Graduate academic calendar 2012 - 2013 - Trent University

GRADUATE PROGRAMS Sustainability Studies
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M.A. Program in Sustainability Studies
Telephone: 705-748-1011 ext. 7721
E-mail: jennyconroy@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/sustainabilityma
The M.A. in Sustainability Studies develops leaders in the field who can actively advance research
and practice in critical sustainability-based challenges, such as environmental protection, resource
conservation and positive social change. The curriculum involves a customized individual Study Plan
for each student, consisting of a balance of core and elective courses. Student can elect to undertake
either a strong academic focus (thesis) or a more applied approach to their studies (major-research
paper). Graduates of this discipline will find opportunities in a number of realms, from academia to
industry, to government and non-profit sector. Students will be encouraged to have an impact on the
future policies and practices within their chosen field, or pursue further studies at the doctoral level.
Graduate Program Director
A. Zohar, B.A., M.E.S., Ph.D. (York)
Faculty and Research Areas
Business Administration
K. Bates, B.A. (Macalester College), Ph.D. (Minnesota), innovation, institutional theory, governance,
operations strategy.
J. Bishop, B.A.(New Brunswick), M.A. M.B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Edinburgh), business ethics, ethics
and capitalism, rights and for-profit corporations.
R. Dart, B.Sc. (Trent), M.E.S., Ph.D. (York), organizational theory, community economic
development, field methods.
D. Newhouse, (Onondaga), B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western), development of modern Indigenous societies,
governance, economies.
M. Wallace, B.A.S. (Guelph), C.A., M.Ed. (OISE/Toronto), Ph.D. (Saint Mary’s),
A. Zohar, B.A., M.E.S., Ph.D. (York), organizational change and sustainability, education and
sustainability, societal learning for sustainability across sectors.
Environmental & Resource Science/Studies – Please add Tom Hutchinson and Bob Phaelke here
S. Bocking, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), environmental history, history of science, science in
Canadian society.
S. Hill, B.Sc., B.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Calgary), P.Eng., environmental policy, risk management, climate
change, impact assessment, environmental auditing and indicators.
D. G. Holdsworth, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), risk analysis,
nuclear regulation, science policy, environmental philosophy.
R. C. Paehlke, (Emeritus), B.A. (Lehigh), M.A. (New School for Social Research), Ph.D. (British
Columbia), Canadian and comparative environmental policy, history of North American
environmental movement, Canadian public policy in global perspective.
T. H. Whillans, B.A. (Guelph), M.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., (Toronto) bioregionalism, community-based
natural resource management, ecological restoration, historical ecology, wetlands, watersheds and
lakes.
Geography
M. Skinner, B.A. (Wilfred Laurier), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen’s), health geography: welfare state
restructuring, challenges facing the voluntary sector, health and social care in the community.
Indigenous Studies
C. Furgal, B.Sc. (Western Ontario), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), Environmental health impact
assessment; environmental health risk management, assessment, and communication; mixed
methods and involvement of indigenous knowledge and western science in environment and health
studies; Aboriginal and circumpolar health and environmental change (e.g., contaminants, climate
change and food security).
D. Longboat, Roronhiake:wen, (Haudenosaunee), B.A. (Trent), M.E.S., Ph.D. (York), Native Studies,
environmental issues, Haudenosaunee traditional teachings.