Dayna Rachkowski (She/her) is a current research assistant in the EGESTA lab supervised by Dr. Gunilla Oberg. She completed her MA in Resources, Environment & Sustainability in 2024, completing her thesis: “Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act: The Right to a Healthy Environment & Accountability in Chemicals Management”. While in her program at UBC, Dayna was a SSRHC scholarship recipient, a member of the IRES student society, and was also a sustainability scholar educator. 

Her time as an RA is now used to continue investigating ways to expand the right to a healthy environment within Canada’s Federal legislation. Additionally, she is working on creating educational modules for university level chemistry students regarding decolonialism in chemicals management. 

Dayna is originally from Sudbury Ontario, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Guelph. In her spare time, Dayna can be found biking, cooking, or spending time in nature!