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Sophia Gregory is a graduate planning student in SFU's MRM program. After completing her undergraduate degree in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University, her passion for environmental science, community engagement, and sustainable development led her to small-scale farming. Later, as a Pathy Fellow, she co-founded a non-profit on Salt Spring Island, Neighbourhood Farm Schools, that delivers farm-based recreational and educational programs for youth. During her Master’s, she has worked for City of Prince Rupert on developing their first Natural Asset Inventory and has focused her research on the applications of nature-based solutions in rural and remote communities. 

Research Project: Now, in her work with CERi and Ancestral Foodways Collective Society, Sophia looks forward to bridging the spheres of climate resilience, Indigenous food sovereignty, biocultural heritage, and urban ecological stewardship.

Belinda Li is a PhD Candidate with the Food Systems Lab in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU. Her doctoral research examines the factors which enable and inhibit rural community composting in British Columbia from a systems thinking perspective. She has an interdisciplinary background in environmental engineering, sustainable development, and food systems planning.

Research Project: Belinda is working with Tla’amin Nation on background research to support the development of a Nation-led Food Sovereignty Strategy.

Mohammad Nasir Tighsazzadeh is a Ph.D. candidate in Resource and Environmental Management at SFU and a member of the Ocean Nexus Center. His research focuses on equitable offshore wind energy planning in Nova Scotia, carried out in partnership with Mi’kmaq Nation to support just and inclusive renewable energy futures. 

Research project: Nasir is working on the Indigenous Data Sovereignty and LiDAR Mapping project for T̓seḵa̱me’ Forestry LP, on behalf of the Ḵwiḵwa̱sut’inux̱w Ha̱xwa’mis First Nation, through SFU’s Faculty of Environment and CERi. The project examines BC’s policy shift toward public LiDAR access and how this data can be governed through Indigenous data sovereignty to uphold rights, jurisdiction, and priorities. It supports Indigenous-led stewardship, OCAP®-aligned practices, and self-determined land use planning.