Shaping Sustainable Futures: Explore the Master in Environmental and Social Change (MESC)
Join this event to learn more about UWinnipeg's Master's in Environmental and Social Change. A panel of research supervisors, professors and alumni will share some excellent insights and experiences of MESC.
Speakers:
Dr. Jay Maillet, MESC Chair, Instructor in Geography and MESC
Originally from New Brunswick, Dr. Jay Maillet completed his graduate studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, before relocating to Winnipeg where he works as an Instructor in the Department of Geography at The University of Winnipeg.
Dr. Maillet is primarily engaged in teaching activities at the University, but his research interests lie in the boreal forest to the north. His principal concern, and expertise, relates to the impacts of climate change on the trees found in the Canadian boreal forest.
Dr. Nora Casson, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Influences on Water Quality
Dr. Casson is an Associate Professor in a Canada Research Chair (CRC), Tier 2, in Environmental Influences on Water Quality. Her research expands our understanding of how human activities impact boreal ecosystems. The alarming rates of climate change in northern boreal regions are among the highest anywhere on Earth. Rising temperatures, changes to precipitation, and declining snow cover will fundamentally alter how water and chemicals move through the environment, and could threaten our valuable aquatic resources.
Mohammad Anas Shoebullah Khan, Project Manager for the Dried Fish Matters project at University of Manitoba.
Mohammad Anas Khan is the Project Manager for the Dried Fish Matters project, hosted in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba. Dried Fish Matters is a SSHRC-funded partnership project focused on mapping the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia. Before assuming his current role, Anas conducted research supported by the Dried Fish Matters project as part of the Master’s in Environmental and Social Change program at the University of Winnipeg, under the supervision of Drs. Alan Diduck and Kirit Patel. Anas holds an undergraduate degree in law and, prior to moving to Canada, worked with the Centre for Civil Society, a New Delhi-based public policy think tank.
Wolf, Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA
I completed my masters in planetary science with Dr. Ed Cloutis in the MESC program at the University of Winnipeg. During my masters, I focused my research on using rover like instruments to investigate Mars analogue sites. I also became a SuperCam team member operating the SuperCam instrument onboard the Perseverance rover on Mars. The SuperCam instrument was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (home of the Manhattan project) and Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (based in France). During my masters, I made an effort to expand my knowledge of various spectroscopic techniques, and to form connections with other member of the Mars 2020 team. This allowed me to receive a job offer from Los Alamos National Lab where I am now working on the Mars mission full time doing operations and science, working with scientists at LANL and in France.