Students

Thea Luig

PhD Student (Alberta) 2010

Originally from Germany and a woodwind instrument maker by trade, Thea has travelled extensively in Scandinavia, Siberia, and northern Canada. In 2006, she conducted her MA research on discourse, knowledge, and legitimacy during the public hearings for the Mackenzie Gas Project. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at the University of Alberta on psychological health in northern Dene communities and working in Yellowknife on evaluating the pilot semester of land-based university-accredited courses offered by the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning.

Hilary Blackett

MPH Student (Toronto) 2010

Hilary Blackett is a graduate student pursuing her MPH in Community Health and Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Hilary worked on several projects including community health reports and a research methodology photovoice course with youth in Inuvik. Her efforts were funded by PHAC and the CIHR Team in Circumpolar Health.

Andrew Bresnahan

MA Student (Toronto) 2009

While with ICHR, Andrew Bresnahan was a graduate student in medical anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. Rooted in a commitment to health equity, his research interests include social epidemiology, northern medicine, participatory research design, and inter-cultural perspectives on human rights and development. Born in Labrador, he worked from the health clinic in Aklavik through winter of 2009/2010. He now pursuing an MPH at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. His efforts were funded by PHAC and the CIHR Team in Circumpolar Health.

Karolina Machalek

MPH Student (Toronto) 2008

Karolina pursued her MPH at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her work with ICHR focused on the development of a perinatal surveillance system for the NWT. Through the summer and fall of 2008, she coordinated a series of multi-stakeholder discussions with the Fort Smith Health and Social Services Authority Midwifery Program around the optimal database design for such a system. Her efforts were funded by PHAC and the CIHR Team in Circumpolar Health.

Amanda Clarke

MHSc Student (Toronto) 2007

Amanda was a MHSc student at the University of Toronto during her time at ICHR. She lived and worked in Aklavik through the summer of 2007, helping community members identify health research priorities. Her extensive survey work would later the lay groundwork for future research programs in the region. She also worked on a variety of projects including proposal writing and learned about northern research methodologies at a moose hide tanning camp in the Beaufort Delta. Her efforts were funded by the CIHR Team in Circumpolar Health.

Stephanie Suski

MHSc Student (Toronto) 2007

Stephanie is a registered dietician and earned a MHSc in Community Nutrition at the University of Toronto in 2008. She worked with the community of Aklavik on the Youth and Elders Dietary Project through the summer of 2007 as well as assisted with activities within the Northern Cochrane Network Site during her term in the Northwest Territories. Her efforts were funded by the CIHR Team in Circumpolar Health.