Dept. of Geography

  • Dr. Avery Everhart

    Dr. Avery Everhart, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    • transgender
    • LGBT
    • law & policy affecting trans people
    • health systems and services
    • geographic information science
    • public health
    • transgender health
    • gender-affirming healthcare
    • science of sex and gender
    • demography
    • human rights
    • the right to health
    • sexual and reproductive health and rights
  • David Edgington, PhD

    David Edgington, PhD

    Professor

    • Japanese economy
    • Japan-Canada trade and investment links
    • Pacific Rim trade and investment patterns
    • Japanese cities and regions
    • multiculturalism and local government in Vancouver
    • Australia

  • Greg Henry, PhD

    Professor

    • Arctic tundra ecosystems
    • climate change
    • warming experiments
    • plant adaptation
    • caribou and muskox populations
    • Arctic climate reconstruction
    • the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX)
    • ArcticNet
    • the International Polar Year (IPY)
    • biological diversity
    • global warming
    • greenhouse effect
    • greenhouse gases

  • Brian Klinkenberg

    Professor

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

    David Ley, PhD

    Professor

    • Cities
    • neighbourhoods
    • gentrification
    • ethnicity
    • immigration
    • housing
    • real estate
  • Simon Donner

    Simon Donner

    Professor

    • climate change
    • climate change policy
    • ocean conservation
    • marine science
    • coral reefs
    • water pollution
    • nutrient pollution
    • climate change adaptation
    • Pacific Islands
    • sustainable development
    • global warming
    • greenhouse effect
    • greenhouse gases

  • Derek Gregory, MA, PhD (Cambridge), FBA, FRSC

    Peter Wall Distinguished Professor

    • Aerial violence
    • Afghanistan
    • attacks on hospitals
    • bombing (past and present)
    • casualty evacuation
    • civilian casualties
    • drone warfare
    • medical care in conflict zones
    • Syria
    • war

  • Dave McClung

    Professor

    • Snow and avalance mechanics
    • avalanche dynamics and engineering
    • avalanche prediction and forecasting

  • Jamie Peck, PhD

    Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy, Professor of Geography

    • Creative cities
    • urban policy
    • labour market and welfare programs
    • temporary employment
    • outsourcing

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