Hi, I'm Isabel! 👋🏻

Concordia University (September 2024 - Present)
My degree is co-supervised between the Department of Geography, Planning & Environment and the Department of Business Management. My two supervisors, Adriane MacDonald and Alexandra Lesnikowski, are guiding my research in the governance of carbon mitigation with an emphasis on urban experiments such as living labs.
I began my research here as a Master of Science student in September 2024, and fast-tracked directly into the PhD program in September 2025 to tackle bigger questions.
I'm honoured to be a part of a vibrant research community at Concordia, working with several groups, including the Concordia Climate Change Adaptation Lab, Carbon Governance Living Lab, and the Electrifying Concordia Living Lab.

Future Earth: Sustainability in the Digital Age (August 2025 - Present)
Working with the Montreal office of Future Earth: Sustainability in the Digital Age developing a data analysis and visualization interface for research dissemination.

CREW-CSN (January 2025 - Present)
As a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Geography Department at Concordia, I was elected as Department Organizer to liase between the union and the students, representing, delegating, and communicating between the groups. Have you signed your union card this semester?

Future Earth: Sustainability in the Digital Age (September 2024 - Present)
I am a member of the Leadership in Environmental and Digital Innovation for Sustainability graduate program at Concordia, a leadership development program for graduate students.

University of Toronto (January - August 2024)
Professional certificate program focused on greenhouse gas accounting, reporting, and corporate policies.

University of Toronto (September 2023 - January 2024)
Professional certificate program focused on business data analytics, including data visualization, statistical analysis, and machine learning techniques.

University of Waterloo (September 2018 - April 2023)
My undergraduate degree in geography allowed me to take a wide breadth of courses and find unique ways of bending disciplines together. My passions in environmental issues, political issues, and economics were fulfilled by studying a specialisation in "Society and Economics".

Concordia University (September 2024 - April 2025)
I worked as a teaching assistant for two courses in the Geography Department at Concordia University during my first year as a graduate student.
URBS 380: Urban and Regional Economic Development and GEOG 290: Environment & Society.

Words Worth Books (September 2021 - March 2024)
Over nearly three years, I worked as a bookseller in a lovely independent bookstore in uptown Waterloo.
When not selling the books themselves, I read voraciously, both on and off the clock. With books specifically, I read, sold, reviewed, recommended, marketed, and edited books.
I also helped run the Instagram, organised new marketting and display strategies, and ran events- such as author signings and meet-and-greets.

Basu Lab, University of Waterloo (January - April 2020)
Worked with a postdoctoral fellow and group of researchers in lacustrine paleolimnological research for land-use and climate change impact research studies. Four month coop position collecting and analyzing nutrient and elemental composition data in lake sediment for impact and causation trends. I was granted a Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Research Award for my work. Improved skills in Python, R, and statistics for environmental data modelling. Recognized in acknowledgements in Bhattacharya, et al. (2022)

United College (formerly St. Paul's University College) at University of Waterloo (September - December 2019)
Collaborated with a team of 13 as an upper year student mentor to a residence floor of first-year environmental studies students. I ran study halls, tutored, and advised student transitions into university.

White Owl Native Ancestry Association (June - September 2019)
Worked alongside Indigenous knowledge keepers to research and pass on sacred teachings, language, song, and culture. Created and ran a land-based ecology and community focused curriculum.

Awarded September 2025. Research based.
To support my doctoral research with the Electrifying Concordia Living Lab.

September 2024. Research based.
To support my masters research with the Carbon Governance Living Lab.

Awarded January 2020. Research based.
To support my hydrologic biogeochemistry research with the Basu Lab.

Awarded September 2018. Academic and extracurricular excellence based.
To support my undergraduate studies.