Team

Luna Vandeweghe is an undergraduate research assistant at Dalhousie University and a student at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. She is working towards completing her Bachelors in Economics and Sociology (joint honours). She has previously worked in the electric vehicle manufacturing sector at EVBox (The Netherlands), supporting the UK and Europe’s transition towards e-mobility. Luna’s research interests include topics such as environmental economics, sustainable development and international policy making, and social inequalities in Britain. Outside of work, she enjoys surfing and rock climbing.

Jenna Chiu is purchasing a bachelor of social work from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, focusing on international social work. She is always interested in exploring the concept of “Empowerment” in social work issues and would like to dig further into the topic of older adult empowerment in disaster settings. She is also interested in social issues about gender and mental health such as gender equality and the social work practice of mental wellness.

Dr. Choudhury currently is a post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. He was a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Social Work, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University. He earned a PhD from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba, Canada. His past education also includes a Master in Natural Resources Management (MNRM) degree from the NRI and a master’s and a bachelor degree in Sociology from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. He is a recipient of several national and international scholarships including University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF). Prior to starting his PhD, he served as a faculty at the Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

His research centers around investigating the processes and the attributes of community resilience to climate-change-induced shocks (e.g., floods and cyclones) and stresses (e.g., drought and riverbank erosion) with a special focus on the social or human dimensions (e.g., power, knowledge, gender, and institution) of it. His PhD dissertation dealt with multi-level learning in reducing disaster-risk and building resilience to cyclones in coastal Bangladesh while wetland-community resilience to flash flood hazards in Bangladesh was the focus of his MNRM thesis. His research appears in Ecology & Society, Environmental Science and Policy, and Journal of Environmental Management journals.

Samantha Good is from Muskoka, Ontario and is currently completing her MSc in experimental psychology and neuroscience at Dalhousie university. Previously, she completed a Bachelor of Science (first-class honours) in Psychology, with a minor in Sociology and Social Anthropology: Social Justice and Inequality, as well as a certificate in Indigenous studies. Her research interests include health services, mental health, applied cognitive psychology, lifespan development, and attention. When she’s not working, she likes to stay active by hiking, snowboarding, running, and doing yoga.

Carole Preston is a BC Registered Social Worker, and a research assistant and Master of Social Work student at Dalhousie University. She previously earned a Bachelor of Social Work and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria. Prior to her current educational pursuits, she worked in non-profit program development and management, providing direct services to young people navigating the transition between foster care and independence. Her research interests are diverse, enthusiastically attending to any topic with curiosity, with a particular affinity for mental health, ADHD, resilience, and animal welfare.

Marion Dumoulin is currently a doctoral student at Sciences Po Lyon, France