Undergraduate Sustainability Honours Thesis:

• Robin Pirie (awarded 2013) A critical analysis of the effectiveness of the Sian Ka’an UNESCO World Heritage biosphere reserve, Mexico.
  

Master of Marine Management:

• Sarah Deller (awarded 2012) Evaluating conservation methods of cold-water coral colonies in Atlantic Canada (co-supervisor).
  
• Katie Wagner (awarded 2011) Linking people to places: evaluating the methodology of collecting human use data from conservation and protection officers for coastal marine protected area planning in Nova Scotia.
  
• Katherine Hastings (awarded 2011) Engaging stakeholders in marine conservation planning: recommendations for moving forward with a bioregional marine protected area network on the Scotian shelf.
  
• Erin Mutrie (awarded 2010) The role of stakeholders in the governance of a Marine Protected Area in Digby Neck and Islands, Nova Scotia.
  
• Mairi Edgar (awarded 2010) Evaluating Canada’s marine mammal regulations and codes of conduct for commercial and recreational whale watching.
  

Master of Resource and Environmental Management:

• Jarrett Corke (awarded 2010) Strengthening compliance monitoring in surveillance for Canada’s marine protected areas: a case for the Virtual Data Center.
  

Interdisciplinary Ph.D.:

• Suzuette Soomai (in progress, started 2011) Science and policy-making for fisheries management: assessing the life cycle of fisheries information available as grey literature (committee member).

Directed readings and independent studies:

• Suzuette Soomai (Winter term 2012) Implications of the role of marine environmental information in global environmental politics and the science-policy interface.
• Jenna Boon (Winter term 2011) The UNESCO World Heritage convention and nomination of marine protected areas: a guidance document for external reviews.
• Jarrett Corke (Fall term 2010) Engaging fishers and their knowledge for shark conservation and management.