Current Lab Members
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.
Undergraduate Student
Brigitte is a third-year undergraduate student at UVic and a research assistant in the ReSET CoLab.
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.
Master’s Student
Meg MacDonald is a MA student in the ReSET CoLab. Her interests relate to community renewable energy, justice, and intermediaries.
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.
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.
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.
Master's Student
My current work examines citizen and other non-traditional participation in regional renewable energy development.
Past Lab Members
Postdoctoral Researcher
F. Ignacio Aguilar
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.
MES 2016 | York University
Devon Calder
I conducted research, analysis, and synthesized findings relating to sustainable energy technologies, policies, and projects.
MES 2020 | York University
Jessica Conroy
How transitioning to low-carbon and renewable energy systems will impact the landscape.
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.
MES 2020 | York University
Maria-Louise McMaster
Research area of concentration is in low-carbon energy systems.
MES 2020 | York University
Katarina Savic
Governance structures of Indigenous-owned clean energy projects in Canada.
MSc Geography
Maya Willard-Stepan
Thesis title: "Balancing Energy and Ecosystems: Exploring the spatiality of renewable energy development for a low-carbon future"
MES 2020 | York University
Yuxu Zhao
Identify the relationship between pro-environmental behaviors and system innovations in energy transitions.
MES 2020 | York University
Natalia Bekirsky
Decentralization of energy systems, renewable energy, and energy justice and community involvement.
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.
JD/MES Candidate 2018 | York University
Julianna Felendzer
My research focuses on energy transitions, innovation, energy poverty, participation, and policy.
MES 2015 | York University
Maral Jamali
My area of concentration was sustainability and energy efficiency.
MES 2019 | York University
John Lau
Effectiveness of the energy efficiency policies that targeted buildings in the cities of Toronto and Calgary.
MES 2018 | York University
Sohrab Pathan
My area of concentration is community energy planning, renewable energy and sustainability.
MES 2016 | York University
Brandon Slopack
Identifying Barriers and Methods to Enabling a Transition to Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in Ontario.
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.