| Faculty, Department of Geography |
| I was born and raised in London, Ontario. During this time, homes owned by my parents were struck by lightning 12 times, hence my interest in climatology and natural hazards! I completed a BA (Hons) in the Geography Department at the University of Western Ontario. I investigated the urban snow hazard under the supervision of Prof. Robert Packer for my Honours Thesis. I then initiated my westward migration, first stopping in Regina. I completed my MSc under the supervision of Dr. Alec Paul in the Geography Department at the University of Regina. My thesis investigated evidence for climatic change in southern Saskatchewan. I continued my westward migration in 1991 by moving my family to the west coast. I joined the Geography Department at UFV in 1992. |
MSc, University of Regina, 1988
BA (Hons), University of Western Ontario, 1982 |
Courses Taught:
GEOG 101: Weather and Climate
GEOG 105: Natural Hazards and Hollywood
GEOG 116: Introdution to Geology
GEOG 201: Introduction to Climatology
GEOG 307: Urban Climatology
GEOG 308: Climate Change and Variability
GEOG 318: Water Resources and Management (course in development)
and study tours and AIGs to Washington State (Mt. St. Helens-Channeled Scabland; coastal Washington), Alberta, the American Southwest, and Yellowstone-Glacier. |
| My research interests lie within community-based initiatives in collaboration with various federal, provincial, municipal, and non-governmental organizations. My interests focus on watershedand airshed issues affecting our local communities. Key to this is the involvement of my students in the research. I am currently collaborating with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Woods Hole Research Centre to investigate river chemistry and land-ocean linkages through the sampling of the Fraser River and its local tributaries as part of the Global Rivers Project. For more information on these projects, click here. |
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