Education and Training
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Title
Educating the public about environmental issues: Environmental action projects with the Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve
Funding: Mitacs
Research Partners: The Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve, including the Strathcona Wilderness Centre, Lake Miquelon Provincial Park, and Elk Island National Park,
Supervised by: Dr. Elizabeth Halpenny
Institution: Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Doctor of Philosophy
Project title: Educating the public about environmental issues: Environmental action projects with the Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve
Funding:
Supervised by: Dr. Mary Benbow and Dr. Christine Van Winkle
Committee Members: Dr. Bruce Erickson and Dr. John Sinclair
Institution: Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Master of Arts in Recreation Management
Project title: Exploring the role of post-visit action resources in free-choice environmental learning: Translating environmental knowledge into sustainable action
Funding: SSHRC
Supervised by: Dr. Christine Van Winkle
Committee Members: Dr. Amanda Johnson and Dr. Bonnie Hallman
Institution: Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Bachelor of Arts in
Human Geography
(Honours)
Institution: Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Select Awards
V.E. Barber Memorial Fellowship in Arctic Research
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba
Awarded to graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding work in Arctic research.
Awarded: January, 2020
Best Paper Award
Travel and Tourism Research Association of Canada Annual Conference
This award is presented to the best research paper at the Annual Travel and Tourism Research Association Conference in Canada. Awarded for the paper: Visitor Learning and Behaviour Change in Polar Bear Tourism.
Awarded: September, 2019
William Norton Award
St. John’s College, University of Manitoba
This award is given to the student with the highest degree GPA having completed a minimum of 18 credit hours in geography, preference is given to students in Human Geography.
Awarded: For M.A. (2016) and PhD (2019)
Graduate Student Teaching Award
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba
Nominated by students, this award celebrates excellence in undergraduate teaching. This award signifies outstanding contribution to the teaching mandate of the faculty and is a clear indication of expertise in the award recipient’s chosen field of study.
Awarded: For teaching EER: 1000 (Earth: A User’s Guide) in May 2018
University of Manitoba 3 Minute Thesis: People’s Choice
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba
The 3-minute thesis competition is a competitive opportunity for graduate students to share their research in three minutes or less with a non-specialist audience.
Awarded: People’s Choice
Tourism Cares Graduate Research Scholarship and Award
Tourism Cares
This scholarship is awarded to 2 graduate students across North America to be put towards tuition and in support of outstanding tourism research that is intended to benefit the greater good and make a meaningful contribution to the field of tourism research. Funding is also provided for the award recipients to attend the TREX annual conference.
Awarded: 2015-2016
Destination Management Associate of Canada Graduate Researcher Award
Travel and Tourism Research Association of Canada
The DMAC Graduate Researcher award has been developed to encourage and recognize excellence in and usefulness of research on travel and tourism at the Master’s level. The award includes $1000 prize and complimentary conference registration.
Awarded: 2014
Student Research Award: Best Social Sciences Poster
Parks and Protected Areas Research Forum of Manitoba Conference
Best social sciences poster presented at the Parks and Protected Areas Research Forum of Manitoba Conference.
Awarded: 2014
Student Research Award: Social Sciences Poster Award Winner
Health, Leisure, and Human Performance Research Day
2nd place in the social sciences poster presentation competition at the Health, Leisure, and Human Performance Research Day.
Awarded: 2013
Undergraduate Initiative Prize
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba
This prize is awarded to a nominated student of the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources outstanding local, regional, national, or international initiatives for the greater good.
Awarded: 2009-2010
Memberships and Associations
Sierra Club Executive Committee Member: Prairie Chapter
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Graduate / Post-Graduate Writing Group
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
University of Alberta
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Organizing Committee Member: 2020 CCLR Conference
As part of the organizing committee, working under Dr. Elizabeth Halpenny (the main organizer), I am responsible for helping to plan the e-conference intended to help reduce travel and associated carbon footprint of the event. I will also be helping to organize and review abstracts and to plan and organize social events and field trips during the conference.
