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Dr. Kathryn (Katie) Aitken
B.A.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD

Assistant Professor, Environmental and Conservation Sciences Program
School of Science

Field of expertise

  • environmental science
  • ecology
  • animal behaviour
  • conservation biology
  • general biology
  • ornithology
  • wildlife ecology

Area of interest

  • bird biology
  • ornithology
  • community ecology
  • population ecology
  • disturbance ecology
  • cavity-nesting birds and mammals
  • resource selection
  • habitat selection
  • science communication
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Dr. Davon Callander

Manager, Research & Scholarly Activity Services
YukonU Research Centre

Field of expertise

  • embryology
  • neuroscience
  • marine biology
  • eDNA

Area of interest

  • research administration
  • invasive species
  • genomic regulation of stress response
  • climate change
  • conservation
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Dr. Fabrice Calmels
PhD

Research Chair, Permafrost and Geoscience
Permafrost and Geoscience
YukonU Research Centre

Field of expertise

  • permafrost
  • geoscience

Area of interest

  • permafrost studies
  • geomorphology
  • climate change
  • geoscience
  • northern environments
  • transportation infrastructure
  • geohazards
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Dr. Victoria Castillo
PhD

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
School of Liberal Arts

Field of expertise

  • anthropology
  • archaeology

Area of interest

  • anthropology of gender
  • historical archaeology
  • heritage and culture programming
  • northwestern Canadian early colonial period
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Dr. Kenneth Coates

Chair
School of Indigenous Governance
Applied Science and Management

Field of expertise

  • history
  • Canadian public policy
  • Indigenous legal rights
  • Indigenous public policy
  • circumpolar studies

Area of interest

  • Yukon history
  • Indigenous self-government
  • Indigenous-newcomer history in Canada
  • world/comparative history
  • Indigenous policy
  • Northern resource development
  • Northern/rural innovation
  • Science, technology and society