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The PSI Network consists of almost 400 doctoral students and PhDs from across the full range of disciplines at 亚洲天堂.

Below you can navigate their profiles based on year of scholarship, faculty, theme;聽read about their research;聽and watch聽brief videos of their talks.聽

Magdalena Vergara

Chile
Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)
Reading the South in the North: A mixed method approach for the study of Latin American literature through educational practices in Vancouver

Sokyee Angela Low

Malaysia
Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)
Parenting pains and pleasures: examining the effects of cultivating happiness and self-compassion on parents' efficacy and well-being

Evan Koike

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)
Raising Smiling Fathers: The Construction of Masculinity in Japanese Nonprofit Organizations That Promote Engaged Parenting

Angelina Lee

Canada
Forgotten need: Re-constructing a sense of belonging through culturally grounded participatory action research with a local refugee community

Adriana Brodyn

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)
A Comparative Analysis of How the Law Affects the Family Forms and Practices of LGBQ and Straight Households

Javiera Pumarino

Chile
Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)
Examining the role of mental health disorders on adult functioning among emerging adults with a history of foster care: A mixed methods study

Stephanie Glick

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)
From Graphic Violence to Graphic Novel: Engaging Art as Public Pedagogy to Disarm Public Mass Gun Violence

Keith Dormond

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)
Understanding Honour Related Violence and Oppression in Ways that are Helpful for Victims, their Communities and Canadian Society

Gerald Tembrevilla

Philippines
Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)
Technological [in]accessibility:Transnational Divide on Digital Literacy in STEM Education

Khia Johnson

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)
Investigating how Cantonese-English bilinguals produce and perceive speech sounds

Anamaria Crisan

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD)
Visualizing Public Health Data

Natasha Orr

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Reproductive and Developmental Sciences (PhD)
Educational videos on the pathophysiology of sexual pain in women with endometriosis

Sandra Schinnerl

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
Higher Education influence on Immigration Policy in Canada

Simon Lisaingo

Canada
Small Challenges, Big Challenges: A Collaborative Approach to Understanding and Supporting the Development of Emotion-Related Self-Regulation in Schools

Marie Paul Nisingizwe

Rwanda
Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)
Evaluation of mass screening and treatment program for hepatitis C virus in Rwanda

Emily Amburgey

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)
The 鈥渃ondition鈥 of migration: a multi-sited ethnography of belonging and transformation in Nepal, Northeast India, and New York City

Eric Simons

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)
Archaeological Contributions to Canadian Indian Residential School Reconciliation

Molly Sweeney Magee

Ireland
Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)
Colorectal Cancer and Health Behaviours: Primary Prevention, Early Detection, and Improved Survivorship

Yujie Ji

China
Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)
Preserving the Tibetan Dialect Through the Documentation of Oral Tradition

Hossein Foroozand

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD)
Hydrological monitoring networks design

Susanna Klassen

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)
Assessing the contributions of organic agriculture to food system sustainability

Kirsten McIlveen

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)
Prison Paradox and Post-Secondary Education: Challenges to Developing Innovative Curriculum in Women鈥檚 Prisons

Denali YoungWolfe

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)
脗hkameyihtamowin: We Rise, Mapping Indigenous Assurgency Across Turtle Island

Sandeep Pai

India
Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)
Evaluating 鈥楯ust Transition鈥 policies for coal workers in Alberta, Canada

Roseanna Gamlen-Greene

New Zealand
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
Western Toad ecology on Haida Gwaii: threats, genetics and conservation

Grace Nosek

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)
Restorying the Climate Crisis

Colin Dring

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)
Agricultural Planning, Equity, Participation, Food Sovereignty

Jennica Nichols

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
Reimagining Research-Based Theatre: An Arts-Based Approach to Engaging Veterans, Families, and Service Providers in the Co-Design of an Intervention to Improve Veterans' Success in Higher Education

Amir Michalovich

Israel
Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)
Language and literacy education of youth refugees

Erika Gavenus

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)
Interrogating Crown-imposed governance of First Nations鈥 fisheries through the lens of food justice

Saori Ogura

Japan
Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)
Devising Strategies for Food Security and Responses to Climate Change in Indigenous Villages in Zimbabwe and the Himalayas: Folding Visual Art into an Evidence-Based Project
Emily Acheson

Emily Acheson

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)
Climate change, land use change, or both? How spatio-temporal modelling of the Cryptococcus gattii fungus in the Pacific Northwest may reveal determinants of emerging infectious diseases
Tebogo Thandie Leepile

Tebogo Thandie Leepile

Botswana
Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)
Is household food security associated with nutritional status of indigenous women of childbearing age and young children? The case of the San in rural Botswana.

Lindsay Cole

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
Building a public sector innovation lab in the City of Vancouver
Nina Ebner

Nina Ebner

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)
Working the Border: Economic Restructuring and Uneven Development on the US-Mexico Border
Barnini Bhattacharyya

Barnini Bhattacharyya

India
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)
An Intersectional Study of the Invisibility of Women of Colour

Zarina Giannone

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)
Athletes in Transition: A novel intervention targeting elite athletes' identity development
Vincent Ricciardi

Vinny Ricciardi

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)
Examining the food security, climate resilience, and equity implications of farm size

Katrina Dunn

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre (PhD)
Real Estate and Theatricality in Vancouver鈥檚 Downtown Core

Alexander Held

Germany
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)
Essays on Civic Participation and the Quality of Democracy

Tonya Smith

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
Lil'wat Food Security and Ecosystem Services

Assadullah Sadiq

Afghanistan
Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)
Language and Literacy from the Periphery: Understanding the Language and Literacy Practices of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

Jens Vent-Schmidt

Germany
Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)
Patient Integrated Development of a New Cell Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Simangele Mabena

Simangele Mabena

South Africa
Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)
The Team Effort Project: A South African Deaf and Hearing teaching partnership for d/Deaf education
Sharon Provost

Sharon Provost

Canada
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
A realist evaluation of violence prevention education in BC healthcare
Ketty Anyeko

Ketty Anyeko

Uganda
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)
Senses of Justice and Reparations: Women's Decision Making After Wartime Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda

Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz

United States of America
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
Wildfire: Building Socially and Ecologically Resilient Communities in the British Columbia Interior

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