Verenice Escamilla | Visiting PhD (c)
Verenice is a candidate for Doctor of Science in Ecology and Development Sustainable by the Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico. She has a master in coastal and marine management by the Institute of Ecology, Fisheries and Oceanography of the Gulf of Mexico where she worked on risk management and vulnerability in the watershed of Palizada River; and she studied […]
Vrushti Mawani | PhD Student
Vrushti is a PhD candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning and is interested in water access from equity-related perspectives. More specifically, she is interested in the socio-economic aspects of urban water and wastewater management. Her doctoral research, for which she was recently awarded a fieldwork grant from IDRC, looks at examining water access […]
PJ Bell | Master Graduate (2016)
PJ is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning in the Ecological and Natural Resource Planning focus area. He grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan and received a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from the University of Regina. After graduating, he worked as a research assistant studying the effects of climate change […]
Jenna Cook| Master Graduate (2016)
Jenna is a graduate student in the School of Community and Regional Planning (Ecological and Natural Resources Planning stream) and in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability Watershed Management Certificate program. She is a graduate from the University of Victoria (B.A. Geography and Environmental Studies) and from Vancouver Island University (Advanced Diploma in GIS). […]
Cassandra Cummings | Master Graduate (2016)
Cassandra Cummings was a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC, in the environmental and natural resources planning stream. She completed her Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Science with a specialization in Biology, as well as her Master’s of Science in Biology, at Queen’s University. Cassandra’s biology masters thesis examined […]
Grant Diamond | Master Graduate (2016)
Grant recently completed his Master of Science at the School of Community and Regional Planning with a focus in ecological and natural resources planning and international urban studies. In 2014 he visited the University of Amsterdam’s Centre for Urban Studies where he conducted comparative research in metropolitan planning and gained an understanding of Dutch […]
David Gill | Master Graduate (2016)
David is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies from the University of Calgary, where wrote his thesis on the uses and abuses of the term “Sustainability” across discourses. David also studied one year in Hong Kong and worked internationally in France and Colombia, researching both private and public […]
Jessica Jin | Master Graduate (2016)
Jessica Jin is a master’s student at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. Her focus area is Ecological and Natural Resources Planning. She completed her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at Tongji University, Shanghai, and her Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where she developed a strong interest […]
Leanna Leib-Milburn | Master Graduate (2016)
Leanna is a master’s candidate at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC. She comes from a communication research background, and her past research has explored uses of technology for grassroots empowerment and community development. She currently works in the capacity of community planning and policy development at Kwikwetlem First Nation. She […]
Xiaodong Meng | Visiting PhD Student
Xiaodong Meng is a PhD candidate majoring in Landscape Architecture by College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China. She completed a Master of Landscape Architecture at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, focusing on landscape planning and heritage preservation. Her current research focuses on stormwater and flood management within Blue Infrastructure Ecosystem […]