Faculty and staff
Please contact us with any questions regarding the Geography program at UNBC. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Administrative Assistant, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Phone:250-960-5832Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-149Fax:250-960-6533
Department Chair
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PhD, MA (University of California - Berkeley), BA (Dartmouth College)
- Acting Chair, Department of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences (June 30, 2022)
- Professor, Geography
- Program Committee Member, Northern Studies
Phone:250-960-5856Email:Office:8-138Dr. Gail Fondahl is a Professor of Geography at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. Her PhD is from the University of California-Berkeley. Professor Fondahl’s research focuses on the legal geographies of indigenous territorial rights in the Russian North, and the cultural and... -
BA Geography (University of Calgary), MA, PhD (Queen's University at Kingston, 2000)
- Professor, Geography (on sabbatical)
- Department Chair, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Phone:250-960-5875Cell:250-961-5875Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-148Website:Supervises in: PhD NRES ; MA NRES Geography ; MA Interdisciplinary Studies
I am a social geographer with two broad areas of research interest that connect in many ways and often overlap: Guatemala/Violence/Development/Justice and Migration/Transnationalism/Refugee Studies. I am a Professor of Geography and Chair of the Department of Geography, Earth and Environmental...
Faculty
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BSc (Biology) University of Victoria, MSc (Environmental Science), UNBC
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Phone:250-387-1817Email:Website: -
PhD (Saskatchewan), MSc (IHE, Delft), BSc (UET, Lahore), P.Eng.
- Assistant Professor
Phone:250-960-6355Email:Office:8-408Supervises in: MSc NRES
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BSc (Earth Science) Montana State University; MSc (Geography) University of Colorado, PhD (NRES-Geography, 2014)
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
- College Professor, Geography (Coast Mountain College)
Phone:250-615-3335Email:Website:Matt is an adjunct professor of geography at UNBC and a professor of geography at Coast Mountain College in Terrace, BC, where he teaches in the Environmental Geoscience program. He completed his Ph.D. from UNBC in 2014. -
PhD Cultural Historical Geography, (Queen's University at Kingston - 2007), MA Interdisciplinary Studies in Geography and English (UNBC), BFA Creative Writing (University of Victoria)
- Professor, Northern Medical Program and Geography
- Canada Research Chair in Humanities and Health Inequities
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Phone:250-640-6763Email:Office:Room 9-383, NHSCWebsite:An award winning researcher and creative writer whose work focuses broadly on marginalized peoples and geographies, Sarah de Leeuw grew up and has spent most of her life in Northern British Columbia, including Haida Gwaii and Terrace. She is the Research Director of the Health Arts Research Centre... -
BSc University of Northern British Columbia; MSc. Oregon State University; PhD University of BC
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Email:Website:Research Hydrologist, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Leader of Coastal Hydrology & Climate Change Research Lab, and adjunct professor in Geography at Vancouver Island University. -
BA (University of British Columbia), MA, PhD (Queen's University at Kingston, 1993)
- Professor, Geography
- Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies
- Co-Director, UNBC Community Development Institute
Phone:250-960-5826Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-141Website:Supervises in: PhD NRES ; MA NRES Geography ; MNRES
Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies, and the founder and Co-Director of the UNBC Community Development Institute. His research examines regional development... -
BAA (Ryerson University), MA, PhD (Queen's University at Kingston, 1998)
- Professor, Geography (On Sabbatical until July 1, 2022)
Phone:250-960-5881Email:Office:Teaching Laboratory 8-136Website:Supervises in: MA NRES Geography ; MA Interdisciplinary Studies ; MSc Health Sciences ; PhD NRES
President of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), 2020-2022 -
BA, Political Science (UBC); MES, Environmental Studies (York University); PhD, Economic Geography (Simon Fraser University); MCIP (Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners) and RPP (Registered Professional Planner)
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Phone:778-782-4702Email:Professor and Graduate Program Chair in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. -
BA (McGill University), MScPl (University of Toronto), PhD (Duke University, 2007)
- Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Phone:250-960-5920Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-214Supervises in: MA NRES Geography ; MA NRES Environmental Studies
Zoë teaches ENVS 309 Gender and Environmental Studies. She is a member of the Geography Program. Zoë's work to date has focused on tourism and ecotourism development, local perceptions of environment and place, consumption (the politics of; the impacts of; alternative forms of), international... -
BA, MA (University of Colorado), PhD (University of British Columbia, 2002)
- Professor, Geography
- Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change
Phone:250-960-6266Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-331Website:Brian is a professor of the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia and a Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2003. -
PhD Geography (Wilfrid Laurier University), MPhil Geography (The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica), BA Geography (The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica)
- Assistant Professor of Geography
Email:Office:8-144Shiva S. Mohan is a political geographer whose research interests are situated at the interface of migration and mobility studies, island studies and Caribbean studies. His scholarly interests are largely informed by his lived experiences as an islander from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in the... -
BA (University of British Columbia), MSc (HEC and Oxford University)
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
- Co-Director, Community Development Institute (CDI) at UNBC
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PhD University of Guelph; MA University of Guelph; BA University of Northern British Columbia
- Associate Professor, Global and International Studies
- Canada Research Chair in Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Phone:250-960-5766Email:Office:ADM-3011Website:Supervises in: PhD NRES ; MA NRES Geography ; MSc NRES Geography ; MNRES
Tristan Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Global and International Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in the Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change. His research examines the cumulative impacts of environmental... -
BSc (Queen's University in Kingston, Physical Geography), MSc (University of British Columbia, Physical Geography), PhD (McGill University, Biology, 1989)
- Professor, Geography
- Endowed Chair in Landscape Ecology
Phone:250-960-6645Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-137Website:Dr. Petticrew's research interests involve fluxes to and in aquatic systems, at a variety of scales. Fluxes of sediment, nutrient and contaminants have been investigated in recent research including 1) the influence of forest harvesting on sediment yields to British Columbian lakes, 2) the... -
BSc (Hons.) Memorial University of Newfoundland, MSc & PhD Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, UNBC
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Email:Team Lead, Research and Stewardship, Omineca Region at BC Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operation Experienced Hydrologist with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. Skilled in Watershed Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Awareness,... -
BA, Development and Latin American Studies (University of Guelph, 1983); LLB (University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law, 1988)
- Adjunct Professor, Geography
Email:Website:Mr. Russell has over 25 years of experience working on development, human rights, environmental justice and disaster relief issues in Latin America - mainly Central America and southern Mexico. Mr. Russell lived for over 10 years in various countries in Central America and in southern Mexico. Mr.... -
PhD (University of British Columbia - 2010), MSc (University of Calgary - 2004), BSc (McMaster University - 2001)
- Associate Professor, Geography
Phone:250-960-6256Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-212Website:Supervises in: PhD NRES ; MSc NRES
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BSc Hons (University of St. Andrews), MA (Queen's University at Kingston), PhD (University of St. Andrews)
- Professor
- GIS Coordinator
- NRES Graduate Coordinator
Phone:250-960-5865Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-307Website:Supervises in: PhD NRES ; MA NRES Geography ; MSc NRES Geography ; MNRES
Dr. Wheate's interests cover the application of remote sensing and GIS across the spectrum of NRES (Natural Resource and Environmental Studies) research areas. His main focus lies in the integration of the geomatic sciences, cartographic output, feature extraction and terrain visualization; special...
Senior Lab Instructors
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- Senior Lab Instructor (Geographic Information Systems)
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BSc (University of British Columbia), BEd (University of Western Ontario, 1995)
- Senior Lab Instructor (On leave)
Phone:250-960-6438Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-241Chris is responsible for instruction in second year Earth Science labs in the Geography, Forestry and Environmental Science programs at UNBC: GEOG 210 (Introduction to Earth Science), FSTY 205 (Forest Soils), and ENVS 201 (Atmospheric Science). -
BSc (University of Northern British Columbia)
- Senior Lab Instructor, Geography
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BSC Environmental Science (UNBC)
- Senior Lab Instructor (Term)
Phone:250-960-5580Office:Teaching Lab 8-311Teal instructs courses within the Geography, Forestry, and Environmental Science programs: GEOG 210 (Introduction to Earth Sciences), FSTY 205 (Introduction to Soil Science), and ENSC 201 (Weather and Climate).
Instructors
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BSc Surveying (Makerere University), MSc Geography (SFU), PhD Geography (SFU)
- Instructor
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BA (Honours) Geography (Laurentian); MA International Studies (UNBC)
- Instructor
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PhD, MA (Carleton University), BA (University of Regina)
- Instructor
Phone:250-960-5650Email:Office:Teaching Lab 8-144Marieka Sax is a sociocultural anthropologist whose work has two recurrent and interrelated themes. The first is Indigenous worldviews, ways of knowing, and modes of getting things done, specifically in the Andean cultural area of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. The second is an overarching focus on...
Postdoctoral Researchers
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PhD (Royal Holloway, University of London – 2018), MSc (Royal Holloway, U of London & UCL – 2012), BSc (Aberystwyth U - 2011)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geography
Email:Website:Dr. Jacob Bendle is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on glacier change in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia with Professor Brian Menounos. Jacob is exploiting an archive of historic air photos and open-source photogrammetry techniques to reconstruct the elevation of former glacier... -
PhD (The University of Edinburgh), BSc (The University of Edinburgh)
- Postdoctoral Researcher with the Hakai Cryosphere Node
Email:Office:Hakai Cryosphere NodeRosie Bisset is a Postdoctoral Researcher within the Hakai Cryosphere Node working on quantifying the importance of coastal snow in freshwater flux in British Columbia, with Dr. Bill Floyd and Dr. Brian Menounos. -
BSc in Geography (Lomonosov MSU); MSc in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, EPFL; PhD in Civil Engineering, ETS
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Geography
Email:Website:Dr. Chesnokova started as a postdoctoral researcher at UNBC in June 2020 to work on the project "A Snow Water Equivalence Estimation Prediction (SWEEP) System to Improve Hydrologic Forecasts in British Columbia" in the MOSH Lab with Drs. Brian Menounos and Joseph Shea. -
PhD in Humanities (Concordia University), MFA in Printmaking (University of Alberta), BFA (Indiana University Bloomington)
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:Website:Darian Goldin Stahl is an interdisciplinary printmaker and Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in health humanities under the supervision of Dr. Sarah de Leeuw. Darian's project, Embodied Books: Binding Together Illness, Art, and Learning, seeks to forge new sensory understandings of illness through the... -
PhD Water Resources Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India - 2018), ME Water Resources Engineering, SGS
- Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone:250-960-5701Email:Office:11-203 -
PhD, MES (York University)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone:403-800-4359 ext. 149Email:Dr. Devin Holterman leads a collaborative research project with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) and the University of Northern British Columbia that looks to develop an evidence-based social science research program for Y2Y. Devin's research interests include investigating... -
PhD NRES (UNBC - 2020), MTech, Remote Sensing and GIS (Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, India - 2013)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Science
Phone:250-960-5701Email:Office:11-203 -
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:Nadia Mamontova is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow with the Geography Program. In 2020, she completed a PhD at the University of Oxford in the School of Geography and the Environment. Before that she earned a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy... -
PhD, NRES (UNBC - 2021), MSc (École Centrale de Nantes - 2015)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone:250-960-5429Email:Office:4-256 -
PhD in Ecology (University of Alberta, 2015)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Geography
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PhD, MSc Global Environmental Change (Beijing Normal University, China - 2017 and 2020)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Science
Email:Office:11-206Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
- Dr. Marieka Sax (PhD, 2014 – Carleton University), September 2019 – September 2021 – supervisor: Dr. Catherine Nolin
- Dr. Vanessa Sloan Morgan (PhD, 2017 – Queen’s University), September 2017 – July 2021 – co-supervisors: Drs. Sarah de Leeuw and Margot Parkes
- Dr. Dawn Hoogeveen (PhD, 2016 – University of British Columbia), September 2018 - April 2021 – supervisor: Dr. Margot Parkes
- Dr. May Farrales (PhD, 2017 – University of British Columbia), January 2018 - July 2020 - supervisor: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
- Dr. Michael Lait (PhD, 2017 - Carleton University), September 2017 - December 2018 - supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
- Dr. Levan Tielidze (PhD), October 2015-February 2016; March - September 2017 - supervisor: Dr. Roger Wheate
- Dr. Chris Buse (PhD, 2015 - University of Toronto), 2016-2017 - co-supervisors: Drs. Greg Halseth and Margot Parkes
- Dr. Chris Darvill (PhD, 2014 - Durham University), 2016-2017 - supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
- Dr. Alex Martin (PhD, 2012 - University of Northern British Columbia, Canada), 2012-2013 - supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
- Dr. Joe Shea (PhD, 2010 - University of British Columbia, Canada), 2010-2012 - supervisor: Dr. Brian Menounos
- Dr. Neil Williams (PhD, 2005 - University of Exeter, UK), 2007-2008 - supervisor: Dr. Ellen Petticrew
- Dr. Tobias Bolch (PhD, 2006 - University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), 2007-2008 - co-supervisors: Drs. Brian Menounos and Roger Wheate
- Dr. Deborah Thien (PhD, 2005 - University of Edinburgh, Scotland), 2006 - supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
- Dr. Catherine Nolin (PhD, 2000 - Queen's University, Canada), 2001-2002 - supervisor: Dr. Gail Fondahl
