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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
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 and teaches in the areas of Indigenous peoples well-being and health humanities.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship University of British Columbia, Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Cambridge, PhD University Victoria, BSc University of Victoria
Associate Professor, Northern Medical Program
Canada Research Chair in Integrative Physiology of Diabetes
Dr. Gray joined the Northern Medical Program in 2007 and became a Canada Research Chair in the Integrative Physiology of Diabetes and Obesity in 2013. She completed a PhD in endocrine physiology at the University of Victoria, followed by postdoctoral training in at the University of Cambridge, and the University of British Columbia. She is a life science researcher examining the biological mechanisms of metabolism as it relates to obesity and type 2 diabetes and teaches endocrine physiology in the UBC undergraduate medical program. Dr.
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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
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 processes, rural and small town community development, and community strategies for coping with social and economic change.
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BA, MA (University of Colorado), PhD (University of British Columbia, 2002)
Professor, Geography
Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change
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.
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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
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 change for communities, using this understanding to identify and evaluate pathways for adaptation with a focus on the Arctic, Pacific Islands Region and BC.
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PhD, PEng
Professor
Thomas Tannert joined the University of Northern British Columbia in 2016 as BC Leadership Chair in Tall Wood and Hybrid Structures Engineering. Thomas received his PhD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, a Master’s degree in Wood Science and Technology from the University of Bio-Bio in Chile, and a Civil Engineering degree from the Bauhaus-University Weimar in Germany. Before coming to UNBC, he worked in multi-disciplinary teams in Germany, Chile, and Switzerland and was Associate Chair in Wood Building Design and Construction at UBC.
