Community Bridge Lab Members/Fellows

Since Summer 2022, the Community Bridge Lab has supported a number of students with community-engaged research projects, including lab space to work in, mentoring talks and events,
 
Fellow designations, and in some cases funding. As appropriate, student projects can be connected with Independent or Applied Studies, Co-op jobs, Chinook research awards, Honours Theses, volunteer work, tutoring, Agility projects, etc.
 
FALL 2024 CBL FELLOWS: Name and Project Title

Carter Utke: Research Assistant – Wildfires Burning: Human-Place Relationality, Knowledge, and Oral Histories in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Jade Oldfield: Examining the Impact of an Educational Neuroscience Professional Development Series on Teacher Efficacy.
Madison Abar: Wildfires Burning: Human-Place Relationality, Knowledge, and Oral Histories in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Rebeca Spencer: The Political Ecology of a River Under Threat.CBL Student Lab Manager.
Star Hungry Wolf Cardinal: Beekseeksseenaiks ki Namskeeks (“Snakes and Lizards” from a Blackfoot Perspective).
Wallie Desruisseaux: The Efficacy of Anti-Homeless Policy Planning: A Case Study on Fresh Water and Bench Seating in Downtown Lethbridge.
Mbuli Shei Clodine, CBL Lab Manager.

SUMMER 2024 CBL FELLOWS: Name and Project Title
Joe Gehring: Finding Historical Progressive Voices in Southern Alberta Publications.
Madison Abar: Wildfires Burning: Human-Place Relationality, Knowledge, and Oral Histories in Waterton Lakes 
National Park.
Rebeca Spencer: The Political Ecology of a River Under Threat. CBL Student Lab Manager.
Star Hungry Wolf Cardinal: Beekseeksseenaiks ki Namskeeks (“Snakes and Lizards” from a Blackfoot Perspective).
Taylor Manns: Disrupting the Settler City: Engaging with Indigenous Imaginaries toward Anti-colonial Urban Design.
Mbuli Shei Clodine, CBL Lab Manager.
 
SPRING 2024 CBL FELLOWS: Name and Project Title
Bryanne Wandler: Understanding Student Food Insecurity at the University of Lethbridge.
Jacqueline Eshun: Politics of Location: Critical Geographies of the Black Community in Lethbridge.
Jason Ranaghan: Making Space: Unearthing the History of Queer Campus Culture at the University of Lethbridge.
Jessica Mustard: Quilts and Quilting: Southern Alberta Women's Oral History.
Kurtsie Iron Shirt: Decolonizing and Indigenous Healing.
Lawrenz Decano: The View from the Driver's Seat: Urban Stories of Migrant Families, Households, and App-Based Delivery
Couriers Negotiating Precarity in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Rebeca Spencer: (BA’23): Struggle for Hope in Northern Canadian Environmentalists.
Sharra Fullersmith :(BA '21): The Middle Class and Food Insecurity in North America.
Mbuli Shei Clodine, CBL Lab Manager.
 
FALL 2023 CBL FELLOWS:
Bryanne Wandler
Emelia Sandau
Jacqueline Eshun
Jason Ranaghan
Jayne Asekhauno
Jessica Mustard
Lawrenz Decano
Lily Overacker
Rebeca Spencer
Sharra Fullersmith
Taylor Manns
Zandria Bates
Mbuli Shei Clodine, CBL Lab Manager
 
SUMMER 2023 CBL FELLOWS:
Amy Cran
Emelia Sandau
Jacqueline Eshun
Janelle Waugh
Jayne Asekhauno
Lily Overacker
Sharra Fullersmith
Taylor Manns
 
SPRING 2023 CBL FELLOWS:
Aidan Vanden Dunge
Alyssa White
Amy Cran
Erica Gonzalez, CBL Lab Manager
Kianna Turner
Rebeca Spencer
 
FALL 2022 CBL FELLOWS:
Alyssa White
Amy Cran
Erica Gonzalez, CBL Lab Manager
Kianna Turner
Rebeca Spencer
 
SUMMER 2022 CBL FELLOWS:
Alyssa White
Amy Cran
Cassidy Ascione
Lily Overacker
Joni Smith
Rebeca Spencer
 
SPRING 2022 CBL FELLOWS:
Alyssa White
Amy Cran
Cassidy Ascione
Julisha Roache
Lily Overacker
Makita Mikuliak,Community Bridge Lab Manager
Moya Johnson
Rebeca Spencer

Testimonial: The CBL is a place that continuously encourages me to reflect and develop my abilities as a student researcher. It's a place that nurtures students to explore, to be messy (as research often is), to learn from others, to make mistakes (an unavoidable act), to talk to your peers (semi-productively), to be humorous (the cause for some of the semi-productivity), and to grow. It fosters an unwavering support system that finds oneself heard, valued, and understood. From Dr. Mbuli Shei Clodine serving as the Lab Manager to the steering committee members, and my co-fellows, the lab is peopled by individuals who truly care about students and creating student opportunities. Being a part of the lab is the true highlight of my university experience.

Lawrenz Decano