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Dr. Darren Bardati
Associate Professor

Resource Management, Watershed Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Outdoor Recreation, GIS

Dr. Bardati earned his Bachelor's degree at Bishop's University and his Master's and PhD degrees at McGill University. He serves as the Vice-President of Eastern Townships Research Centre (ETRC), as Canadian representative on Executive Board of the Association of American Geographers' Northeast Division, and on the International Advisory Board of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. He is also adjunct professor at the Université de Sherbrooke. Dr. Bardati conducts research at the nexus of civil society and environmental sustainability, particularly the role of deliberative public participation in the planning and management of natural resources.

Office: J-122
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2505
dbardati@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Tom Fletcher
Associate Professor

Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, International Environmental Issues, Urban Planning

Dr. Fletcher has a Ph.D. from McGill University, an M.A. from University of Maryland and a B.A. from Louisiana State University. He teaches a variety of environmental courses as well as human and urban geography. Dr. Fletcher is a member of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG). He presents papers at their annual meetings regularly. He is Chairperson of the Public Policy Study Group, Canadian Association of Geographers. Since 2001, he is editor of the Journal of Eastern Townships Studies (JETS) and serves on the Board of Directors for the Eastern Townships Research Centre (ETRC) and for Memphremagog Conservation Incorporated. Additionally, he is a member of an Interim Board of Directors that has recently succeeded in establishing a Quebec group of the Sierra Club of Canada and is working toward the establishment of a Quebec chapter.

Office: J-123
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2476
tfletche@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Norman Jones
Departmental Chair
Professor

Glacial Environments, Geomorphology, Global Environmental Change, Soils and Vegetation, Natural Hazards

Dr. Jones earned his Bachelor's degree at McMaster University and his Masters degree at University of Alberta, as well as receiving his PhD from University of Waterloo. He teaches a variety of courses, including Geomorphology, Soils and Vegetation, Environmental Change, Glacial Environments, and Natural Hazards.

Office: J-121
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2477
njones@ubishops.ca

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Dr. Elisabeth Levac
Assistant Professor

Oceans I, Oceans II, Atmosphere and Weather, Mid-Latitudes Weather Systems, Climate Change

Dr. Levac completed a B.Sc. in Physical Geography and a M. Sc. in Earth Sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences at Dalhousie University. In 2005, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow for the Halifax Pollen and Spores Monitoring Experiment at St. Mary's University. She taught at St. Francis Xavier University, Dalhousie University, and St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia before choosing Bishop's University. Dr. Levac conducts research in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, more specifically on abrupt climate changes during the Holocene, on interactions between climate systems and human cultures, and on pollen monitoring and allergies. She was elected president of the Canadian Association of Palynologists for 2008-2010. She is adjunct professor at the Université de Sherbrooke.

Office: J-152
Phone: 819 822-9600 ext. 2499
elevac@ubishops.ca

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Part-time

Albert Haller (Ph.D., University of Western Ontario)
Canadian Arctic, Circumpolar North

Tara Holland (M.Sc., Guelph University)
Physical Geography

Curt Rose (Ph.D., Clark University)
Quantitative Methods, Ethical Perspectives on Environmental Problems

Meredith Watkins (M.A., McGill University)
Historical Geography of the Eastern Townships, Landscape and Cultural Geography

Emeriti

J. Derek Booth (Ph.D., McGill University)
Mac 5, room 102, dbooth@ubishops.ca

Curt Rose (Ph.D., Clark University)
Mac 5, room 203, crose@ubishops.ca

W. Gillies Ross (Ph.D., Cantab)
Mac 5, room 202, gilross@interlinx.qc.ca