Joycelin Van Caulart

Research Themes

Publications

Primary Author

[Draft] Van Caulart, J. A. & Abizaid, C. God and Water in Two Rural Amazonian Communities.

[In review] Van Caulart, J. A. Sanctuaries of the Swollen River: Rural Christianity and Resilience in the Peruvian Amazon.

Van Caulart, J. A. (2025). “We Have Faith to Endure It”: The Role of Rural Amazonian Christianity in Shaping Social Cohesion and Hazard Resilience in Ucayali, Peru. [MA Thesis, University of Toronto]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32662.66889

Van Caulart, J. A. (2023). Recommendations for Bank and Bluff Erosion Monitoring Using Citizen Science in Walkerton, Ontario. [Senior Honours Thesis, University of Waterloo]. UWSpace. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22867.69925

Van Caulart, J. A. (2020). Coastal Geomorphology and Erosion at Iceland’s Reynisfjara Beach. Waterloo Journal of Environmental Studies (1).

Other Contributions

[Draft] Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research. (2026). Rethinking Decline: Revisiting the Story of Secularization in the Canadian Church.

[Draft] Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research. (2026). Volunteering, Giving, and Participating in the Canadian Church: Initial Findings from the Regional Engagement Atlas of Churches (REACH) Project. Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research.

[Draft] Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research. (2026). Mapping the Shi’a Community in Canada: A Demographic and Spatial Analysis. Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research.

Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2022). 2021 Annual Climate Trends and Impacts Summary for the Great Lakes Basin. Binational.net. https://binational.net/2022/07/21/2021-annual-climate-trends-and-impacts-summary-for-the-great-lakes-basin/

Reflections

• Bits and pieces from the Peruvian Amazon
• For the geography of religion
• Musings after my first fieldwork season in Peru