This work is the outcome of my PhD candidacy exams. The exercise was a reflexive and embodied practice to better understand how cartography weaves multiple knowledge cultures, and how advancements in visualization might allow us to encounter these relations. This exercise was filmed and submitted to the SSHRC Storytellers competition for 2026.

Invited by Associate University Librarian, Reconciliation Ry Morran (also the founding director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation) to contribute to a large, highly visible public installation, we were challenged to go beyond land acknowledgements; to evoke the geography of treaty relations of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands in broader context of the varied treaty relations of the larger region the university operates in.

Working closely with SeaChange Marine Conservation Society, the ShoreZone program, this project seeks to adopt a human-centred approach for data access for non-technical users. This need was identified by SeaChange, driven by their commitment to enhancing biophysical and ecological data democracy in transboundary coastal environments.

Islands are important components of many coastal areas around the world; however, by virtue of their geographical isolation, the state of these ecosystems is often poorly known. To address the knowledge gap for the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), and machine learning (ML) were used to examine the status of nearly 4000 islands.

Following my master's degree, I worked as a Graduate Research Associate on Work Package 1.1 , focusing on engagement for co-design of benthic ecosystem mapping. This work package aims to co-produce a knowledge management and analytical framework that facilitates the effective use of different kinds of knowledge to inform management and policy decisions.

Abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), also known as ghost gear, is commonly found in our oceans and negatively impacts marine environments and industries. At Dalhousie University, my master's research explored how side scan sonar can be used as a gear detection method, to validate source and sink of lost gear, and type of bottom habitats. 

During the 40th Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, Resolution 40-3 was passed, recognizing the significance of the Appalachian-Acadian forest. The resolution contributes to acknowledging the importance of the forest on local and global scales.

At Dalhousie University, my undergraduate honours research involved working with Halifax Transit to understand the cost of living for those travelling by transit or by car within the Halifax Regional Municipality, and to identify transit deserts using GIS. 

In Canada, Nova Scotia ranks among the highest in household food insecurity, second only to the Territories. At Dalhousie University, my undergraduate research project, completed for my certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), aimed to better understand spatial inequalities in food resource accessibility. This research involved using network analysis to develop a food access index model weighted by food resource type.