People
The Centre brings together a diverse and experienced team of sustainable development and planning professionals who engage in extensive sustainable development research projects and practice.
Click on the names below to learn more about the people at the Centre:
Director
Yıldız Atasoy
Professor of Sociology and Associate Member Department of Geography; Associate Member of School for International Studies
Steering Committee
Zafar Adeel
Director, Pacific Water Research Centre and Professor of Professional Practice, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
Duncan Knowler
Professor, Resource & Environmental Management
Marianne Ignace
Professor, Linguistics and Indigenous Studies.
Elizabeth Cooper
Assitant Professor, School for International Studies, Director of African Studies Working Group
Catherine D'Andrea
Professor, Department of Archeology at Simon Fraser University
Shaheen Nanji
Director, International Community Engagement, SFU International
Adjunct Faculty
Michael Geller
Michael Geller is a Vancouver-based architect, planner.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Research Assistants
Research Associates
Candace Le Roy
Director of Sustainability Office
Paul Bowles
Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia
William K. Carroll
Professor of Sociology at University of Victoria
Leila M. Harris
Professor at the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia
Jason Moore
Profersson of Sociology at Binghamton University; Coordinator of World-Ecology Research Network
Gerardo Otero
Professor, School for International Studies and associated faculty member of the Labour Studies Program.
Rosemary Collard
Rosemary Collard is a human geographer.
Sean Connelly
Dr. Sean Connelly is a Senior Lecturer.
Laura Marks
Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts.
Stanislaus M. Kivai
Stanislaus M. Kivai head of the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya
John Dagevos
Dr. John Dagevos is Senior Researcher.
Tammara Soma
Assistant Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University
Susan Erikson
Professor in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University
Andréanne Doyon
Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Planning Program at Simon Fraser University
David Hendrickson
Professional planner (MCIP RPP) and manages special projects at the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia.
Sami Khan
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering at Simon Fraser University.
Nick Graham
Instructor of Sociology at the University of Victoria
Xiao Yu Wu
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo
Heather Pritchard
Cooperative Developer of Foodlands Cooperative of BC - a provincial land trust
Amir Niroumand
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry at Simon Fraser University
Brandy Gallagher
Founder and developer of O.U.R ECOVILLAGE in Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
Student Associates
Maria Fraser Semenoff
Environmental Engineering student at the University of Waterloo
Megan Mezera
Art History and Chemistry student at the University of British Columbia
Robyn Thomson
Architecture student at the University of British Columbia