case study of adaptation to change in the context of Mapuche People
Harini Rajagopal

Harini Rajagopal

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Valuing ‘multilayeryed lifeworlds’: Working with children and teachers to explore the multimodal communicative practices and identities of young English language learners.
Helina Jolly

Helina Jolly

India

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

Investigating the perceptions and values of ecosystem functions through gender lens - A socioecological inquiry of Indigenous (Adivasi) communities in Kerala, India
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Natalia Balyasnikova

Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching English as a Second Language (PhD)

Exchanging Stories: A narrative inquiry into the learning experiences of seniors studying English as an additional language

Kaitlyn Jaffe

Kaitlyn Jaffe

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Experiences of Medical Research Participation among People who use Drugs: An Ethno-epidemiological Approach
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Analise Hofmann

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD)

Re-contextualizing interdisciplinary knowledge in biology laboratory courses to improve student learning outcomes.

Sarah Shamash

Sarah Shamash

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Screen Cosmologies: Resistance and Sovereignty in Indigenous Cinema in Brazil

Kate McLeod

Kate McLeod

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Evaluating the Integration of Health Care in Provincial Correctional Facilities Under the Ministry of Health
Neila Miled

Neila Miled

Tunisia

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Negotiating identity and belonging: A critical ethnography of Muslim youths’ lived school experiences in a British Columbian high school

Sina Fazelpour

Sina Fazelpour

Iran

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

The Sense of a Possibility: The Nature and Significance of Counterfactual Imagination
Bronwyn Bragg

Bronwyn Bragg

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Citizenship and the city: How migrant status shapes neighbourhood life
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Andrea Johnson

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

Cancer as interruption: Exploring the experiences of adolescents who have recently completed treatment for cancer
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Sophie Lewis

United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

The interaction of the International Forest Regime with forest governance and forest dependent peoples in Cambodia.

Bushra Mahmood

Bushra Mahmood

Pakistan

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Assessment of Physical Activity and Sedentary time in South Asian adults at risk for diabetes
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Claudia Diaz-Diaz

Chile

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Places that Speak: Children, Subjectivities, and Diversity in Canadian Early Childhood Education
Nina Ebner

Nina Ebner

United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Working the Border: Economic Restructuring and Uneven Development on the US-Mexico Border
Barnini Bhattacharyya

Barnini Bhattacharyya

India

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)

An Intersectional Study of the Invisibility of Women of Colour
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Heather Palis

Canada

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

The relationship between illicit stimulant use and treatment outcomes among patients receiving supervised injectable opioid assisted treatment in Vancouver
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Tugce Conger

Turkey

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

Green Infrastructure as a Resilience Building Tool to Reduce Coastal Flooding Risk