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Sociology
Associate Professor
Lead researcher on
Regional Tourism Networks and Social-Environmental Wellbeing in Rural Coastal Communities
Jan 2016
- Oct 2017
Puffins, Kayaks and Oil Rigs: Shifting Modes of Society-Environment Interaction on the Newfoundland Coast
Jan 2011
- Dec 2015
Collaborator on
Active Research Interests
When Getting Back to Nature becomes a Social Problem: Outdoor Recreation and Social Movements at Jumbo Pass, BC and the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, NS
Puffins, Kayaks and Oil Rigs: Shifting Modes of Society-Environment Interaction on the Newfoundland Coast
Social Networks and Climate Change Discourse, and the Role of Environmental Movements in Climate Change Policy Networks: An International Comparison
Canadian News Media and Climate Change Discourse Networks, 1997-2010
Past Research Interests
Making Meaning Out of Mountains: The Political Ecology of Skiing. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2012.http://www.ubcpress.ubc.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173555
Wilderness or Working Forest? British Columbia Forest Policy Debate in the Vancouver Sun, 1991-2003
Expertise
The social dynamics of environmental movement participation
The environmental politics of outdoor sport and recreation
Cultural dimensions of global climate change
Media representations of environmental problems