Profile: Alice Cohen

Research Interests: Comparative water management and best practices

Biography:
I am doctoral student in the Resource Management and Environmental Studies program at the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at UBC. My M.A. research – also done through the UBC Program on Water Governance – focused on comparative groundwater management in BC and Washington and addressed the role of regulation in on-the-ground decision-making. My current research focuses on transboundary groundwater across the Canada-US border.

I graduated from McGill University in 2003 with a BA (Hon) in International Development and Political Science, and hold at M.A. from UBC in Resource Management and Environmental Studies. I am also involved with the ‘Students and Young Professionals’ branch of the Canadian Water Resources Association where I act as the team leader in supporting and linking together eleven student chapters across the country.

Publications:
Nowlan, L. and Cohen, A. (forthcoming) The Water Smart, Self-Sufficient Islands: Preserving and Protecting Water on BC’s Gulf Islands. Research report prepared for the Islands Trust, 2007.

Hill, C., K. Furlong, K. Bakker, and A. Cohen. 2007. “A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories”. In Eau Canada: The Future of Canada’s Water, ed. Karen Bakker. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press

Cohen, A. 2007. “What Role for Regulation? The Case of Groundwater Governance on the Gulf and San Juan Islands.” In Resource Management and Environmental Studies. Vancouver: The University of British Columbia.

Cohen, A. with K. Bakker. 2006. “Similarities and Differences in Groundwater Governance Between the Gulf Islands (BC) and the San Juan Islands (Washington)”. A poster presented at the 2006 Annual Conference of the Canadian Water Network. Montreal, Canada.

Cohen, A. and Bakker, K. (2006) Transboundary groundwater governance in the San Juan and Gulf Islands. Research report to the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, August.

Outside of my academic interests, I enjoy travel, camping, reading, and running.

Contact: cohena@interchange.ubc.ca