Research

Overview of Research

My academic training is in anthropology, archaeology, biology, botany, forestry and geography.

My main research focus is the interaction of culture and the natural environment. Many of my projects include partnerships with Indigenous communities. My theoretical frameworks typically involve common property theory, complexity, and biocultural conservation to examine Social-Ecological Systems.

I am currently involved in, and have funding to accept graduate students to explore the historic and resurgent relationship between Indigenous communities and manomin (wild rice).

I am also interested in students who wish to pursue research local to Thunder Bay or Northwestern Ontario. I am happy to work with potential students to secure funding for projects they wish to initiate themselves.  Project topics might include environmental governance, conservation, and First Nations environmental issues.

Students interested in graduate work should contact me by mid-September of their final year of undergraduate studies.