Congratulations to the 2025-2026 recipients of the UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Indigenous and Community Engagement Research Fund (ICERF) for their outstanding contributions in the Collaborative Research with Indigenous Communities stream & Collaborative Research with Non-Indigenous Communities stream.
Collaborative Research with Indigenous Communities stream:
Nikhil Arlikatti | PhD, FRM – Supervisor: William Nikolakis
Laurel Thomas | MSc, FRM – Supervisor: Jennifer Grenz
Christian DiRado-Owens | MSc, FRM – Supervisor: Tara Atleo
Magdalena Reyes | MSc, FRM – Supervisor: Lorien Nesbitt
Collaborative Research with Non-Indigenous Communities stream:
Miah Godek | PhD, FCS – Supervisor: Warren Cardinal-McTeague & Danielle Ignace
About ICERF
ICERF provides funding for graduate students to build new partnerships with Indigenous communities and community organizations, and fulfill responsibilities relating to community-defined outcomes for existing partnerships and projects.