Awards, Grants, and Recognition
MITACS E-Accelerate Fellowship with Live It Earth as partner (2021-2023)
Myer Horowitz Award in Community-based Research, Centre for Youth and Society, Univ. of Victoria (2021)
Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award, Honourable mention (2021)
Inuit Partnership of Excellence Student Poster Award, Arctic Change (2020)
Students on Ice Inspiration Grant, Project grant (2018)
Northern Scientific Training Program, Project grant (2018, 2019, 2021)
Featured Top 18 Young Changemakers in Canada in CBC's TV Show "We are Canada" airing on April 30, 2017
SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarships (2017-2020)
Eileen Ford Wood and Alexander James Wood Scholarship (2017)
BC Ministry of Education, French Programs (2016)
Social Enterprise Grant, Fish Eye Project (2016)
Sustainability Grant, Saanich municipality, Fish Eye Project (2015)
Arctic Slope Community Foundation: grant for education project on the North Slope (2012)
Best Cinematography & Editing, Before the Ice Melts, 5 min, UVic Film Fest (2011)
TD Go Green Film Challenge, Aquaponics- Back to the future, 3rd national position (2011)
Citation of Merit, Explorers Club, Canadian Chapter (2010)
Bob Wright Graduate Scholarship for Involvement & Excellence in Marine Science (2009)
ArcticNet Training Fund for Antarctic Expedition (2009)
Personality of the Faculty of Science Award, UQAM (2007)
Maeva Gauthier
I'm a human geographer, marine ecologist, communicator, connector, entrepreneur, and mom of two wonderful kids. I’m an interdisciplinary creator using video as a tool for change. My love for the ocean brought me to the West Coast of Canada in 2007 to study marine ecology… and I stayed ever since.
I'm currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Geography (UVic) using participatory video to engage Arctic communities around global changes they're experiencing and a research assistant with Dr. Budd Hall with the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. I’m also a co-founder of Live It Earth, which provides online learning for kids about the natural world. During my learning journey, I've completed the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE) Graduate Certificate (UVic, 2021), Graduate Certificate in Environmental Education and Communication (2015), Masters in Marine Ecology (UVic, 2012) and BSc in Biology (UQAM, 2007).
My interest in environmental outreach and education led me to work on short film productions, presentations, articles, and educational projects for the past 15 years. My academic journey brought me to both poles in 2009, the Antarctic and the Arctic, which hold a special place in my heart. In 2011, I co-founded the non-profit Fish Eye Project, providing live underwater broadcasting to connect people with our ocean in a very unique and interactive way.
I enjoy making “impossible” things happen.
Affiliations
UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research & Social Responsibility in Higher Education
Northern Inclusion in Research Committee, ArcticNet
Canada International Council (Member)
Island Women in Science and Technology (iWIST)
Local Scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, UArctic Thematic Network (Member)
Communications Director, The Explorers Club, Fellow International (involved since 2009)
Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Fellow Member '13
Testimonials
One of Maeva’s greatest attributes are her excellent people skills. She is also a first rate, open-minded listener, and capable with dealing with a large diversity of personalities . She is a team player and her qualities makes her a greatly liked individual everywhere she works.
- Ken Wu, Ancient Forest Alliance
Maeva is a talented, articulate, and dedicated individual whose work consistently demonstrated a passion for the natural world and a refreshing creativity. She has a distinct knack for combining a keen cultural and scientific curiosity with her artistic disposition and natural storytelling abilities.
- Jeff Morales, National Geographic TV & Film/ Tamarin Productions Inc.