Congratulations to all our graduate students who successfully defended their thesis over the summer semester!

Going back to May of this year, here are the students who have successfully defended their thesis:

Xiaoyuan Geng (PhD), May 4, 2020, supervisor:  Scott Mitchell

• Development of operational methods to predict soil classes and properties in Canada using machine learning

Katherine (Katia) McKercher (MSc), June 5, 2020, supervisor:  Jesse Vermaire

• The development and application of a universal trait-based model for rapid bioassessment of freshwater systems using diatoms

Tess MacMillan (MA), June 23, 2020, supervisors:  Trish Ballamingie and John Milton

• The Role of Regulations in Decisions Regarding the Transition to Organic, Biodynamic, and Sustainable Agriculture Productions:  The Case of Niagara Vineyards

Alexa D’Addario (MSc), July 28, 2020, supervisor:  Jesse Vermaire

• Are Aquatic Invertebrates Retaining Microplastics in the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers?

Madelaine Bourdages (MSc), Aug. 25, 2020, supervisors:  Jesse Vermaire and Jennifer Provencher

• Plastic ingestion, retention, and transport in animals from the eastern Canadian Arctic

Luis Padilla-Ramirez (MSc-DS), Aug. 31, 2020, supervisor:  Stephan Gruber

• Evaluating the effect of accordance method choice on the selection of ground surface temperature models in a subarctic environment

Jennifer Humphries (MSc), Sept. 2, 2020, supervisors:  Chris Burn and Elyn Humphreys

• Evaluating the impact of snow fencing on snow conditions and ground temperatures along the Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada

Ada Loewen (MSc), Sept. 4, 2020, supervisors:  Greg Crocker and Derek Mueller

• Landfast Sea Ice Break-up Processes in Admiralty Inlet, NU

Emmelie Paquette (MSc), Sept. 17, 2020, supervisors:  Gita Ljubicic and Derek Mueller

• Potential impacts of sea ice and ship traffic change to caribou sea ice crossing areas surrounding King William Island, Nunavut, Canada

Julie Neelin (MA), Sept. 18, 2020, supervisors:  Jennifer Ridgley and Sheryl-Ann Simpson

• Welcoming Refugees and the Virtue of Hospitality:  An Analysis of Refugee Resettlement through Private Sponsorship in Small-Town Eastern Ontario

Congratulations is further extended to Madelaine Bourdages, Ada Loewen, and Emmelie Paquette who are all continuing on in our PhD program this year.