Executive Council
(2013-2014)

President
Joe Magnall

I am a 3rd year PhD student, working with Dr Sarah Gleeson on a project that aims to constrain the geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids responsible for sediment hosted base-metal mineralization in the Yukon (Selwyn Basin). 
Vice-President
Carolyn Furlong

I am doing a M.Sc. in Earth Science, specializing in ichnology, sedimentology, stratigraphy and marine biology. My research focuses on using modern Trypanites ichnofacies (bored hardgrounds) as analogs for the rock record to discuss community diversity that is not preserved within the rock record.
Secretary/Treasurer
Rebecca Stone
Sponsorship Liaison
Coming soon!
ATLAS Talk Series Organizer
Jesse Reimink

I am a 4th year PhD student working with Tom Chacko on unraveling the petrogenesis of a group of 4.0-3.6 Ga gneisses (Acasta Gneiss Complex) in the Northwest Territories widely regarded as the oldest rocks in the world.
ATLAS Talk Series Organizer
Janina Czas

I am a 2nd year PhD student working on mantle xenoliths, some of which are diamond bearing, from the Fort à la Corne Kimberlite Field in Saskatchewan. My research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Sask Craton.
Field Trip Organizer
Lauren Davies

I'm a 2nd year PhD student with Dr Duane Froese, investigating the potential for a cryptotephra framework in north-western North America. Primarily this work focuses on identifying regionally significant non-visible volcanic ash beds present within records of the late Pleistocene and Holocene that can be used to improve local and regional scale chronologies, and facilitate investigation of the structure of climatic changes in the post-MIS 2 interval.
Field Trip Organizer
Joel Pumple

My MSc project is on the geological setting of permafrost along the Alaska Highway, Yukon. The interaction of northern infrastructure with permafrost and the present stability of permafrost have been, and continue to be, concerns of most northern communities.
Symposium Organizer
Cody Kuchka

I am a master's student working with Dr. Chris Herd on Martian meteorites. My project involves investigating the conditions of impact-induced shock metamorphism in shergottites, and mechanisms for implanting extraneous materials into meteorites.
Outreach & Volunteer Coordiantor
Lauren Eggelston

I am doing a MSc. in structural geology and tectonics. My research focuses on the geologic history of the Sackville and Eastern Moncton subbasins in New Brunswick, a part of the Maritimes Basin of Atlantic Canada with high hydrocarbon potential.  
Social Convenor
Pedro Waterton

I am a PhD student working with Dr. Graham Pearson on komatiites (old, hot lavas). My work aims to understand how these rocks formed, and whether they vary through time in the rock record, by investigating the geochemistry of komatiites from the Canadian North.
Social Convenor (Alternate)
Michael Rogers

Hi, I'm Michael Rogers from Belfast Northern Ireland. I study a silver, lead-zinc deposit in the Yukon under the tutelage of Sarah Gleeson.
GSA Representative
Leanne Labossiere

I am currently finishing up a Master’s of Arts with Dr. Tara McGee. My research is focused on 
innovative wildfire mitigation techniques developed and implemented by local governments in BC and Alberta.
GSA Representative (Alternate)
Laura Brin

I am doing my MSc in Geology studying mantle xenoliths from Northern Canada with Graham Pearson and have been a member of the ATLAS exec for three years.
Department Council Representative
Shawna White

I’m currently a fourth year PhD student, studying structural geology with Dr. John Waldron. I’ve been involved with ATLAS in many different capacities over the past few years, during both my Masters and PhD programs.

Currently, my field work is focused in western Newfoundland, studying Appalachian geology. My thesis incorporates regional mapping, offshore seismic, and detrital zircon geochronology to create a coherent deformation history of the Canadian Appalachians structural front.
Webmaster
Michelle Speta

I'm a third year PhD student working with Dr. Benoit Rivard. My research is on applying hyperspectral imaging for the development of automated core logging techniques, with a special focus on oil sands.
Undergraduate (PS Warren) Liaison
Laurence Pryer

I am in the first year of a PhD program with Dr Sarah Gleeson, focusing on the paragenesis of a silver- zinc- lead deposit in the Central Yukon.
Calendar Coordinator
David Dockman

I am doing a MSc. in geochemistry on the High Arctic Large Igneous Province, a formidable volume of volcanic rocks spans the Canadian Arctic Archipelago as well as northern Greenland and Svalbard. My goal is to use the trace element geochemistry of these northern basaltic dykes to ascertain the depth to the base of the lithosphere during the cretaceous rifting event that opened the Arctic Ocean.
Subject Area Representatives
Geology
Li Jianghan
Glacial & Quaternary
Lauren Davies

I'm a 2nd year PhD student with Dr Duane Froese, investigating the potential for a cryptotephra framework in north-western North America. Primarily this work focuses on identifying regionally significant non-visible volcanic ash beds present within records of the late Pleistocene and Holocene that can be used to improve local and regional scale chronologies, and facilitate investigation of the structure of climatic changes in the post-MIS 2 interval.
Remote Sensing & GIS
Alec Casey

Alec Casey is a PhD Candidate in Geography, studying remote sensing of the cryosphere. His research is focused on evaluating recent advances in spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology to determine what new sea ice information can be extracted from recently launched SAR satellites for operational sea ice monitoring. In particular he is attempting to retrieve sea ice thickness and deformation parameters from fully-polarimetric multi-frequency SAR data.
Atmospheric Sciences
Laura Gillard

My project will involve using ocean general circulation models to quantify the freshwater variability through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and melt discharge off of the Greenland Ice Sheet into the North Atlantic Ocean.
Human Geography
Maiya Brady

Nurmaiya is a Human Geography MA candidate whose work explores the role of rural social policy in high density rural settlements in India (with a focus on local institutions and community-driven development).
APEGA 
Eric Timmer

My thesis involves describing the sedimentology and ichnology of previously un-logged McMurray Formation outcrops along the Athabasca River north of Fort MacKay.