FRANCESCO BERNA
Assistant Professor, Archaeology
Origin of modern behaviour, archaeology of fire, ancient pyrotechnologies, use of space, site formation processes
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Archaeology
DAVID BURLEY
Professor, Archaeology
South Pacific, Northwest North America, archaeological theory, South Pacific prehistory, ceramics, maritime adaptations, ethnohistory
HUGO CARDOSO
Associate 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
JONATHAN DRIVER
Professor, Archaeology
Zooarchaeology, cultural ecology, PaleoIndian adaptations, southwestern United States, and northeast British Columbia
CATHERINE D'ANDREA
Professor, Archaeology
Palaeoethnobotany, cereal domestication, traditional agricultural knowledge, ethnoarchaeology, early agriculture, early complex societies, African archaeology
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
RUDY REIMER
Assistant 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
DENNIS SANDGATHE
Lecturer, Archaeology
Stone tool technology, Palaeolithic Eurasia, nature of Middle Palaeolithic adaptations, role that fire played in Neandertal adaptations
GEORGE NICHOLAS
Professor and Department Chair, Archaeology
Indigenous peoples & archaeology, intellectual property issues in cultural heritage, archaeological theory, wetland arch. & human ecology
DONGYA YANG
Associate Dean, Graduate and Research
Professor, Archaeology
Human osteology, molecular archaeology, animal and plant ancient DNA, forensic anthropology
Environmental Science
MARNIE BRANFIREUN
Lecturer, Environmental Science
Wetland marine ecology with a focus on contaminant cycling, food chain dynamics, conservation strategies, environmental education, non-vascular plants and aquatic invertebrates.
JEREMY VENDITTI
Director, Environmental Science Program and
Professor, Geography
Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology, River Dynamics, Physics of Sediment Transport
Geography
NICK BLOMLEY
Professor, Geography
Land, property and the geography of rights, legal geography, urban
TRACY A. BRENNAND
Professor and Department Chair, Geography
Glacial geomorphology, glacial sedimentology, paleoglaciology, paleohydrology, environmental and climate change, planetary geomorphology
ROSEMARY-CLAIRE COLLARD
Assistant Professor, Geography
Human geographer interested in broadening critical thought beyond a strictly human subject
ALEX CLAPP
Associate Dean, Undergraduate
Professor, Geography
Environmental and economic geography, resource conservation, forest management; environmental politics in the temperate rainforests
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.
NICK HEDLEY
Associate Professor, Geography
Visualization, 2D geovisualization, 3D visualization, geospatial interface research, natural hazards, ocean science, spatial cognition
MEG HOLDEN
Associate Professor, Geography
Urban, sustainable development and policy, sustainable assessment and evaluation, social learning in cities
PETER KELLER
Vice President, Academic and Provost
Professor, Geography
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
Associate 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
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
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 SCHMIDT
Associate Professor, 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
IVOR WINTON
Senior Lecturer, Geography
Population geography; geographical thought in the western tradition
KIRSTEN ZICKFELD
Associate Professor, Geography
Climate science, climate modelling, climate carbon-cycle interactions, carbon budgets compatible with climate targets, climate tipping points.
Resource and Environmental Management
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)
Instructor, Resource and Environmental Management
Indigenous governance, community development and political economy
JONN AXSEN
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Adoption of pro-environmental technology; electric and alternative fuel vehicles; consumer attitudes, lifestyle, and social influence; citizen acceptance of energy and policy; energy system simulation modelling; climate policy design and impacts
SEAN COX
Associate Professor and Director, Resource and Environmental Management
Application of mathematical, statistical, and technology solutions to fisheries stock assessment and management challenges
FRANK GOBAS
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Environmental chemistry & toxiology; environmental behaviour & effects of pollutants; chemical engineering & biology
TOM GUNTON
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Director, Resource and Environmental Planning Program
Forestry, land use, energy, mining and fisheries
PASCAL HAEGELI
Assistant 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
MARK JACCARD
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
Canada Research Chair (II) in Climate, Resource, and Global Change
Associate Professor, Resource and Environment Management
Climate change, earth system science, carbon cycling, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, ocean acidification, regional impacts of climate change
KEN LERTZMAN
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Forest cology, ecosystem dynamics, conservation and managemnt; the dynamics of temperate rainforests; sustainability and Indigenous traditions
SEAN MARKEY
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Local and regional economic development; community sustainability; rural development and sustainable infrastructure
JONATHAN MOORE
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management and Biological Sciences
Aquatic ecology, fisheries, environmental decision-making, watershed science
EVELYN PINKERTON
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Co-Management of natural resources, political ecology & neoliberalism; communities & fisheries management
MURRAY RUTHERFORD
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Environment and development; human dimensions of environmental policy and planning; conservation challenges and public policy
ANNE K. SALOMON
Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Coastal marine ecology and conservation, resilience of social-ecological systems, marine policy
INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC
Dean, Faculty of Environment
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management
Environmental ethics; how values drive environmental decision making, including water policy
JOHN R. WELCH
Professor, Resource and Environmental Management and Archaeology
Director, Graduate Program in Heritage Resource Management
Sovereignty-driven research and Indigenous community collaborations in heritage stewardship and applied archaeology
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