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Alila

Younes

Forestry

None

Engineering, Environment, Water

Hydrology, Flood, Water Resources, Water Structures, Forest Hydrology

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Antweiler

Werner

Sauder School of Business

German

Business, Commerce, Economics, Environment, Free Trade, Internet, Pollution, Technology

high-tech businesses; innovation; international trade; exchange rates; currency unions; environmental economics; e-business; international environmental issues; trade and the environment; Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)

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Arcese

Peter

Forestry

swahili

Africa, Animals, Birds, Canada, Environment, Forestry, Science, Wildlife

conservation; ecology; parks; endangered species; population ecology; genetics; application of science to conservation and management

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Austin

Philip

Science

-

Environment, Pollution, Weather

global climate; climate change; greenhouse effect; global warming; clouds; lightning; storms

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Bakker

Karen

Arts

French, Spanish

Environment, Geography, Water

water, environment, privatization, environmental governance, environmental management

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Bandiera

Stelvio

Pharmaceutical Sciences

-

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Drugs, Environment, Pollution, Wildlife

drug metabolism; drug toxicity; drug interactions; steroids; toxicology including environmental pollutants such as pesticides, PCBs, TCDD and dioxins; effects on animals

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Bartlett

Karen

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

-

Environment, Microbiology, Work

bioaerosols, occupational hygiene, environmental hygiene, occupational health, environmental health, environmental microbiology, indoor air quality, the built environment

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Bérubé

Pierre

Applied Science

French

Environment, Water

Water treatment, trace organic contaminants, membrane and advanced oxidation technologies.

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Beyers

Rene

Science

French

Africa, Animals, Biology, Environment, Science, Wildlife

conservation biology wildlife biology african wildlife

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Bi

Tony X.

Applied Science

Mandarin

Engineering, Environment, Pollution, Sustainability, Technology

Biomass and bioenergy systems, wood pellets, gasification, air pollution control, pollution prevention, energy and environment, life cycle analysis, ecoindustrial systems, sustainability, green engineering, chemical reactor engineering

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Bomford

Mark

Land and Food Systems

-

Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Plants

Urban agriculture, sustainable food systems, organic agriculture, agroecology, community design, sustainability, small farm management, agricultural education, student farms

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Bowie

William

Medicine

-

AIDS, Animals, Environment, Government, Health Care, Medicine, Microbiology, Sex/Sexuality, Third World, Waste Management, Weather, Women's Issues

infections (travel, sexually transmitted diseases, water borne, vector borne, zoonotic); bioterrorism; antibiotic use; public health issues related to communicable disease; climate change, environmental degredation, inequities and infection

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Brauer

Michael

Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

-

Environment, Pollution

air pollution and health impacts; environmental health; measurement of air quality; environment and health; indoor air pollution; climate change and health; built environment and health; cycling

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Byers

Michael

Arts

French, German

Canada, Defence, Environment, Free Trade, Government, Human Rights, International Studies, Law, Middle East, Politics, United States, Water

politics, government, defense, military, Arctic, sovereignty, United States, human rights, civil liberties, terrorism, international, United Nations, NATO, Middle East, arms control, nuclear, treaties, diplomacy, environment, climate change, law

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Carlaw

Kenneth

Arts

-

Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Commerce, Computers, Consumers, Economics, Environment, Government, Human Behavior, Internet, Labour Issues, Management, New Zealand, Politics, Research and Development, Sustainability, Technology, Telecommunications, Third World, Trade, Transportation

Economics, Sustainable economics Development and Gowth, Technological Change, Productivity, Climate Justice, Innovation Policy

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Carlsten

Chris

Medicine

french but not fluently

Allergies, Environment, Pollution, Work

Air Pollution and Health, Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease (particularly asthma)

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Carroll

Allan

Forestry

-

Environment, Forestry, Insects, Natural Resources, Plants, Research and Development, Science, Sustainability

climate change, mountain pine beetle, bark beetles, forest disturbance, integrated pest management, insect ecology, population dynamics, insect-plant interactions

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Chan

Kai

Graduate Studies

-

Animals, Canada, Environment, Ethics, Forestry, Natural Resources, Science, Wildlife

conservation, ecosystem services, biodiversity, endangered species, environmental policy, resource management, environmental ethics, sustainability,

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Chieng

Sietan

Applied Science

Mandarin; Cantonese, Fukienese

Agriculture, China, Continuing Education, Engineering, Environment, Hong Kong, India, Natural Resources, Pollution, Research and Development, Taiwan, Waste Management, Water, Weather

irrigation and drainage for food and non-food plant production; water management and environment; soil-water-plant relationships; soil and water conservation; soil salinity and reclamation; water quality; environmental impact assessment; Malaysia; hydrology

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Christen

Andreas

Arts

German

Environment, Geography, Pollution, Science, Sustainability, Water, Weather

urban meterology; weather and cities, climate change and cities, atmospheric dispersion, flow and dispersion in urban environments, carbon flows, carbon emissions in cities, water use in cities, air pollution meteorology.

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Chu

Winnie

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

Chinese

Environment, Pollution

patent, sensor, environment, pollution, nanotechnology, intellectual property

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Church

Michael

Arts

-

Environment, Geography

rivers, Fraser River, sediment transport, river erosion, water

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Clarke

Garry

Science

-

Environment

Glaciology, Glaciers, Ice sheets, Glaciation, Ice Age climate, Abrupt climate change, glacier outburst floods

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Coady

Linda

Liu Institute for Global Issues

-

Aboriginal Issues, Aquaculture, Environment, Ethics, Forestry, Olympics, Sustainability

Olympic sustainability, ecosystem-based management, corporate social responsibility, conflict resolution

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Cohen

Stewart

Forestry

French

Environment, Geography, Water

climate change (global warming)

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Cohen

David

Forestry

-

China, Environment, Forestry, Japan, Marketing, Sustainability

sustainability and business, global markets for wood products, China's impact on the global value chain for wood products, Japan's housing sector,secondary wood manufacturing

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Condon

Patrick

School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

-

Engineering, Environment, Natural Resources, Olympics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Water

Urban Design, Sustainable Design, Housing, Transportation, Sustainable Communities, Urban Watershed Health

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Coops

Nicholas

Forestry

-

Environment, Forestry

Remote Sensing

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Copes

Ray

Medicine

-

Environment, Pollution, Water

Human health and environmental pollution, toxicology, risk assessment, food and drinkng water contaminants, air pollution

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Crofton

Fiona S.

Applied Science

-

Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Communications, Community Planning, Continuing Education, Culture, Education, Engineering, Environment, Ethics, Human Behavior, Internet, Natural Resources, Pollution, Sustainability, Teaching, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

Sustainability-based design and planning, sustainability / sustainable development education, participative planning and design, online education, virtual community architecture

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Curtis

Jeff

Science

-

Environment, Pollution, Waste Management, Water

lake, wetland ecology, biogeochemistry, water resources, aquatic chemistry,

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Daniels

Lori

Arts

Spanish

Canada, Environment, Forestry, Geography, Natural Resources, Plants, Science, South America, Sustainability

forest plants and trees; forest history; forest management; environmental protection and natural resource use

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Dawe

Jordan

Science

-

Environment, Oceanography, Science, Weather

climate, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, clouds, computer modelling, El Nino, ocean currents

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de Wreede

Robert

Science

Dutch

Aquaculture, Environment, Medicine, Plants

algae; seaweeds (ecology, utilization in food, medicine, industry); marine botany and ecology

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Dipple

Gregory

Science

-

Environment, Geology

carbon sequestration, geologic fluid flow, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions

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Donner

Simon

Arts

-

Agriculture, Environment, Geography, Water

climate change, environmental policy, coral reefs, aquatic ecology, agricultural pollution, land use change, biofuels, sustainability, science communication

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Dorcey

Tony

Community and Regional Planning

-

Community Planning, Environment, Pollution, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

sustainable development; mediation and conflict resolution

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Dowlatabadi

Hadi

Graduate Studies

Persian (weak French)

Economics, Engineering, Environment, Ethics, Human Behavior, Mathematics, Natural Resources, Pollution, Technology, Weather

Energy technologies and policy Climate change mitigation, adaptation and policy Complex systems

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Duff

Sheldon

Applied Science

-

Environment

pulp mill effluent treatment; environmental engineering

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Duff

David

Law

-

Environment, Law, Taxation

Tax Law Tax Policy Environmental Taxation Charities

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Eigendorf

Guenter

Science

German

Chemistry, Environment

analytical chemistry; mass spectrometry; structural, forensic, environmental investigations

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Ellis

Naoko

Applied Science

Japanese

Engineering, Environment

chemical engineering; CO2 capture; biofuels (including biodiesel)

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Evans

R.L.

Applied Science

-

Engineering, Environment

Energy Technology and Policy, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Transportation

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Farrell

Tony

Zoology

-

Aquaculture, Environment, Fisheries, Science

Fish, Salmon, Aquaculture, Sea Lice

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Flanders

David

Forestry

-

Aboriginal Issues, Agriculture, Architecture, Community Planning, Environment, Forestry, Geography, Mining, Natural Resources, Science, South America, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

Landscape planning, community planning, landscape architecture, urban planning, climate change, urban design, GIS, geography, forestry, energy, carbon, natural resources management, adaptation, sustainability, resilience

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Frank

Lawrence

Graduate Studies

-

Environment, Transportation, Urban Planning

transportation, transit, public health, sustainability, sprawl, neighbourhood walkability, physical activity, urban planning

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Gallant

Nick

n/a

-

Education, Environment, Waste Management

compost, composting, in-vessel composting, recycling, e-waste, student outreach

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Goodey

Wayne

Science

-

Animals, Biology, Birds, Environment, Fisheries, Science, Sustainability, Teaching, Wildlife

behavior, evolution, conservation; ecological balance; fish behavior, population models for conservation; animal behavior; evolution; conservation; philosophy of science; experimental design; history in science; ecology / conservation issues, human impact

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Goward

Trevor

Science

none

Biology, Environment, Plants

lichens,oldgrowth forests,forest ecology,

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Grimm

Kurt

Science

Spanish

Aboriginal Issues, Addictions, Advertising, Aquaculture, Culture, Earthquakes, Education, Environment, Geography, Geology, Mental Health, Natural Resources, Oceanography, Science

Sustainability, sustainability sciences; Earth system science; climate change, global change, Gaia theory, transformative education, sedimentology, Earth's environment, evolution, deep ecology, social justice, ecological justice, Earth-centred spirituality, consumerism, culture, addiction,

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Gulati

Sumeet

Land and Food Systems

Hindi

Economics, Environment, India, Taxation

Tax Incentives for Hybrid or Electric Vehicles, Carbon Tax, Cap and Trade

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Hall

Eric

Applied Science

-

Engineering, Environment, Pollution, Waste Management, Water

forest industry pollution; pulp and paper wastewater, wastewater treatment

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Hall

Ken

Applied Science

-

Environment, Pollution, Water

environmental contaminants; aquatic toxicity; water pollution in lower Fraser River

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Hallam

Steven

Science

-

Computers, Environment, Genetics, Microbiology, Oceanography, Science

methanogenesis, methane oxidation, methyl coenzyme M reductase, metagenomics, environmental microbiology, genomics, proteomics, microbial ecology, systems biology, archaea, energy, bioinformatics

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Hammond

Geoffrey

Medicine

-

Adolescence, Aging, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cancer, Environment, Genetics, Nutrition, Research and Development, Sex/Sexuality, Stress

Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Endocrinology, Steroids, Reproduction, Cancer, Hormones, Animal models of human disease

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Harley

Christopher

Science

-

Environment

marine ecology, climate change, ocean acidification, marine invertebrates, marine invasive species

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Harrison

Kathryn

Arts

-

Canada, Environment, Government, Politics, Pollution, Sustainability

Canadian politics, environmental politics, environmental policy, climate change, global warming, climate change policy

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Hawkes

Michael

Science

-

Environment, Plants

marine botany, especially seaweeds; marine conservation; marine protected areas; plants, especially cacti and other succulent plants

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Healey

Michael

Fisheries Centre

-

Environment, Fisheries, Natural Resources, Oceanography, Science, Water

pacific salmon ecology; fishery/resource management; resource and environmental policy

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Henry

Greg

Arts

-

Biology, Canada, Environment, Geography, Plants, Science, Wildlife

Arctic tundra ecosystems, climate change in the Arctic, warming experiments, caribou and muskox populations, reconstruction of Arctic climate, treeline, the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX), ArcticNet, the International Polar Year (IPY)

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Hinch

Scott

Forestry

-

Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Oceanography

salmon migrations, salmon ecology, salmon fisheries, fish conservation, land use impacts (e.g. forestry) on fish and habitat

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Hislop

Gregory

Medicine

-

Cancer, Education, Environment, Health Care, Medicine, Nutrition

breast cancer epidemiology; organized cancer screening programs; health services research; communications research - special populations

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Hodges

Karen

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

-

Animals, Biology, Environment, Forestry, Natural Resources, Science, United States, Wildlife

conservation biology, ecology, Species at Risk Act, habitat fragmentation, predator-prey dynamics, snowshoe hares, biodiversity, critical habitat, mammals, wildlife, climate change

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Hsu

Shi-Ling

Law

-

Aquaculture, Economics, Environment, Fisheries, Free Trade, Law, Natural Resources, Pollution, Statistics, Taxation, United States, Urban Planning, Wildlife

Climate Change, Climate Policy, Carbon Taxes, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Law and Economics, Natural Resources Law, Energy Law

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Huebner

Kurt

Graduate Studies

German

Business, Continuing Education, Economics, Environment, Europe, Finance, Free Trade, Government, International Studies, Labour Issues, Politics, Stock Markets, Sustainability, Trade

Europe and Eurppean integration, transatlantic trade, currency, Euro, Yuan, Renminbi, US-Dollar, financialization, innovation abd climate policies

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Innes

John

Forestry

German (badly)

Aboriginal Issues, Australia, China, Environment, Forestry, Natural Resources, Pollution, Sustainability, Wildlife

forestry, forest management, forest certification,

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Isman

Murray

Land and Food Systems

-

Agriculture, Environment, Insects

pesticides (conventional and natural), toxicology and food safety, insects, pest management

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Johnson

Mark

Science

Portuguese, Spanish

Environment, South America, Sustainability, Water

watershed, hydrology, carbon cycling, biogeochemistry, ecohydrology

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Kandlikar

Milind

Graduate Studies

Hindi, Telugu, Marathi

Biotechnology, Environment, India, Research and Development, Sustainability

Climate Change, Air Pollution, Extended Producer Responsibility, Human Development, Agricultural Biotechnology, Information Technology in Developing Countries

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Kimmins

James (Hamish)

Forestry

-

Environment, Ethics, Natural Resources

forest ecosystems, sustainability, stewardship, ethics, natural disturbance, modelling, ecology, forest ecology, certification, silviculture, forest management, forestry, clearcutting, forest harvesting impacts

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Klein

Bern

Applied Science

German

Environment, Mining, Natural Resources

processing of precious minerals; processing of industrial metals

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Klinkenberg

Brian

Arts

-

Environment, Geography, Plants

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, cartography, endangered species (plants), conservation biology, spatial analysis, health geography

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Kobor

Michael

Medicine

German

Aging, Biology, Brain, Environment, Genetics, Human Behavior, Science, Stress

social and population epigenetics; Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging; DNA metylation; yeast chromatin; genomic embedding of early life experiences

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Koehle

Michael

Human Kinetics

-

Environment, Exercise, Medicine, Olympics, Orthopedics, Physiology, Pollution, Research and Development, Sports

exercise science

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Koppes

Michele

Arts

French

Earthquakes, Environment, Geography, India, Oceanography, Science, Water

climate change, glaciers, natural hazards, landscape change, polar regions, ice-ocean interactions

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Kozak

Rob

Forestry

-

Africa, Business, Canada, Community Planning, Environment, Forestry, Management, Marketing, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Third World

forest products marketing and management; value-added wood products; forest dependent communities; forests and poverty alleviation

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Krug

Don

Education

-

Computers, Computers in Education, Culture, Education, Environment, Ethics, Fine Arts, Geography, Human Rights, Internet, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Research and Development, Sociology, Sustainability, Teaching, Technology, Telecommunications

teaching, learning, and social networking, media literacies, information and communication technologies and education, knowledge mobilization, cognition, formal and informal learning space design, cultural studies and rich media, sustainability and ecological literacy

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Laquian

Aprodicio

Community and Regional Planning

Pilipino

Abortion, Addictions, Anthropology, Architecture, Asian Affairs, China, Community Planning, Crime, Culture, Environment, Geography, Government, Health Care, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, International Studies, Management, Multiculturalism, Politics, Pollution, Racism/Race Relations, Third World, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

planning and governance of metropolitan areas, poverty alleviation, affordable housing, urban development in Asia with special focus on China, India,Vietnam, the Philippines, inner city redevelopment with focus on Vancouver's Down Town East Side, how to solve problems of slums in developing countries

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Lau

Anthony

Applied Science

Chinese

Engineering, Environment, Pollution, Waste Management

organic waste recycling, composting, bioenergy, odor control

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Laval

Bernard

Applied Science

-

Environment, Water

physical limnology fluid mechanics environmental fluid mechanics underwater robotics

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Lavkulich

L. M.

Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Institu

-

Environment, Natural Resources

land use; soil conservation

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Luymes

Don

Land and Food Systems

-

Environment, Urban Planning

-

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Maldonado

Maria

Science

Spanish

Biology, Environment, Pollution

Phytoplankton, toxic algal blooms, iron fertilization, copper, trace elements, marine primary productivity, biological oceanography, microscopic algae

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Matthews

Ralph

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Blood, Community Planning, Environment, Fisheries, Human Behavior, Natural Resources, Research and Development, Sociology, Sustainability

regional development, community development, fisheries, aquaculture, blood donation, environment, resilient community project, infertility, coastal communities, coastal British Columbia, Newfoundland, common property, community, regional development policy, community development policy, Atlantic Canada, social capital, community health

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Mavinic

Donald S.

Applied Science

French

Engineering, Environment, Waste Management, Water

waste water treatment/management; water treatment and quality; environmental engineering

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McDaniels

Tim

Graduate Studies

-

Environment

risk management; decision research, ecological risk; value tradeoffs; risk perceptions; biodiversity; wilderness benefits; global change; infrastructure; policy analysis; natural and manmade disasters

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Meech

John A.

Applied Science

-

Artificial Intelligence, Computers in Education, Engineering, Environment, Mining, Natural Resources, Pollution, Research and Development, Robots, Waste Management

applications for industry; software and games for educational purposes; Society and the Engineer; Issues relevant to Mining; pollution control from mines and processing plants; Artificial Intelligence, Mining, Environment, Processing, Metallurgy; Processing and Manufacturing of Materials; global

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Meitner

Michael

Forestry

-

Computers, Environment, Forestry, Geography, Human Behavior, Internet, Natural Resources, Psychology, Stress, Sustainability, Technology

forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling

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Menzies

Charles

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Culture, Environment, Europe, Film, Fisheries, Forestry, Natural Resources, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology

fisheries crises, traditional ecological knowledge, local ecological knowledge, social inequality, neo‐liberalism, Tsimshian, Brittany, Ireland, maritime communities, coastal communities, ethnoecology, First Nations land claims

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Mohn

William

Science

French

Biology, Biotechnology, Environment, Forestry, Microbiology, Pollution, Science, Waste Management, Water

pollutant biodegradation, pollutant bioremediation, biological treatment of forest industry effluents and wastes, microbial ecology, environmental biotechnology, forest soil microbial ecology, tuberculosis, microbial genomics

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Mohseni

Madjid

Applied Science

Persian (or Fasi)

Environment, Waste Management, Water

Water treatment; Ultraviolet (UV), ozone, and Advanced oxidation technologies; Environmental pollution control; bioenergy from waste

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Mooney

Patrick

Applied Science

-

Environment, Health Care, Natural Resources, Urban Planning, Birds, Japan, Wildlife

sustainable development; urban biological diversity; environmental restoration; wetland restoration; therapeutic landscapes; sustainable development; urban biological diversity; urban ecosystems; environmental management in urban planning; birds in urban environments; habitat management; Japanese gardens; habitats

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Myers

Judith

Science

-

Agriculture, Biology, Environment, Insects, Plants, Science, Women's Issues

insect ecology; biological control (weeds and insects); insect diseases; women in science;introduced plants; invasive organisms;population ecology;tent caterpillar outbreaks,insect outbreaks,

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Nemetz

Peter

Sauder School of Business

-

Asian Affairs, Business, Economics, Environment, Sustainability

sustainable development; environmental economics; energy policy; natural disaster economics

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Neumann

Oliver

Architecture

German

Architecture, Computers in Education, Culture, Environment, Forestry, Technology

Digital Fabrication, Concepts of Context, Wood Construction, Contemporary Architecture Discourse

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O'Connor

Mary

Science

Italian

Environment, Oceanography, Science, Wildlife

climate change, ocean, seafood, seagrass, eelgrass, invertebrate, ecology, environment,

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Olson

James

Applied Science

-

Engineering, Environment

Pulp and Paper, papermaking, pulping,

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Pakhomov

Evgeny

Science

Russian

Aquaculture, Biology, Environment, Fisheries, Oceanography, Pollution

biological oceanography, polar ecology, coastal ecosystems, pelagic food webs

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Paterson

Doug

Land and Food Systems

-

Community Planning, Environment, Tourism, Transportation, Urban Planning

sustainabile design; urban design; parks and recreation planning and design

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Prystajecky

Natalie

Medicine

-

Environment, Microbiology, Water

water quality, environmental microbiology, public health, environmental health, food quality, outbreaks

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Rees

William

Community and Regional Planning

-

Economics, Environment, Europe, Finance, Urban Planning

ecological economics; sustainable development; sustainability; global change; ecological footprint analysis; ecological planning; urban ecosystems

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Richardson

John S.

Forestry

-

Animals, Environment, Forestry, Insects, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife

invertebrate and vertebrate ecology; aquatic environments - streams, rivers, wetlands, general biology and effects of forestry; aquatic insects; forest floor invertebrates; effects on aquatic ecosystems; amphibians; endangered species; small species of wildlife, esp. amphibians and small mammals; watershed protection

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Richardson

Benjamin

Law

-

Environment, Law, Sustainability

Environmental law and policy, socially responsible investing.

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Roberts

Deborah

Applied Science

-

Biotechnology, Engineering, Environment, Microbiology, Pollution, Science, Sustainability, Waste Management, Water

biological wastewater treatment, microbial degradation processes, water quality, remediation

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Robinson

John

Graduate Studies

-

Communications, Community Planning, Computers in Education, Environment, International Studies, Internet, Natural Resources, Philosophy, Pollution, Psychology, Science, Technology, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Sustainability, Olympics

sustainable development, sustainability, climate change, scenarios, energy policy, futures studies, science / policy studies

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Rojas

Alejandro

Land and Food Systems

Spanish

Agriculture, Anthropology, Culture, Environment, International Studies, Multiculturalism, Sociology, Sustainability, Water

Food security and food systems sustainability; institutional adaptations to climate change; Latin America; Community-Based Action Research; Intercultural Communications

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Russello

Michael

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

-

Environment, Genetics, Wildlife

conservation; population genetics; biological diversity; invasive species; phylogenetic; adaptation; molecular ecology; kokanee; pika

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Schaller

Mark

Arts

-

Environment, Immigration, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Science

psychological process underlying the advancement of science; psychological processes in the formation of group stereotypes and intergroup prejudice; psychological foundations of culture

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Schoof

Christian

Science

German

Environment

glaciology, glaciers, ice sheets, sea level change, climate

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Schreier

Hans

Graduate Studies

French

Environment, Pollution, Waste Management, Water

watershed management; water pollution Water and Food. Urban Stormwater

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Schreyer

Christine

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Archives, Bilingualism, Canada, Communications, Community Planning, Education, English as a Second Language, Environment, History, Human Rights, Language, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Natural Resources, Speech Sciences, Sustainability

linguistics, endangered languages, language curriculum development, Aboriginal languages, language revitalization, language planning and policy, language rights, sociolinguistics, Tlingit, Cree, language documentation, Hudson's Bay Company, fur trade, ethnohistory, oral histories

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Sheppard

Stephen

Forestry

-

Architecture, Community Planning, Environment, Forestry, Olympics, Sustainability, Urban Planning

landscape architecture; greenway planning for sustainable communities; tourism potential of BC's landscapes; social aspects of forestry; visual quality / visual impacts of clear-cutting; computer mapping and animation; computer visual modeling for local climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, using Geographic Information System and 3D visualization as a prototype for improved community engagement and planning on long-term climate change, snowpack forecasting

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Simard

Suzanne

Forestry

-

Environment, Forestry, Natural Resources, Plants

forestry silviculture soils mycorrhizae forest ecology

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Sinclair

A.R.E.

Science

-

Environment

global biodiversity; African ecology; Australian ecology

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Slaymaker

Olav

Arts

Norwegian

Environment, Geography, Sustainability, Water

mountain environments; global environmental change; geomorphology; British Columbia; natural hazards

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Sparks

Bob

Human Kinetics

-

Olympics, Sports, Sustainability, Economics, Environment, Sociology, Communications, Media

Olympic Games impact Research Project, Leisure and sport management

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Spiegel

Jerry

Medicine

French, Spanish

Environment, International Studies, Third World

Global health, International health, environmental health, Cuba, Latin America

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Srivastava

Diane

Science

Spanish (poorly)

Environment, Insects, Plants, South America, Third World, Wildlife

biodiversity, conservation, tropics, Costa Rica, insects, mites, food webs, habitat loss

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Steyn

Douw

Science

Afrikaans, German, Dutch, Italian

Environment, Pollution, Weather

air pollution, meteorology, climate, environment

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Stiemer

Sigi

Applied Science

German

Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Environment, Natural Resources, Oceanography

telescope and observatory enclosure design; steel structures; adaptive structures; artificial intelligence in design; alternative energy machines

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Stull

Roland

Science

-

Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Natural Resources, Pollution, Science, Sustainability, Weather

weather forecasting, meteorology, atmospheric sciences, green energy, wind power, hydro power, weather disasters, natural disasters, storms, forest-fire weather, avalanche weather, wind storms, numerical weather prediction, BC weather

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Sumaila

Ussif Rashid

College of Interdisciplinary studies

Norwegian, Hausa

Canada, Economics, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Hong Kong, Natural Resources, Third World

natural resource and environmental economics; sustainable development; sustainable management and use of fishery resources; sustainable

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Sutherland

Stuart

Science

-

Environment, Geology, Natural Resources, Science

Paleontology, fossils, extinction events, early Earth history, Paleozoic climate change, palynology

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Tansey

James

Sauder School of Business

-

Olympics, Business, Sustainability, Ethics, Environment

sustainability; public perception of technology and biotechnology; climate change; carbon trading; corporate social responsibility

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Taylor

Eric

Science

-

Animals, Aquaculture, Environment, Fisheries, Genetics, Science

possible threats to native fish; native BC fish biodiversity; fish biology and conservation; evolution

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Teschke

Kay

Medicine

-

Environment, Transportation, Work

occupational health, environmental health, bicycling

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Tester

Frank J.

Social Work and Family Studies

-

Aboriginal Issues, Free Trade, International Studies, Pollution, Third World, Waste Management, Africa, Canada, Economics, Environment, Free Trade, Suicide, Trade, Water, Environment

expecially Nunaunt and Inuit of Eastern Arctic; Canadian social policy; international development; global financial institutions; international development work and issues affecting health, economic well-being; Canadian environmental issues; history, geography, politics; global trade issues; in general but for Aboriginal people

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Townsend-Gault

Ian

Law

-

Asian Affairs, Environment, International Studies, Law, Natural Resources

law of the sea, ocean policy, ocean boundaries, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, South China Sea issues; biodiversity protection

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Trites

Andrew

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

French

Animals, Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife

marine mammals and interactions with fisheries; whale watching; sea lions; seals

>>>

van Netten

Christiaan

Medicine

-

Environment, Health Care

environmental toxicology, aircraft air quality, radon, indoor air quality, occupational health,

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VanWynsberghe

Robert

Education

-

Education, Environment, Sociology, Sports, Sustainability, Teaching, Olympics

Sustainability, Social Movements, 2010 Olympics, Education for Sustainability, Social Institutions, Community Service-Learning

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Veiga

Marcello

Applied Science

Portuguese; Spanish

Environment, Mining, Pollution, South America

effects of metals in the environment; pollution caused by mining; social effects of mining on communities; mercury pollution on fish

>>>

Vellend

Mark

Science

French

Environment, Plants, Science

ecology, biodiversity, conservation biology, plant ecology

>>>

Vincent

Amanda

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

French

Alternative Medicine, Animals, Asian Affairs, Environment, Fisheries, Natural Resources, Science, Sustainability, Third World, Wildlife

marine conservation, subsistence fisheries, marine protected areas, non-food fisheries, aquarium fish, traditional Chinese medicine, coastal management, Philippines, fisheries trade policy, seahorses, pipefishes

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Wagner

John

Arts and Sciences, UBC Okanagan

Tok Pisin

Agriculture, Anthropology, Environment, Language, Sustainability, Water

water governance, water scarcity, Okanagan development history, Okanagan culture, Papua New Guinea, language revitalization

>>>

Warnock

Fay

Applied Science

None

Babies, Children, Environment, Families, Human Behavior, Nursing, Stress

Infant and child pain, infant distress, infant pain behavior, ethology, systematic observation,

>>>

Watson

Reg

Graduate Studies

-

Environment, Fisheries

global fisheries, marine environment, marine ecology, fishing

>>>

Weiler

Markus

Forestry

German

Environment, Forestry, Geography, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Water, Weather

hydrology, watershed, rivers, floods, climate change, soil science, tracer, pollutants, water quality, solute transport, snow, wireless sensors, sediment transport

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Weiler

Joe

Law

-

Olympics, Law, Sustainability, Environment, Economics, Sociology, Media, Aboriginal Issues

The Olympic bid process, Aboriginal inclusion, Games laws and legacies, trademarks and broadcasting sponsorship, employment impacts and sustainability (economic, social, environmental)

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Weis

Dominique

Science

French (mother language)

Chemistry, Environment, Geology, Natural Resources, Oceanography, Pollution, Volcanos, Women's Issues

isotopic geochemistry, mass spectrometry, environmental geochemistry, mantle plumes, large igneous provinces, volcanoes, sea research, Kerguelen, Hawaii

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White

Melissa Autumn

-

-

Canada, Environment, Families, Free Trade, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Geography, Human Rights, Immigration, International Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Sociology, Third World, Tourism, United States, Urban Planning, Women's Issues, Work

LGBTQ migration and asylum; human rights; sexual and gender minority rights; globalization; transnationalism; geopolitics; Canadian immigration policy; critical security studies; Canadian foreign policy as it pertains to gender and sexual minorities and women; race and racism.

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Wittman

Hannah

Land and Food Systems

Portuguese, Spanish

Environment, South America, Sustainability

food security, local food systems, sustainable agriculture, social economy, community development,

>>>

Woollard

Robert

Medicine

-

Aboriginal Issues, Babies, Community Planning, Continuing Education, Environment, Families, Health Care, Medicine, Obstetrics

sustainability and human health, medical education, family practice

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Zerriffi

Hisham

Graduate Studies

French

Africa, Asian Affairs, China, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Europe, Government, India, International Studies, Management, Natural Resources, Politics, Research and Development, Science, South America, Sustainability, Technology, Third World, Trade, Urban Planning

energy, environment, rural development, climate change, renewable resources, regulation, governance, technology, pollution

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Zhu

Rui (Juliet)

Sauder School of Business

Chinese

Advertising, Consumers, Environment, Marketing, Music, Psychology

consumer information processing and psychology, advertising research, persuasion, music effect, effects of indoor structural elements on information processing, experiential processing, gender difference, motivation and information processing,

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Last reviewed 07-Jun-2010 Env: PROD / USER

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