Current & Past Team Members

MSc Graduate Students

Katryna Barone

Status: MES Candidate
Program: MES in Social and Ecological Sustainability

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Trant & Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2023-

Funding stream: ArcticNet & CINUK
Project title: Downstream ecological consequences of Torngat glacier melt

Nicole Gaul

Status: MSc student
Program: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2024-

Funding stream: CRC & CINUK
Project title: Exploring glacier change through youth-engaged participatory glaciology in Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga (Torngat Mountains National Park, Nunatsiavut)

Nhu Le

Status: MES Student
Program: MES in Social and Ecological Sustainability

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Trant & Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2024-

Funding stream: CINUK
Project title: The impacts of shrubification on caribou and ptarmigan habitats in Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga (Torngat Mountains National Park)

Madison Power

Status: MSc student
Program: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2024-

Funding stream: CRC & NSERC
Project title: Evaluating geocryological hazards in Nain, Nunatsiavut

Erin Rendell

Status: MSc student
Program: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2024-

Funding stream: CRC
Project title: Experimental ice thickening experiments for winter trail resilience in Nunatsiavut

PhD Graduate Students

Yifeng Wang

Current status: PhD Candidate

Degree: PhD in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2020-

Funding stream: NSERC
Project title: Vulnerability of peatland permafrost to climate and ecosystem changes in coastal Labrador, Canada

Former Graduate Students

Rosamond Tutton, MSc

Current position: Northern field researcher, McMaster Watershed Hydrology Group (Whitehorse, Yukon office), McMaster University.

Status: Graduated Winter 2021
Degree: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2019-2021

Funding stream: ArcticNet
Thesis title: Exploring measurement and ground thermal influences of snow depth in Nunatsiavut, NunatuKavut and Nitassinan

Anika Forget, MSc

Current position: Ice specialist, Canadian Ice Service
Current status: Graduated Fall 2023
Degree: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2020-2023

Funding stream: ArcticNet
Thesis title: Uncovering the ground thermal regime of coastal Labrador: The influential effects of snow and vegetation on ground temperatures

Jordan Beer, MSc

Current position: Resource Conservation Officer, Wood Buffalo National Park, Parks Canada
Current status: Graduated Fall 2023
Degree: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2021-2023

Funding stream: NSERC
Thesis title: Evaluating peatland permafrost characteristics and vulnerability along the Labrador Sea coastline using uncrewed aerial vehicles

Victoria Colyn, MSc

Current position: Research associate, Queen's University

Current status: Degree completed Fall 2024

Degree: MSc in Physical Geography

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: 2022-2024

Funding stream: ArcticNet & Queen's University
Thesis title: Investigating spatial variability of ground temperatures across coastal-continental and latitudinal gradients in Labrador, northeastern Canada

Incoming Graduate Student(s)

One current opening for MSc/MA & One current opening for PhD

Past Research Associates, Research Assistants & Research Technicians

Emmanda Zhang
Title: Subarctic Peatlands Research Assistant

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: Summer-Fall 2024

Funding stream: NSERC
Topic: Ecosystem change & peatland permafrost thaw

Leah Fedder

Title: Arctic & Subarctic Research technician

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: Summer-Fall 2024

Funding stream: IMAGINE & SWEP
Topic: Arctic & Subarctic environmental change

Melissa Denniston
Title: Inuit Youth Research Technician Program

Supervisor(s): Dr. Robert Way
Time period: Summer 2024