Andrea Belen
Andrea is a Master of Resource and Environmental Management student at Dalhousie University’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies. With a background in business, leadership, and operations, she is driven to advance industrial and corporate sustainability. Her core interests span ecosystem services, climate adaptation, and evidence-based knowledge mobilization. As a Research Intern with EI:UI, she is working on a systematic map exploring how local and community-level climate action draws on scientific evidence.
Erin Keast
Erin is a PhD student in Information with the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Geography from Saint Mary’s University and recently completed a Master of Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies. Her academic background is interdisciplinary, with a path that has moved between natural science, applied research, and environmental governance. This has shaped her interest in the accessibility and translation of research knowledge, and how it can be made more relevant to the communities and practitioners it is meant to serve. That interest informs her current research at the science–policy interface, specifically how environmental evidence is interpreted, translated, and sometimes contested within governance and decision-making processes.
Alexandre Legault
Alex is a fourth-year Master of Information/Master of Resource and Environmental Management student. He studies the socio-political dimensions of coastal adaptation in rural communities. He is particularly interested in how people working on coastal adaptation projects engage with evidence in decision-making. He’s a member of several research groups, including EI:UI, the Climate Justice, Values, and Vulnerability (CJV2) Lab, and the Sherren Lab.
Keahna Margeson
Keahna Margeson is an environmental social scientist who holds an Interdisciplinary PhD from Dalhousie University, where she studied social impacts from dam removal. She is interested in “pracademic” work that bridges the gap between academic study and real-world applications. Her research interests include translational ecology (connecting research to decisions), integrating braided knowledge for holistic social impact assessment, and restoration and conservation as nature-based solutions for flood and erosion risk management.
Daniel Martinez Calderon
Jaime Walsh
Jaime is a Master of Information student at Dalhousie University with a background spanning chemical engineering, environmental stewardship, and public libraries. These experiences have shaped her interest in how information connects science, policy, and communities, particularly in ways that recognize and support diverse ways of knowing. She enjoys making research accessible through stories that bridge disciplines and invite conversation. Outside of her studies, Jaime can usually be found with a good book or satisfying her curiosity outdoors.
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Tamanna Moharana
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Tamanna is a graduate of the Master of Information program from Dalhousie University. She worked as a System Analyst for six years in India prior to pursuing her passion for environmental conservation, which brought her to Canada. She is interested in exploring and learning how information plays a critical role and how it can be managed and made accessible for individuals and organizations involved in decision-making processes. Her primary interests are research data management and information accessibility in marine contexts.