GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE

Barbara P. Rousseau

MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES | THESIS PROGRAM

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THESIS DETAILS

The Coastal Dunes of PEI’s Gulf Shore.

Supervisor: Dr. Joshua MacFadyen

BIOGRAPHY

Barbara (Palmer) Rousseau returned to university after thirty years in the Ottawa software development industry, enrolling in the Bachelor of Integrated Studies (BIS) program at UPEI in 2019. After completing her BIS (concentration in Environmental Studies) in 2022, she joined the MAIS program, Thesis option, with a focus on the resilience of the PEI’s north-shore coastal dunes. Since moving to PEI, she has also taken up painting and sketching, and is now displaying her work at several Island locations.

Barbara currently splits her time between Charlottetown and St. Peters Harbour but looks forward to being able to explore the north shore further, in support of her research and artistic pursuits.

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

• Regis & Joan Duffy “Future Prosperity for PEI” Master of Arts, Island Studies (MAIS) Scholarship
• 2022 Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 2023

PUBLICATIONS

• Finding Home at the Harbour. Charlottetown: Island Studies Press, 2024 (upcoming)
• “Dunes as Hybrid Environments,” Network in Canadian History and the Environment (NiCHE) Otter Blog, 2024. https://niche-canada.org/2024/05/18/dunes-as-hybrid-environments/
• “Such Quantities of Sand: Storm Surges and Coastal Change on Prince Edward Island,” Network in Canadian History and the Environment (NiCHE) Otter Blog, July 2022. https://niche-canada.org/2022/11/07/such-quantities-of-sand-storm-surges-and-coastal-change-on-prince-edward-island/
• “The Disappearing Harbour: Navigating the Environmental History of St. Peters Harbour, Prince Edward Island,” Network in Canadian History and the Environment (NiCHE) Otter Blog, November 2022. https://niche-canada.org/2022/07/05/the-disappearing-harbour-navigating-the-environmental-history-of-st-peters-harbour-prince-edward-island/

CONFERENCES

PAST PRESENTATIONS

• Dunes – Sun, Sea, People Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, April 8-10, 2024: poster.
• Science Atlantic Environment Conference, UPEI, March 22-24, 2024: presentation.
• Gulf Ecologies Workshop, UPEI St. Peters campus, July 25-28, 2024: organization and presentation.
• Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History (NEAR-EH) workshop, Bridgewater State University, MA, November 2024 (upcoming): paper and presentation.

OTHER RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

• UPEI Arts Review, Volume XIII, 2024: cover art and creative non-fiction submission,
• UPEI Arts Review, Volume XII, 2023: cover and internal art,
• St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse Society, Heritage pages, May 2023.
• Charlottetown Transportation Story Map (with Joshua MacFadyen), June 2022.
• GeoREACH Lab Farm Profiles (#1, 5, 13), 2021.

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