This year three new members joined the EDGES team. Welcome and we all look forward to working with you in the future!
Crystal Tremblay is currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow with IRES, exploring the impacts and implications of shifting water governance structures in Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa, simultaneously providing a powerful narrative portraying the lived experiences of the individuals affected by limited or (in)access to water. She will be using Participatory Video to engage with communities, broaden participation in decision-making processes, and provide a valuable strategy to challenge entrenched power imbalances through practices of reflexivity, facilitating new levels of self-perception, and identity.
Nick Wilson is in her first year of her PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. She will be working under the supervision of Dr. Terre Satterfield and Dr. Leila Harris. Prior to coming to UBC, she completed her Master’s of Science in Natural Resources at Cornell University with minor concentrations in Water Resource Management and American Indian Studies. Her MS research examined the impacts of climate change on the subsistence livelihoods of the Koyukon Athapaskan people of Ruby, Alaska. Her MS research was supported by funding from the Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship and the Arctic Institute of North America. She also holds a BA in Development Studies from the University of Calgary.
Sameer Shah is an incoming Masters student to the Resource Management and Environmental Studies Program. He will be conducting his research under the supervision of Dr. Leila Harris and Dr. Hisham Zerriffi. Sameer graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Hons.) from the University of Waterloo in 2012. His interests involve the sustainable development of river-basin systems in developing countries. More specifically, Sameer is interested in understanding the interrelationships and interdependencies between ecology, livelihoods, culture, social structure, and gender in social-ecological river-basin systems using systems, resilience and complexity frameworks to inform desirable development policy and projects.
