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Contact Information

Department of Geography location: Social Sciences and Mathematics Building, Room B203

mailing address:Department of Geography University of Victoria PO Box 3060, Stn CSC Victoria, BC V8W 3R4 Canada

courier address:Department of Geography SSM Building, Room B203 University of Victoria 3800 Finnerty Rd Victoria, BC V8P 5C2 Canada

phone: 250-721-7327fax: 250-721-6216email: geograd@mail.geog.uvic.ca

Chair: Dr. Phil Deardenemail: chair@mail.geog.uvic.caphone: 250-721-7325

Graduate Adviser: Dr. I. Walkeremail: ijwalker@uvic.caphone: 250-721-7347

Graduate Secretary: Darlene Liemail: geograd@mail.geog.uvic.caphone: 250-721-7350

Graduate Studies in Geographywww.geog.uvic.ca

Degrees and SpecializationsThe Department of Geography offers courses of study and research leading to:

� Master of Arts,

� Master of Science

� and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

DeadlinesCompleted applications and supporting documents received before February 15 will be given consideration for entry in September of that year. Applications received thereafter may be considered providing space is available, or will be considered for admission in September of the following year.

Co-operative Education (Co-op)The co-operative education program extends the regular program with work term(s) in government or industry. Research undertaken during the work term is intended to relate to the student’s research interest area. The work terms are jointly supervised by the employer and the Department of Geography.

Faculty Members and Areas of ResearchDennis Jelinski, PhD (Simon Fraser)

Landscape ecology, biogeography,

conservation of biodiversity

C. Peter Keller, PhD (Western)

GIS; Decision making; cartography; tourism

Terri Lacourse, PhD (Simon Fraser)

Earth systems ecology, paleoecology, paleogeography

Stephen C. Lonergan, PhD (Pennsylvania)

Middle East water, environment and

security, environment and migration

Lawrence D. McCann, PhD (Alberta)

Historical geography of Canadian cities

Trisalyn Nelson, PhD (Wilfrid Laurier)

Geomatics; advanced spatial

analysis, spatial statistics, GIS

K. Olaf Niemann, PhD (Alberta)

Remote sensing; geomorphology

Ian J. O’Connell, PhD (Victoria)

GIS; Decision making: cartography, surveying

Aleck Ostry, PhD (British Columbia)

Health research in rural and northern

communities, nutritional health issues

Daniel Peters, PhD (Trent)

Assessment of climate variability/change,

land-use change and flow regulation impacts

on hydrological systems in Canada

Terry Prowse, PhD (Canterbury)

Climate impacts on hydrology and aquatic ecosystems

Reuben Rose-Redwood, PhD (Pennsylvania)

Urban geography, cultural landscape

studies, history of geographical thought

Dan J. Smith, PhD (Alberta)

Geomorphology; dendrochronology

S. Martin Taylor, PhD (British Columbia)

Environment and health; health promotion

Ian Walker, PhD (Guelph)

Sediment transport and erosion:

coastal, desert, rivers, dunes

September 2010

Frederick J. Wrona, PhD (Calgary)

Aquatic ecology and eco-toxicology,

biostatistics and quantitative ecology

Adjuncts and Cross-Listed AppointmentsRené I. Alfaro, PhD (Simon Fraser)

Quantifying pest damage to forests of

BC; genetic resistance to pests

Spyros Beltaos, PhD (Alberta)

Cold regions hydraulics and hydrology, Impacts

of climate change on river ice processes

Barry R. Bonsal, PhD (Saskatchewan)

Synoptic climatology, climate change, Western Canada

Barry E. Boots, DSc (Bristol)

Spatial data, urban and economic

Charles Burnett, PhD (Turku)

Spatial modelling, remote sensing, geographic systems

Allan L. Carroll, PhD (New Brunswick)

Natural resources and environmental studies

Stephanie E. Chang, PhD (Cornell)

Urban planning, natural disasters, risk management

and GIS decision-support systems, transportation

Habib Chaudhury, PhD (Wisconsin)

Gerontology, research on personhood in Dementia

John Clague, PhD (British Columbia)

Earth sciences, quarternary science

Jon M.S. Corbett, PhD (Victoria)

GIS, Indonesia

Yonas Dibike, PhD (Delft)

Hydro-climatology, hydrology and Water

resources related environmental studies

Leslie T. Foster, PhD (Toronto)

Medical geography

Hugh French, PhD (Southampton)

Fluvial and periglacial geomorphology

James S. Gardner, PhD (McGill)

Geomorphology, natural hazards and

resource management in mountain areas

John Gibson, PhD (Waterloo)

Isotope hydrology

Jim Gower, PhD (Cambridge)

Remote sensing

Ellen Hines, PhD (Victoria)

Environmental impacts and

management of coastal resources

Christopher A. Houser, PhD (Toronto)

Coastal geomorphology

Sophie C. Johannessen, PhD (Dalhousie)

Ocean optics, carbon cycle, climate change

Joji Iisaka, Dr Eng (Tokyo)

Remote sensing; information and data

fusion using machine intelligence

Glen S. Jamieson, PhD (British Columbia)

Marine protected areas, marine environments

Trudy A. Kavanagh, PhD (Waterloo)

Environmental impacts; Canadian Rockies

Leslie A. King, PhD (London School of Economics)

Natural resources and environment studies

Gail L. Kucera, PhD (Washington)

GIS; Information modelling; temporal information

Richard S. Mackie, PhD (British Columbia)

Historical geography; British Columbia history

Douglas G. Maynard, PhD (Saskatchewan)

Forestry, soil sustainability

Theodore McDorman, LLM (Dalhousie)

International ocean law, fisheries

and marine mammals, international

marine resources law and policy

Preston McEachern, PhD (Alberta)

Water resource management, isotope Hydrology

and paleohydrology, Paleolimnology

William M. Megill, PhD (British Columbia)

Biomimetics, coastal ecosystems

Brian P. Menounos, PhD (British Columbia)

Geomorphology, quarternary science

Grant Murray, PhD (Michigan)

Coastal communities, marine protected areas

Christopher M. Pearce, PhD (Laval)

Coastal ecosystems and resources

Roberta Parish, PhD (British Columbia)

Population biology, forest ecology

Clifford Robinson, PhD (British Columbia)

Marine protected areas, coastal

ecosystems, ecosystem modelling

Rick Rollins, PhD (Washington)

Parks and protected areas; tourism and

recreational behaviour; research methods

Geotz Schuerholz, PhD (Freiburg)

Wildlife and protected areas management

Eleanor Setton, PhD (Victoria)

Environmental health, health geomatics

Tara E. Sharma, PhD (British Columbia)

Parks and protected areas, land-use/landcover

changes, scenario modeling, remote sensing, GIS

Nancy Turner, PhD (British Columbia)

Ethnobotany: traditional land management

systems and traditional ecological knowledge

of British Columbia First Nations

Stephen Tyler, PhD (Calif, Berkeley)

Asia and China development issues, urbanization

and urban management in Asia

Eileen Van der Flier-Keller, PhD (Western)

Sedimentology, geochemistry, marine

depositional environments, coal geology

G. Cornelis van Kooten, PhD (Oregon State)

Environmental studies and climate, energy,

forest, agriculture economics

Neville N. Winchester, PhD (Victoria)

Tropical and temperate rainforest

ecology/conservation biology

Stephen A. Wolfe, PhD (Guelph)

Aeolian geomorphology

Michael Wulder, PhD (Waterloo)

Remote sensing, spatial statistics

forest inventory, GIS, LIDAR

Mark Zacharias, PhD (Guelph)

Marine conservation, ecology, land use planning, GIS