Part-Time Instructors

The part-time instructors listed here have taught courses for the TSE frequently in recent years:

Ian Attridge

Kim Bergeron

BA (Trent), MHST (Athabasca), PhD (Queen’s)

Research and Teaching Interests:

Planning age-friendly communities; vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations (e.g., older adults, those with disabilities, living on low-income, young adults with life limiting conditions); municipal practices and policies and the health impacts

Teaches a variety of undergraduate courses at Trent such as Geography of Recreation, Health Geography and Changing Resources for the Circumpolar North. Also teaches at Queen’s and Athabasca Universities in their graduate programs (Aging & Health and Centre of Health Studies and Nursing). Develops multi-sectoral collaborations and partnerships to influence the community planning of public spaces and places to meet the needs of all residents. Trained as a mixed methods community-based researcher and certified as a Concept Mapping Facilitator

View recent publications and projects at LinkedIn

email: kbergeron@trentu.ca

Wendy Hicks

email: wendyhicks@trentu.ca

Rob Keen

email: robertkeen@trentu.ca

Zen Keizars

P.Geo., FGC

Senior Hydrogeologist with Terrapex Ltd., focused on working with developers, stakeholders, and rightsholders (indigenous communities) in construction groundwater safety (dewatering), as well as the continued function and protection of wetlands

A Past President of Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO; previously APGO) who sits on several Municipal Committees, including the Groundwater Strategy Steering Committee (City of Toronto), and the Watershed Characterization Committee (City of Peterborough). Awarded a lifetime Fellowship to Geoscientists Canada (FGC) in 2020

Zen has provided instruction in Geophysics (3rd year) and Structural Geology (3rd year) since 2018

email: zenkeizars@trentu.ca

Richard Lindgren

A staff lawyer with the Canadian Environmental Law Association in Toronto. Since joining CELA in 1986, has represented individuals, public interest groups and First Nations before tribunals and in the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Was co-counsel for Walkerton residents at the Walkerton Inquiry, and served as a member of various governmental advisory committees

email: richardlindgren@trentu.ca

Ken Lyon

BA (Princeton), MSc (Queen’s), PGeo

Hydrogeologist with 40 years’ consulting experience in the environmental site assessment and remediation of contaminated sites and other impacts to the environment. Sector experience in Ontario and Alberta includes upstream and downstream oil and gas, nuclear energy, manufacturing, urban transportation, waste management, and water resources. Broad committee experience includes environmental activist, business, professional, and regulatory bodies

email: kennethlyon@trentu.ca

James Murphy

Senior Park Planner with Ontario Parks in the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Studied protected area planning and management at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (Laurentian, 1991; Trent, 1995). Worked as a park planner and assistant park superintendent over his 20-year career with Ontario Parks

Won several environmental planning and stewardship awards while working in the Ontario Public Service

email: jamesmmurphy@trentu.ca

Jacob Rodenburg

Executive Director of Camp Kawartha, a summer camp and outdoor and environment centre education centre. Inspires advocacy for the environment in children of all ages. Has published a number of articles on children and nature including “The Big Book of Nature Activities,” coauthored by naturalist Drew Monkman which won a gold medal from the Green Book Festival, a double gold from Nautilus Book Awards, a silver medal from Moonbeam Children’s Award and was a finalist for the Indie (Independent) Book Awards

Conceived and spearheaded the construction of one of Canada’s most sustainable buildings at Trent University called the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre. Also conceived of an environmental framework for children of all ages. Called the Pathway to Stewardship & Kinship, this initiative offers a coordinated approach to provide children in our community with the experiences they need in order to become future environmental stewards

Received the Otonabee Region Conservation Award in 2019 for work in environmental education. Received recognition from the Canadian Network for Environmental Education & Communication as an Outstanding Educator and the Stony Lake Environmental Award for work in promoting environmental education in the region

email: jacobrodenburg@trentu.ca

Eric Sager

email: esager@trentu.ca

Ambrose Samulski

email: ambrosesamulski@trentu.ca

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Anthony Speca

BA (UT Austin), MA (Ohio State), PhD (Toronto), FRGS, FRSA

Courses Developed/Taught: GEOG 2811H The International North and the Arctic Council, GEOG 3390H Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World

Research and Teaching Interests: Arctic political geography, Arctic imaginaries, Arctic education, Model Arctic Council

Educator, geographer, philosopher and Arctic specialist. Adjunct Professor with the Trent School for the Study of Canada, Managing Director of the UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education, and a teacher at Norwich School in the UK. Prior to becoming an educator, he lived and worked in the Canadian Arctic as a senior policy official with the Government of Nunavut. Through his educational consultancy Polar Aspect, he designs and manages Model Arctic Council (MAC) experiential learning events for undergraduate students, as well as the world's only MACs for secondary schools. He is especially interested in the 'philosophical geography' of the Arctic, particularly the ethical issues surrounding how we think, teach and make policy about the region. For further details, please see Dr Speca's professional biography

email: anthonyspeca@trentu.ca

Laurie Westaway

Working in the environmental field for over 20 years guiding successful implementation of waste, water, and energy projects. In 2005, Laurie established her own waste management business - Wasteaway- founded to identify, develop, and implement waste minimization programs. Wasteaway grew from the desire to provide cost-effective professional services in order to incite and inspire action in waste reduction

Started teaching Issues in Waste Management and Local Waste Management courses at Trent in 2016

email: lwestaway@trentu.ca

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