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Current Lab Members

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Master's Student

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.

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Master's Student

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.

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Master's Student

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

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Master’s Student

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

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PhD Student

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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Master's Student

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. â€‹

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Postdoctoral Researcher

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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Undergraduate Student

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. 

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Research Assistant

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.

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Master's Student

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.

Past Lab Members

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MES 2020 | York University

Jessica Conroy

How transitioning to low-carbon and renewable energy systems will impact the landscape.

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MES 2020 | York University

Yuxu Zhao

Identify the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and system innovations in energy transitions.

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MES 2020 | York University

Maria-Louise McMaster

Research area of concentration is in low-carbon energy systems.

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JD/MES 2019 | York University

Alicia Campney

I am pursuing a career practicing Environmental Law and am interested in its intersection with Indigenous Law, especially in the context of Environmental Justice.

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JD/MES Candidate 2018 | York University

Julianna Felendzer

My research focuses on energy transitions, innovation, energy poverty, participation, and policy.

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MES 2018 | York University

Susan Morrissey Wyse

My research explores how communities participate in and benefit from local low-carbon energy initiatives, and questions whether local initiatives are living up to their claims of “community”-focused approaches.

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MES 2016 | York University

Brandon Slopack

Identifying Barriers and Methods to Enabling a Transition to Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in Ontario.

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MES 2015 | York University

Maral Jamali

My area of concentration was sustainability and energy efficiency.

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Lab Coordinator

Social Exergy Lab Coordinator.

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MES 2020 | York University

Natalia Bekirsky

Decentralization of energy systems, renewable energy, and energy justice and community involvement. 

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MES 2020 | York University

Katarina Savic

Governance structures of Indigenous-owned clean energy projects in Canada.

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MES 2019 | York University

John Lau

Effectiveness of the energy efficiency policies that targeted buildings in the cities of Toronto and Calgary.

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MES 2018 | York University

Sohrab Pathan

My area of concentration is community energy planning, renewable energy and sustainability.

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MES 2017 | York University

Cristina Guido

My research applies a social-psychology perspective to residential energy consumption, which explores factors that drive energy choices and the behavioural programs that can influence conservation practices.

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MES 2016 | York University

Devon Calder

I conducted research, analysis, and synthesized findings relating to sustainable energy technologies, policies, and projects.

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