January 2022
- Skylar Brown successfully defended her MSc thesis on January 25th. Congratulations Skylar!
September 2021
- Welcome new graduate students: Jen Beaudette who is beginning her PhD and Anil Kumar who is beginning his MSc.
May 2020
- Our paper “Impact of physical condition on disposal and end-of-life extension of clothing” has now been published online in the International Journal of Consumer Studies. This is from the survey Lauren developed as an undergraduate student. Congratulations Lauren!
- Check out our paper “Retention and release of odorants in cotton and polyester fabrics following multiple soil/wash procedures” now published online in the Textile Research Journal.
March 2020
- Our manuscript from M. Mukhtar Abdul-Bari’s MSc research has been accepted in the Textile Research Journal. Well done Mukhtar! Super exciting!
- Recently many of us attended the Institute of Textile Science (ITS) scientific session held concurrently in Edmonton and Montreal. Rachel presented a paper titled “Use and disposal of textiles: Behaviour matters” in the sustainability in textiles session on March 3rd and René presented a paper on “Textile microfibres in marine environments” in the student research corner on March 4th.
February 2020
- Check out the paper “Fashion sensitive young consumers and fashion garment repair: Emotional connections to garments as a sustainability strategy” now published in the International Journal of Consumer Studies. This is from collaborative research with University of Otago researchers.
December 2019
- Congratulations to Lauren for receiving the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. Lauren will be traveling to New Zealand for her thesis research and will be hosted by Associate Professor Lisa McNeill at the University of Otago in April/May 2020.
October 2019
- Our paper “The impact of odour on laundering behaviour: An exploratory study” has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology & Education. This paper is from a survey that Cassandra Cunningham developed during her Roger S Smith undergraduate scholarship. Exciting!
September 2019
- Our textile-odour review paper has been accepted by the Textile Research Journal. Look out for it online first soon.
- Welcome new graduate students: Sabrina Marsha who is beginning her PhD, and René Arredondo, Skylar Brown and Ayesha Jain who are beginning their MSc programs.
August 2019
- Rachel was interviewed on CBC Radio morning shows (Calgary and Edmonton) late July, and on five afternoon shows across Canada on August 5th. The topic was on the “no wash” or “washless” clothing trend. This topic relates to odour and sustainability research.
May 2019
- Congratulations Sara Vaezafshar for successfully defending her MSc thesis on May 6th.
- Welcome to Marwa Khémir who will be completing a Mitacs Globalink Research Internship for the summer
April 2019
- Congratulations to Lauren for receiving a CGS-M SSHRC Scholarship!