Maya Willard-Stepan is a second-year MSc student in the ReSET CoLab. Her interests lie in mapping relationships between energy, environment, and society to understand how the renewable energy transition is impacting ecosystems and communities.

Nicolas is a second-year MSc student in the ReSET CoLab. His interests lie in supporting meaningful community involvement in renewable energy through researching the effective pathways for the governance of locally developed renewable energy infrastructure.

My current work examines citizen and other non-traditional participation in regional renewable energy development.

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Meg MacDonald is a MA student in the ReSET CoLab. Her interests relate to community renewable energy, justice, and intermediaries. 

Sara is a PhD student in the ReSET CoLab under the supervision of Dr. Hoicka. Her interests lie in community engagement, knowledge mobilization, and community renewable energy projects.

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Bonnie is a second-year master’s student in the ReSET CoLab. Her research examines youth inclusion for an equitable Canadian energy transition from an intersectional lens. ​

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Ignacio's research studies the socioecological implications of scaling up a technology to produce green hydrogen from biomass as a renewable energy option in Canada.

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Chris Holmes is a third-year Geography student at the University of Victoria and a research assistant in the ReSET CoLab. His interests lie in the intersection of renewable energy innovations and their potential to empower communities and promote equitable access to clean energy. 

Ellie is a Research Assistant with Professor Hoicka at the ReSET CoLab. Ellie's interests lie in low-carbon transitions, urban sustainability, urban planning, and carbon credit markets.

Lily Charette is a first-year MA student conducting research in the ReSET CoLab alongside their colleagues and their supervisor, Dr. Christina E. Hoicka, at the University of Victoria. They are interested in conducting research from a community-based approach in order to understand how participatory research can be used to mobilize knowledge in the energy transition.