Full-time Faculty
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Cathy Conrad
Professor
Bachelor of Environmental Studies Coordinator
PhD (Wilfrid Laurier, 1999)
SMU-CV Faculty Profile
Academia web-site
Atlantic Water Network
Email: cconrad@smu.ca
902-420-5686
Office: Burke 204B
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Philip Giles
Professor
Geography Honours Coordinator
PhD (Calgary, 1996)
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Morphology of alluvial fans
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Morphometric analysis of digital elevation models
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Analysis of remotely-sensed images for geomorphological interpretation
SMU-CV Faculty Profile
Email: philip.giles@smu.ca
902-420-5740
Office: Burke 100
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Jason Grek Martin
Associate Professor and Chair of Geography and Environmental Studies
PhD (Queen's, 2009)
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Historical and cultural geographies of tourism in Nova Scotia and beyond
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Nature, place, and meaning in Halifax parks
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Survey science and statecraft in the 19th-century Canadian West
SMU-CV Faculty Profile
Email: jason.grekmartin@smu.ca
902-420-5741
Office: Burke 107
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Min-Jung Kwak
Associate Professor
PhD (University of BC)
- Globalization and transnational migration
- International education industry
- Immigrant entrepreneurship
- Immigrant health care services
Email: min-jung.kwak@smu.ca
902-420-5736
Office: Burke 101
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Mathew Novak
Associate Professor
Geography Graduate Coordinator
PhD (Western Ontario, 2010)
Website
Email: m.novak@smu.ca
902-491-6541
Office: Burke 200F
On Leave: August 26, 2019 to October 27, 2019
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A. Cristian Suteanu
Professor
PhD (Bucharest, 1997)
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Environmental system analysis and modeling: climate variability, natural hazards, renewable energy
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Information processes in environmental systems
SMU-CV Faculty Profile
Website
Email: cristian.suteanu@smu.ca
902-420-5731
Office: Burke 106
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Danika van Proosdij
Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
PhD (University of Guelph, 2001)
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Coastal climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation
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Coastal geomorphology and morphodynamics
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Ecosystem based restoration
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Saltmarsh biophysical processes
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Geomatics and UAVs
SMU-CV Faculty Profile
Email: dvanproo@smu.ca
902-420-5738
Office: Burke 108
Sabbatical leave: September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020
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Adjunct Faculty
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Thomas Bouman
PhD (Göttingen)
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Sustainable agriculture: soil organic matter and nutrients in perennial pasture
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Sustainable forestry: tree diversity in forests; advance regeneration of tree species; willow short rotation coppice; soil acidification, soil amelioration
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Participatory development of agriculture and forestry
Email: thomas_bouman@cbu.ca
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Peter Bush
PhD (Western Ontario)
- Landscape ecology
- Old-growth forests
- Geomatics
- Protected areas
Email: petergbush@yahoo.ca
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Michael Fox
PhD (McGill)
- University-Community relations
- Transportation issues
- Geographic education
- Community-based planning
Email: mfox@mta.ca
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Ryan Gibson
PhD (Memorial)
- Economic geography
- Rural and regional development
- Philanthropy
- Governance
Personal Website
Rural and Regional Development Lab
Email: ryan.gibson@uoguelph.ca
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Karen Harper
PhD (University of Alberta, 1999)
- Plant biogeography
- Landscape ecology
- Forest edges, fragmentation and conservation
- Spatial pattern and structural diversity of plant communities
Website
Email: karen.harper@smu.ca
902-420-5737
Office: S 303
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Gavin Manson
PhD (University of Guelph)
Email: gavin.manson@canada.ca
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Khan Rahaman
PhD (University of Tokyo and University of Calgary)
- Climate change modeling, impacts, and vulnerability assessment
- Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in local warming modeling, disaster impacts and management
- Environmental management, sustainability, and urban health
- Urban built environment, pedestrianization, and non-motorized transportation planning
Email: khan.rahaman@smu.ca
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Amy Siciliano
PhD (University of Toronto, 2010)
- Intersection of urban and natural systems
- Post-war suburbs
- Social geography
- Critical cartography
Email: amy.siciliano@smu.ca
902-420-5739
Office: B 313
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Part-time Faculty
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Office: Burke 313*
Phone: 902.420.5739
Department Office: 902.420.5737
Fax: 902.496.8213
*Unless otherwise noted. When PT faculty are not teaching in an academic term, they do not hold an office on campus. You may reach them via the email links below or contact geography@smu.ca.
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Trevor Adams
PhD (Calgary, 2013)
- Weather and Climate
- Natural Hazards
- Global Perspectives
- Geography of Canada
- Urban Geography
- Biography
Email: trevor.adams@smu.ca
954-492-6336
Office: Virtual
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Jillian Bambrick-Banks
PhD (Louisiana State, 2016)
- Human-Environment Interaction
- Climate Change
- Holocene Sedimentation and Palynology
- Quaternary Environments
Email: Jill.Banks@smu.ca
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Angela Day
PhD Candidate (University of Toronto)
MA (Dalhousie University, 2009)
Email: angelakday@gmail.com
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Adam Fancy
MMS (Memorial, 2012)
Adv. Grad. Dip (MI, 2008)
BA (Memorial, 2006)
Program Officer, Disposal at Sea, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Fisheries
- Coastal and Ocean Management
- Environmental Policy/Regulation/Protection
- GIS
- Ecosystem-based Approaches to Environmental Management
Email: adam.fancy@gmail.com
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Jodi-Ann Francis
MA (Saint Mary's, 2017)
- Canadian Immigration
- Global Perspectives
- Immigration Policy
Email: jodi-ann.francis-walker@smu.ca
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David Hopper
BDEP (NSCADU, 1982)
BA (Geography, Saint Mary's, 1985)
MES (Dalhousie, 1998)
TESL (Cert) (Saint Mary's, 2012)
Land/Resource Use and Conservation Planner (retired)
Geodex Environmental Services, President
- Natural Resource Planning and Management
- Conservation Planning/Protection
- Land and waterways reclamation/restoration
- Environmental Geography
- British Columbia
Email: david.hopper@smu.ca
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Mitchell Kerr
PhD (Laurentian, 2019)
MSc Geology (Saint Mary's University, 2013)
Email: Mitchell.Kerr@smu.ca
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Erin Luther
PhD Candidate (York)
MA in Environmental Studies (York, 2007)
BA (summa cum laude) (Bridgewater College, 1997)
Email: erin.luther@smu.ca
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Kyle McKenzie
BSc (Honours, Dalhousie, 1991), MA (Waterloo, 1996)
- Climate change science, impacts, and adaptation
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental planning and management
Email: kyle.mckenzie@smu.ca
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Emma Poirier
MSc (Saint Mary's, 2014)
BSc (Saint Mary's, 2012)
Email: emma.poirier@smu.ca
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Emma Posluns
MSc (Memorial University, 2013)
Email: emma.posluns@gmail.com
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Christopher Ross
BA (Dalhousie, 2018)
Adv. Diploma (College of the North Atlantic, 2016)
Adv. Diploma (British Columbia Institute of Technology, 2016)
Email: christopher.ross@smu.ca
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Lydia Ross
Master of Marine Management (Dalhousie, 2018)
Project Management: Practice & Certification (McGill School for Continuing Studies, 2017)
Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (with distinction) (Dalhousie, 2016)
Environmental Management (Edith Cowan, 2014)
Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging (Prince Edward Island, 2016)
Email: lydia.ross@smu.ca
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B.A. (2014), Atlantic Canada Studies and History, Saint Mary's University
M.A. (2017), Atlantic Canada Studies, Saint Mary's University
Ph.D. Student in History, University of New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada
- Spatial History
- Race and Space
Teaching: ACST/GEOG 3340: Geography of Nova Scotia
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Emily Thomas
MA (University of Prince Edward Island, 2014)
Email: emily.thomas1@smu.ca
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Robin Willcocks Musselman
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours, University of Guelph, 1993); Master Environmental Studies (Dalhousie University, 1995); Master Certificate (York University, 2011)
Email: robin.willcocks.musselman@smu.ca
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Department Cartographer & Lab Technician
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Greg Baker - Research Instrument Technician
B.A. (Saint Mary's University, 2004)
Dip. Digital Cartography (COGS, 2001)
- Geographic Information Systems
- Surveying
- Cartography
- Photogrammetry
Email: greg.baker@smu.ca
Phone: 902-420-5472
Office: Burke 215
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Will Flanagan - Cartographer & Lab Technician
Email: will.flanagan@smu.ca
Phone: 902-420-5742
Office: Burke 200E
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Department Secretary
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Jenny Harrison
Email: geography@smu.ca
902-420-5737
Office: Burke 109
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