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Bonnie Fournier
School of NursingEngage with youth to address health and well-being
Creative Arts, Nursing, Public Health, Youth
Mridula Sharma
Faculty of ScienceEthics and Equity in STEM
Computers, Diversity, Education, Ethics, STEM, Technology
Abedin Abedin
Faculty of ScienceMy research is primarily focused on understanding how planetary systems form and evolve, in particular the solar system. That involves investigation of the dynamical evolution…
Space science, Solar systems
Melba D'Souza
School of NursingMy scholarly journey integrates the significance of health promotion, prevention, diversity, and technology among populations at high-risk of Prediabetes, New onset, and Diabetes Mellitus.
Aging and Health, Diversity, Education, Gender and Women's Studies, Health Care, Nursing Obesity/Diet
Juanita-Dawne Bacsu
School of NursingDr. Bacsu’s research focuses on supporting healthy aging for older adults living with dementia in rural communities and will seek to improve the health equity…
Aging and Health, Dementia, Equity, Public Health, Rural Health, Population Health
Ryan Gauthier
Faculty of LawI research sports law issues with a focus on governance, and the public interest.
Law, Human Rights
Dipesh Prema
Faculty of ScienceSynthetic organometallic/inorganic chemistry and catalysis; science and law; equity, diversity and inclusion in chemistry education; accessibility in chemistry education; use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)…
Chemistry, Diversity, Equity, Food Science, Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry, NMR Spectroscopy, Science and Law, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Accessibility in Chemistry Education
Ehsan Latif
School of Business and EconomicsHealth Economics, labor economics, economics of immigration
Economics, Health Care, Homelessness, Immigration, Labour, Obesity/Diet
Sina Keshvadi
Faculty of ScienceMy research focuses on internet security and computer networks.
Computers, Computer networks, Internet security
Lucas Mol
Faculty of ScienceMy research is in combinatorics on words, an area that lies at the border of mathematics and theoretical computer science. I am primarily interested in…
Computers, Mathematics, Combinatorics, Graph theory, Theoretical computer science
Saira Bano
Faculty of ArtsSouth Asia, China-US relations, Middle East, Asian Politics, China, Human Rights, South Asia, Terrorism/Counterterrorism, United States
Anusha Venkataraman
Faculty of ScienceMy educational and professional background encompasses expertise in semiconductor devices, fabrication, molecular integrated circuit design, computational modelling of quantum-molecular electronic devices and related materials used…
Energy/Fuel, Nanotechnology, Physics, STEM, Technology
Claudia Gonzalez
Faculty of ArtsMy primary research aims are to provide further understanding of the factors that affect cognitive and visuomotor function across healthy aging populations and in disease…
Neuroscience/Cognitive Science, Cognitive Aging, Brain Imaging, Eye Tracking, Motor Control, Motor Behaviour, Vision Science, Kinesiology
Bala Nikku
Faculty of Education and Social WorkI am interested in curiosity-driven and fun loaded and policy relevant-driven social work research that is powerful to bring positive changes in our lives and…
Asian Politics, Climate Change, Earthquakes, Education, Government/Democracy, Poverty, Urban Planning/Community Planning Water
Patrick Brouder
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and TourismHelping to make tourism more sustainable for the communities in which it occurs, especially rural and remote communities in Canada.
Ski resorts, Sustainability, Tourism, Rural development (Canada and Europe), Polar studies (Arctic and Antarctic)
Bradford Morse
Faculty of LawMy research particularly concentrates upon a broad range of issues related to Indigenous rights in Canada and in other common law countries around the world.
Aboriginal Issues, Canadian Politics, Equity, Government/Democracy, Human Rights, Indigenous Politics, International Affairs/Geopolitics, Justice, Law, Natural Resources, Trade
Other areas of expertise:, Comparative Indigenous Rights, International Human Rights, International Indigenous Rights, New Zealand Politics, Governance, Legal System, Maori Rights, Australian Politics, Governance, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rights, Native American Rights, US Federal Indian Law, Canadian Justice System and Access to Justice, Natural Resources
John O'Fee
School of Business and EconomicsI teach commercial, employment and real estate law in the School of Business and Economics, as well as Real Estate Transactions in the TRU School…
Aboriginal Issues, Human Rights, Labour Law, Public Health, Real Estate, Rural Health, Urban Planning/Community Planning
Heidi Huttunen-Hennelly
Faculty of ScienceMulti-drug resistant pathogens are a worldwide health concern. The discovery or synthesis of new antibiotics is a challenging task. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), often referred to…
Chemistry, Peptide structure, Protein structure, Structure-function relationship, Antimicrobial peptides
Raymond Cox
School of Business & Economics• Current interests are stock price distributions conformity to the law of anomalous numbers (comparing a set of stock prices to see if they match…
Finance, Corporate Finance, Bank Failures, Bankruptcy, Business Cycles, Superstardom Theory
Paul Clark
School of Business and EconomicsBranding in higher education, developing through research projects expertise in cannabis branding and marketing.
Asian Politics, China, Government/Democracy, International Affairs/Geopolitics, International Trade, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Sustainability, Trade
Katie Sykes
Faculty of LawMy main area of interest is animals and the law. I also research the use of new technologies and innovation in the delivery of legal…
Law
Noah Arney
Faculty of Student DevelopmentStudents' understanding of their transferable skills and career development.
Career Development, Work-integrated Learning, Experiential Education
Brian Bouthillier
Faculty of Education & Social WorkMy main areas of research have been songwriters and musical artists and the recording industry of the past 100 years.
Creative Arts, Education, Language/Linguistics, Literature/Creative Writing, Music/Theatre, Pop Culture
Amy McLay Paterson
University LibraryI have an MA (SFU, 2008) in English Literature, specializing in Chaucer. I have an MLIS (Dalhousie, 2011) and have worked in both academic and…
Libraries/Archival Studies, Literature/Creative Writing
Kris McCleary
School of Business & EconomicsOrganizational Behaviour/Human Resources
Consulting, Project Management
Lorry-Ann Austin
Education and Social WorkMs. Austin's research explores the nexus of media, education and politics in the reproduction of oppressive social and cultural practice. She aims to transform these…
Education, Elections/Public Opinions/Party Politics, Equity,Government/Democracy, Human Relationships, Human Rights, Journalism/Media Studies
Victoria Handford
Faculty of Education and Social WorkI have completed a large study on school and district leadership, which is expanding into senior leadership teams at the JK-12 level. I am currently…
Education
Ruby Dhand
Faculty of LawDisability law, human rights law, mental health law (civil and forensic), health law, the impact of culture, race, ethnicity, gender and other intersectional factors upon…
Diversity, Education, Equity, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Law, Race, STEM
Carol Rees
Faculty of Education & Social WorkSupporting teachers and students in scientific inquiry practices and dialogic teaching.
Education, STEM, Teachers
Yong Joo Kang
School of Business and EconomicsExpertise in finance, in particular, asset pricing, derivatives, asset allocation, market microstructures, macro-finance, and monetary policy. Extensive industry experience in investment banking, portfolio management, and…
Asian Economies, Banking, Economics, Finance
Jonathan Van Hamme
Faculty of ScienceI am an environmental microbiologist with expertise in genomics, proteomics, enzymology, fermentation biotechnology, and bioinformatics. My group works on fundamental and applied research, mainly in…
Chemistry, Ecosystem Reclamation, Environment, Food Science, Genomics, Mining, Water
Louis Gosselin
Faculty of ScienceMy research explores the ecology of coastal marine animals, such as mussels, clams and crabs (marine invertebrates), and the impacts of climate change on coastal…
Biology, Climate change, Conservation, Environment, Fisheries/Fish, Oceans, Marine biology, Shellfish, Ecology
Mark Rakobowchuk
Faculty of ScienceCardiovascular physiology, exercise and extracellular vesicles
Aging and Health, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Sports/Exercise
Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham
Faculty of ScienceDr. Cheeptham's research interest and focus have included cave microbiomes/new drug discovery, white-nose syndrome in bats, alternative treatment tools against multidrug-resistant infections, geomicrobiology, and microbiology…
Biology
Jessica Allingham
Faculty of ScienceI am an organic chemist with a specialization in radiochemistry, tracer development and medicinal chemistry. I am infatuated with the workings of the brain, drugs…
Aging and Health, Chemistry, Health Care, Rural Health, Sports/Exercise, STEM, Sustainability
Kingsley Donkor
Faculty of ScienceMy research focuses on developing rapid and sensitive analytical methods in capillary electrophoresis, chromatography, and mass spectrometry for the characterization of antimicrobial peptides, food, agricultural,…
Chemistry, Environment, Food Science
Other areas of expertise:, Chemometrics.
Joseph Alexander Brown
Faculty of ScienceProcedural content generation is a method for the automatic creation of game design elements. The goal is to provide developers with middleware tools to make…
Computers, Drones, Education, Evolution, Mathematics, Pop Culture, Russia, Statistics, STEM, Digital and analog games
Joel Wood
School of Business and EconomicsI am an economist with an interest in evaluating Canadian federal and provincial public policies with a specific focus on environmental policies.
Climate Change, Economics, Energy/Fuel, Environment, Natural Resource, Economics, Pollution, Sustainability
Laura Lamb
School of Business and EconomicsLocal economic issues, community economic development, public policy, payday loans and financial exclusion, charitable giving, volunteering, economics of aboriginal issues
Economics, Sustainability
Rod McCormick
Faculty of Education and Social WorkIndigenous health and health research, mental health, suicide prevention
Aboriginal Issues, Counselling Psychology, Indigenous Education, Suicide
Geoff Fink
Faculty of ScienceQuadruped robots are increasingly used for a wide range of applications. They have remarkable agile capabilities; however, most are still remotely piloted because they lack…
Drones, Software engineering, Robotics
Darryl Carlyle-Moses
Faculty of ArtsMy research goals are to better understand the influence ecosystem processes and climate have on the movement and storage of water within vegetated ecosystems, including…
Climate Change, Hydrology, Water, Weather, Climate Change, Hydrology, Water Weather
Bruce Martin
School of Business and EconomicsEntrepreneurship for disadvantaged groups, Social enterprise creation, design, and scaling, Entrepreneurship education, motivation and development.
Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Organizational Behaviour
Matti Haverila
School of Business and EconomicsCustomer satisfaction and loyalty; new product development; marketing of technology products; project management; cell phone feature preferences and consumer behavior
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
Jabed Tomal
Faculty of ScienceMy research interest is in statistical machine learning, Bayesian statistical inference, and statistical ecology. The main focus of my research is in developing ensemble method…
Statistics, Data science
Rick Brewster
Faculty of ScienceThe development and analysis of network algorithms through the interplay of computer science and mathematics.
Computers, Mathematics
Lauchlan Fraser
Faculty of ScienceResearch in the Fraser lab is focused on ecological restoration, biodiversity and climate change.
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ecosystem Reclamation, Grassland Ecology, Invasive Species, Ranching
Mike Flannigan
Faculty of ScienceImpacts of climate change on wildfires. Build an early warning system to manage wildfires
Climate Change, Forest Fires
Annie St.John-Stark
Faculty of ArtsContinue to research historic experience of conflict, violence, and catastrophe, particularly to understand better the workings of memory in traumatic experience. As well, I anticipate…
Europe, History, Religion, History of PTSD, History of psychiatry, History of popular beliefs and superstition, History of soldier experience, British history, History of Religion
Robin Kleiv
Faculty of ScienceDescribe your areas of expertise: I am a theoretical particle physicist working on hadronic physics. I am currently working on research projects related to exotic…
Physics, Particle physics, Theoretical physics, Quantum physics, Relativity
Heather Price
Faculty of ArtsMy research is designed to facilitate children's (and other witness') participation in the justice system by better understanding how witnesses remember and report their experiences.…
Developmental/Behaviour, Justice, Law, Policing
Jenni Karl
Faculty of ArtsMy long-term research goal is to determine how skilled hand and mouth movements are organized in the human brain. I am especially interested in how…
Children and Babies, Developmental/Behaviour, Kinesiology, Neuroscience/Cognitive Science
Edward Howe
Faculty of Education and Social WorkTeacher education, comparative and international education, narrative inquiry
Education, STEM, Teachers
Courtney Mason
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and TourismI currently work in the following areas: 1) food security; 2) Indigenous health and education; 3) parks and protected areas; 4) tourism development; 5) physical…
Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Canadian History, Conservation, Food Science, Indigenous Politics Indigenous Education, Public Health, Rural Health, Sports/Exercise, Sustainability, Tourism, Youth
Karl Larsen
Faculty of ScienceEcology, conservation and management of wildlife. My students and I conduct research aimed at finding ways to maintain wildlife populations in the face of human…
Biology, Environment, Grassland Ecology
Robert Diab
Faculty of LawCriminal law, civil liberties, and human rights, including access to and use of digital material in criminal law, national security, police powers, sentencing, and legal…
Human Rights, Justice, Law, Policing, Technology
Rebecca Sanford
Faculty of Education and Social WorkMy research agenda aims to prevent suicide and help those impacted by suicide attempts and deaths.
Children and Babies, Counselling Psychology, Death/Dying, Developmental/Behaviour, Education, Equity, Homelessness Human Relationships, Human Rights, Statistics Suicide, Youth
Oleksandr Kondrashov
Faculty of Education & Social WorkDr. Kondrashov's research interests and teaching focus includes current issues in social work education, remote teaching and learning, Canadian and comparative social policy, history and…
Canadian Politics, Education, Human Relationships, Human Rights, Immigration, Social Media
Other areas of expertise:, online education, remote teaching and learning, pandemic social work, international social work, community development.
Dale Parkes
Faculty of ScienceDetermining cost-effective methods of constructing sustainable buildings. Reducing energy consumptions of buildings and integrating on-site renewable energy systems.
Architecture, Sustainability
Robert Higgins
Faculty of ScienceAnt biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest, control of invasive ant species, entomology.
Biodiversity, Biology, Biodiversity Biology, Invasive Species
Robert Hanlon
Faculty of ArtsResearch explores the links between corruption, human security and corporate social responsibility in emerging Asian economies.
Asian Politics, China, Human Rights Human Security, International Affairs/Geopolitics
Mark Paetkau
Faculty of ScienceI am interested in all research topics where physics meets other disciplines.
Physics
Rochelle Stevenson
Faculty of ArtsMy research focuses on the intersection of violence against women and violence against animals from multiple perspectives. I have conducted research with abusive men, and…
Animals and the Law, Gender and Women's Studies
David Hill
Faculty of ArtsDr. Hill's research, broadly, focuses on real-time environmental observation, forecasting and decision-support for adaptive management of environmental systems. He has explored remote sensing and data…
Civil Engineering, Environment, Hydrology, Natural Resources, Statistics STEM, Water
Gloria Ramirez
Faculty of Education and Social Work• Identify effective assessment and teaching strategies to accelerate language and literacy development among diverse populations.• Identify effective and culturally sensitive approaches of intergenerational Indigenous…
Education, Language/Linguistics, Teachers
Other areas of expertise:, Reading development among diverse populations, Indigenous language revitalization, Dyslexia
Jeff McLaughlin
Faculty of ArtsWriting in Pop Culture, Holocaust Studies, Applied Ethics
Ethics, Film/TV, Health Care, Justice, Pop Culture, Social Media
John Belshaw
Open LearningMy research agenda currently focuses on the following threads: 1) The development and effective use of open textbooks and other Open Educational Resources (OERs). 2)…
History of: Canada, British Columbia and Vancouver, population and pandemics, labour, sites of mourning and cultures of death, cycling in Vancouver
Manu Sharma
Faculty of Education and Social WorkTo contribute to Canadian urban education on social justice. To contribute to building a strong equity and critical thinking framework into higher education programs (e.g.…
Diversity, Education, Equity, Teachers
Other areas of expertise:, Social Justice.
Matt Reudink
Faculty of ScienceI study the ecology and evolution of migratory birds, with an emphasis on sexual selection, mate choice, and ornamental plumage colouration. I also study population…
Birds, Biology, Conservation, Evolution
Michael Mehta
Faculty of ArtsDescribe your areas of expertise: Dr. Mehta specializes in environment and health risk issues and renewable energy.
Change, Energy/Fuel, Environment, Nanotechnology, Pollution, Sustainability
Other areas of expertise:, Renewable Energy, Air Pollution.
Monica Sanchez-Flores
Faculty of ArtsConceptualizing race and racialization from a relational perspective. Contributing to developing a relational presentation of knowledge.
Multiculturalism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
Other areas of expertise:, Relational Theory, Cosmopolitanism
Natalie Clark
Faculty of Education and Social WorkIndigenous trauma and violence informed practice; trauma, violence and wellness; sexualized violence; intersectionality; girls groups
Aboriginal Issues Addiction, Education, Equity Ethics, Gender and Women's Studies, Health Care, Indigenous Education, Rural Health, Youth
Wilson Bell
Faculty of ArtsI research and write extensively on the modern history of Russia, particularly related to Stalin/Stalinism, the Gulag, human rights issues, and the interplay between politics,…
Europe, Gender and Women's Studies, History, Human Rights, Justice, Labour, Russia
Jennifer Shaw
Faculty of ArtsI engage in ethnographic and community-based research that concerns migrant communities and families, including children, youths and migrant workers.
Anthropology, Diversity, Gender and Women’s Studies, Human Rights, Immigration, Labour, Children and youth, Migration and transnationalism, Migrant and gendered labour
Tina Block
Faculty of ArtsHistory of religion/irreligion in postwar Canada (1945-1980); secularization in Canada; social/cultural history of British Columbia and Canada; women's/gender history
Canadian History, Gender and Women's Studies, History, Religion
Catherine Ortner
Faculty of ArtsEmotion regulation. I study the methods people use to control their emotions, looking at both the predictors (why people choose to respond to emotionally evocative…
Emotion, Psychological Well-being