Mary-Claire Buell, Trent University

Research

Community Engagement Ecotoxicology Environmental forensics Food security Freshwater fish Indigenous Knowledge Marine Fish per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Latest papers

Navigating the Waters: Decision Trees for Optimal Fish Consumption Guidelines.
ACS environmental Au · 2026 · senior author
Understanding the relationships between land disturbance, mercury and traditional practices in the Moose Cree Territory: A foundation for risk assessment.
Journal of environmental management · 2025 · senior author
Measuring Total Mercury Through Freeze-Thaw Cycles.
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2023 · senior author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Towards Decolonizing Ecotoxicology: Collaborative Contaminants Surveillance Programs with Indigenous Nations
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Life cycle of rare earth elements: sustainable development and reconciliation with native populations
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Fish forever
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$159,908

All 3 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Navigating the Waters: Decision Trees for Optimal Fish Consumption Guidelines.

Fleming KJ, Ruffo D, Murphy S, Buell MC

ACS environmental Au2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00307 PMID: 42180195

02

Understanding the relationships between land disturbance, mercury and traditional practices in the Moose Cree Territory: A foundation for risk assessment.

Miceli EJ, McGovarin S, Trapper C, Tozer W, Litvinov A, Buell MC

Journal of environmental management2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127098 PMID: 40929833

03

Measuring Total Mercury Through Freeze-Thaw Cycles.

McGovarin S, Litvinov A, Trapper C, Tozer W, Buell MC

Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00128-023-03829-y PMID: 38063908

04

Concentrations and source identification of PAHs, alkyl-PAHs and other organic contaminants in sediments from a contaminated harbor in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

Buell MC, Johannessen C, Drouillard K, Metcalfe C

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116058 PMID: 33279264

05

Using Indigenous and Western knowledge systems for environmental risk assessment.

Buell MC, Ritchie D, Ryan K, Metcalfe CD

Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America2020First author

DOI: 10.1002/eap.2146 PMID: 32338804

Towards Decolonizing Ecotoxicology: Collaborative Contaminants Surveillance Programs with Indigenous Nations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Buell, Mary-Claire

$125,000

Life cycle of rare earth elements: sustainable development and reconciliation with native populations

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Dang, Duc Huy DH

Keywords: critical minerals; ecotoxicology; environmental risks assessment; global supply chain; indigenous reconcilliation; life cycle; mining; native populations; rare earth elements; vietnam

$25,000

Fish forever

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Buell, Mary-Claire MCB

Keywords: community engagement; ecotoxicology; environmental forensics; food security; freshwater fish; indigenous knowledge; marine fish; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

$159,908

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Trent School of the Environment
Environmental and Resource Studies
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Co-authors at Trent University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Chris Metcalfe

Environmental and Resource Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Ken Drouillard

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community Engagement Dear Professor Buell, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Navigating the Waters: Decision Trees for Optimal Fish Consumption Guidelines." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Towards Decolonizing Ecotoxicology: Collaborative Contaminants Surveillance Programs with Indigenous Nations" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]