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, Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Henry Daniel is an artist/scholar specializing in dance, performance studies and new technology. His current multi-year research, Contemporary Nomads, investigates the large-scale movement of bodies across international spaces as a kind of chaotic transnational choreography, one that speaks to the deep fragmentation existing between communities across national borders, between nationalized and personalized bodies, and between the social and political institutions that were originally designed to serve their communities. Daniel鈥檚 work strives to prepare undergraduate and graduate students to be knowledgeable and well-informed, articulate, as well as expert practitioners in their chosen discipline by exposing them to an arts education seen through the lens of arts practice as research.

Nick Dulvy, Faculty of Science, Marine Biodiversity and Conservation

Nick Dulvy is a marine ecologist whose research focuses on the effects of climate change and overfishing on marine biodiversity, particularly sharks and rays. Recognized by Clarivate Analytics as a Highly Cited Researcher, his papers are in the top one per cent of citations, demonstrating the worldwide influence of his research. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and co-chaired the International Union for the Conservation of Nature鈥檚 Shark Specialist Group for 12 years. He is training the next generation of conservation biologists, equipping them with tools to secure a future for life on earth and in our oceans.

Martin Ester, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Computing Science

Martin Ester is most famous for the proposal of the DBSCAN algorithm for density-based clustering in 1996. Since then, he has become more interested in applying his research to molecular biology and medicine. Ester works closely with cancer researchers on developing data mining and machine learning methods that help them with cancer research, cancer diagnosis and treatment. In 2019, Ester was named a Royal Society of Canada Fellow for this research. In 2020, Ester received a BC Innovation Council Ignite Award for developing machine learning methods for precision agriculture.

Marianne Ignace, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Linguistics and Indigenous Studies

Marianne Ignace鈥檚 lifework has been to restore Indigenous languages and culture. She has worked tirelessly with elders to create curricula and resources to enable the transmission of their languages to younger generations.

Since 2013, she has been the director of First Nations Languages in the Twenty-first Century: Looking Back, Looking Forward, a SSHRC Partnership Grant Project that brings together 22 Indigenous grass-roots partner organizations.

With her husband, Chief Ronald Ignace, she received the Governor General鈥檚 Award for Innovation in 2019. Their co-authored book, Secw茅pemc People, Land, and Laws, received the 2018 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize for outstanding book on British Columbia.

Bojan Mohar, Faculty of Science, Mathematics

A world leader in graph theory and former Canada Research Chair, Bojan Mohar has won many awards for his transformative contributions to discrete mathematics, theoretical computing, and mathematical chemistry. His outstanding publication record includes over 270 journal publications and he actively serves the mathematical and computational scholarly community as editor-in-chief on many international academic journals.

Betty Schellenberg, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, English

Betty Schellenberg is an expert in manuscript and print cultures of the 18th century. She specializes in author professionalization, literary coteries and archival research on authors' correspondence.

Examining letters and other handwritten material in collections held around the world, Schellenberg鈥檚 study of 18th century women writers in the context of their day has shown how women were not 鈥渕ere鈥� authors of domestic novels, but highly professionalized writers contributing to the period鈥檚 redefinition of authorship. 

Her current, SSHRC-funded research project is the first-ever study of manuscript verse miscellanies. These are unique, personal poetry anthologies created by 鈥渙rdinary people鈥� out of poetry copied from magazines, the writing of people in their networks, and their own compositions.

Nathalie Sinclair, Faculty of Education

Nathalie Sinclair鈥檚 research focuses on the embodied nature of mathematical thinking and learning, as well as the role of aesthetics in shaping mathematical experience. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Tangible Mathematics Learning, was elected to the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, and received the Svend Pederson Lecture Award for her major and lasting contribution within the field of Mathematics Education.

Meghan Winters, Faculty of Health Sciences

Meghan Winters is a population health researcher interested in the link between health, transportation, and city design. Her research focuses on ways that cities and their infrastructure can play a role in promoting healthy, and safe transportation, for people of all ages and abilities. She closely collaborates with cities and communities to conduct research and create tools that address real-world challenges.

Winters鈥� work was recognized in 2020 with the prestigious CIHR Trailblazer Award in Population and Public Health Research. Additionally, she is a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar.