Julia Christensen
Project Director and Co-lead: Governance, Policy and Self-Determination focus area
Julia Christensen is a Canada Research Chair in Northern Governance and Public Policy in the Department of Geography at Memorial University.
Project Director and Co-lead: Governance, Policy and Self-Determination focus area
Julia Christensen is a Canada Research Chair in Northern Governance and Public Policy in the Department of Geography at Memorial University.
Co-lead: Housing, Community Design and the Built Environment focus area
Shelagh McCartney is Director of +city lab and Together Design Lab, and an Associate Professor at Ryerson University in the School of Urban and Regional Planning.
Co-lead: Supportive Housing Programs and Services focus area
Rebecca Schiff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University.
James Caesar is Lead Innovator representing the K’asho Got’ine Housing Society (KGHS) located in Rádeyįlį Kǫ́ (Fort Good Hope), in the Sahtú Region of the Northwest Territories.
Co-lead: Housing, Community Design and the Built Environment focus area
Anne Headrick is Housing Manager for the Garden River First Nation.
Co-lead: Health Synthesis Stream focus area
Mylène Riva is a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Housing, Community and Health, and cross-appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Department of Geography at McGill University.
Ouri Scott is a Tlicho Dene architect originally from the Northwest Territories.
Co-Lead: Governance, Policy and Self-Determination focus area
Arthur Tobac is a Director of the Ka’sho Got’ine Housing Society and is also a member of the Fort Good Hope Council.
Co-lead: Governance, Policy and Self-Determination focus area
University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Rebecca is the Mayor of the city of Yellowknife, NWT.
Trevor Bell is a geographer and University Research Professor (Memorial University of Newfoundland) whose current work focuses on climate change adaptations.
Colin R. Bonnycastle has played an active role in community-based research in areas of domestic violence, homelessness, Northern economy and water rights in First Nations.
Marleny M. Bonnycastle is an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work in Winnipeg.
Lori Chambers is a Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at Lakehead University.
Kenneth Coates is Tier I Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan campus.
Jackie Compton Hobbs is employed with Government of Newfoundland & Labrador with the Department of Justice, and has been advocating for many years to end homelessness.
Ashlee Cunsolo, PhD, is a health geographer and the Director of the Labrador Institute of Memorial University.
Lee Anne is currently living in Thompson, Manitoba where she teaches in the Northern Social Work Program with University of Manitoba.
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
Arlene Hache currently sits as a member of the National Poverty Council.
Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at UNBC, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies.
Susane Havelka’s research interests lie at the intersection of housing, community engagement and user-generated cold-climate building techniques
Travis Hay is a Canadian historian and community organizer from Thunder Bay, Ontario, and teaches as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lakehead University.
Dr. Carin Holroyd is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan and President of the Japan Studies Association of Canada.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Carol Kauppi, PhD is the Director of the Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy. She is also a professor in the School of Social Work at Laurentian University and she served as the MSW Program Coordinator for several years.
For the past fifteen years, Anna has supported government agencies, non-profit organizations and Indigenous communities to design, implement and evaluate projects in community-based program design and evaluation.
Bonnie Krysowaty is a Social Researcher and Planner for the Lakehead Social Planning Council.
L. Larcombe is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Community Health Sciences and Adjunct with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba.
Stacey Fritz, Phd, is a Cultural Anthropologist with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Project, based in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Dr. Pertice Moffitt is Manager/Instructor, Health Research Programs, Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College.
Dr. Pamela Orr is a Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Medical Microbiology and Community Health at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
Co-lead: Supportive Housing Programs and Services focus area
Erin Shea is Manager of Homelessness and Community Planning for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Dr. Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott is an Associate Professor of sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Dr. Jeanette Waegemakers Schiff is a full Professor in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.
Eric Weissman is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Department of Social Science at the University of New Brunswick.
Masters student
Jenine is a graduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She engages with visual storytelling in her research on housing and climate change in the North.
PhD student
Karine is a PhD student in Public Health at Université de Montréal. Her research interests broadly include social determinants of health, health promotion, population health intervention research, and Indigenous health.
Graduate Research Assistant
Alycia is a doctoral student studying in the Health Sciences Department at Lakehead University. She is a graduate assistant and graduate researcher engaged in numerous projects.
Research Assistant and Online Knowledge Exchange Coordinator
Miranda is a Research Assistant and Online Knowledge Exchange Coordinator for At Home in the North
Graduate Research Assistant
Aimée is a graduate student in geography at Memorial University and a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Julia Christensen and the Governance, Policy and Self-Determination research direction.
Research Coordinator
Ashley is a MHSc student and Research Coordinator for Dr. Rebecca Schiff and the Supportive Housing Programs and Services research direction
Graduate Research Assistant
Ella is a graduate student in geography at McGill University and a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Mylène Riva and the Health Synthesis Stream research direction.
Project Coordinator
Christina is a doctoral student in geography at Memorial University and the Project Coordinator of AHIN