Current Honours students
A list of Honours theses completed in the Geology Department can be found here. For a list of recently completed theses please click here.
2026-2027
Brooke Miller
Structural analysis of the deformation conditions for gold mineralization at the Honey Zone, White River, ON
Supervisor(s): Dr. Tobias Stephan
Kaila Lalli
An investigation of hackmanite textures from the Coldwell Complex, Marathon, ON
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shannon Zurevinski
Ethan Rego
Characterization of microplastics in Thunder Bay snow
Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Conley
Steven Del Bel Belluz
Petrography and geochemistry of the Kuma porphyry, Solomon Islands
Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Hollings
Brett Rempel
Petrography and geochemistry of the Trek South porphyry, BC
Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Hollings
Elise Delaney
Petrography and geochemistry of the West Goodspeed porphyry, BC
Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Hollings
2025-2026
Michael Billiboe
Integrated microanalytical investigations of quartz in LCT pegmatites: LA-ICP MS, LIBS and HR-TEM analyses
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shannon Zurevinski & Dr. Andrew Conley
Jaidyn Brown
The effect of wood ash application to soil on extracellular enzyme activity in a long-term silviculture trial on sandy loam textured soil
Supervisor(s): Dr. Amanda Diochon
Amy Chaisson
A mineralogical and geochemical investigation of the Mound Lake pluton, Northwestern Ontario.
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shannon Zurevinski and Mark Smyk
Josiah DeLorenzi
Petrography and geochemistry of the volcanic rocks of the Animikie basin
Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Hollings
Emily Pokrant
The effect of wood ash application to soil on carbon and nitrogen in physical soil fractions in a long-term silviculture trial on sandy loam textured soil
Supervisor(s): Dr. Amanda Diochon
2024-2025
2023-2024
Sydney-Lyn Bernardi
Determining the effects of wood ash application on aggregate stability in a sandy loam boreal forest soil.
Supervisor(s): Dr. Amanda Diochon
Myles Harding
Olivine geochemistry of the Current and Escape (Steepledge) intrusions, Thunder Bay North Intrusive Complex
Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Hollings
Jordan Mamos
Mineralogy and petrology of the McFinley deposit, Red Lake, Ontario
Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Hollings & Dr. Shannon Zurevinski
Mia Morson
Quartz trace element chemistry as a pathfinder technique: exploring the link between a fertile parental granite and a mineralized pegmatite
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shannon Zurevinski
Camryn Salo
Primed for magma transport: A case study of the Kvalsund Shear Zone, West Troms Basement Complex, Norway
Supervisor(s): Dr. Noah Phillips
Ryan Stewart
Mechanisms and conditions of deformation in the Quetico Shear Zone, Rainy Lake, Ontario
Supervisor(s): Dr. Noah Phillips
Demily Thibodeau-Bello
An evaluation of structural and mineralogical controls on gold mineralization on the GoldRich property in the Abbie Lake area, Wawa, Ontario
Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Conley
Hanna Tiitto
Anatomy of an Archean terrane boundary: Structural analysis of the boundary between the Quetico and Wawa subprovinces (Superior Province)
Supervisor(s): Dr. Tobias Stephan & Dr. Noah Phillips
2022-2023
Daniel Barrett
Microstructural analysis of the Hardrock project in Geraldton, Ontario.
Supervisor - Dr. Mary Louise Hill
Samuel Ghantous
Are serpentine fault mirrors a record of seismic slip? A microstructural analysis
Are serpentine fault mirrors a record of seismic slip? A microstructural analysis
Supervisor - Dr. Noah Phillips
Jordan Mamos
Lithology and alteration assemblages of the McFinnley Deposit, Red Lake, ON
Supervisors - Dr. Shannon Zurevinski and Dr. Peter Hollings
Supervisors - Dr. Shannon Zurevinski and Dr. Peter Hollings
Sara Salih
Metamorphism of Quetico subprovince gneisses near Nipigon, ON
Metamorphism of Quetico subprovince gneisses near Nipigon, ON
Supervisor - Dr. Mary Louise Hill
Eleanor Winger
The effect of wood ash application on soil organic carbon stabilization mechanisms
Trace element geochemistry of pegmatite quartz from the Superior Province, ON
Supervisor - Dr. Shannon Zurevinski
The effect of wood ash application on soil organic carbon stabilization mechanisms
Supervisor - Dr. Amanda Diochon
Grace Young
The short term effects of wood incorporation on nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass carbon in three agricultural soils
Thomas YoungThe short term effects of wood incorporation on nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass carbon in three agricultural soils
Supervisor - Dr. Amanda Diochon
Trace element geochemistry of pegmatite quartz from the Superior Province, ON
Supervisor - Dr. Shannon Zurevinski