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FRANCESCO BERNA
Associate Professor, Archaeology
Origin of modern behaviour, archaeology of fire, ancient pyrotechnologies, use of space, site formation processes
DAVID BURLEY
Professor, Archaeology
South Pacific, Northwest North America, archaeological theory, South Pacific prehistory, ceramics, maritime adaptations, ethnohistory
HUGO CARDOSO
Professor, Archaeology
Co-director, Centre for Forensic Research
Human juvenile osteology, dental and skeletal age estimation, child health in archaeological populations, trauma and taphonomy of immature bone.
MARK COLLARD
Professor, Archaeology
Human and primate evolution, evolutionary archaeology, phylogenetics, hominin and non-human primate fossil record, body size estimation, material culture studies
CATHERINE D'ANDREA
Professor, Archaeology
Palaeoethnobotany, cereal domestication, traditional agricultural knowledge, ethnoarchaeology, early agriculture, early complex societies, African archaeology
JONATHAN DRIVER
Professor, Archaeology
Zooarchaeology, cultural ecology, PaleoIndian adaptations, southwestern United States, and northeast British Columbia
BIRUTÉ M. F. GALDIKAS
Professor, Archaeology
Primate behavior, ecology, and evolution, with particular focus on orangutans. Other research interests involve tropical rain forest ecology and phenology.
CHRISTINA GIOVAS
Assistant Professor, Archaeology
Environmental archaeologist specializing in zooarchaeology
SABRINA HIGGINS
Assistant Professor, Archaeology
Late Antique Egypt; Marian Studies; Early Christian Architecture; Religious Transformation; Sacred Landscapes; Greco-Roman Religions; Byzantine Art and Monastic Archaeology
ROSS JAMIESON
Associate Professor, Archaeology
Andean South America, colonialism, historical archaeology, archaeological theory, South Pacific prehistory, ceramics, maritime adaptations, ethnohistory
DANA LEPOFSKY
Professor, Archaeology
Palaeoethnobotany, human ecology, prehistoric and traditional resource management, Northwest Pacific, Oceania, complex hunter-gatherers, public outreach
DAVID MAXWELL
Lecturer, Archaeology
Faunal analysis, particularly vertebrates; interaction of material culture and political history; Plains bison kill site population dynamic; coastal and island hunter-gatherers in southern California
ROBERT MUIR
Senior Lecturer, Archaeology
Zooarchaeology, quantitative methods, cultural resource management, field methods, British Columbia, American Southwest
GEORGE NICHOLAS
Department Chair and Professor, Archaeology
Indigenous peoples & archaeology, intellectual property issues in cultural heritage, archaeological theory, wetland arch. & human ecology
RUDY REIMER
Associate Professor, Archaeology
Indigenous archaeology, BC archaeology, cultural resource management, lithic technology, materials science, geochemistry
MICHAEL RICHARDS
Professor, Archaeology
Evolution of human diets over time, especially the diets of Neanderthals and early modern humans, and the spread and adoption of agriculture in Eurasia
Adam Rorabaugh
Director, Graduate Program in Heritage Resource management
Emergence of hereditary social inequality and modeling social learning in complex hunter-gathering-fishing societies. Adam works in the Salish Sea and Columbia Plateau in Washington State and British Columbia.
DENNIS SANDGATHE
Senior Lecturer, Archaeology
Stone tool technology, Palaeolithic Eurasia, nature of Middle Palaeolithic adaptations, role that fire played in Neandertal adaptations
DONGYA YANG
Associate Dean, Graduate and Research,
Professor, Archaeology
Human osteology, molecular archaeology, animal and plant ancient DNA, forensic anthropology
SHAWN CHARTRAND
Limited Term Research Faculty, Environmental Science
Shawn's research focuses on how rivers form and co-evolve with landscapes. He has particular interest in mountain rivers and cold regions of the Arctic.
TARA HOLLAND
Lecturer, Environmental Science and Geography
climate change impacts and adaptation in natural resource sectors, human impacts on coastal environments, and forest fragmentation patterns in Canada
RUTH JOY
Instructor, Ecological Restoration
Developing models that assess the relative impact of anthropogenic stressors on both marine and terrestrial species at risk.
CHELSEA LITTLE
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science (Primary) and Resource and Environmental Management
Chelsea's research focuses on ecosystem functioning, community ecology and meta-ecosystem ecology.
BRENDAN MURPHY
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
Fluvial geomorphology, watershed-scale sediment dynamics, post-wildfire environments, water security, climatic controls on landscape evolution, bedrock river erosion, weathering processes, landscape and population ecology, and resource management
MARGARET SCHMIDT
Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Geography
Soil science, digital soil mapping, predictive soil mapping and modelling, impact of forest management practices on soil properties and nutrient cycling, soil rehabilitation
JEREMY VENDITTI
Director, Environmental Science Program and
Professor, Geography
Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology, River Dynamics, Physics of Sediment Transport
NICK BLOMLEY
Professor, Geography
Land, property and the geography of rights, legal geography, urban
TRACY A. BRENNAND
Department Chair and Professor, Geography
Glacial geomorphology, glacial sedimentology, paleoglaciology, paleohydrology, environmental and climate change, planetary geomorphology
ROSEMARY-CLAIRE COLLARD
Associate Professor, Geography
Human geographer interested in broadening critical thought beyond a strictly human subject
VALORIE CROOKS
Professor, Geography
Health, primary health care, palliative care services and family medicine, informal family care giving, health-related social programs, socio-spatial negotiations of chronic illness
SUZANA DRAGICEVIC
Professor, Geography
Geographic information systems and science (GIS), modeling human-environment interactions as complex systems, urban informatics, geographic automata, agent-based modeling, geosimulations, artificial intelligence, soft computing, modeling land use and land cover change, spatial decision support systems.
MAY FARRALES
Assistant Professor, Geography
Critical Indigenous Studies, critical race studies, feminist geographies, queer theory, and Black geographies
WILLIAM JESSE HAHM
Assistant Professor, Geography
Studies that integrate concepts from the fields of hydrology, geomorphology, and plant ecophysiology
NICK HEDLEY
Associate Professor, Geography
Visualization, 2D geovisualization, 3D visualization, geospatial interface research, natural hazards, ocean science, spatial cognition
TARA HOLLAND
Lecturer, Environmental Science and Geography
climate change impacts and adaptation in natural resource sectors, human impacts on coastal environments, and forest fragmentation patterns in Canada
PETER KELLER
Professor / Special Advisor to the Executive on Academic Planning
Resource management, mineral exploration and marine navigation support to preservation of indigenous knowledge, environmental and human wellness and health, community mapping and tourism planning
PAUL KINGSBURY
Professor, Geography
Cultural geography, consumption, social theory, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, and paranormal cultures
LANCE LESACK
Professor, Geography and Biological Sciences
Limnology, ecosystem science of large rivers, carbon and nutrient cycling in lakes, hydrology of lakes and river floodplains, biogeochemical mass fluxes to the ocean from small catchments through large rivers
BING LU
Assistant Professor Geography, Remote Sensing of Environmental Change (ReSEC) Lab
Environmental Remote Sensing, Wetland and Grassland Ecosystems, Estuarine and Coastal Dynamics, Environmental Change, Remote Sensing Big Data
SHARON LUK
Associate Professor, Geography
Geographies of radicalization; race, gender and political-economic formations, race and modern thought
GEOFF MANN
Professor, Geography
Centre for Global Political Economy; Resources, natural resource labour and labour markets, comparative natural resource policy, macroeconomic policy and commodity production, race and gender
EUGENE McCANN
University Professor, Geography
Urban, drug policy in relation to urban and regional built environments, urban public space and governance, urban and regional livability, quality of life and creativity
MARGARET MARIETTA RAMÍREZ
Assistant Professor, Geography
Race and urban space, black and latinx geographies, social and environmental justice movements, art-activism and creative geographies, decolonial geographies, serpentine feminist methodologies
LEANNE RODERICK
Lecturer, Geography
Urban political economy, smart cities, technological innovation and inequality, critical urban theory
MARGARET SCHMIDT
Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Geography
Soil science, digital soil mapping, predictive soil mapping and modelling, impact of forest management practices on soil properties and nutrient cycling, soil rehabilitation
NADINE SCHUURMAN
Professor, Geography
Health and environment, location of health services, population health, critical GIScience
JEREMY VENDITTI
Professor, Geography
Director, Environmental Science Program
Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology, River Dynamics, Physics of Sediment Transport
KIRSTEN ZICKFELD
Associate Professor, Geography
Climate science, climate modelling, climate carbon-cycle interactions, carbon budgets compatible with climate targets, climate tipping points.
ZAFAR ADEEL
Professor of Professional Practice, Resource and Environmental Science &
Executive Director, Pacific Water Research Centre
Water security and its links to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including SDGs. Water policy and management in water-scarce environments. Threats to mangrove ecosystems.
CLIFFORD ATLEO
(KAM’AYAAM/ CHACHIM’MULTHNII)
Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Indigenous governance, community development and political economy
JONN AXSEN
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Electric mobility, automated vehicles and shared mobility. Adoption of pro-environmental technology. Consumer attitudes, values, lifestyle and social influence. Public acceptance of energy projects and climate policy. Quantitative modeling (simulation) of technology adoption and energy systems. Climate policy design and impacts.
Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Ocean and coastal social-ecological systems
SEAN COX
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Application of mathematical, statistical, and technology solutions to fisheries stock assessment and management challenges
ANDREANNE DOYON
Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Urban governance for low carbon cities, sustainable housing, and questions of justice in sustainability transitions.
FRANK GOBAS
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Environmental chemistry & toxiology; environmental behaviour & effects of pollutants; chemical engineering & biology
TOM GUNTON
Director, Resource and Environmental Planning Program
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Forestry, land use, energy, mining and fisheries
PASCAL HAEGELI
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Interdisciplinary research in avalanche risk management for the development of practical tools that assist backcountry recreationists and avalanche professionals to make better informed decisions.
SCOTT HARRISON
Senior Lecturer, Resource and Environmental Management
Terrestrial ecologist interested in applying the concepts of ecological resilience and Adaptive Management
MEG HOLDEN
Professor, Geography (cross appointed with Urban Studies)
Urban, sustainable development and policy, sustainable assessment and evaluation, social learning in cities
MARK JACCARD
Director and Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Sustainable energy and public policy; environmental economics; energy and materials
DUNCAN KNOWLER
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Environmental influences in bioeconomic modeling of natural populations; economics of natural resource management in developing countries, economic incentives for biodiversity conservation, invasive species economics, and the economics of sustainable aquaculture and agriculture.
KAREN E. KOHFELD
Professor, Resource and Environmental Managment
Climate change, earth system science, carbon cycling, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, ocean acidification, regional impacts of climate change
CHELSEA LITTLE
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science (Primary) and Resource and Environmental Management
Chelsea's research focuses on ecosystem functioning, community ecology and meta-ecosystem ecology.
SEAN MARKEY
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Local and regional economic development; community sustainability; rural development and sustainable infrastructure
JONATHAN MOORE
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management and Biological Sciences
Aquatic ecology, fisheries, environmental decision-making, watershed science
ANNE K. SALOMON
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Coastal marine ecology and conservation, resilience of social-ecological systems, marine policy
TAMMARA SOMA
Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Food systems planning, food waste, waste management, and social justice implications within each of these areas.
BRETT VAN POORTEN
Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Social-ecological systems of fisheries, and the effects of invasive species, overfishing, hydroelectric dams.
JOHN R. WELCH
Director, Graduate Program in Heritage Resource Management
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management and Archaeology Sovereignty-driven research and Indigenous community collaborations in heritage stewardship and applied archaeology
JASON BROWN
Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Environment
Ecotheology, ethics, phenomenology of sacred landscapes and sense of place.
ARVIND SARASWAT
LECTURER
Modeling small-area variations in concentrations of urban air pollutants, development of novel methods for estimating population exposure and air quality impact assessment for major industrial sources.