Reanne is a PhD student at Toronto Metropolitan University, receiving a Ryerson Graduate Fellowship for 2016-2019. Her research focuses on brownfield redevelopment and community revitalization. She is particularly interested in contaminated land management in marginalized communities. Reanne recently completed a research project for the Canadian Brownfields Network with a Mitacs Grant.
Reanne completed her Bachelor of Arts in Human Geography in 2011 and her Master of Arts in Sustainable Remediation in 2015 at the University of Saskatchewan. Her thesis, titled “Assessing Sustainable Remediation Using Sustainability Discourse,” is focused on how sustainability contributes to sustainable remediation, and its efficacy in decision-making. Reanne now serves as a Board Member at the Canadian Brownfields Network, where she has been since 2020.