Snow buntings, nest boxes and bird walks — how a UWindsor PhD student turned Arctic research into community science
Patricia Rokitnicki holding three snow bunting chicks after banding them. (Rachel Dow/University of Windsor)
By Sara Elliott
Every Saturday in Iqaluit, Patricia Rokitnicki spends her morning with community members searching the city for snow bunting nests.
That's not a distraction from her PhD research — it is her PhD research.