Identify a Potential Supervisor
After identifying and contacting potential supervisors, remember to complete .
In our program, you will work closely with an academic supervisor. Our faculty members are active researchers whose interests span the breadth of the discipline. We have research strengths in coastal systems, geomatics, human geography, physical geography, and resources management.
See a list of faculty members who are eligible to supervise graduate students and their interests below.
| Name | Specialization |
|---|---|
|
David Atkinson |
Arctic weather and climate; weather impacts on communities/industry; storm impacts on coastal waves/water level; alpine/glacier weather; synoptic climatology; extensive Arctic/alpine field work |
|
Chris Bone |
GIS; spatial analysis and modelling Note: Not accepting new students for the 2024-2025 academic year |
|
Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe |
Socio-ecological systems; spatial modelling; plurality of knowledge; tundra |
|
Sophia Carodenuto |
Climate policy and practice; forest governance; Africa studies; global value chains; Indigenous environmental stewardship and co-management |
|
Heather Castleden |
Transformative governance; planetary health; decolonizing energy; decolonizing the academy; climate justice; social justice; environmental racism; health equity; Indigenous-settler relations; research ethics, relationality, and accountability; community-based participatory research |
| Denise Cloutier Profile page |
Health; long-term care; seniors; older adults; services |
| Maycira Costa Profile page |
Remote sensing; coastal oceanography; wetlands; biogeophysical processes |
| Chris Darimont Profile page |
Conservation science; wildlife; community-engaged research; Indigenous knowledge and collaboration; conservation ethics; the "human predator"; marine-terrestrial interactions; niche space |
|
Kris Dubrawski |
Water; community; nature-based solutions; techno-ecological synergy |
| Dave Duffus Profile page |
Biogeography; wildlife; marine; whales |
| Mark Flaherty Profile page |
Social, environmental, and regulatory aspects of coastal aquaculture; Southeast Asia |
| Jutta Gutberlet Profile page |
International development resource management; Latin America; Brazil |
| Christina Hoicka Profile page |
Energy geography; sustainability transitions; diffusion of innovations; renewable energy transformations |
| Eva Kwoll Profile page |
Geomorphology; sediment transport; flow-vegetation interaction; bedrock canyons |
| Sophie Norris Profile page |
Quaternary geomorphology, geochronology, ice sheet dynamics, glacial erosion, glacial lake outburst floods |
|
Reuben Rose-Redwood |
Urban geography; cultural landscape studies; historical cartography; history of geographical thought |
| Randy Scharien | Remote sensing; cryosphere with specialization in Arctic sea ice |
| Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre SmilesProfile page | Critical Indigenous geographies; human-environmental interaction; political ecology; tribal cultural resource preservation; science/technology studies |
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Crystal Tremblay |
Community-based and Indigenous-led research; water and land governance; community mapping; social justice |