Congratulations, Dr. Griebling!

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our favourite raccoon wrangler, Hannah, has successfully defended her PhD dissertation!

Hannah’s research resided at the intersection of non-human animal cognition and behaviour and urban socio-ecological environments. As humans increasingly reside in cities, it is crucial to understand how human behavior and the heterogeneous urban environment impacts animal behavior and cognition, especially in ‘nuisance’ species such as the raccoon. She investigated how humans’ perceptions, interactions, and conflicts with urban raccoons may impact raccoons’ behaviour and cognitive abilities, and how and why this may vary across neighborhoods within Vancouver.

You can read Hannah’s most recent publication here.

Congratulations, Dr. Griebling, we are so proud of you!!