MAIS | Graduate Student Profiles

Learn more about our Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) graduate students and their research.


Meet our current Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) students:

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A. A. Akinbinu

The Development of Prince Edward Island as an All-Seasons Tourism Destination: Lessons from Other Cold Water Small Island

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Mah Ara Ahmadi

Island tourism, Tourism benefitting tourists and islanders, Sustainable tourism on the islands, Promoting an island’s brand

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Marlene Chapman

Marlene’s research looks at climate change adaptation in the PEI lobster fishery.

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Greg Ellison

The Path to Carbon Neutrality – Community Based Renewable Energy on Prince Edward Island

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Peter Zachary Elsinga

Focused on the history of prohibition on Prince Edward Island and the relationship to the operation of illegal bars and clubs

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Laurie Rayner Langford

After the Silver Rush – Benjamin Isaac Rayner as a victim of ostracism and his life after being a founder (with Sir Charles Dalton and Robert Oulton) of the Big Six Combine, which initially controlled Prince Edward Island’s lucrative silver fox industry

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Patrick Lévêque

Policy capacity in rural Prince Edward Island

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Megan Lane MacDonald

Megan’s research analyzes the fictional island of Númenor from Tolkien’s Middle-earth mythology through an Island Studies lens. Her work examines The Fall of Númenor through the concept of “Island Exceptionalism”.

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Barbara P. Rousseau

The coastal dunes of PEI’s Gulf shore.

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Maggie J. Whitten Henry

Tangled tales, entangled ales: Examining ‘recursive islandness’ through themes of place in Newfoundland craft beer.

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Meet our MAIS Alumni:

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Tai “Ken” Nguyen

Ken’s research interests include sustainable energy, natural resource management, and indigenous programs.

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Fiona Steele

When stories lead to sustainable tourism: the role podcasting plays in developing socially sustainable tourism on islands.

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Kai Wang

Kai’s research interests include destination tourism, low-carbon tourism, and cultural tourism.

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