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We work to help generate the information and momentum required for society to shift toward more sustainable and equitable living.
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We are a group of researchers based at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Our research primarily focuses on stewarding watersheds and conserving freshwaters. Read on to find out more about our current team members.
OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Dr. Dalal Hanna (she/her)
Principle Investigator 
Felix Chan
Masters Candidate 
Sebastian Blanchett
PhD Candidate 
Amélie Boutin
Masters Candidate 
Eric Maquignaz
PhD Student 
Dr. Lauren Lawson
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Dalal leads the Watershed Stewardship Research Collaborative. She is an environmental scientist, educator and science communicator with a special interest in rivers and lakes, as well as the social-ecological systems in which they are embedded. As an assistant professor of conservation science at Carleton University, she teaches landscape ecology, introduction to biological data, introduction to graduate studies, and contributes to research focused on freshwater conservation.
Felix is focused on improving understanding of how timber harvesting affects aquatic biodiversity through time.
Sebastian is using evidence syntheses to investigate the effects of timber harvesting on freshwater biodiversity, water quality, and amphibians.
Amélie is assessing how landscape and watershed-scale land use and land cover relate to outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry. She is co-supervised by Dr. Jennifer Provencher.
Working with bats during my master's directed my curiosity towards the relationship between forests and the water features that bats often use for foraging. I am interested in understanding how changes in forest structure can modify communities of both insects and insectivores in riparian areas.
Lauren is examining watershed-specific cumulative threats to aquatic species at risk in the Great Lakes Basin. She is co-supervised by Dr. Andrew Drake at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Marion is investigating how disturbances caused by different land uses affect the water quality and macroinvertebrate diversity of protected streams in Quebec.
Chloée’s research seeks to identify what we currently know—and don’t know—about the distribution of freshwater biodiversity and how well protected areas are safeguarding freshwater biodiversity across Canada. Email: [email protected] Serena's honours thesis focuses on identifying existing approaches that will help her co-develop an Indigenous youth-led water quality monitoring program in her community in northern Quebec. |
TEAM ALUMNI
- Andrea Bresolin, Masters Thesis, 2024-2026; Thesis Title: Comparing conventional sampling techniques and morphological identification with environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring stream macroinvertebrate communities
- Sara Steel, Masters Thesis, 2023-2025; Thesis Title: A practical framework for ecological integrity monitoring in resource-limited parks and applications to campsite management.
- Claire Christensen, Undergraduate Honours Thesis, 2024-2025; Thesis Title: Comparing benthic invertebrate biodiversity between campsite natural boat landing zones and comparable undisturbed shoreline across the Poisson Blanc Reservoir
- Alea St. Jacques, Undergraduate Capstone Project, 2025-2026; Project Title: Timber harvesting's effect on freshwater biodiversity
Interested in joining? Find out more here.
