My work focuses on the impacts of climate change on the mountain cryosphere of the Canadian Rockies. I am interested in changes in snow depth, extent, and duration, glacial retreat and associated processes, and permafrost thaw. In studying these processes, I am keen to understand they impact human communities. For example, my current research focuses on cryospheric change in the Abbot Pass area of Lake Louise and how this influences recreation in the area.

I am particularly interested in the human dimensions of climate change, particularly the vulnerability and adaptability of actors to projected or actual change in mountain environments, how this differs between actors, and the role this variation plays in informing effective adaptation policy. My current research explores these ideas with mountain guides in Banff National Park.

Women have played an integral role in advancing scientific understanding of mountain systems and in progressing what is achievable in these spectacular places. However, their stories remain largely untold. I am interested in bringing the stories of female pioneers to the forefront, giving a voice to women currently in this space, and in doing so, contribute to systematic change with regards who belongs in the mountain environments.