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Current Students
- Le, Tuyet Anh. (2018 – Current). The Assessment of Capacity of the Forest Tenure Policy System in Vietnam. School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Jianghua
- Carter, Ken. (2018 – Current). Rural innovation systems in Newfoundland and Labrador. Department of Geography, Memorial University
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Charles Mather
2020
- Hudson, Amy. 2020. Reclaiming Inuit Governance: Planning for a Sustainable Future in NunatuKavut. School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Lowery, Brennan. 2020. ‘Knowing beyond measurement’: Integrating sustainability indicators and storytelling in an alternative approach to sustainable development in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: OPE (Government of Newfoundland and MUN)
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Khattab, Sherine. 2020. The Gender Wage Gap and Women’s Labour Mobility in Newfoundland and Labrador (PhD Dissertation. School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: “On The Move Partnership”, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, InnovateNL, the GovNL, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Research Data Centre Network at Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Canadian Institute for Health Research, and Statistics Canada.
- Supervisors: Dr. Wade Locke, Dr. Kelly Vodden, and Dr. Russell Williams
2019
- Halfyard, Sharon. 2019. Intertwined: the leadership development of A. Job Halfyard – One educator’s social history narrative account of educational and community leadership development in rural Newfoundland (1949-1987). School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr. Ursula Kelly, Dr. Diane Tye, and Dr. Kelly Vodden
2018
- Minnes, Sarah. 2018. Enhancing source water protection in rural regions: Exploring the role of capacity and collaborative watershed governance in rural Ontario. School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: MITACS internship
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
2016
- Grills, Matt. 2016 (Incomplete). Community Impacts of Employment-related Geographical Mobility in Newfoundland and Labrador. Department of Sociology, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: SSHRC
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Nicole Power
- Porter, Michelle. 2016. Moving home: narrating place, home, and rurality in Newfoundland and Labrador. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: SSHRC fellowship recipient
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Dean Bavington
2014
- Gibson, Ryan. 2014. Collaborative Governance in Rural Regions: An Examination of Ireland and Newfoundland and Labrador. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: SSHRC fellowship recipient, Harris Centre ARF, ISER fellowship, Dobbin Scholarship
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
Master’s Theses
Current Students
- Kanyangarara, Rumbidzai. (2016 – Current). Alternative Energy as a Rural Community Development Tool. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Wade Bowers
- Manners, Sean. (2016 – Current). Democracy, human rights, and REDD+. Environmental Policy Institue, Memorial University
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Andreas Klinke
- Islam, Nazrul. (2017 – Current). Alternative Energy as a Rural Community Development Tool. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Bauman, Jackie. (2019 – Current). Community involvement in marine protection in western Newfoundland and Labrador. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
2021
- Bayramov, Elmaddin. 2021. A Quadruple Helix Approach to the Regional Innovation System in Corner Brook and Surrounding Area: Case Study of a Local Innovation Project Applying Waste Heat from Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Limited for Greenhouse Operations. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Fudning Support: Mitacs and Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden, Dr. Mery Perez, and Dr. Garrett Richards
- Ivany, Miranda. 2021. Rural Philanthropy: Mapping Patterns of Charitable Giving in Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada’s Atlantic Region. Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph.
- Funding Support: PhiLab, the McConnell Foundation, & Mitacs.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Leith Deacon
2020
- Curtis, Conor. 2019. Climate change’s social justice ramifications for NL and related policy implications. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: SSHRC fellowship recipient
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Lomond, Ted. 2020. International Business Interventions for Firm-level Innovation. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr.Kelly Vodden & Dr. Charles Mather
2019
- Reid, Brady. 2019. Traditional knowledge and land use: Building research relationships with a rural Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaw community. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Scott Neilsen
- Uthman, Rashida. 2019. The Role of Mining in Community Sustainability in Newfoundland and Policy Implications: A Case Study of Baie Verte. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. John Dagevos
2018
- Butters, Leanna. 2018. Identifying the built space impacts of fly-in/fly-out employment-related geographical mobility in Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: SSHRC
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Chireh, Vincent. 2018. Exploring a regional approach in drinking water management in the Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland and Labrador. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Eledi, Seth. 2018. Examining policy implementation gaps in source water protection in Newfoundland and Labrador. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: RPLC
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Holisko, Stephen. 2018. Community watershed management in Newfoundland and Labrador: Successes, challenges, capacity-building, future directions. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: Harris Centre RBC Water Fund/IBES
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Omosule, Ayotunde. 2018. Exploring water insecurity situation in Canadian indigenous communities: the efforts of the Flat Bay Indian Band to resolve its water challenge. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Roebothan, Wayne. 2018. Alternative Energy and Policy Responses in Newfoundland and Labrador. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
2017
- Barrett, Joshua. 2017. Commuters and communities: The social and economic impacts of labour mobility on source communities. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: SSHRC
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Keith Storey
- Dare, Jennifer. 2017. Multi-Scalar Food System Resilience Planning: A framework for the analysis and implementation of resilience building activities within food systems. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Paul Foley
2016
- Ward, Brandon. 2016. Burgeo residents’ values, attitudes, and beliefs regarding a South Coast National Marine Conservation Area. Environmental Studies, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: CPAWS
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Alistair Bath
2015
- Lightfoot, Theresa. 2015. Fire Water and Poison Ferns: Omnibus Bill C-45’s Impact on Wabanaki Food Sovereignty. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: MITACS
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Gerard Curtis
2014
- Daniels, Jennifer. 2014. The River Multiple: Exploring Identity and Place in Resource Politics on the Gander River Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: ISER Fellowship & SSHRC funded
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Charles Mather
- Fürst, Bojan. 2014. Islands of Sun and Ice: Perceptions and Policies in Small Island Settings of Change Islands and Fogo Island off the Coast of Newfoundland and Vis and Biševo islands in Croatian Adriatic. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding support: SSHRC
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
- Skeard, Janelle. 2014. “Hope Springs Eternal”: A Study of Company and Community in the Former Mining Town of Buchans, Newfoundland. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding support: SSHRC fellowship recipient & F.A. Aldrich Fellowship & ISER fellowship
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Arn Keeling
- Thomas, Emily. 2014. Sustaining Island Fishing Communities: Policy and Management in Practice in Maine and Newfoundland. Department of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island.
- Funding support: Harris Centre Applied Research Fund
- Supervisors: Dr. Kelly Vodden & Dr. Michael van den Heuvel
2013
- Parrill, Erika. 2013. ‘We always did fish the eels’: Perceptions of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band Members’ ecological impacts in the American Eel fisheries of western Newfoundland. Environmental Policy Institute, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: Qalipu
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
2012
- Lysenko, Ekaterina. 2012. Labour Market Development in Newfoundland and Labrador: Regional Challenges and Active Solutions. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding Support: Harris Centre, AES
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
2011
- Renaud, Nicole. 2011. Mapping a History of Water Security in the Peruvian Andes: A Case Study of Mullak’as-Misminay. Department of Geography, Memorial University.
- Funding support: CIDA internship
- Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden