Jodie Asselin
For my PhD in cultural anthropology I will research how different people perceive, think about, and use forests in southwest Yukon, and how that diversity is expressed and managed within communities, between users, and in decision-making processes. My research will document the forest-views and uses of numerous user groups, such as environmentalists, forestry workers, tourists and First Nations members, asking such questions as: how do different groups define and use a forest? What role does the forest play in the daily lives of users? How are economic/political and cultural concerns negotiated within or between groups? And how are different value systems and forms of knowledge integrated into institutional decision-making?
Research Interests
Human-environment relations, Place and space, Resource management, Working-class Canadians, Northern Canada, Rural Canada, Environmental perceptions, Wilderness and Canadian identity.
Degrees
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
PhD in Anthropology (predicted completion: Sept 2011)
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
M.A. in Anthropology
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences (Anthropology and Geography).
Selected Awards
2008 Provost Doctoral Entrance Award, University of Alberta ($4400)
2008 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship ($15, 000)
2008 Circumpolar/Boreal Alberta Research Grant ($1000)
2008 Northern Scientific Training Program Grant ($2000)
2007 Circumpolar/Boreal Alberta Research Grant ($1,000)
2007 Northern Scientific Training Program Grant ($2,600)
2007-2011 Arts Recruitment Scholarship, University of Alberta ($3354 annually)
2007 Provost Doctoral Entrance Award, University of Alberta ($4400)
2007 FRUCHT conference, University of Alberta, 1st prize ($200)
2006 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($17,500)
Research Contributions
2008 Submitted for publication in September 2008: Asselin, Jodie and Parkins, John. (2008). The comparative case study as social impact assessment: Possibilities and limitations for anticipating social change in the far north. To: Journal of Social Indicators Research
2007 APALA student conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Titled: Local Knowledge: western Canadian farmers and resource development
2007 FRUCHT conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Titled: The City: perceptions of power in a rural farming community
2007 Northern Research Day, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Titled: Conceptions of Environment in a Northern Farming Community
2007 Rural Discovery Day, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Presentation of MA research to Rural High School students
2007 Guest Lecture, Rural Resource Sociology 355, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Titled: Local Knowledge and Western Canadian Farmers