2010 Excellence in Research Winner: Christina Goldhar

Biography

Christina Goldhar is a MA candidate in Geography working with Dr. Trevor Bell, Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee and Dr. Johanna Wolf.  She arrived at Memorial after completing her BA with the McGill School of Environment at McGill University.   Christina has previously worked with Dr. James Ford at McGill studying the effects of climate change on traditional food access and food security in Western Greenland.  Christina continues to work with Northern communities in her master’s research exploring the vulnerability of drinking water systems to socio-economic and environmental change in Nunatsiavut, Labrador.

2009/2010 achievements

AWARDS

Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University 2009

First place, Graduate Student Poster Award (Social Sciences), ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, Victoria, BC, 2009.

RESEARCH FUNDING

Northern Science Training Program, Research Travel Award, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, $2100, 2009

PUBICATIONS

Goldhar C, Ford J and Berrang-Ford L. (in press) Prevalence of food insecurity in a Greenlandic community and importance of social-economic-environmental stressors. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. accepted February 22, 2010.

Goldhar C and Ford J. (in press) Climate change vulnerability and food security in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland. In Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions. Eds. Hovelsrud, G and Smit B. Springer. accepted February 15, 2010.

Tucker A, Goldhar C, Matthew A, Drover C, Renaud N, Agapito M, Alam H and Norman J. (2009) St. John’s Sustainable Living Guide. Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

PRESENTATIONS

Goldhar C, Pottle T, Bell T, Wolf J and Chuenpagdee R. Bringing water to the cabin: vulnerability of drinking water systems under a changing climate in the Inuit Settlement Region of Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Eastern Canada.  January 13, 2010. Water and Risk Workshop, University of Durham. Durham, UK.

Goldhar C, Pottle T, Bell T and Wolf J. Freshwater availability and access in Nunatsiavut: A case study from Rigolet. March 16, 2010. State of the Arctic. Miami, USA.

Goldhar C, Ford J and Berrang-Ford L. Prevalence and determinants of food insecurity in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland. March 17, 2010. State of the Arctic. Miami, USA.

Goldhar C, Pottle T, Bell T and Wolf J. Bringing water to the cabin: vulnerability of drinking water systems under a changing climate in Nunatsiavut. December 10, 2009. ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting. Victoria, Canada.