PROGRAMS
M.A. Program in Anthropology Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1343
E-mail: anthro@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1613
Web: www.trentu.ca/anthropology
The M.A. program in Anthropology is focused on the fields of archaeology, ethnohistory, and art. Areas of concentration within the program include: 1) the paleoecology, archaeology and ethnohistory of Canada, Mesoamerica and South America; Old World prehistory; archaeological method and theory; and Canadian historical archaeology; 2) the cross-cultural relationships between and among art (broadly defined), architecture, social organization, gender, politics, values, religion, economy and technology. Other fields of interest can occasionally be accommodated in collaboration with faculty e.g. bioarchaeology, with an emphasis on osteology and palaeopathology. In addition to providing a thorough grounding in anthropological theories and research methods as a preparation for continuing study at the Ph.D. level, our program produces graduates with sufficient depth and breadth of outlook to meet the need for resourcefulness, versatility and adaptability in modern society.
Graduate Program Director
Gyles Iannone, B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (U London)
Faculty and Research Areas
Anthropology
P. F. Healy , B.A. (California-Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), archaeology, New World archaeology, Mesoamerica and lower Central America and the Caribbean . H. S. Helmuth , D.Sc., Dr.Habil. (Kiel), physical anthropology, osteology; Germany, North America, Maya . G. Iannone , B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (U London): archaeological method and theory, social complexity, archaic states (comparative), Mesoamerica, New World archaeology, heritage management, archeology and popular culture. S. M. Jamieson , B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Washington State), Northeastern and Boreal archaeology and ethnohistory, sociopolitical evolution, lithic analysis, interaction theory, historical archaeology . A. Keenleyside, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster), Skeletal biology, palaeopathology of northern Indigenous populations of Canada and Alaska, Greek colonial populations of the Black Sea. M. Munson , B.A. (Miami U.), M.A., Ph.D. (New Mexico): Aboriginal art; gender; identity, group relations; rock art, ceramics; Southwest. M. J. Tamplin , B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (London), Ph.D. (Arizona), paleoecology, typology, computer applications, Boreal Forest, Europe, Africa.
J. R. Topic , M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), archaeology, ethnohistory, complex societies, spatial analysis, Peru, South America . J. M. Vastokas , M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Columbia), anthropology of art, material culture, art and architecture of Europe and the Americas; Northwest Coast, Arctic, Northeast.
Ancient History & Classics
J. Moore , B.A. (Wilfred Laurier), M.A. Ph.D., (McMaster), Classical Archaeology, Roman Empire, North Africa.
Conjunct Professors
C. Oberholtzer , M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (McMaster ), Aboriginal art, Subarctic, Cree.
D. M. Pendergast , B.A. (California-Berkeley), Ph.D. (UCLA), Maya archaeology-Belize, Caribbean and historic archaeology, museology. D. R. Stenton , B.A. (Windsor), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (Alberta), Thule culture winter demography in Upper Frobisher Bay, archaeology of inland hunting systems. K. M. Stewart , B.A. (British Columbia), M.L.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Quarternary faunas and environment in Canada, evolution and distribution of aquatic faunas in Africa, reconstruction of tertiary/quarternary environments in Canada/ Africa, early hominid behaviour and subsistence patterns . P. L. Storck , Ph.D. (Wisconsin) , peopling of the New World, paleo-Indian cultures, environmental archaeology, archaeological theory, typology, replicative flint knapping and lithic technology, ethnoarchaeology of hunter-gatherers and related site formation processes.
Regulations
The general regulations and requirements of Trent University for the M.A. degree apply to graduate study in Anthropology. Students are admitted into the program once a year for studies beginning in the following September. Applications should be received by February 1 to be considered for admission and funding. To be eligible for admission, the applicant must possess a joint or single Honours B.Sc. or B.A. degree or equivalent in Anthropology or a related field, with at least an upper second class standing (B+, 77%). Applicants to the program are expected to have a grounding in appropriate research methodology. They may be required to take an undergraduate course deemed necessary to their program of graduate study, e.g., Anthropology 300 or 310 or Anthropology - Canadian Studies - Native Studies 253 .
Candidates who have fulfilled the admission requirements will be required to take at least three graduate courses, including ANTH 510 and normally 550 . Full time students are normally required to complete these courses in their first year of study; part time students are normally required to complete their course work in the first two years of study. The number of undergraduate courses allowed for credit at the graduate level cannot exceed 1/3 the number of required courses for the program. In consultation with their supervisors students select and research a problem on an approved topic within one of the fields and areas listed above, and present colloquia and write a thesis on this research. Students are subject to a review of their performance at the end of each academic year. Candidates must maintain at least a second class standing in their work and must pass an oral examination in defence of their thesis. There is no formal language requirement but the supervisory committee will require each student to demonstrate (to the satisfaction of the supervisor) an acceptable capacity to read in a language or languages considered necessary for purposes of research. In addition, students may be expected to show adequate background knowledge in a related discipline, e.g. art history. Expected time to completion for the Anthropology M.A. program is two years for full-time, four years for part-time.
Unsatisfactory Work
In all course work the lowest passing grade is a B- (70%). A final grade standing at less than a B- level will be assigned a grade of F and will preclude continuation in the anthropology graduate program. Unsatisfactory thesis work, which includes lack of progress in research, thesis or portions of a thesis not submitted within a certain timeframe, or not meeting an approved plan of study, will also preclude continuation in the anthropology graduate program. In all of the above instances, for the student to be reinstated and allowed to re-register they must petition their supervisor and the graduate program director, and receive final approval from the Graduate Studies Committee.
Financial Support
Graduate Assistantships
All students admitted will be placed in competition for Graduate Teaching Assistantships, which involve a maximum of four terms, normally spanning two consecutive undergraduate academic years, of teaching and related work within the department. Most eligible students receive some form of financial aid.
External Funding
All students contemplating application to the M.A. program in Anthropology at Trent are urged to apply for an Ontario Graduate Scholarship as well as to additional external (non-university) funding agencies. Applications for OGS materials are available from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at Trent University.
Further Information
For further information write to the Graduate Program Director of the Anthropology department.
Courses Available to Graduate Students: Anthropology (ANTH)
Not all courses are available every year.
ANTH 510 - Method and theory in archaeology
(Required) An examination and evaluation of major theories and methods and their relationship to problems in archaeological analysis and interpretation. Emphasis will be placed on recent advances and their implications for the development of archaeology. G. Iannone and S. Jamieson
ANTH 520 - Selected themes in Canadian archaeology
Research-oriented investigations into the archaeological record of Central, Eastern and Northern Canada and adjacent areas. Topics will vary according to interests of staff and students, but will include a review and analysis of regional methodological and theoretical approaches. S. M. Jamieson and M. J. Tamplin
ANTH 525 - Problems in North American archaeology
Research topics will vary according to interests of staff and students, but will focus on the culture history and process of a selected region. Emphasis will be placed upon methodological and theoretical approaches. S. M. Jamieson and M. J. Tamplin
ANTH 530 - Problems in Mesoamerican archaeology
Review of the long and variegated history of human occupation in Mexico and Central America. Problems include the rise, the structure and the fall of complex societies, cultural ecology, the nature of cultural frontiers, and other related issues of Mesoamerican prehistory. P. F. Healy
ANTH 540 - South American archaeology and ethnohistory
South American prehistory and ethnohistory with a focus on the development of social, political and economic organization in a wide variety of environments. Factors such as warfare, trade, migration, craft production, subsistence, ritual and ideology are considered. Emphasis is given to Central Andean civilizations, though other regions are considered. J. R. Topic
ANTH 550 - Research design
(Normally Required) This course is aimed at developing a series of scholarly skills. Readings, seminars, and assignments will focus on a number of topics, including: the nature of research, ethics, writing skills, sampling and research design, research and grant proposal writing, publishing, peer review, and the presentation of conference papers . G. Iannone
ANTH 555 - Problems in Old World archaeology
Archaeological data and approaches from the Old World are employed to explore cultural problems common to all areas of the world. Research topics will vary from year to year.
M. J. Tamplin
ANTH 560 - Paleoecology of the Americas
This course examines the biology and ecology of prehistoric populations in various environmental and cultural settings. H. S. Helmuth and M. J. Tamplin
ANTH 575 - Word and image in cross-cultural perspective
An exploration of the relationship between visual and verbal systems of communication from the Upper Paleolithic to the postmodern West. The course aims to delineate and to account for cross-cultural similarities and/or differences in especially visual narratives, whether in meaning or function these be mythical, historical, legendary, biographical, liturgical, self-expressive or propagandistic. J. M. Vastokas
ANTH 580 - Anthropology of art, architecture and material culture
The development, character and interpretation of prehistoric, historic and contemporary art, architecture and everyday objects in cross-cultural perspective from the point of view of symbolic, semiotic and dialogic anthropology. Emphasis varies from year to year but fields of most interest include Aboriginal North America, the circumpolar northern hemisphere, rock art and the industrialized West. J. M. Vastokas
ANTH 590 - Special topics
Occasional offerings in response to student interest and faculty availability. Staff
M.A. and M.Sc. Programs in Applications of Modelling in the Natural & Social Sciences
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1225
E-mail: aminss@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1652
Web: www.trentu.ca/aminss
Applications of Modelling in the Natural & Social Sciences is an interdisciplinary program which provides for study towards an M.Sc. or M.A. degree in the application of techniques and theory of modelling in the natural sciences and social sciences. It encompasses the following traditional disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology and Sociology. The program is designed to overcome some of the barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration by bringing together, at the graduate level, students who are actively applying modelling techniques in their thesis research in a broad range of disciplines. The research is in the social and natural sciences, and in fields in which Trent has demonstrated strong research performance. Although it is oriented towards quantitative models, utilizing computational, mathematical or statistical techniques, it is discipline-based and is not a program in applied mathematics. It has three primary objectives:
1. The teaching of fundamental and common analytical modelling techniques required for research in a large number of quantitative fields.
2. The cross-fertilization that comes from sharing ideas with researchers in other disciplines, and the development of the communication skills required for this to occur
3. Sufficient training of the student in his/ her chosen discipline, including coursework and a research thesis, to permit progression to a disciplinary Ph.D. program.
Graduate Program Director
K. Abdella , Ph.D. (Western Ontario), atmospheric modelling
Faculty and Research Areas
Chemistry
H. Hintelmann , Ph.D. (Hamburg), fate of metals in the environment . D. Mackay , Ph.D. (Glasgow), environmental transport modelling . K. B. Oldham , Ph.D., D.Sc. (Manchester), electrochemistry . J. M. Parnis , B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), matrix isolation spectroscopy and gas-phase reaction . I. Svishchev , Ph.D. (Moscow), molecular simulations and physical atmospheric chemistry.
Computer Science/Studies
R. T. Hurley , B.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (Waterloo), distributed systems . J. W. Jury , M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto ) , statistical process control, new technology detectors of antipersonnel landmines, hardware and software improvements of medical gamma cameras for human diagnostic radiology . W. Feng , B.Sc. (Hebei), M.S.c. (Shannxi), Ph.D. (Glasgow), performance analysis of computer systems, B. Patrick , M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (McGill), parallel processing
Economics
B. Cater , Ph.D. (York), health and safety
Environmental & Resource Science/Studies
W. F. J. Evans , M.A., Ph.D. (Saskatchewan), F.R.S.C , ozone depletion, global warming.
Geography
P. Lafleur , M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (McMaster), boundary-layer climatology . C. L. McKenna Neuman , Ph.D. (Queen's), wind erosion .
Mathematics
K. Abdella , Ph.D. (Western Ontario), atmospheric modelling . B. Zhou , Ph.D. (South Carolina), combinatorics and graph theory.
Physics
W. A. Atkinson, M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster), condensed matter theory and computation. J. W. Jury , M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), subatomic physics . A. J. Slavin , M.Sc., (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge), structure and reactivity of solid surfaces. R. Wortis , Ph.D. (Illinois ), high temperature superconductors. D. Patton , Ph.D, (UVic) , observational astronomy, galaxy evolution, galaxy mergers.
Psychology
J. D. A. Parker , B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A., Ph.D. (York), stress and coping, personality and psychopathology . G. T. Reker , B.A. (McMaster), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), measures of personal meaning in the elderly. E. Scharfe , Ph.D. (Simon Fraser), attachment across the life span.
C. T. Smith , Ph.D. (Waterloo), relationship between sleep and memory . L. J. Summerfeldt , Ph.D. (York), personality and psychopathology.
Conjunct Professors
R. Bar-On Ph.D. (Rhodes, South Africa), measurement of emotional and social competency, multivariate statistics and psychometrics, psychometric tools for measurement of emotional and social competency . G. Sitarenios , Ph.D. (York), psychological testing instruments (Multi-Health Systems, Inc.). L. Szirmay (Emeritus), M.S. (Detroit), M.E. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Denver), separation of gaseous pollutants
Regulations
The general regulations and requirements of Trent University for the M.Sc. or M.A. degree apply to this graduate program. Students are normally admitted into the program once a year for studies beginning in the following September. The normal requirement for admission into this program is an upper second class (77% or better) (B+ at Trent) standing or its equivalent, in a joint or single Honours B.Sc. or B.A. degree in one of the traditional disciplines (see above). Before acceptance, a core faculty member must have been identified who will supervise the student's work. Prospective students must have a university course in differential and integral calculus, and one in probability and statistics or the equivalent. Students will also have some familiarity with linear algebra, and be capable of programming at an elementary level in at least one computational language. In addition, a course in either differential equations or advanced statistics is required, depending on whether the student's area of research will be mathematics or statistics based. Students are involved both in course work and thesis research in their home discipline and in interdisciplinary study. Coursework in the foundations and methods of quantitative modelling and in their home discipline consists of about one-third of the work towards the degree. Each student must satisfactorily complete at least four one-term modelling courses, consisting of two courses in the foundations and mathematical aspects of modelling, and two courses in the home discipline. The required course work is normally completed in two terms, allowing the Summer sessions and the entire second year to be devoted to uninterrupted research. Students also participate in an interdisciplinary seminar on modelling and make one presentation each year. In this seminar the student discusses, in a way comprehensible to the audience, the system being modelled, the model developed and the means of validation of the model; here the emphasis is upon the modelling process itself rather than on the relevance of the results to the discipline of the research. Through this seminar the students develop the skills required to communicate with researchers outside their own discipline, and develop a perspective on their own and other disciplines not obtainable within a single-discipline context. Candidates are required to submit and be examined on a research thesis supervised by one of the core faculty listed above. Selection of the research topic is made by the student together with her/his supervisor and graduate supervisory committee (typically three core faculty members including the supervisor.) A grade of at least B- (70) must be obtained in each of the graduate courses.The expected time for completion of the degree is two years.
Financial Support
The majority of students accepted are offered a teaching assistantship. These stipends are frequently increased by research stipends provided from research funds. This occurs most often in disciplines in the natural sciences. The program also provides funds to cover minor overhead research costs such as laboratory and computing supplies, equipment and some conference travel. Canadian candidates are encouraged to apply, before December, for national and provincial scholarships (NSERC and OGS awards).
Further Information
More detailed information about the program is contained on the program web page: www.trentu.ca/aminss. Inquiries should be addressed to the director of the program.
Courses Available to Graduate Students: Applications of Modelling (AMOD)
Not all courses are available every year. All courses listed are one-term courses.
AMOD 501H, AMOD 502H - Discipline-specific courses in the home department
These may be given by the research supervisor in a reading/project course format.
AMOD 551H - Statistical aspects of modelling
Various statistical approaches to modelling are illustrated, the emphasis being on the applications of statistics within the social and natural sciences rather than on the mathematical detail. The course discusses techniques of analysis of variance and co-variance, correlation, regression, and multivariate procedures (including multiple regression, multi-analysis of variance, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and path analysis). Prerequisite: As for AMOD 561H , plus a university course in advanced statistics and some knowledge of SAS, SPSS or an alternative statistical application package.
AMOD 552H - Special topics in statistics of modelling
Prerequisite: AMOD 551H or equivalent.
AMOD 561H - The foundations of modelling
Discussion of the modelling process, from the conceptual model through to a working model for comparison with experimental data. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, model validation. Introduction to statistical and mathematical models, and computer modelling and simulations. Models from a range of disciplines will be discussed. Prerequisite: One university course in each of calculus (differential and integral) and statistics, and some ability in a computational computer language.
AMOD 562H - Advanced topics in modelling
Prerequisite: AMOD 561H or equivalent.
AMOD 571H - Mathematical aspects of modelling
Various mathematical approaches to modelling are illustrated, the emphasis being on the methods rather than on the mathematical detail. The course discusses such topics as stochastic and deterministic modelling, dimensional analysis and nonlinear systems. Prerequisite: As for AMOD 561H , plus a university calculus course in differential equations.
AMOD 572H - Special topics in the mathematics of modelling
Prerequisite: AMOD 571H or equivalent.
AMOD 582H - Advanced topics in computational aspects of modelling
Prerequisite: AMOD 561H and AMOD 551H or AMOD 571H or equivalent.
AMOD 590 - Seminar on applications of modelling
Each student in the program makes one presentation per year on his/her research, with emphasis on the assumptions, methodology and analysis of the models used. These presentations are complemented by contributions from invited speakers and core faculty. This seminar course will be given a pass/fail grade every year, based on the presentations, attendance and participation by the student. A student's presentation will be attended and graded by her/his supervisory committee. Attendance is compulsory.
Students are normally required to take AMOD 501H, 502H, 561H and 551H or 571H. Students with advanced preparation in the material covered in any of 551H, 561H or 571H may appeal to take the corresponding advanced course instead: 552H, 562H or 572H , respectively.
M.A. Program in Canadian Studies & Native Studies
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1750
E-mail: frostcentre@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1801
Web: www.trentu.ca/frostcentre
This interdisciplinary M.A. is offered by the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies, established in 1982 and named for Trent's first Chancellor and a former premier of Ontario, Leslie Frost. The Frost Centre is both a research centre and the home for two graduate programs, including the M.A. in Canadian Studies and Native Studies, and a jointly-sponsored Ph.D. in Canadian Studies with Carleton University (see p. 329). In both research and teaching, the Centre strives to create a vibrant, intellectual space for research, writing, debate and discussion on past and current themes and issues relating to Canadian Studies and Native Studies.
A collaborative effort that draws on a diverse range of faculty, the M.A. program focuses on the following thematic areas: the study of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada; interdisciplinary explorations of Canadian culture in literature, theory and the visual arts; power, policy and labour in Canadian society; environmentalism and bioregionalism in Canada; natural and cultural heritage: policy, planning, management and interpretation; region and place in Canada; including the comparative analysis of regionalism in federal societies; race, class, gender and ethnicity in Canadian society; community economic development; Canada in the global context.
Through course work and the writing of a thesis, the M.A. program offers students advanced exploration of themes and debates in Canadian Studies and Native Studies as well as a grounding in methodological and theoretical approaches to current scholarly research and writing. Critical and engaged writing, thinking and discussion are encouraged not only in through scholarly work, but also through the conferences, visiting speakers, student workshops and publications sponsored by the Frost Centre.
Graduate Program Director
J. Sangster , B.A. (Trent), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.S.C.
Faculty and Research Areas
Anthropology
J. Harrison , B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A. (Calgary), D.Phil. (Oxford), tourism, museums and Aboriginal People, organizational culture . J. So , M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Buffalo), cross-cultural physical and mental health; migration, ethnicity and health, health care utilization among immigrant groups in Canada .
Business Administration
B. Ahlstrand , B.A. (Toronto), M.A., M.Sc. (LSC), D.Phil. (Oxford), community economic development, entrepreneurship, theory . J. Bishop , (B.A. (New Brunswick), M.A., M.B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Edinburgh), business ethics and capitalism, moral philosophy of Francis Hutcheson, self identity. K. L. Campbell , B.A. (Trent), M.B.A. (Toronto), entrepreneurship, with particular emphasis on women in business and women in economic development. R. Dart , B.A. (Trent), M.E.S., Ph.D. (York), organizational theory, community economic development, field methods. J. A. Muldoon , B.Sc. (Brock), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (McMaster), health economics, alternative health care, health policy . D. Newhouse , B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western Ontario), from the tribal to the modern - the development of modern Aboriginal societies in North America, governance and economies. M. Quaid , B.A. (McGill), M.Sc. (L.S.E.), D.Phil. (Oxford), work for welfare, international aid to developing countries, international and global volunteerism.
Canadian Studies
D. Bhandar , M.A., Ph.D., (York), contemporary political and cultural theory, citizenship, critical race and feminist studies, migration and transnational border politics. S. Chivers , B.A. (Calgary), M.A., Ph.D. (McGill), disability studies, aging, contemporary writing by women, the "Problem Body" on film . D. M. Clarke , B.A. (Trent), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Carleton), media industries, families and households, Canadian political economy. J. Driscoll , M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's), citizenship, governance and globalization . M. Lacombe , M.A., Ph.D. (York), women's writing, Postcolonial literature in Canada, diversity and Quebec/Francophone writing and culture. B. Palmer , B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A., Ph.D. (SUNY, Binghampton), working class history, social history, political economy, labour . J. E. Struthers , M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto), Canadian social policy, aging, ethnicity, multiculturalism . T. H. B. Symons (Vanier Professor Emeritus). J. H. Wadland , B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (York), environmental history, cultural history, interdisciplinary methods.
Cultural Studies
J. M. Bordo , B.A. (McGill, Alberta), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale), cultural and aesthetic theory, errings of contemporary art, colonialist landscape art (Australia and Canada). R. J. Dellamora , A.B. (Dartmouth College), B.A. (Cambridge), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale), gender issues, sexual orientation. V. V. Hollinger , M.A. (Concordia), science fiction and the post-modern condition . S. H. W. Kane , B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), oral narrative . A. O'Connor , B.A. (Trinity College, Dublin), M.A., Ph.D. (York), culture and communication, theories of postmodernism, industrial folklore, press in Latin America . D. Torgerson , B.A. (California-Berkeley), M.E.S. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), critical theory, political action, the public sphere, policy discourse, green political thought, environmental policy . A. L. Wernick , B.A. (Cambridge), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Canadian social and cultural theory (esp. Innis), popular culture, religion.
Economics
S. Choudhry , M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Manitoba). D. C. A. Curtis , M.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (McGill).
J. A. Muldoon , B.Sc. (Brock), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (McMaster), health economics, alternative health care, health policy.
Education
D. P. Berrill , B.A. (Northwestern), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (East Anglia), sociocultural theory, gender and science, science culture, literacy, community, legitimate participation, feminist theory.
English Literature
S. Chivers , B.A. (Calgary), M.A., Ph.D. (McGill), narrative, disability studies, gender and age .
L. W. Conolly , B.A. (Wales), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Wales), Canadian theatre history, Canadian dramatic literature . R. J. Dellamora , A.B. (Dartmouth College), B.A. (Cambridge), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale), gender issues, sexual orientation . M. C. Eddy , M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto), feminist and gender theories, theories of race and ethnicity, theories of the body and subjectivity, contemporary fiction ; G. A. Johnston , B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Harvard), Canadian Poetry, Ezra Pound, Lampman's poetry. S. H. W. Kane , B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), oral narrative . M. A. Peterman , B.A. (Princeton), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), 19th Century and 20th century Canadian literature and culture, Ontario literature, literature of the West, Irish Canadian writers, esp. Moodie, Traill, Davies, Findley, Urquhart.
Environmental & Resource Science/Studies
S. Bocking , B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), environmental history, history of science, science in Canadian society . J. Clapp , B.A. (Michigan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London), global environmental politics, environment and development, international political economy, global development . D.G. Holdsworth , B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), foundations of risk analysis, nuclear regulation, science policy, environmental philosophy, foundations of quantum theory, category theory and topos theory . T. C. Hutchinson , B.Sc. (Manchester), Ph.D. (Sheffield), environmental and agricultural history of Canada, impacts of pioneers on environment biota and on forests, social history of mining and smelting towns . R. C. Paehlke , 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 ; L. Rubinoff (Emeritus) , B.A. (Queen's), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto). L. Simpson , B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Manitoba), Aboriginal perspectives on traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous rights, resistance and colonization, Aboriginal perspectives on health and well-being. D. Torgerson , B.A. (California-Berkeley), M.E.S. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), critical theory, political action, the public sphere, policy discourse, green political thought, environmental policy . T. H. Whillans , B.A. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), bioregionalism, community-based natural resource management, ecological restoration, historical ecology, wetlands, watersheds and lakes.
Geography
A. G. Brunger , B.Sc. (Southampton), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), settlement process, Upper Canada/Ontario, regional development, public works . J. S. Marsh (Emeritus ), B.A. (Reading), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Calgary), conservation and tourism, history, planning and management in Canada and abroad . G. A. Nader , B.A. (London), Ph.D. (Durham), urban and regional development and planning, Canadian urban history, structure and growth of urban systems . S. E. Wurtele , B.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Queen's), cultural heritage, ethnicity, gendered spaces.
History
B.W. Hodgins (Emeritus) , B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Duke).
J. N. Jennings , B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Toronto). E. H. Jones , B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Queen's), 18th and 19th century Canadian political culture, comparative North American Protestantism in all periods, amusement and recreation history (1850 to 1920), Sir Sandford Fleming diary . J. S. Milloy , B.A. (St Patrick's), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Oxford), Aboriginal policy, Aboriginal education and health issues, plains Indian history . J. Sangster , B.A. (Trent), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster), Canadian working-class and women's history, gender, labour and social policy, women and the criminal justice system . D. Sheinin , B.Sc. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Connecticut), history of inter-American relations, Pan Americanism, Canada and Latin America . S. D. Standen , B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Oregon), Ph.D. (Toronto), French-Aboriginal relations, New France, public history . J. E. Struthers , M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto), Canadian social policy, aging, ethnicity, multiculturalism . K. Walden , M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's), Late Victorian cultural and social history .
International Development Studies
J. Clapp , B.A. (Michigan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London), global environmental politics, environment and development, international political economy, global development. C. V. Huxley , B.A. (York, England), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto), work, industrial relations and labour studies. D. R. Morrison , M.A. (Saskatchewan), D.Phil. (Sussex), international political economy, development studies, Canada's North-South relations.
Native Studies
M.J. Castellano (Mohawk) (Emeritus) , B.A. (Queen's), M.S.W. (Toronto). L. Davis , B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Toronto), community development, policy development, strategic planning . M. S. Dockstator , B.Sc. (Waterloo), LL.B., D.Jur. (Osgoode), Aboriginal self government, traditional knowledge, law, constitutional development . E. Manitowabi (Anishinabe), MIDE.III (3-Fires). D. N. McCaskill , B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York). J. S. Milloy , B.A. (St Patrick's), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Oxford), Aboriginal policy, Aboriginal education and health issues, plains Indian history . D. Newhouse (Onondaga), B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western Ontario), From the tribal to the modern - the development of modern Aboriginal societies in North America, governance and economies
Philosophy
M. L. Rubinoff (Emeritus ), B.A. (Queen's), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Political Studies
J. Driscoll , M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's), citizenship, governance and globalization . E. Helleiner , B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (London), international political economy, globalization, nationalism, monetary and financial politics . D. R. Morrison , M.A. (Saskatchewan), D.Phil. (Sussex), international political economy, development studies, Canada's North-South relations . M. Neufeld , B.A. (Waterloo), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton), Canadian foreign policy, Canadian political economy, Canadian political culture . R.C. Paehlke , 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 . A. Pickel , M.A. (Guelph), Dipl. Pol. (Berlin), Ph.D. (York), nationalism and political order in global perspective . D. Torgerson , B.A. (California-Berkeley), M.E.S. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), critical theory, political action, the public sphere, policy discourse, green political thought, environmental policy . J. Wearing (Emeritus) , B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Toronto, Oxford), D.Phil. (Oxford), Canadian political parties, political television advertising, party discipline, parliamentary dissent in Canada and the U.K.
Psychology
D. J. Kennett , B.A., Ph.D. (McMaster), variables promoting healthy adjustment to everyday life demands/stresses, the complex and multidimensional aspects of goal accomplishments .
Sociology
S. Arat-Koc , B.A. (Bogazici), M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Toronto), citizenship, immigration policy, immigrant women in Canada, race and ethnicity . R. T. Bowles (Emeritus) , B.Sc. (Brigham Young), Ph.D. (Oregon). D. M. Clarke , B.A. (Trent), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Carleton), media industries, families and households, Canadian political economy . J. R. Conley , B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Carleton), social inequality, class formation, social movements, labour history . A. Heitlinger , B.A. (Kent), Ph.D. (Leicester), status of women, health professions, transnational feminist movement, migration, travel . C. V. Huxley , B.A. (York, England), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto), work, industrial relations and labour studies . S. Katz , B.A. (York), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (York), aging and lifecourse studies, sociology of the body, culture, knowledge . A. Law , B.Bus., Graduate Diploma (New South Wales Institute of Technology), M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta), sociology of leisure, sociology of work and income support . B. L. Marshall , M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta), women in Canada, feminist politics, feminist media . D. Parnis , B.A. (Ryerson), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Carleton), media, women's issues, state theory, cultural theory .
Women's Studies
S. Arat-Koc , B.A. ( Bogazici), M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Toronto), citizenship, immigration policy, immigrant women in Canada, race and ethnicity . M. Hobbs , B.A. (Trent), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (OISE) , Canadian women's history (esp. work and welfare), women and environment/feminism and environmentalism . B. L. Marshall , M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta), women in Canada, feminist politics, feminist media . C. O'Manique , B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (York ), comparative political economy of developing countries, comparative public policy in developing countries, gender and globalization . J. Sangster , B.A. (Trent), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster), Canadian working-class and women's history, gender, labour and social policy, women and the criminal justice system.
Adjunct Professors
R. Bringhurst , B.A. (Indiana), M.F.A. (British Columbia), private scholar . R. Campbell, B.A. (Trent), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (London), Dean of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier . M. Ferguson , B.Sc. (Carleton), M.Sc. (Wisconsin), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan), Wildlife biologist . P. Kulchyski , B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A., Ph.D. (York), Chair, Native Studies , Manitoba . J. Moss , B.A. (Western Ontario), M. Phil. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (New Brunswick), Professor of English, Ottawa . R. Page , B.A., M.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Oxford), TransAlta Corp. C. Verduyn , B.A. (Trent), M.A., Ph.D. (Ottawa), Professor of English, Wilfrid Laurier.
Regulations
The general regulations and requirements of Trent University for the M.A. degree apply to the Canadian Studies & Native Studies program. Students are admitted to the program once a year for studies beginning the following September. Applicants are expected to have a minimum of an upper second-class Honours degree (B+ average) in an area relevant to their proposed course of study at Trent, and are expected to have taken undergraduate courses relating to Canada, or be willing to take such courses as their make-up, usually before admission. As well, students must have a clear interest in an interdisciplinary graduate experience. The main emphasis will be on the research and writing of an interdisciplinary thesis on an approved topic. Two graduate courses comprising CSNS 500 and two half courses or one full course from the approved list below are required. Theses will be supervised by a committee consisting of a primary supervisor, who must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member of the Frost Centre, two other supervisory committee members of the Frost Centre and another secondary supervisor who may be from outside the university, if appropriately qualified. The committee must represent at least two of the disciplines or programs involved in Canadian Studies and Native Studies. Candidates must attain at least a second class standing in their work, and shall pass an oral examination in defence of their thesis. Additional requirements appropriate to the candidate's field may be specified by the supervisory committee. The expected time of completion of the degree is two years.
Financial Support
Graduate Assistantships
Trent has a variety of means of supporting M.A. students, including the provision of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, scholarships and bursaries. Students who are awarded teaching assistantships will normally be eligible to hold them for four terms, spanning two consecutive undergraduate academic years. For this payment it is expected that students will give 10 hours per week of teaching service to the University.
External Funding
Applicants are encouraged to seek external scholarships where available.
Further Information
For more information consult the web page of the Frost Centre (www.trentu.ca/
frostcentre), e-mail the program at frostcentre@trentu.ca or consult the Director.
COURSES AVAILABLE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS: Canadian Studies & Native Studies (CSNS)
Note: The program is not always able to offer all its courses in each academic year. In the event that a listed course is unavailable, a Special Topic course under the guidance of an individual faculty member may be substituted.
CSNS 500 - Interdisciplinary colloquium
This course considers the nature of research practice in fields of study contained by the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies & Native Studies; it explores the relationship between the theories and methodologies which govern contemporary discourse in interdisciplinary inquiry; it guides and expedites the initiation of a thesis; it addresses ethical conduct in research; it brings together students, faculty and visiting scholars to discuss shared intellectual problems and concerns. This course is mandatory for all M.A. students.
CSNS 5101H - The Study of the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Governance
CSNS 5102H - The Study of the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: History and politics
CSNS 5103H - The Study of the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Society and culture
CSNS 520H - Canadian culture through literature, the visual arts and monuments
CSNS 530H - Power, policy and labour in Canadian society
CSNS 540H - Environmentalism and bioregionalism in Canada
CSNS 570H - Women in Canadian society
CSNS 599 - Reading Course (A written justification, course outline and approval of the Graduate Program Director are required to take the course.)
Ph.D. Program in Canadian Studies
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1750
E-mail: frostcentre@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1801
Web: www.trentu.ca/frostcentre
The doctoral program is offered jointly by the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University and the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies & Native Studies at Trent University.
The Ph.D. program offers five fields of study: Culture, Literature and the Arts; Environment and Heritage; Policy, Economy and Society; Identities; and Women's Studies. The program of courses and thesis guidance, drawing upon the faculty of the two academic units and universities, will encompass course requirements, comprehensive examinations and a thesis.
The Ph.D. program in Canadian Studies normally will be undertaken on a full-time basis. However, in cases of exceptional merit, the Frost Centre will accept a few candidates for the degree on a part-time basis.
Graduate Program Director
J. Sangster , B.A. (Trent), M.A. Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.S.C.
Faculty and Research Areas
See the calendar entry on the M.A. Program in Canadian Studies & Native Studies (p. 325)
Admission Requirements
The normal requirement for admission into the Ph.D. program is a Master's degree (or equivalent), with at least high Honours standing, in Canadian Studies or a cognate discipline. Applicants should note, however, that meeting the admission requirement does not guarantee admission to the program.
Program Requirements
Doctoral candidates must successfully complete the equivalent of 10 credits. Candidates who have deficiencies in certain areas may be admitted to the Ph.D. program, but will normally be required to complete additional work. The specific requirements are as follows:
- 1.0 credit for successful completion of the mandatory core seminar, Canadian Studies 600.
- 1.0 credit for successful completion of two half-credit courses or tutorials (or the equivalent) at the graduate level from the list below, with one half-credit course drawn from each of the candidate's two major fields of study; a GPA of 9.0 or better must be obtained in these courses for students to be allowed to proceed to the comprehensive examinations.
- 1.0 credit for successful completion of two half-credit written comprehensive examinations. Students will be examined in two fields. Normally, students will be expected to complete their comprehensives within 24 months of entering the program.
- A public defence, in English, of a written thesis proposal. Following the completion of their comprehensives, students will be expected to defend a proposal of the research and analysis they plan to undertake in completing their Ph.D. dissertation. The dissertation proposal defence should normally occur within six months of a student's comprehensive examinations. The dissertation committee will be composed of three faculty, always including one from each university.
- A 7.0-credit thesis, which must be successfully defended in English at an oral examination.
- The expected time of completion of the degree is two years.
Language Requirement
Satisfactory demonstration of an understanding of a language other than English. Although French is the preferred second language, students may be permitted to substitute an Aboriginal language indigenous to Canada or another language if it is demonstrably relevant to their research interests.
Students who have taken a language examination as a requirement for their M.A. cannot use it to meet the Ph.D. language requirement. In order to establish equal treatment of all students, all doctoral candidates will be required to pass the Ph.D. language examination.
Canadian Studies Courses at Trent University by Program Field
Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of offerings, please refer to the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the Summer.
CAST 600 - Ph.D. core seminar: Interdisciplinarity in Canadian Studies: Concepts, theories and methods
This course will examine the complex theoretical and methodological issues associated with the discourse on an interdisciplinary study of Canada. It will be offered at Carleton and Trent through a combination of joint sessions at both universities and regular electronic communication. This course is mandatory for all Ph.D. students.
CAST 601H - Culture, literature and the arts
This course will address a wide range of materials and issues, from theories of culture in general to Canadian theoretical discourses on cultural practices, and on the interplay among theory, art and literature, and their social contexts. Areas of investigation include: the nature and parameters of national (local, regional, global) cultures, literatures and other arts; the relation to Canadian culture/s of Quebec, post-colonial and other intersecting dimensions; the impact of technology; the shape of institutional structures; the dynamics of production and reception; linguistic and cultural policy and the state; and questions of diversity and multiculturalism.
CAST 602H - Environment and heritage
The focus of this course will be on locality, landscape, environment and region in Canada. Areas of investigation include the social and historical construction of physical environments and cultural landscapes; sense of place and geographic identity; preservation of the natural environment; parks and wilderness conservation; preservation of the built environment; cultural and natural resource management; traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and bioregionalism; and environmental policy and planning.
CAST 603H - Policy, economy and society
This course will look at the complex web of relationships linking economy, civil society and public policy in Canada and their interaction within social, political and cultural life. Themes to be examined include political economy, government, moral regulation, community economic development, the historical and spatial processes which locate social change through business, government, and labour and the social movements, ideologies and interests which are embedded within political and regulatory structures and processes
CAST 604H - Identities
This course will examine the character and experience of individual, collective and communal identities in Canada. Areas for investigation include nations and nationalism; regions and regionalism; ethnicity and multiculturalism; race and racism; language, language communities and policies; faith and faith communities; identities based on personal status including disability and ablism, sexual orientation and homophobia; issues of inclusion and exclusion, including citizenship and other membership criteria. Issues raised by gender and post-colonialism will be integrated into the subfields.
CAST 605H - Women's studies
This course will explore women's experiences of the major dynamics of social, political, economic and cultural development at all levels of Canadian life. Emphasis will be placed on the diversity and differences as much as on the commonalties of women's experiences. Theme areas will include feminist theory, women's movements, women's productive and reproductive work, patterns of women's autonomy and dependence, women's culture, cultural practices and identity.
CAST 606H - Ph.D. tutorial
Reading and research tutorials. A program of research and written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
CAST 607 - Ph.D. comprehensive examination
Available only to Ph.D. students. Students will receive a grade of Satisfactory , Unsatisfactory or Pass with Distinction .
CAST 608 - Ph.D. comprehensive examination
Available only to Ph.D. Students. Students will receive a grade of Satisfactory , Unsatisfactory or Pass with Distinction
CAST 609 - Ph.D. thesis
To meet program requirements Trent students must take at least one of the half-credit courses from the Canadian Studies courses listed above. Students can also choose from approved graduate courses at the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University. Students should consult with the Graduate Studies Administrator for the complete listing of acceptable graduate courses available at Carleton University in any given year.
All graduate courses must be approved by the Director of the Frost Centre at Trent University.
Academic Standing
All Ph.D. candidates must obtain at least B+ standing or better (GPA 9.0) in each credit counted towards the degree.
Comprehensive examinations (which will be graded on a Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory or Pass with Distinction basis) are exempted from this required standing.
Comprehensive Examinations
All Ph.D. candidates must successfully complete a written and oral comprehensive examination in each of their two major fields. The fields of study for the Ph.D. comprehensive examinations are to be chosen from the following list:
- Culture, Literature and the Arts
A general knowledge of theories of culture in general, Canadian theoretical discourses on cultural practices, and on the interplay among theory, art, and literature, and their social contexts.
- Environment and Heritage
A general knowledge of locality, landscape, environment and region in Canada.
- Policy, Economy and Society
A general knowledge of the complex web of relationships linking economy, civil society and public policy in Canada and their interaction within social, political and cultural life.
- Identities
A general knowledge of the character and experience of individual, collective and communal identities in Canada.
- Women's Studies
A general knowledge of women's experiences of the major dynamics of social, political, economic and cultural development at all levels of Canadian life.
Thesis Proposal
All students must publicly defend a thesis proposal after completing their comprehensive examinations. Full-time students must complete this requirement within the first two years of registration in the program.
Financial Support
- The majority of students accepted into the Ph.D. program will be offered teaching or research assistantships, normally for a maximum of eight terms spanning four consecutive undergraduate academic years. In return for the stipend involved, the students are required to work for up to 10 hours per week, generally assisting with some aspects of the undergraduate teaching program. The stipend is fully taxable and deductions are made through the Human Resources department.
- Successful applicants to the Canadian Studies Ph.D. program will automatically be considered for a number of Ph.D. scholarships and bursaries. Scholarships will be awarded to students with high academic standing.
- Students are encouraged to apply for scholarships, particularly the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS): Student Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, P.O. Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 6G9, and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowships (SSHRC).
M.A. Program in Methodologies for the Study of Western History & Culture
See M.A. Program in Theory, Culture & Politics
Ph.D. Program in Native Studies
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1443
E-mail: nativestudies@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1416
Web: www.trentu.ca/nativestudies/phd
The Ph.D program in Native Studies is the first program of its kind in Canada and only the second in North America. It is interdisciplinary in nature and based on the integration of Indigenous and Western academic knowledge.
The program seeks to ensure that physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of Aboriginal knowledge, as reflected in traditional and contemporary world views and expressed in practice, are articulated, discussed, documented, recognized and experienced.
In order to achieve this vision, the Native Studies Ph.D. program offers an educational opportunity at an advanced level of study within a respectful environment. Students will be engaged in learning experiences that are centred in Aboriginal cultures in content and process and reflect the interaction between traditional and contemporary Aboriginal knowledge within the academic context. It is an interdisciplinary program developed and sustained in partnership with the Aboriginal community which seeks to advance learning through creative interaction of teaching, research and experience of the highest quality.
The program is a culturally based interdisciplinary program which assumes an emic, or insider's, viewpoint rooted in Aboriginal spirituality, principles and cultural values. It recognizes that Indigenous knowledge is as valid as the academic knowledge of Western-trained academics. It seeks to blend this knowledge as expressed by Aboriginal Elders and Traditional People, with Western academic perspectives. To this end the program brings together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students to study at an advanced level the historical, cultural and contemporary situation of the Aboriginal/Indigenous People. Aboriginal Elders and traditionally knowledged people are central to the program.
The program aims:
- to advance Native Studies as an interdisciplinary field of study through the rebuilding and recognition of Indigenous knowledge and the creation of knowledge which reflects Aboriginal/Indigenous experience.
- to make available to students, at an advanced level, education in Native Studies that will enable graduates to employ a range of skills in the context of Aboriginal communities, as well as in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizations.
- to explore research methodologies appropriate to the creation of knowledge reflective of Aboriginal/Indigenous experiences.
- to prepare students for careers in teaching, research, administration, business and government.
Graduate Program Director
To be announced
Director of Studies
D. Williams, (Anishnaabe), B.A. (Trent)
Native Studies Ph.D. Program Graduate Council
The Ph.D. program is overseen by the Native Studies Ph.D. program Graduate Council which is composed of members of the Aboriginal community, faculty, students and staff from Trent, and faculty from other universities.
Faculty and Research Areas
Native Studies
M. Brant-Castellano (Mohawk, Wolf Clan), B.A. (Queen's), M.S.W. (Toronto), Aboriginal organizations, RCAP, Aboriginal traditions of knowledge, Aboriginal education, research ethics.
L. Davis , B.A. (Queens), M.A. (Sussex), M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D (Toronto); Aboriginal community development, alliance-building globalization, Aboriginal education. M. S. Dockstator (Oneida), B.Sc. (Waterloo), L.L.B., D. Jur (York), Aboriginal self-government, Traditional Knowledge, law, constitutional development. E. Manitowabi (Anishnaabe Kwe) Mide.III, Nishnaabemowin (Ojibway) language and culture, Aboriginal women's studies, film and theatre, Traditional Knowledge. D. N. McCaskill , B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York), Aboriginal education, urbanization, justice and corrections, community development, self-government, international development. J. S. Milloy , B.A. (St Patrick's), M.A. (Carleton), D. Phil. (Oxford), Aboriginal policy, Aboriginal education and health issues, Plains Indian history. D. Newhouse (Onondaga), B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western Ontario), development of modern Aboriginal societies, governance, economies. L. Simpson , B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc. (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Manitoba), Indigenous environmental studies, Indigenous governance, environmental resource science. S. I. Williams (Anishnaabe Kwe), B.A. (Trent), NLIP Dip (Lakehead), M.A. (York), Nishnaabemowin (Ojibway) language and culture, Aboriginal residential schools, Aboriginal women's studies, Traditional Knowledge, Aboriginal identity development.
Anthropology
J. Harrison , B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A. (Calgary), D.Phil. (Oxford), public policy about Native people of Canada, museums as agents of postcolonialism, museums and tourist expectations .
S. M. Jamieson , B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Washington State), Ontario Iroquois evolution, ethnohistoric approaches, Western sub-arctic prehistory, method and theory in archaeology, Plains prehistory, Northeastern middle woodland, problems in historic archaeology, Canadian archaeology . J. M. Vastokas , M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Columbia), Native art as performance, landscape, experience and symbol, political resistance through tradition and non-conformity, Native art of North America, artifacts as text, the visionary experience, ancient Australia and symbiotic interaction, totem poles, folklore and folk art.
Canadian Studies
S. D. Grant , M.A. (Trent), Northern identity, Inuit resettlement, the Northwest passage .
J. E. Struthers , M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto), social welfare, freedom of information, unemployment, long-term care, pension and old age security in Ontario . J. H. Wadland , M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (York), Place/ space/ landscape, Aboriginal rights and treaties, environmental and social justice, social ecology, social constructions of nature, visual culture
Cultural Studies
J. Bordo , B.A. (McGill, Alberta), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale), landscape, contemporary art, picturing, modern technology, and Aboriginal land claims.
Economics
S. Choudhry , M.A.(Chittagong, Bangladesh), M.A.(McGill), Ph.D. (Manitoba), RCAP, DIAND, First Nations Consultants, economics and economic development.
Environmental & Resource Studies
R. C. Paehlke , B.A. (Lehigh), M.A. (New School for Social Research), Ph.D. (British Columbia), conservation, environmentalism and politics, and economics, and urbanization, and labour, and policy, global environmental problems and sustainable development.
History
B. W. Hodgins (Emeritus) , B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Duke), Northern studies, Temagami land claims, environmental issues, transportation, natural resources .
S. D. Standen , B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Oregon), Ph.D. (Toronto), Aboriginal history in Ontario, socio-economic impact of colonialization in French colonies, consequences of conquest.
Political Studies
D. R. Morrison , M.A. (Saskatchewan), D.Phil. (Sussex), bilateral aid, evaluating development assistance, CIDA and Canadian development assistance.
Adjunct Faculty
K. M. Abel , History, Pre-confederation colonies, Dene history, oral traditions in the north;
F. D. Abele , Public Administration, public policy, the political economy of Indigenous Peoples and peace issues ; S. Brascoupe (Algonkian/Mohawk), M.A. (New York State), History, Native economic development, education, business . H. Feit , Anthropology, renewable resources, land claims, environment and hunter-gatherer issues . P. Kulchyski , B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A., Ph.D. (York), Aboriginal self government, land claims, politics in the North, contemporary political thought. D. Longboat (Roronhioke:wen), Native Studies, (Trent), environmental issues, Haudenosaunee traditional teachings . B. Loucks (Anishnaabe), Public Administration, cultural research, curriculum development, language policy. D. McNab , B.A. (Waterloo), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D (Lancaster). K. Richard , inter-cultural practices, child and family services . F. Wein , social work, Mikmaq cultural, educational and social issues . P. Williams (Haudenosaunee) Legal advisor, repatriation of cultural materials and ancestral remains, research, negotiation.
Honorary External Associates
E. Benedict (Mohawk, Akwesasne), politics, education, socio-cultural development .
V. Douglas (Anishnaabe), education . S. Maracle (Mohawk, Tyendinaga), Aboriginal women, urban Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal families . M. Thrasher (Cree), Anishnaabe philosophy, tradition and culture.
Regulations
The general regulations and requirements of Trent University for graduate degrees apply to the Ph.D. program in Native Studies. Students are admitted to the program once a year in September. To be eligible for admission, the applicant must possess a Master's degree or equivalent, with at least an upper second-class standing (B+, 77%). In their application, students will be invited to indicate their area(s) of research interest. Ideally, applicants will possess a Master's degree in the field of Native Studies. However, given the limited number of Master's programs available in Native Studies, highly-qualified students from other disciplinary-based graduate programs will be considered for admission. In some cases, students without a background in Native Studies will be required to enroll in a qualifying year program in Native Studies to ensure an adequate academic background in Native Studies.
The Ph.D. program is a full-time program and does not currently have a part-time option. Students will be invited to indicate their area(s) of research interest in their application. The Ph.D program has a two-year residency requirement during which students will enroll in 3.5 courses in the first year and three courses in the second year. All students will take NAST 600, 601, 603H, 620H, 700, 701 and 720H . In second term of the first year, students will take NAST 605H or NAST 610H . In second year, students will take either NAST 705H, 710H or 715H . Upon successful completion of the courses, students will write two comprehensive examinations: a Core Native Studies Examination and an examination in their field of specialization, History and Politics or Social and Cultural Issues or, in lieu of the specialized comprehensive exam, carry out a Pimadiziwin/Atonhetseri:io option, (see NAST 715H ). This will be followed by the research, writing and defence of their Ph.D. dissertation. (see NAST 800 ). The maximum time for completion of the Ph.D. degree is five years. Dissertations will be supervised by a Dissertation Supervisor selected from the Core Faculty and a Supervisory Committee. Students must maintain a B+ average in all courses. Students will be required to demonstrate proficiency in a language other than English, preferably an Aboriginal language. Proficiency in an Aboriginal language may be demonstrated by either: passing an examination in an Aboriginal language administered by the Native Studies department, or by presenting a transcript with a grade of B or better in an Aboriginal language course taken at an accredited university. Proficiency in a foreign language may be demonstrated by means of presenting a transcript showing a grade of B or better in a course in a foreign or an Aboriginal language taken at an accredited university.
Financial Support
Successful applicants to the Native Studies Ph.D. program will automatically be considered for a limited number of Native Studies Ph.D. scholarships when available and the Quaker Oats Native Studies Ph.D. Graduate Scholarship. Scholarships will be awarded to students with high academic standing. The majority of students accepted will be offered teaching or research assistantships, normally for a maximum of six terms spanning three consecutive undergraduate academic years. In return for the stipend involved, the students are required to work for up to 10 hours per week, generally assisting with some aspect of the undergraduate teaching program. The stipend is fully taxable and deductions are made through the Human Resources department. Students are encouraged to apply for scholarships, particularly the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS): Student Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, P. O. Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B6G9 and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowships (SSHRC).
Further Information
For more information please check our website at www.trentu.ca/nativestudies/phd or telephone the Native Studies Ph.D. program at (705) 748-1011 ext. 1443.
First Year Courses
Not all courses are offered every year.
NAST 600 - Indigenous knowledge
The course will examine theories of Native Studies from interdisciplinary and experiential perspectives focussing on the nature of Aboriginal thought as expressed through oral tradition, written texts and other sources. Aboriginal Elders and Traditional people will participate extensively in the course. Topics include traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal history, theoretical perspectives pertaining to Aboriginal peoples, the nature of Aboriginal communities, and contemporary social, political and economic issues. Required of all students.
NAST 601 - Native Studies theory and methods
The course will present students with a range of theoretical and methodological issues related to conducting research in Aboriginal communities. A number of Indigenous and Western approaches to the construction of knowledge will be examined, with a view to developing a distinctive Indigenous theories, approaches and methods. It will focus on community-based research methods and particularly decolonizing approaches. Topics include research design, ethics, community-based data collection and analysis. Required of all students.
NAST 603H - Governance
This course examines Aboriginal governance in a broad context and explores issues central to emerging Aboriginal governments. It also examines emerging Aboriginal political theory and practice. This course is required of all students.
NAST 605H - Native Studies history and politics
This second term course will examine the history of inter-cultural relations between Aboriginal Peoples and the larger society. It will focus on topics such as early contact, the fur trade, the development of colonial policy, treaties, the reserve system, Aboriginal de-colonialization movements, modern political dialogue for constitutional renewal and issues of land claims and self-government. Required of students in the history and politics specialization
NAST 610 - Social and cultural issues in Native Studies
This second term course will examine a wide range of social and contemporary issues as they affect Aboriginal Peoples in Canada including: contemporary revitalization of traditional Aboriginal culture, models of Aboriginal community development, development of Aboriginal institutions in the areas of education, health and social services, economic development, law, urbanization and cross-cultural relations. Required of students in the social and cultural specialization.
NAST 620H - Independent study and research
Options for independent study include: developing an annotated bibliography in a particular area of study; carrying out an extensive review of the literature in particular topics; conducting a research project in an Aboriginal community or organization; or conducting an independent study. Students will work under the supervision of a faculty member and/or designated members of the Aboriginal community. The course is a self-developed, broad-based review of issues from fields which may be collateral to the student's dissertation, and may not necessarily be covered by existing courses. The student will work with their supervisor(s) to develop a detailed course syllabus or research proposal. This experience, in a practical structuring of curriculum or research proposal, aids in developing skills for future use. Required of all students.
Second Year Courses
NAST 700 - Practicum field placement
Students are required to work full-time or carry out research with a First Nation community or Aboriginal organization, with a focus on community or organizational needs. The community-based project will be approximately three months in duration and will normally be carried out in the Summer following the first year or in the first term of the second year of study. A key objective is to immerse the student in the culture and the community. Students will be supervised by a faculty member and a designated member of an Aboriginal community or organization.
NAST 701 - Dissertation research course
This course is designed to allow students to work with an instructor and their dissertation supervisor and committee through fortnightly classes and consultations to develop an appropriate plan to carry out research for their dissertation. Students will be required to write a dissertation proposal and have it examined and approved by the Dissertation Proposal Examination Committee.
Dissertation Proposal Examination
A Dissertation Proposal Defence Examining Committee includes three members, at least two of which are not members of the student's supervisory committee and one member of the committee will be external to the Native Studies program. The student and the dissertation supervisor will present the proposal to the Dissertation Proposal Examining Committee. The Committee will determine whether the student has an effective grasp of her/his area of study, a viable research proposal and potential for completion of the degree.
NAST 705H - Reading course in Native Studies: History and politics for comprehensive examination
NAST 710H - Reading course in social and cultural issues for comprehensive examination
NAST 715H - Pimadiziwin/Atonhetseri:io
This experiential option requires students to participate in a significant Aboriginal cultural experience such as apprenticing with an Elder for a substantial period of time. The course will entail students being supervised and examined by a Council of Elders. Students will be required to audit an undergraduate course in the Native Studies department concurrently with the Pimadiziwin/Atohetseri:io Option (i.e. NAST 211 - Aboriginal identity development; NAST 220 - Iroquois culture; or NAST 310 - Culture and community).
NAST 720H - Reading course
This course is intended to assist students in preparing for the Core Comprehensive Examination. The Core Comprehensive Examination is designed to test students' understanding of central themes and issues in Native Studies at an advanced level, particularly as they relate to Indigenous knowledge and Western theoretical perspectives. Students will refer to the Native Studies Ph.D Bibliography for selected readings pertaining to the Core Comprehensive Examination. Students will work independently to prepare for the examination. In addition, monthly sessions will be held with faculty, Elders and Aboriginal community people on topics pertaining to the subject matter of the examination. Students will have the option of writing the Core Comprehensive Examination twice a year: March and September.
Third Year Course
NAST 800 - Dissertation
Students are required to conduct original research and complete a Ph.D. dissertation; a research project judged to be a mature and original contribution to knowledge. A Ph.D. student must successfully defend her/his dissertation in an oral examination before a Dissertation Examining committee consisting of five persons: a chairperson, either a co-director or their designate, a recognized expert in the field external to Trent, an internal examiner not associated with the supervision of the dissertation, at least one member of the supervisory committee and the principal supervisor. The maximum time for completion of the Ph.D. degree is five years.
Thesis Supervision
Theses will be supervised by a Dissertation Supervisor selected from the Core Faculty and a Supervisory Committee.
M.A. Program in Theory, Culture & Politics
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1809
E-mail: theory@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1829
Web: www.trentu.ca/theorycentre
Interdisciplinary in spirit and theoretical in emphasis, this M.A. program focuses on contemporary issues in the humanities and social sciences concerning the interpretation of culture and politics. The program responds to a situation in which the human sciences, without having resolved traditional problems concerning strategies for, and the status of, their various kinds of inquiry, have been overtaken by new problems in which once founding categories and assumptions have been radically challenged from a variety of philosophical and political directions so that a new intellectual agenda is beginning to emerge.
The aim of the program is to enable students to engage these issues in the context of intensive collegial discussion and substantive projects of research. In addition to background courses, student work centres on a core seminar (T500) which involves all students and faculty in the program, and on a Master's thesis. The degree program is intended both as a preparation for doctoral studies, and as a qualification in itself for those pursuing a non-academic career (e.g.) in teaching, media, law and government service.
Areas of emphasis within the program are: textuality, semiotics and discourse; nature, culture and technology; gender, body and psyche; science as knowledge and discourse; social and political theory.
The program is connected to the Centre for the Study of Theory, Culture & Politics, which encourages faculty and student research, publications, visiting speakers and conferences. Each year the Centre and the program adopt a loosely overarching theme for the main speakers series and seminar. Past themes have included the practice of theory, media and discourse, time and history, science and culture, and rethinking the political. The current theme is "Culture and the Political." For further information about the Centre, the program and current activities, please visit our website at www.trentu.ca.theorycentre.
Graduate Program Director
D. Torgerson, B.A. (California-Berkeley), M.E.S. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Canada Research Chair
D. Panagia, B.A. (Winnipeg), M.Litt. (Oxford), M.A , Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
Faculty and Research Areas
Computer Science/Studies
S. Regoczei , M.Sc,. Ph.D (Toronto), textual analysis, conceptual modelling, Foucault and discourse theory, methodologies for the development of knowledge-based software
Cultural Studies
Z. Baross , B.A. (U.B.C.), M.A. (London), Ph.D. (Amsterdam), ethics of testimony and witnessing, question of community/hostility/hospitality, relation between political and the philosophical, lure of the Image. J. Bordo M.A., M.Phil. Ph.D. (Yale), condition of modernity, with reference to visual art, architecture, landscape and monumental sites, cultural transmission, the (post)modern sublime.
R. Dellamora , M.A. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Yale), Victorian studies, aestheticism and the decadence, literature/visual arts/opera in relation to gender and sexuality, cultural construction of masculinities, critical theory (Foucault, Barthes and Derrida). J. Fekete , M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Cambridge), literary and cultural theory, Anglo-American and European, esp modern and post-modern, science fiction, the technological imaginary, moral panic, biopolitics. V. Hollinger , M.A., Ph.D. (Concordia), queer and feminist fantastic fiction, feminist theory, post-modern theatre. S. H. W. Kane , B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), oral literature and poetics, mythology and modernity, medieval and Renaissance thought . A. O'Connor , B.A. (Trinity College, Dublin), M.A, PhD. (York), media and communication. D. Panagia , B.A. (Winnipeg), M.Litt. (Oxford), M.A , Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), post-structualism, liberalism, history of political thought, aesthetics, literary theory and rhetoric. D. F. Theall ( Emeritus ), B.A. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), cultural/communication/literary theory, technology and culture, media studies, James Joyce, Marshall McLuhan. Y. Thomas , M.A., Ph.D. (Montréal), avant-garde, dada, surrealism, situationism, critical urbanism, Avant-garde movements of the 1920s, COBRA, the Situationist International and avant-garde journals. D. Torgerson , B.A. (California-Berkeley), M.E.S. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), critical theory, political action, public spheres, policy discourse, green political thought, cultural politics. A. L. Wernick , M.A. (Cambridge), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), modern and post-modern social and cultural theory, religion, and post-commodification and culture.
English Literature
R. Dellamora (see Cultural Studies). C. Eddy , M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto), feminist cultural theory, performance theory, contemporary science fiction, popular culture. J. Fekete (see Cultural Studies). S. H. W. Kane (see Cultural Studies). D. F. Theall ( Emeritus ) (see Cultural Studies).
Environmental & Resource Science/Studies
D. Holdsworth , M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), environmental thought/ environmental ethics, science and energy policy, risk assessment/analysis, scientific practice and political culture, algebraic logic and the foundations of quantum theory, non-standard logic and category theory. D. Torgerson (see Cultural Studies).
Modern Languages & Literatures - French Studies
Y. Thomas (see Cultural Studies).
Philosophy
C. V. Boundas , ( Emeritus ) M.A., Ph.D. (Purdue), Deleuze's philosophy, theory of difference, postmodernism, post-structuralism, Desire, Minoritarian literature, Nomadism, Schizoanalysis.
R. Carter ( Emeritus) M.Div. (Harvard), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), comparative philosophy, comparative ethics, Japanese philosophy, Chinese philosophy, the Kyoto School, science and religion.
B. Hodgson , M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), philosophical foundations of the natural and human sciences, contemporary epistemology/metaphysics. D. Morris , M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), the body, movement, perception, thinking, the unconscious. E. Stavro , M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), feminist theory, contemporary French philosophy, reproductive technology.
Political Studies
D. Torgerson (see Cultural Studies).
Sociology
P. Bandyopadhyay , M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Manchester), inter-religious and inter-cultural studies, liberalism and contractarian social philosophy, comparative jurisprudence. S. Katz , M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (York), sociology of the body, knowledge, Foucault, aging and the lifecourse. B. Marshall , M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta), critical and feminist theories, social movements (esp. feminism) .
Women's Studies
C. Eddy , (see English Literature). B. Marshall, (see Sociology). E. Stavro , (see Philosophy).
Regulations
The general regulations and requirements of Trent University for the M.A. degree apply to the Theory, Culture and Politics program.
The admission deadline is February 1 for Fall admission into the program. Admission is competitive for a limited number of places. To be considered, applicants should have an Honours degree with a minimum B+ (77%) in the last two years of full-time study, demonstrated aptitude for interdisciplinary study, and an appropriate area of intellectual and research interest. Course work, amounting to 2.5 full course equivalent, is required as follows:
a) The Theory, Culture and Politics Seminar ( T500 )
b) Two core half-courses, to be selected from a list of available special topic courses within the program's areas of emphasis
c) One other half course, an elective (which may be a regular course offering or a reading course), specifically related to the student's area of thesis interest.
Students are also required to write a Master's thesis of 25,000 to 30,000 words. The thesis will be supervised by a committee consisting of at least two faculty associated with the program, one of whom will serve as overall thesis supervisor. The Supervisory Committee is selected in consultation with the Program Director. A provisional committee will be selected during the first term and finalized by the end of the second term. Students are required to write and present a thesis proposal as part of the second term requirements for T500 .
Students must attain at least a B- (70%) standing in the course work and, after approval by the supervisory committee, pass an oral examination in defence of the thesis.
There is no special language requirement, though additional requirements appropriate to the candidate's field, including with regard to language, may be specified by the supervisory committee.
The expected time of completion of the degree is two years.
Financial Support
A limited number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Research Fellowships are available for full-time students admitted to the program. These awards are made at the point of admission , normally for two years,. The availability of these awards is kept under continual review and they may be allocated at any time throughout the admissions process, and even after. In addition to bursaries and scholarships available from Trent (information from the Student Aid Office), students in, or applying to, the program are strongly encouraged to seek external forms of support.
Courses Available
TCPS 500 - Seminar on theory, culture and politics
The seminar brings together all first year students enrolled in the program for an intensive exploration of different contemporary theoretical perspectives bearing on culture and politics. The focus will be on problems of interpretation, language, cultural forms and political action in the context of a broadly defined theme which will vary from year to year.
Topics in Theory, Culture and Politics (5500 series)
These half-year courses focus on particular topics and approaches within the program's areas of emphasis. Students must take two from among those offered in a given year. The options available for 2004-2005 will include at least three of the following:
TCPS 5501H - Hermeneutics and deconstruction
TCPS 5502H - Science theory
TCPS 5503H - Aesthetic theory
TCPS 5504H - Subjects of desire
TCPS 5505H - Political theory
TCPS 5506H - Cultural theory
TCPS 5507H - Performance theory
TCPS 5508H - Media theory
TCPS 5509H - Feminist theory
TCPS 560H - Theory, culture and politics: Selected issues
TCPS 570 and 570H - Special courses
TCPS 590 - Reading course
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programs in Watershed Ecosystems
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1360
E-mail: wegp@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1026
Web: www.trentu.ca/wegp
The Watershed Ecosystems Graduate Program is an interdisciplinary program leading to either a M.Sc. or a Ph.D. degree in the natural sciences. It encompasses the following disciplines: Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and Geography. The program serves as a broad umbrella for these disciplines, and aims to assist students in exploring aspects of ecosystem science in an integrated way. The program draws from a diverse faculty from universities, non-government organizations, and government scientists. Two Canada Research Chairs and three NSERC Industrial Chairs are associated with the program. Students do research primarily in an empirical tradition, both applied and basic. They are encouraged to concentrate on interdisciplinary topics and to utilize the range of expertise and resources of the faculty members involved in the program. Trent University has an international reputation as a research university with particular emphasis in the environmental sciences. Graduate students in the Watershed Ecosystems program are an essential component of Trent's research tradition. The program also relies heavily on interaction with other institutions, for seminar speakers, external examiners, and collaborative research opportunities.
The program offers instruction in four main areas of emphasis:
1. Animal and Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Function
2. Physical and Chemical Environmental Processes
3. Toxicology and Fate of Contaminants
4. Conservation Biology The aim of the program is to provide students with a background in the theory and practice of ecosystem science that will enable them to function at a high level in a variety of work environments.
Graduate Program Director
R. D. Evans
Faculty and Research Areas
Biology
M. Berrill , B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Hawaii), Ph.D. (Princeton), ecology and toxicology of amphibians . N. Emery , B.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Calgary), physiological ecology of plants . R. Jones , B.Sc. (Wales), M.Sc. (Kansas), Ph.D. (Wales), (Emeritus). C. Kapron-Bras , B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill), cellular and molecular mechanisms of embryonic toxicity and teratogenicity . D. C. Lasenby , B.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Toronto), limnology, biological, physical and chemical aspects of lakes. D. Murray , B.Sc. (McGill) M.Sc. (Alberta) Ph.D. (Wisconsin), mammal and amphibian ecology, population dynamics, behavioural ecology, predation, parasitism (Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Ecosystem Science ). E. Nol , B.Sc. (Michigan), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto), c onservation ecology of birds. P. M. Powles , B.A., (McGill), M.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (McGill), (Emeritus). J. A. Schaefer , B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan), behaviour and population dynamics of terrestrial mammals. J. Sutcliffe , B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), ecology and sensory physiology of biting flies. B. N. White , B.Sc. (Nottingham), Ph.D. (McMaster), genetics, molecular biology, population genetics of small populations and endangered species, DNA forensic science (Canada Research Chair in conservation genetics). P. Wilson , B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.(McMaster), evolutionary genetics, DNA profiling.
Environmental & Resource Science
P. J. Dillon , B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), nutrient cycling, trace metals, acid precipitation studies (NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Biogeochemistry). R. D. Evans , B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill), environmental biogeochemistry, trace metal cycling. W. F. J. Evans , B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Saskatchewan), F.R.S.C, ozone depletion, global warming. M. Fox , B.A. (Pennsylvania), M.E.DES. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Queen's), fish ecology, pond culture. M. Havas B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), acid precipitation, toxicity of metals and acidification. B. E. Hickie , B.Sc.AGR. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), environmental toxicology, pharmacokinetic modelling (Trent). H. Hintelmann , B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Hamburg), fate of metals in environment, bioavailability/speciation of metals and organometals, stable isotope methods and hyphenated ICP-MS techniques (NSERC Industrial Research Jr. Chair in Environmental Modelling). T. Hutchinson , B.Sc. (Manchester), Ph.D. (Sheffield), F.R.S.C., forest decline, terrestrial impacts. D. Mackay , B.Sc. (Glasgow), Ph.D. (Glasgow), (Emeritus NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Environmental Modelling). C. D. Metcalfe , B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (McMaster), aquatic organic contaminants. R. Ponce-Hernandez , B.ENG. (Universidad, Chapingo), M.Sc. (Colegio de Postgraduados), D.Phil. (Oxford), geographical information systems applied to suitability and impact assessments in agricultural and forest ecosystems. D. Wallschläger , M.Sc. (Bochum), Ph.D. (Bremen), speciation of anion-forming trace meta(loid)s, particularly arsenic, selenium and chromium, in natural and industrial environments . T. H. Whillans , B.A. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), fisheries, wetland ecology, renewable resource management.
Geography
J. M. Buttle , B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Southampton), hydrology, fluvial geomorphology.
J. G. Cogley , M.A. (Oxford), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster), hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, Arctic. P. M. Lafleur , B.Sc. (Brandon), M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (McMaster), forest-atmosphere energy interactions, impacts of climatic change. J. Marsh , B.A. (Reading), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Calgary), (Emeritus). C. L. McKenna Neuman , B.Sc. (Queen's), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen's), process geomorphology, mechanics of sediment transport, periglacial/ coastal aeolian geomorphology. C. H. Taylor , M.A. (Canterbury), Ph.D. (McGill), hydrology, fluvial geomorphology.
Adjunct Professors
K. F. Abraham , B.A. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Queen's), wetlands, waterfowl and wetland bird species (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). N. Belzile , B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., (Quebec), speciation and behaviour of toxic trace elements in aquatic systems. E. Bentzen , B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), nutrient cycling and contaminant bioaccumulation in lakes, aquatic food web dynamics, (Trent). J. Bowman , B.Sc. (Queen's), M.Sc. (Laurentian), Ph.D. (New Brunswick), spatial population ecology, landscape ecology, ecology of mammal and bird populations (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). L. M. Carl , B.Sc (Michigan), M.Sc. (Michigan), Ph.D. (Michigan), impacts of development on aquatic communities, (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). J. Casselman , B.SA (Toronto), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto), physiology and ecology of coolwater fish (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). R. J. Cornett , B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill), interactions of radioisotopes with ground water and lakes (Atomic Energy of Canada). J. C. Davies , B.Sc. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Queen's), caribou, moose habitat, wetland creation (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). D. O. Evans , B.Sc. (Victoria), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), ecosystem health and productivity, fisheries management (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). D. A. Galbraith , B.Sc., M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen's), population and conservation genetics, environmental sex determination (Royal Botanical Gardens). J. Hamr , B.Sc. (Beloit), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Innsbruck), elk restoration in Ontario, population dynamics (Laurentian). T. Harner , B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., (Toronto), environmental partitioning and fate of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (Environment Canada). D. R. S. Lean , B.A.Sc (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto), phosphorus cycling, nutrient dynamics (NSERC Industrial Chair, Carleton). N. Mandrak , B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), biogeography, biodiversity and conservation biology of freshwater fishes (Department of Fisheries & Oceans). L. A. Molot , B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Alaska), photochemical control of carbon dynamics in lakes, modelling nutrient and carbon movement through the boreal landscape (York). M. E. Obbard , B.A. (Western), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Guelph), black bear populations (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). B. Patterson , B.Sc. (New Brunswick), M.Sc. (Acadia), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan), dynamics of vertebrate predator-prey systems (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). B. Pond , B.A. (York), M.A., Ph.D., (Queen's), response of wildlife populations and ecosystems to anthropogenic disturbance, particularly private land development (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). T. D. Prowse , M.Sc (Trent), Ph.D. (Canterbury), hydrology of northern rivers, particularly ice jams (Environment Canada). M. D. Ridgway , B.Sc. (Miami), M.Sc. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), aquatic ecosystem science (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). R. C. Rosatte , B.Sc. (Guelph), M.A. (Norwich), Ph.D. (Walden), rabies and rabies vectors in Ontario (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). K. Somers , B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Western Ontario), aquatic science, zoology, environmental monitoring and assessment (Ontario Ministry of the Environment). C. C. Wilson , B.Sc. (Queen's), M.Sc. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Guelph), evolutionary ecology and biogeography of freshwater organisms, (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). Q. Xie , B.Sc. (Wuhan, China), M.Sc. (Beijing), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan) , trace elements and isotopes as environmental tracers (Trent Water Quality Centre).
Research Associates
D. Burke , B.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Trent), forest and avian conservation and ecology (Ministry of Natural Resources). W. Crins , B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), ecological gap analysis, protected area system design (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources). M. Ferguson , B.Sc. (Carleton), M.Sc. (Wisconsin), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan), population dynamics of arctic ungulates, (Gov't of Nunavut) . C. Kyle, B.Sc. (Bishop's), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta) , c onservation and population genetics, molecular ecology. R. Metcalfe, B.A., M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), Ph.D. (Queen's) (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources), basin-scale runoff processes in cold regions, GIS and remote sensing applications in hydrology . W. J. Mills , B.Sc. (Trent), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Illinois), environmental fate and transport of chemicals, source identification and remediation technologies, hydrology (Mills Consulting Inc.). S. Nadin-Davis, B.A. (Cambridge, UK), M.Sc. (Dalhousie) Ph.D. (Ottawa), molecular epidemiology (Canadian Food Inspection Agency ). D. Nsengiyumva , B.Sc. (Rwanda), M.Sc. (Laval), Ph.D. (McGill), application GIS to soil and water management, applied modelling of hydrological processes (Fleming College). T. Pratt , B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent), fish ecology, fish-habitat association, sea lamprey control (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). J. Winter, B.Sc. (Liverpool, U.K.), M.Sc. (Manchester, U.K.), Ph.D. (Waterloo), human/aquatic system interactions, nutrient modeling, landscape analysis (Ontario Ministry of Environment).
Note: Adjunct professors and research associates have full academic appointments in the Watershed Ecosystems Program and are able to act as principal and co-supervisors of graduate students, respectively.
Regulations
The general regulations and requirements for graduate degrees at Trent University apply to the Watershed Ecosystems program. Application for admission should be received by February 1 for consideration for scholarships, bursaries and teaching assistantships for Fall admission into the program. A small number of students are admitted in January. Applicants should hold an undergraduate Honours degree in Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Science or Geography. A qualifying year can be arranged for those who lack sufficient background to be admitted to the program, but no guarantee of subsequent admission to the program is implied. WEGP500H is compulsory for all first-year M.Sc. students. Students without training in advanced statistics are strongly recommended to take WEGP501H as well. Candidates for the M.Sc. degree will be required to complete the equivalent of two full courses and to submit a thesis on an approved topic that relates to the interests of a member of the faculty as outlined above. Prospective Ph.D students will normally have a M.Sc. degree. Applicants who have achieved excellent standing at the Honours baccalaureate level, and who wish to proceed directly to Doctoral study, will enrol, initially, in a Master's degree. If the student achieves a superior academic record and shows particular aptitude for research, the Graduate Studies Committee, on the recommendation of the Watershed Ecosystems program executive, may authorize transfer to the Ph.D. program without requiring completion of the M.Sc. degree. Candidates for the Ph.D. degree will be required to complete 1.5 credits, in addition to the thesis. For both degrees, the thesis is expected to include the results of an original investigation. Ph.D. candidates must undertake an oral comprehensive examination, normally within the first year of study. The examination will establish, to the satisfaction of the program, that the student has an effective grasp of her/his research area. Degree candidates (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) have the option of submitting their thesis either in the "traditional" or "manuscript" format. Candidates must pass an oral examination in defence of their thesis research. Students must have a supervisor before acceptance in the program. Candidates must attain at least a second class standing in all course work to remain registered in their program. The expected time for completion is two years for the M.Sc., four years for the Ph.D., and five years for those who transfer to the Ph.D. program before completion of the M.Sc.
Financial Support
Full financial support is provided (minimum of six terms for M.Sc. students and nine terms for Ph.D. students), in the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships and/or scholarships. Candidates are encouraged to apply for external scholarships on their own behalf. Information on scholarships is available from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
Further Information
More detailed information about the program is contained on-line at www.trentu.ca/wegp. Inquiries should be addressed to the director of the program (Phone (705) 748-1011 ext. 1360 or E-Mail: devans@trentu.ca)
COURSES
Not all courses are available every year.
WEGP 500H - Science and its methods
This course, which is mandatory for all first year M.Sc. students, will challenge participants to examine their philosophy of science with particular reference to their own research. Students also present and defend their research proposals. R.D.Evans and staff
WEGP 501H - Research design and data analysis
The course will emphasize advanced statistical techniques for use in field and laboratory studies, including applications of linear and non-linear models, analysis of variance and multivariate statistics. This course is highly recommended for students who have not taken an advanced statistics course (e.g. analysis of variance, multivariate statistics) as an undergraduate. An introductory statistics course is required as a prerequisite. Excludes Biology - Environmental & Resource Science 303H . E. Nol
WEGP 505H - Hydrochemical fluxes in the hydrosphere
This course will examine techniques for monitoring hydrochemical fluxes within the hydrological cycle. The curriculum will cover problems relating to the measurement of variables such as discharge, soil moisture, organic and inorganic constituents in the saturated and unsaturated zones, atmospheric vapour fluxes, precipitation and snowcover. The focus of the lectures and labs will be on measurement, sampling techniques, and instrumentation. Course material will complement statistical concepts covered in WE501H. Excludes Geography 404H . J. Buttle
WEGP 506H - The geochemistry of natural waters
This course will examine the chemistry of freshwater systems. Chemical and physical processes that lead to changes in water quality will be discussed. The emphasis will be on the concentrations and distributions of contaminants. Topics include watershed contributions of chemicals, acidification and the carbonate system, weathering, redox chemistry, trace metals and synthetic organic contaminants - Excludes Environmental & Resource Science 406H . R.D.Evans
WEGP 507H - The fate of contaminants in the aquatic environment
This course will emphasize the mathematical modelling of the fate and distribution of aquatic contaminants, including models for toxic metals, organic xenobiotics and groundwater contaminants. The course will examine the basic algorithms and assumptions of contaminants models, and will give the students hands-on experience in applying existing models (e.g. MINTEQ, QWASI). An emphasis will be placed on using models to determine the dominant pathways influencing the fate of inorganic and organic contaminants in the aquatic environment. Excludes Biology - Environmental & Resource Science - Geography 407H. D. Wallschläger
WEGP 509H - Trends in ecology and evolution
This course examines new developments in ecology, behaviour and evolution, based upon the current journal literature. Topics range from sexual selection, game theory, and optimality to assessing biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Students will take an active role in the presentation of course material. Specific choice of topics will be determined by course participants. Students should have taken one course in animal behaviour and ecology. A familiarity with population genetics, ecology and basic evolutionary theory will be assumed. M. Berrill, E. Nol and J. Schaefer
WEGP 511H - Spatial modelling with GIS
This advanced level course will focus on quantitative modelling techniques used in conjunction with and/or within Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to model natural and anthropogenic spatial phenomena. There will be instruction on a range of theoretical constructs and derived techniques (e.g. spatial, remote sensing, geostatistical, mathematical, cartographical, etc.) and their interface with GIS. This course is also open to graduates of the Trent-Fleming joint programs in GIS. Prerequisite: an introductory-level of GIS Applications Specialist Certificate (or equivalent) and basic knowledge of Statistics. Excludes Geography 445. Ponce-Hernandez
WEGP 513H - Topics in molecular ecology
This course will consist of three weeks of lectures by the instructors to introduce molecular tools and methods for studying individuals and populations, as well as some example applications. The balance of the course will entail discussion of seminal and current literature relating to issues in molecular ecology. Students will be expected to lead and participate in discussion of published papers, present seminars, and write a review paper on a selected topic. C. Wilson
WEGP 514H - Topics in fish ecology
The purpose of this course is to expose students to important literature and methods in the study of ecological processes in fish populations and communities as well as the current research interests and work of the participating faculty. Some topics which may be covered include processes shaping riverine fish communities, scale and sampling issues in study design, habitat, fish community dynamics and conservation biology issues in Ontario. D.O. Evans and C. Wilson
WEGP 515H - AMOD551H - Statistical aspects of modeling
This course is designed to be an intensive study of the application of statistical techniques to a variety of research questions and designs. Students will also be introduced to the use of computer software tools for data entry, data management, and statistical analysis. This course also provides coverage of the following: multiple regression, logistic regression, analysis of variance techniques (and analysis of covariance), factor analysis, discriminant function analysis, and structural equation modelling. J. Parker
WEGP 526H - Wetland restoration and creation
This is a seminar course that explores the global literature on wetland restoration and creation. The course will compare explicitly the technological and ecological experiences with different wetland types and situations, in order to determine opportunities and limitations. At least one field trip will be required. The course assumes a basic knowledge of wetland ecology and is designed for students who have taken a first course in wetland biology or who have equivalent experience. T. Whillans
WEGP 527H - Ecological applications of GIS and spatial analysis
This course focuses on the application of GIS and spatial analysis to research questions in the natural sciences, particularly in animal ecology. It addresses practical and theoretical issues that arise in using spatial data. Topics covered may include spatial experimental design, geo-referencing systems, data management, landscape ecology, derivation of surfaces and analysis of point patterns, spatial associations and animal habitat use patterns. Course content will be tailored to meet student requirements. Examples from recent literature will be used to demonstrate applications of spatial data to ecological questions. Knowledge of multivariate statistics is a pre-requisite for the course. Enrollment is limited. B. Pond, J. Bowman and D. Nsengiyumva
WEGP 528H - Technical scientific writing
Emphasis in this course is on technical science writing for peer-reviewed journals. In addition to writing strategies and writing styles, issues pertaining to authorship, journal selection, the review process, corresponding with editors are discussed. By the end of the year, students will submit a paper to a peer-reviewed journal. Recommended for graduate students in their final year of study. This is a half credit course that runs the entire academic year with fortnightly workshops. The course is offered alternate (odd-numbered) years. M. Havas
WEGP 530H - Advanced aquatic geochemistry
The course is intended to engage students in discussions of current topics in aquatic geochemistry. To as great an extent as possible, the course material will be chosen to reflect the research interests of the participants. It is assumed that participants have had an introductory course in geochemistry or aquatic chemistry. Course material will focus largely on geochemical factors that affect the fate and toxicity of inorganic contaminants. Topics to be covered will include: the sources of dissolved organic compounds and their role in mobilization and fate of metals and metalloids, trace metal speciation, thermodynamics vs kinetics as controlling factors, reactions on solid surfaces, equilibrium modelling of aquatic systems, critical load models, and whole ecosystem fate models. R.D. Evans
WEGP531H - Molecular genetic techniques and analyses
The advanced infrastructure of the Natural Resources DNA Profiling & Forensic Centre (NRDPFC) provides a unique opportunity to study molecular genetic techniques in the context of the most recent advances in high-throughput genotyping through automated and robotic technology. The objective of this course is to cover: 1) The key principles of molecular genetic techniques through manual protocols as they relate to recently developed automated processes; and 2) Analyses of the DNA profiles and sequences generated from an automated dataflow. B. White and C. Kyle
WEGP 537H - Microbial ecology
The field of microbial ecology is the study of a highly diverse and dynamic group of organisms at the low end of food webs. This course will cover several basic areas of microbial ecology: identification, enumeration & diversity, including consideration of the types of microbes with emphasis on the aquatic environment biomass activity, respiration, growth, nutrient regeneration, organic matter decomposition, food webs and trophic interactions. Staff
WEGP 538H - Water in the subsurface environment
This course will examine the nature, occurrence and movement of water in soil and groundwater systems. Physical and chemical aspects of groundwater will be addressed, and the use of field techniques and mathematical models in the study of groundwater movement and contamination will be emphasized. J. Buttle
WEGP 539H - Spatial and temporal statistics for natural resources
This course examines both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical application of spatial and temporal statistical analysis methods and their integration into an analytical framework applicable to various spatial and temporal data sources for natural resource assessment and management. Practical data analysis exercises are part of the course. R. Ponce
WEGP 542H - Forensic science
The objectives of this course are for students to learn: 1) fundamental forensic principles including evidence collection, continuity-of-evidence, quality assurance, reporting scientific evidence and court presentation: and 2) different applications within forensics, e.g. DNA profiling, toxicology, anthropology and ballistics. The first phase of the course on basic principles will be covered through lectures and practical exercises. The second phase of the course on specific applications will be covered by expert lecturers employed in actual forensic services.
P. Wilson and C. Kyle
WEGP 543H - Ecosystem acidification
This course will focus on the factors that cause ecosystem acidification,the chemical and biological effects, biogeochemical cycles that are altered by acid deposition, critical loads of sulphur and nitrogen, and recovery processes in lakes and catchments. Both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems will be included. The focus will be on modelling, including both steady-state and dynamic models. Prerequisite: 4th year geochemistry. P. Dillon and J.Cosby
WEGP 544H - Experimental and observational approaches to ecology
This course will look at how ecologists answer questions. The emphasis will be on aquatic ecology, but will be helpful to those in other areas of ecology. The course will cover both experimental and observational approaches as well as looking at a range of methods from beakers, limnocorals, to whole lake studies and modelling. Guest speakers will present different approaches that they use in their research. Students will be asked to consider and discuss their own research. D. Lasenby
WEGP 590 - Reading course
This course option is available for graduate students who wish to receive instruction in a more discipline-specific course. The exact format of the course is designed by the student in consultation with the supervisory committee. A written justification for the need for this course must be made to the program director and must be arranged before registration for the course. The reading course can be a literature review or a small research project. In the case of an undergraduate course taken for credit, a graduate student would normally have to complete an additional graduate-level assignment. Under exceptional circumstances, and subject to program approval, a student can also register under the WEGP590 course number to take a course from another academic institution for credit.
Trent/Queen's Program
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 1505
E-mail: graduate@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1625
Web: www.trentu.ca/tqgp
Under the terms of an agreement between Trent University and Queen's University at Kingston, faculty of Trent University may undertake the supervision and instruction, at Trent University, of graduate students enrolled for Master's or Ph.D. degrees at Queen's University. The Trent faculty members who participate in this arrangement will have been appointed as adjunct faculty to the graduate school at Queen's University
Students who wish to enrol in the Trent/Queen's program and pursue graduate study at Trent University must complete a Queen's University application form available from the Office of the Associate Director or from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at Trent University. The completed application and all supporting documentation must be initially forwarded to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at Trent University.
Associate Director
H. Hintelmann, B.Sc. Ph.D (Hamburg)
Trent Faculty Currently Holding Adjunct Appointments at Queen's
These are listed under the collaborating departments:
Ancient History & Classics
I. C. Storey , M.A. (Toronto), M.Phil. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto), Greek drama (especially Euripides and Aristophanes).
Chemistry
H. Hintelmann, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Hamburg), fate of metals in environment, bioavailability/speciation of metals and organometals, stable isotopes and hyphenated ICP-MS techniques. E. Lewars , B.Sc. (London), Ph.D. (Toronto) , computational chemistry studies of theoretical interest . K. B. Oldham , Emeritus) , D.Sc., Ph.D. (Manchester), F.R.I.C., F.C.I.C., electrochemistry . J. M. Parnis , B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), transition metal cluster reactivity with hydrocarbons and organic/inorganic molecules, matrix isolation spectroscopy of atom/molecule reactions and ion decomposition processes. S. P. Rafferty , B.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (British Columbia), protein chemistry, recombinant expression and characterization of metalloproteins. I. Svishchev , M.Sc. (Moscow State), Ph.D. (USSR Academy of Sciences), physical environmental chemistry and molecular dynamics simulations. A. Vreugdenhil , B.Sc. (Queens), Ph.D. (McGill ), hybrid materials, sol-gel chemistry, triggered release of small molecules, encapsulation of laser ablated nanoparticles.
Environmental & Resource Science/Studies
D. Wallschläger , M.Sc PhD. (Germany), speciation of anion forming trace metal(oid)s, particularly arsenic, selenium and chromium, in natural and industrial environments.
Geography
J. M. Buttle , B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Southampton) , water and solute transport in the unsaturated zone, hydrochemical fluxes in forest and wetland environments, hydrological effects of land use change, hydrological modelling . P. M. Lafleur , B.Sc. (Brandon), M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (McMaster) , energy and water balances, carbon cycling, climate change .
Physics
W. A. Atkinson , M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster) , condensed matter theory. J. W. Jury , M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), subatomic physics . D.R. Patton , B.Math (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Victoria), galaxy evolution, galaxy mergers. A. J. Slavin , M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge) , nanoscience of solid surfaces. R. Wortis, B.Sc. (Harvard), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Illinois at Urbana Champaign), superconductivity theory .
Psychology
C. T. Smith , B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.A., Ph.D.(Waterloo), sleep states, sleep mentation and memory processes. E. Scharfe , B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser), attachment relationships across the lifespan, influence of attachment representations on coping with life transitions.
Financial Support
All graduate students enrolled at Queen's University and resident at Trent are eligible for financial support from funds normally available at Queen's.
Financial support may be available to graduate students as compensation for assistance in teaching and research. Details are arranged individually by the supervisor of each graduate student. For further information write to the Associate Director.
Courses Available to Graduate Students: Trent/Queen's Programs
Not all courses are available every year.
Trent does not offer single-discipline graduate programs in Chemistry or Physics. However, approved graduate courses listed below may be available for credit in Trent's Applications of Modelling program, the Trent/Queen's Co-operative Program in Graduate Studies or through other special arrangements such as the Ontario Graduate Visiting Student Plan. If taken in the Modelling program, these courses would be given an AMOD 501H or AMOD 502H designation.
Ancient History & Classics
Greek 590 : Special topic in Greek literature
Latin 590 : Special topic in Latin literature
Classical History 590 : Special topic in ancient history
Chemistry
Chemistry 500H : Advanced topics in physical chemistry
Chemistry 501H : Electrochemistry
Chemistry 502H : Chemical processes
Chemistry 511H : Synthetic organic chemistry
Chemistry 520H : Selected topics in inorganic chemistry
Chemistry 530H : Plant metabolism
Physics
Physics 500H : Quantum mechanics
Physics 501H : Advanced quantum mechanics
Physics 510H : Surface science
Physics 520H : Nuclear physics
Physics 530H : Statistical mechanics
Physics 540H : Solid state physics
Physics 550H : Electromagnetism
Physics 551H : Electrodynamics
Physics 590 : Advanced topics
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