Sandpit to Seed
The TNQ Drought Hub is excited to be working with James Cook University researchers to help them move their research ideas that could improve agricultural adaption, sustainability and resilience towar...
Sara is an Egyptian-Canadian PhD candidate who has found her way back to James Cook University. After completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Sociology and minoring in Business, Sara came to Australia in 2018 to undertake a Master’s project at JCU Townsville under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Petray. Finding JCU to have been a great experience and learning environment she wanted to continue her studies and is now with The Cairns Institute, JCU.
Although the Australian climate is vastly different than Canada’s, having transition from -40 to +40, Sara has taken to the Cairns heat amicably. She is excited to be back and looks forward to exploring more of Australia in the future. Presently she is in the early stages of developing her PhD research within Environmental Sociology supervised by distinguished Professor Stewart Lockie, Dr. Theresa Petray, and Dr. Nick Osbaldiston.
Having grown-up in Canada’s beautiful and diverse landscape an appreciation for nature developed into a strong desire to conserve and protect those nature resources. As she continued along her studies in Sociology, she discovered a way in which her multiple interests coincided. And so, she is taking her PhD as an opportunity to further explore the intersections between race, identity, and environmental behaviours. Her research interests also include social media, self-presentation, social movements, inequality, capitalism, and environmental responsibility. Sara primarily utilizes qualitative research methods working to engage, understand, and facilitate voice for individuals participating in research. She strives to focus on empowerment and service to underrepresented environmental perspectives in the goal of diversifying the narrative around sustainability which may work to support social and environmental justice and a more sustainable future.
The TNQ Drought Hub is excited to be working with James Cook University researchers to help them move their research ideas that could improve agricultural adaption, sustainability and resilience towar...
The TNQ Drought Hub recently hosted the National Soils Advocate, the Honourable Penelope Wensley AC for a whirlwind 2-day field trip visiting numerous soils restoration and rehabilitation sites to lea...
On 1 August, The Cairns Institute hosted a small, informal symposium for HDR students working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Far North Queensland. It brought together Indigenous...
The Cairns Institute Fellow Dr Kearrin Sims coordinates the JCU Research Ethical Development Symposium, now in its second year. It will be held 27-29 September at The Cairns Institute. This year will ...
The Developing Northern Australia Conference returned to Darwin this year in 2023. In 2021, the conference converted to an online event an hour before the program was due to begin due to a sudden NT C...
The Cairns Institute will host an informal symposium for HDR students working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Far North Queensland. This symposium will explore if and how post-gr...
TNQ Drought Hub’s Professor Allan Dale, Doctor Jane Oorschot and Ms Kara Worth were invited to speak at the Science to Practice Forum and share their experience on innovative tools and practices...
Congratulations to the TNQ Drought Hub drought resilience scholarship recipients. The hub recently offered scholarship opportunities to JCU students who were interested in undertaking an Honours or Ma...
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