Fellowships, awards and personal grants

2007 University of Toronto Fellowship С$21,900

2007 School of Graduate Studies Research Travel Grant, C$1,500

2007 Canadian Population Society Travel Grant C$240

2007 Dissertation Enhancement Award (1^st prize), RCEEE SG AAG, US$500

2007 CERES Research and Travel Award, C$1,000

2007 University of Toronto Fellowship (Special Award) C$2,500

2006 University of Toronto Fellowship С$21,000

2006 Department of Geography Trainee Fellowship C$6,000

2006 Best Graduate Student Paper Award (1^st prize), RCEEE SG AAG, US$125

2006 H. Gordon Skilling Fellowship Award, C$1,000

2005 University of Toronto Fellowship С$18,000

2005 University of Toronto Fellowship (Special Award) C$2,000

2004 University of Toronto Fellowship С$18,000

2004 Canadian Population Society Travel Grant C$150

2003 The Arctic Institute of North America Grant-in-Aid US$1,000

2003 University of Northern Iowa Travel Grant US$700

2002 Graduate Scholarship at the University of Northern Iowa, US$13,000

2001 Graduate Scholarship at the University of Northern Iowa US$13,000

2000 Center of Fundamental Sciences of St. Petersburg State University Personal Research Grant, RUR 3,000

2000 Honours Diploma of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia for outstanding research achievements

2000 Prize-winner, Herzen University Student Competition in Pedagogy (2^nd prize)

1999 Personal Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation, RUR 8,000

1999 Prize-winner, Herzen University Student Competition in Pedagogy (1^st prize)

1998 Personal Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation, RUR 8,000

1995 The Golden Medal of the Russian Federation for Excellency in Studies

Other professional service and involvement

2005-2007 and 2007- Student Representative at the Executive Committee of the Russian, Central Eurasian and Eastern European (RCEEE) Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (www.rceeegeography.org)

2005- Member of Conference Funding Committee, Department of Geography/Graduate Geography and Planning Student Society; 2006-2007 Member of Computer Committee, University of Toronto

2004 Invited public guest lecturer, University of Northern Iowa, USA (“2004 Presidential elections in Russia: geographic analysis”; “State and development of the geography education system in Russia”)

2000-2001 Member of the Editorial board “Bulletin of the Faculty of Geography” (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia)

1998-2000 President of the Student Scientific Society of the Faculty of Geography, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia

Professional membership:

Association of American Geographers

Canadian Association of Geographers

Canadian Population Society

Canadian Regional Science Association

Russian Geographic Society

Regional Science Association International

Arctic Institute of North America (2003-2004)