Name	Home Affiliation	Year of Award	Research Host and Location	Project Title	Topic Keywords
Anuradha (Anu) Rao	Whale Release and Stranding Group Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, NL	2008-9	Kommetjie Environmental Awareness Group; Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, Kommetjie, South Africa	Coastal Restoration, Access and Employment in Kommetjie, South Africa	Environmental degradation; sand dune rehabilitation; invasive species; native vegetation; public access to coastal areas; capacity building.
Tiffanie Rainville	School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax	2008-9	Coordinadora Nacional para la Defensa del Ecosistema Maglar (C-CONDEM), Quito, Portovelo, Manabí and Muisne, Esmeraldas	Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Communities: A Case Study of Vulnerability and Resilience in Ecuador	Climate change; mangrove forest ecosystems; coastal communities; resource rehabilitation; vulnerability; resilience.
Melanie (Mel) Zurba	Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba	2008-9	Girringun Aboriginal Corporation, Northern Queensland, Australia	How Well is Co-management Working? A Comparative Investigation of Indigenous Coastal Protected Area Co-management Systems in Australia	Co-management of resources; indigenous communities; coastal protected areas; stewardship; marine Indigenous Protected Area; participatory art.
Dolores Le Vangie	Institute of Island Studies, UPEI	2009-10	Health Centre of the Williche; Williche Council of Chiefs Chiloe Island, Chile	Islands of Medicine: Exploring Nosology and Nissology on the Island of Chiloé, Chile	Traditional healing; herbal medicine; island communities; indigenous knowledge.
Jocelyne Rankin	Ecology Action Centre, Halifax	2009-10	Nelson Landcare Research Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand	Climate Change Adaptation for Water Resources in New Zealand	Climate change; sea-level rise; water stewardship; land trusts; restoration of natural coastal ecosystems.
Shannon Arnold	Ecology Action Centre, Halifax	2010-11	NGOs for Fisheries Reform; Green Forum Visayas; Institute of Fisheries Studies and Development Studies Caluya Islands,West Visayas, Philippines	The Significance of Seaweed Farming to Rural Coastal Communities in the Western Visayas Region, Philippines	Seaweed farming; sustainable livelihoods; unsustainable tourism development; community visioning and planning Fishers’ knowledge and science; small pelagic fisheries; community collaborative research.
Barbara Paterson	Ma-Re Institute, University of Cape Town; Namibia	2010-11	Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance, MUN Bonne Bay, Newfoundland	Namibian-Canadian Joint Research into the Socio-ecology of Purse-Seine Fisheries in Bonne Bay, NL and Walvis Bay, Namibia
Emilie Novaczek	University of King’s College, Halifax	2011-12	CORALINA and the Seaflower MPA San Andres Archipelago, Columbia	Carrying Capacity of Recreational Marine Use in the Seaflower MPA	Marine Protected Areas management and enforcement; financial sustainability; traditional livelihoods; monitoring.
Ashley Sprague	Ecology Action Centre, Halifax	2011-12	CARIBSAVE; Partnership for Canadian-Caribbean Community Climate Canada Adaptation Negril, Jamaica	Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation Solutions for Caribbean Coastal Communities	Coastal erosion; living shorelines; shoreline protection; capacity building; climate change impacts.
Abigail Franco Vazquez	Institute of Island Studies, UPEI	2011-12	Island Institute, Maine Penobscot Bay, Maine, US; Chiloe Archipelago, Chile	Social Enterprises and Quality of Life in Small Island Communities	Vulnerability of small island societies; social enterprises; quality of life.
Samantha Page	Saint Mary’s University, Halifax	2012-13	CARIBSAVE; Partnership for Canadian-Caribbean Community Climate Canada Adaptation; Environment Tobago Tobago	Coastal Vulnerability and Adaptation Solutions to Sea Level Rise in Tobago	Sea level rise; assessing community vulnerability; shoreline protection; comparative cross-cultural research.
Meagan Symington and Amy Berry	Saint Mary’s University, Halifax	2012-13	Nova Scotia Gambia Association; Community Based Environmental Monitoring Network The Gambia	Peer Education on Coastal Impacts of Climate Change	Adverse effects of climate change; saltwater intrusion; water security; peer education; capacity building.
Tyler Eddy	Dalhousie University, Halifax	2012-13	Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Islands	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Rights-Based Management for the Bacalao Fishery at the Galapagos Marine Reserve	Best management practices; bacalao; artisanal fishery; rights-based fishery management.
Cintia Gillam	St. Mary's University	2013-14	Vila Esperanca and Vila dos Pescadores, Cubatao, Brazil	Socioeconomics crab gathering and coastal conservation	Marginal communities; socioeconomics; crab fishing; mangroves; resource management; community leadership.
Luisa Ramirez	Wilfrid Laurier University	2013-14	ASOPEMABE assoc. Fisherman & mangrove users, Berrugas-Sucre, Columbia	Governance & social-ecological interactions in 4 MPA's Sucre Prov, Columbia	MPA's governance; top-down approach; local community engagement; policy versus practics, conservation; community expectations.
Alessia Kockel	University of Victoria	2014-15	CCC - Coral Bay Conservation, and LAMAVE - Large Marine Vertebrates Project Philippines	Design of ecological network plan for Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, Philippines	Engaging stakeholders bio-diversity; conservation; MPA network plan; habitat protection
Jessica MacIntosh and Zahidah Afrin	Former Coordinator OCEANS - NS Former Nippon Research Fellow	2014-15	Network of Fishers cooperatives and associations	Strengthening fishers governance capacity & policy interface at local level Carriacou & Petite Martinque Grenada	MPA governance & structure; top down approach; co-management; fishers engagement & coop structure; resource sustainability; marina development
Sahir Advani	University of British Columbia	2015-16	Dakshin Foundation	Sustainable value chain management in Nicobar & Andaman Islands fisheries.	Comparative analysis of cultural & economic values -one mainly indigenous, the other recent migrant and commercial.
Jonathan Clapperton	Extension of ethnographic & environmental research focused on aquaculture.	2016-17	Squaxin Island Tribe members in southern area of Puget Sound	Squaxin Island, Puget Sound, Washington State, USA.	Aquaculture practiced by Indigenous peoples in southern Puget Sound. In-digenous knowledge of aquaculture in themanagement of eco-systems & community sustainability.
Cintia Gillam	St Mary's University	2017-18	Roman Luan (NG)) Atauro Island, Timor-Leste	Traditional Community Conservation tara bandu and effectiveness of MPA's in Timor-Leste	Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) conservation household economy gender roles
Isa Elegbede	Complement to PhD Brandenburg Technical University	2018-19	Mi'kmaw Conservation Group The Confederacy of Mainland Nova Scotia	Assess policy for indigenous certification American lobster fishery	Indigenous knowledge fishery sustainability economic livelihood

Maryann Watson	Assessment of government-indigenous partnerships in fisheries management	2018-19	Te Runango a Ngui Tahu	Collaboration CPA/ area based management	TEK fishery sustainability
Manuel Dureuil	Dalhousie University	2018-19	Biosfera, Sao Vincente Cape Verde Archipelago	Cabo Verde Elasmobranch Research	education, fisheries and conservation strategies, sharks, skates & rays
Tamara Britton	Western University	2018-19	Pacoche Coastal & Marine Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador	Community-Based Approach to Natural Resource Management	management, community participation
Roshni Mangar	University of British Columbia	2019-20	Dakshin Foundation	CSocio-economic assessment of bottom trawling SE India	Management, Bottom trawling fisheries
Shane Theunissen	Mount Saint Vincent University	2019-20	Izivungugungu Foundation for Youth	Developing skills in boat building	Boat building, self imployment, skill development
Richard Nyiawung	University of Guelph	2019-20	TRY Oyster Women's Association Gambia	Coastal community led economic development	oyster, conservation, management