Faculty (Tenure and Tenure-Track)
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Professor, FCIP, RPP, AICP, P.Eng.
Department of Geography and Planning
Suburbs in Canada, Australia and USA; planning histories, especially Canada and Ottawa; capital cities; urban redevelopment, especially waterfronts; community design.
Associate Professor, MCIP, RPP
Department of Geography and Planning
Shrinking cities, aging and age-friendly communities, play
Professor and Head of Department
Department of Geography and Planning
Biogeochemistry of cold environments, Carbon and nutrient cycling in permafrost and alpine catchments, and Climate change and disturbance impacts on hydrology and water quality in permafrost watersheds.
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Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Renewable Energy Development and Implementation, Agricultural and forest bioenergy, Environmental and energy policy, and Renewable energy mapping.
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Associate Professor, MCIP, RPP
Department of Geography and Planning
Local government reform, regional governance, urban-rural fringe, urban planning and development in China.
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
I am interested in characterizing and understanding biogeochemical cycling in natural systems, especially the role of microorganisms in waters, soils, and sediments. Due to observed and predicted increases in temperatures and hydrologic activity in the Arctic, this work helps us to understand how climate change will impact the terrestrial landscape of high latitude environments.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Urbanization; Infrastructure; Informal Economies; Racialization; Gender; Postcolonialism; Decolonization; Social Reproduction; Neoliberalism; Public Security; Southern Cities; Mega Events; Health.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Vegetation and landscape effects on nutrient cycling and greenhouse gas emissions from high-arctic ecosystems; land-use change effects on net (sources and sinks) greenhouse gas emissions; modeling of biogeochemical processes (e.g. carbon and nitrogen cycling) in terrestrial ecosystems; impacts of land-use history on contemporary ecosystem dynamics
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Arctic Canada, historical and political geography, youth research, land claims, Nunavut and Northwest Territories
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Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Surface-atmosphere interactions influenced by management and human-induced modification of ecosystems; trace gas exchanges; wetland ecosystems.
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Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Active monitoring and prediction of northern landscape evolution using innovative geospatial, geophysical, and climate-coupled modelling techniques designed to identify and address current challenges facing the rapidly changing Arctic
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Cryosphere; Climate Change; Arctic; Subarctic; Permafrost; Glaciology; Adaptation; Communities.