Faculty & Research

Graduate Program Director

Graduate Program Director, Asaf Zohar, smiling at camera Dr. Asaf Zohar
Associate Professor, School of Business
Office: GCS/Enwayaang 369
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext. 7554
E-mail: azohar@trentu.ca

Biology

David Beresford, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent), B.Ed. (Queen's)

Dr. Beresford's research areas include the role of dispersal in insect and mite populations, stable flies as pests of dairy and beef farms, and insect diversity in the Hudson bay lowlands.He also studies insects that colonize corpses, such as blow flies and carrion beetles.

Neil Emery, B.Sc., (Queen’s ), Ph.D. (Calgary)

Prof Emery is a plant physiologist and biochemist. Much of his research centers around growth regulating molecules that are known to act as hormones in plants and other organisms. Some of the work focuses on how those hormones change growth and development in plants and the practical impacts that can result – like increasing seed yields of crops. He works with agri-business in developing biofertilizers for more sustainable for cropping systems and with companies and agencies that use algae or niche plant culturing systems with a view to producing high value phytochemicals or bulk protein for food.

Business Administration

Ken Chen, Ph.D. (Laurier), B.B.A. (York)

Research interest4ed include dynamic capabilities, networks, organizational learning, strategic entrepreneurship, collaborative innovation, technology platforms, business models.

John Douglas Bishop, (Emeritus), B.A. (New Brunswick), M.A., M.B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Edinburgh)

Dr. Bishop has published articles on ethics and business ethics in the Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of the History of Ideas, Business and Society, and the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. He edited Ethics and Capitalism, University of Toronto Press, 2000. Please see his website for further details and his contact information.

Ray Dart, B.Sc. (Trent), M.E.S., Ph.D. (York)

Professor Ray Dart is presently Director of the Business Administration Program at Trent and was formerly Principal of Peter Gzowski College. His research is in the area of nexus zone of social enterprise, nonprofit sector organizations, community economic development, entrepreneurship and social innovation. A committed qualitative and case study researcher, and a keen student of ideas; he appreciates the dictum of Kurt Lewin that "there is nothing so practical as a good theory". Please see his website for further details and his contact information.

Ayman El-Amir, B.A. (American University, Cairo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Stirling, Scotland)

Dr. El-Amir's research is in the areas of social construction of contemporary consumption, consumer behaviour and sustainability issues in branding and retailing, interpretive traditions of inquiry in marketing research, and analysis of the ideological assumptions that underpin marketing activities.

R. Elkington, BTh, MTh (South Africa), PhD (Northwestern),

Rob's current research interests intersect the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
SDG#4 Quality Education: The Efficacy of an Online Program for Leadership Development. The Utility of Virtual Role-Play Simulations in Enhancing Learning Outcomes in Undergraduate and Graduate Education. Emerging Issues in Higher Educational Leadership;
SDG#5 Gender Equality: Women's Agentic Leadership in STEAM in Disadvantaged Contexts (NFRF Funded). Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership in Disadvantaged Contexts;
SDG#15 Life on Land: The Intersection of Paradigms and Worldviews such as Ubuntu & Ukhama upon Sustainability Leadership in Business and Government.The design and deployment of an international Field Course for Student Engagement in Sustainability Leadership in Business;
SDG#16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions: The Impact of VUCA and VUCA Prime on Organizations and Organizational Leadership. The use of META in Junior Military Leadership Development. The efficacy of an online leadership development course for Paramedic leadership development. The efficacy of an online leadership development course for Police leadership development.

Laura Ierfino-Blachford, PhD (McGill), International MBA from Schulich School of Business (York), B.A. (U of T)

Laura’s research interests broadly include organizational theory and entrepreneurship. Her thesis work focuses on understanding how small players change mature organizational fields. She has presented her research papers at numerous national and international academic conferences on topics related to Organizational Theory. Her research has been published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.

David Newhouse, B.Sc. (Onondaga), B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western)

Dr. Newhouse's work explores the ideas that animate the development of modern aboriginal society and the manner in which traditional thought is incorporated into contemporary social action. He is the Chair of the Indigenous Studies Program at Trent University. For more details including his contact information, please visit his website.

Asaf Zohar, B.A., M.E.S., Ph.D. (York)

Dr. Zohar's research in the area of organizational change and sustainability is focused on the challenges of implementing sustainability strategies and initiatives involving private sector, government, and NGO’s organizations. He has designed and directed courses in strategic analysis, organization theory, critical thinking, and change management at the BBA and MBA, and Executive Development levels, and is a respected authority in the field of sustainability curriculum development.

Computing and Information Systems

Richard T. Hurley, B.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (Waterloo)

Dr. Hurley's research is in the areas of distributed systems, databases, and data mining algorithms.

Cultural Studies

Anne Pasek, B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (New York)

Anne Pasek is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersections of climate communication, the energy and environmental humanities, and science and technology studies. She studies how carbon becomes communicable in different communities and media forms, to different political and material effects. Her research topics include climate data visualizations, carbon neutral and carbon negative claims, climate engineering, climate denial, and media infrastructures, and feminist technoscience.

Economics

Byron Lew, B.Sc., M.B.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Queen's)

Research Interests include Economic History of Canada/North America, International Economics, Diffusion of Agricultural Technology

Saud Choudry, B.A., M.A. (Chittagong University), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Economics of tourism and politics of water are a few of Dr. Choudry's research interests.

Education

Paul Elliott, B.Sc., Ph.D., P.G.C.E. (Wales)

Dr. Elliott is a teacher-educator with a long-standing interest in environmental education and specifically in biodiversity education. His current research includes a study of the extent of preparation that Canadian teacher candidates receive for their role in environmental and sustainability teaching. He has also produced curriculum materials for use in schools and has conducted research on the nature of good practice in biodiversity education. He has published various guides to and examples of environmental games for use in primary and secondary education settings. His enthusiasm for bats and their conservation has been a source of inspiration for some of this work. He is a board member of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM), a national organization that promotes and supports environmental education. Please visit his website for further details including his contact information.

English

Hugh Hodges, B.A. (Queen's), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)

Dr. Hodges' research focuses on cultural resistance in a wide range of contexts, from African and West Indian literature to British pop music. He teaches courses in globalization, punk rock, and theories of publics; he is interested in how the humanities can contribute to the discourse of sustainability studies.

School of Environment

Stephen Bocking, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)

Dr. Bocking is Professor of environmental policy and history, and Chair of the Environmental and Resource Science/Studies Program. He has published many articles and book chapters on various aspects of environmental policy and politics, with special reference to the political and social roles of knowledge. His books include: Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology (Yale, 1997), Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas, and Action (Broadview, 2000), and Nature's Experts: Science, Politics, and the Environment (Rutgers, 2004). Current research projects are examining Arctic environmental science, the science and politics of salmon aquaculture in Canada and Europe, the environmental history of central Ontario and of the Great Lakes, and the history, science, and politics of biodiversity conservation and land use conflicts in the Greater Toronto Area. Please visit his website for further details and his contact information.
*Emeritus - may collaborate on a project, but will not supervise

Stephen Hill, B.Sc., B.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Calgary), P.Eng.

Dr. Hill's research and teaching interests include climate change policy and energy technology and policy. He has published in the areas of risk management and communication, climate policy, environmental accounting, and economic policy instruments. At the University of Calgary, Stephen designed and delivered an interdisciplinary graduate course in sustainable development within the Faculties of Engineering and Environmental Design.

David Holdsworth, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western Ontario)

Dr. Holdsworth conducts research into aspects of environmental theory, including environmental professional practice, environmental ethics, and non-standard approaches to ecology. Much of the work is influenced by contemporary political philosophy, including both French and German theory. Recent publications on interdisciplinary (such as “Becoming Interdisciplinary: Making Sense out of Delanda’s reading of Deleuze”, Paragraph, 2006) reflect this influence, as well as conference contributions (e.g. “Regulating Professional Practice in Canada: Misguided Steps away from Reflexive Modernity”, Venice, 2000). The perspective of political economy on environmental regulation, and environmental policy as science policy are themes of other recent publications (“Transformational Economics and the Public Good”, Springer, 1984; and “Science, Politics and Science Policy in Canada: Steps towards a Renewed Critical Inquiry”, Journal of Canadian Studies, 2003). Recent projects in environmental science and sustainability (reported at Deleuze Studies Conferences) include “Nomad Science and the Future of the State: On Becoming Ecological,” (Cardiff, 2008) and “Through Deleuze to Sustainability: Steps towards a Normative Realism” (Copenhagen, 2011). David is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Theory, Culture and Politics. Please visit his website for contact information.

Tom Hutchison (Emeritus), B.Sc. (Manchester), Ph.D. (Sheffield), F.R.S.C.

Research and teaching interests include restoration and re-vegetation of acidic and toxic mine sites, adaptations of plants to heavy metal and acidity stress and to air pollution including sulphur dioxide, ozone and acid rain.
Ecology of tundra and boreal forests, as well as use of heritage livestock breeds in sustainable agriculture.
*Emeritus - may collaborate on a project, but will not supervise

Chris Metcalfe, (Emeritus) B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (McMaster)

Dr. Metcalfe's research is in the area of aquatic organic containments. More specifically, determination of the environmental fate and toxic effects of organic contaminants in the aquatic environment, especially in the fate and toxic effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenol ethoxylate surfactants and prescription and non-prescription drugs in the aquatic environment. Research on endocrine disruption in fish. He also has international research experience through work in Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador and Indonesia.
*Emeritus - may collaborate on a project, but will not supervise

Heather Nicol, B.A. (Toronto), M.E.S. (York), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Dr. Nicol's research is in the areas of Canadian and political geography with emphasis on the circumpolar north, Canada-US borders and geopolitics.

Stephanie Rutherford, B.A. (University of Toronto), M.Sc. (University of Guelph), Ph.D. (York University)

Dr. Rutherford is a cultural geographer who works in the areas of political ecology, environmental justice, the environmental humanities, and animal studies. She currently has three ongoing research programs: an exploration of perceptions and attitudes about wolves in Canada; a project that consider what multispecies climate justice and multispecies futures might look like; and a community-engaged research project on environmental injustice in Peterborough.

Eric Sager, B.Sc. (Lawrence), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent)

Dr. Sager's research is in the areas of climate change, pollution, and forest and lake ecosystems.

Mark Skinner, B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University), M.A. (University of Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen's University)

Dr. Mark Skinner is a health, rural and social geographer, with expertise in rural aging, health and social care, and voluntaryism. His research examines how rural people and places are responding to the challenges and opportunities of population aging, particularly the evolving role of the voluntary sector and volunteers in creating sustainable rural communities. His current CIHR and SSHRC funded projects feature community-based research into the continuum of health care for older rural people, voluntaryism in aging rural communities and the implications of aging in Canada's resource hinterland. He teaches courses in qualitative methods, health geography, community-based research and rural community sustainability. For more information visit his website.

Karen Thompson, B.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Guelph)

Dr. Karen Thompson joined Trent in Dec 2017, after completing a postdoc at the University of Alberta examining industrial impacts on soil microbial carbon use and diversity and related grassland recovery. Prior to this, KT completed her graduate work at the University of Guelph, where she studied the effects of agricultural management on nitrogen cycling soil microbial communities with molecular methods. KT's main research interests involve assessing the role of microbial communities in ecosystem functioning and sustainability, the functional resilience and recovery of soil microbial communities to disturbance and climate change, and connecting microbial functioning with process rates.

Shaun Watmough, B.Sc. (Liverpool Polytechnic), Ph.D. (Liverpool John Moores)

Shaun Watmough is a full Professor and the Director of the Trent School of the Environment. Over the past 20 years, he has supervised more than 50 Graduate and Undergraduate students, whose theses have addressed a wide range of environmental issues. This research covers a broad range of environmental issues and techniques, ranging from the use of plant cell cultures to dendrochemistry (the use of tree-ring chemistry to reconstruct pollution episodes), from decades-long catchment nutrient budgets to the application of dynamic biogeochemical acidification models, from trace metal cycling in forests to carbon fluxes from lakes and soils. He has worked on environmental issues associated with oil sands emissions for more than a decade and assessed the potential risk of ecosystem acidification associated with pollution emissions through a range of experimental and modelling studies. His ongoing research seeks to enhance our understanding of calcium cycling in the environment and identifying potential solutions to this emerging issue. In particular, his research is expected to guide the future use of a variety of techniques, ranging from catchment scale studies to the use of stable isotopes for better predicting future changes in the calcium status of soils and lakes to inform natural resource management decisions.

Tom Whillans, B.A. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D., (Toronto)

Dr. Whillans conducts research on community-based natural resource management, especially related to watersheds, fisheries and wetland resources. He is particularly interested in long-term ecological restoration, meshing indigenous and scientific knowledge, and historical reconstruction. Geographic foci: Great Lakes, Kawartha Region, Andean Latin America. Please visit his website for further information and his contact details.
*Emeritus - may collaborate on a project, but will not supervise

Susan Wurtele, B.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Queen's)

Dr. Wurtele's research is in the areas of feminist and historical-cultural geography in the Canadian context, processes of immigrant assimilation and acculturation, and the transformation of Canadian society by immigrants in the 1920s and 1930s.

Gender and Women's Studies

May Chazan, B.A. (Waterloo), BEd (OISE), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)

Dr. Chazan is inspired by how social justice movements form, operate, and generate change and by how, across enormous differences in power, privilege, and worldview, alliances are forged and maintained. With longstanding interests in gender, aging, and intergenerational solidarities, she is particularly intrigued by the roles older women play in these activist coalitions.

Colleen O'Manique, B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (York)

Broadly speaking, her research has focused on the intersections between global economic restructuring, gender, & health and health policy, and global health policy & human rights.

Indigenous Studies

Lynne Davis, B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Sussex), M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Dr. Davis' research is in the areas of Indigenous community development, alliance-building, globalization, Indigenous education, and international studies.
*Emeritus - may collaborate on a project, but will not supervise

Chris Furgal, B.Sc. (Western Ontario), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)

Dr. Furgal's research focuses on Environmental health risk assessment, management and communication with specific expertise in Aboriginal and Arctic populations. Topics of recent research include contaminants, food security and climate change and the health of Aboriginal communities. Please see his website for further details and his contact information.

Michele Lacombe, B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (York)

Indigenous women’s voices include many kinds of storytelling, from oral and written versions of family and community history to autobiography, life-writing, poetry, theatre and performance, fiction, and essays. I am interested in understanding relationships to place and nation as articulated in the arts.

Dan Longboat, Roronhiake:wen, (Haudenosaunee), B.A. (Trent), M.E.S., Ph.D. (York)

Dr. Longboat is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies, and Director of the Indigenous Environmental Studies Program at Trent University. Longboat’s strong commitment to Indigenous communities is evident in his involvement as a Director for the Rotinonhson:ni Language Development Centre, Director of The Indigenous Nation’s Sanctioned Research Program for Graduate Studies, Consultant to The Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation on First Nations Solid Waste Management and as Project Evaluator for the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment for the US Environmental Protection Agency and is on the Advisory Board for the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and the Science Advisory for the International Joint Commission for the Great Lakes Watershed. For further details and his contact information, please see his website.

Marie Mumford, B.A. (Alberta), M.F.A. (Brandeis)

Indigenous theatre, arts and dance.

David Newhouse, B.Sc. (Onondaga), B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western)

Paula Sherman, (Algonquin), B.A. (Eastern Connecticut State), M.A. (Connecticut), Ph.D. (Trent)

Dr. Sherman's research is in the areas of Indigenous histories, Indigenous Women, Indigenous relationships within the Natural World, Colonialism and Resistance, and Indigenous Performance.

International Development Studies

Haroon Akram-Lodhi, B.A. (SOAS, London), M. Phil. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Dr. Akram-Lodhi's research is in the areas of agrarian political economy, gender and economics, and political ecology.

Paul Shaffer, B.A. (UBC), M.A. (Toronto), D. Phil. (IDS, Sussex)

Dr. Shaffer's research is in the areas of interdisciplinary poverty analysis, methodological pluralism, poverty reduction strategies, impact assessment and monitoring of development programs and policies, political economy of development, and development economics.

Skahendowaneh Swamp, B.A. (McMaster)

Actively involved in my home community of Akwesasne as a language teacher and Faith Keeper. I am involved in research and in transmitting Haudenosaune traditional knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students.

Mathematics

Marco Pollanen, Ph.D. (Toronto)

Mathematical Finance / Economics and Applications, Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods and Computation, Mathematical User Interfaces and Learning Technologies

Nursing

Kirsten Woodend, R.N. (Algonquin), B.Sc.N., M.Sc. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Research focus includes health services and continuity of care in aging and chronic illness; Inter/intra professional education, collaboration and practice

Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry

Suresh Narine, B.Sc. (Trent), M.Sc.(Trent), Ph.D. (York)

Under Dr. Narine’s directorship, the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research has developed collaborative research agreements with the Mahatma Ghandi University in Kerala, India, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, University of the West Indies in Cave Hill, Barbadoes and the Universidade Estadual Paulista in Botucatu, Brazil.

Political Studies

Nadine Changfoot, B.A. (York), M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (York)

Dr. Changfoot's research is in the areas of social movements, art and politics, women and politics, law and society, political economy, political and feminist theory.

Robert Paehlke (Emeritus), B.A. (Lehigh), M.A. (New School for Social Research), Ph.D. (British Columbia)

Dr. Paehlke is a political scientist and Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent. He is a founding editor (1971) of the Canadian journal/magazine Alternatives: Canadian Environmental Ideas & Action. He is the author of: Some Like It Cold: the Politics of Climate Change in Canada (2008); Democracy’s Dilemma: Environment, Social Equity and the Global Economy (MIT Press, 2004), a book on sustainability in a global age; and Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics (Yale UP, 1991). He has edited Conservation and Environmentalism: an Encyclopedia (1995) and Managing Leviathan: Environmental Politics and the Administrative State (1990 and 2005). He has published more than a hundred articles and chapters on environmental policy, the history of environmentalism, sustainability and climate change.

Psychology

Elizabeth (Lisa) Nisbet, M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton University)

Dr. Nisbet's research encompasses personality, social, health, and environmental psychology, exploring individual differences in 'nature relatedness' and the links between human-nature relationships, happiness, health, and sustainable behaviour. Her work is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and appears in Environment and Behavior, Canadian Psychology, the Journal of Happiness Studies, and Psychological Science. Dr. Nisbet teaches courses on health psychology, motivation and emotion, environmental health, personality, and the psychology of environmental behaviour. Please see her website for more information and her contact details:

Laura Summerfeldt, M.A., Ph.D. (York University)

Dr. Summerfeldt's research is in the areas of personality and psychopathology.

Elizabeth Russell, B.A. (Hons.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Memorial University)

Elizabeth Russell is an Associate Professor in Trent's Department of Psychology and Director of the Trent Centre for Aging & Society She teaches psychology courses in aging, health, qualitative research methods and the history of psychology, and supervises undergraduate and graduate students studying the psychology of aging and applied health psychology topics more broadly. Her research is focused on the sustainability of rural age-friendly communities programs, having worked in collaboration with communities in various Canadian provinces who have implemented age-friendly programs. Her research takes a collaborative, interdisciplinary and community-based approach to studying a variety of aging and health topics focused within rural communities.

Social Work

David Firang, Ph.D., M.S.W. (University of Toronto), M.A. (Saskatchewan), B.A. (Ghana)

Dr. Firang's research interest is in child welfare, immigrant transnationalism, housing, community development, and social policy issues. Prior to joining Trent University, Dr. Firang was Assistant Professor (Ltd) at University of Windsor’s School Social Work. At University of Windsor, Dr. Firang was a Curriculum Leader in Social Policy and Community Development courses in the MSW for Working Professionals Program. Dr. Firang also spent several years in community social work practice. He has worked in the field of child welfare in the Adolescent Specialty Team at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto for more than 13 years - conducting child protection investigations, developing and implementing service plans for children and their families, as well as preparing and attending family court to advocate for the children and families that he worked with. He has also worked at the Access and Equity Division at the City of Toronto assisting immigrant community groups to obtain grants to manage their community programs. Dr. Firang has played active leadership role in racialized and equity-seeking communities, especially the African community in Toronto and the Ghanaian Methodist community in North America.

Sociology

Alan Law, B.A.S. (Sydney), M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta)

Research interests include historical sociology, sociology of sport and leisure, research methodology, social inequality

Kristy Buccieri, Hon.Soc.Sc. (University of Ottawa), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York)

Dr. Buccieri is an interdisciplinary researcher who examines the intersections between homelessness, health, and service provision. She is a community-based researcher who works closely with local government and non-profit organizations to identify and implement strategies for addressing systemic barriers. Please contact her through email to learn more about supervision opportunities.

Peri Ballantyne, B.A., M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Ballantyne's current research is focused on work and health across the life course, on lay-professional negotiations of illness, diagnosis and health care, and on the sociology of pharmaceutical use. In the area of work and health, she has led two studies examining broad social, health and economic outcomes for workers who have sustained a disability as a result of a workplace injury. She is currently pursuing research involving long-term follow-up of a sample of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claimants to document the evolving contexts associated with optimal and sub-optimal outcomes for workers with disability. She is also interested in the role that pharmaceuticals play in the lives of injured workers or others living with chronic pain injuries, or with mental health problems that follow workplace injury, permanent impairment, chronic under-employment, economic insecurity and social isolation.

Naomi Nichols, PhD, MEd (York), BEd (Queen's), BA (Trent)

Social inequality; poverty; youth homelessness; youth justice; child welfare; education; "youth at risk"; youth mental health; higher education research impact and community-academic research collaborations

Adjunct Members

Mary Anne Martin, BSW (Western), MSW (Toronto), PhD (Trent)

Mary Anne's research interests include social inequities and strategies for addressing them, especially with regard to household food insecurity, poverty, caring labour, food systems, community-based food initiatives, and urban agriculture, She actively participates in food policy initiatives in both Peterborough and Durham Region and is dedicated to fostering social change through campus-community collaborations.

Oliver Fink, M.Sc. (Freiburg)

Oliver Fink is an inter- and transdisciplinary social scientist from the University Basel and Bern. He conducted longitudinal mixed-methods field studies to explore the dynamic impact of emotions on collective action from a disadvantaged-group perspective in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Before his scientific commitment, he was engaged in Humanitarian relief settings, for example in Eastern Congo. His scientific work broadly speaking focuses on the role of microfactors in intergroup conflict settings, particularly on the role of emotions for different forms of collective action and social change. At Trent University, he has supported projects on sustainable community agriculture in intergroup conflict settings.

Jonathan Bennett, B.A. (Western), C.Dir. (McMaster)

Jonathan provides sought-after leadership coaching and strategic counsel to CEOs, executive teams, politicians, and boards of directors across Canada. Jonathan’s expertise is in social purpose business strategy, leadership, B Corps, governance, branding, change management, and communications. An experienced board director, Jonathan is a Chartered Director. A widely published and award-winning writer, Jonathan is also the author of seven books.

Momin Rahman, B.A. (Hons) Politics, (Glasgow), Ph.D. Sociology (Glasgow)

Momin is a Professor of Sociology at Trent. His current research is on the conflicts between LGBTQ2S identities and Muslim cultures, and the experiences of LGBTQ2S Muslims, including a funded research project on LGBTQ Muslims in Canada. He has presented this work at international academic conferences and at private policy meetings such as the United Nations Human Rights Council. He has published over 30 chapters and articles as well as 4 books.

Amanda Boyd, B.A. (Lethbridge), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Dr. Amanda Boyd is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and an Associate Professor of risk and science communication at Washington State University. She works with Indigenous communities throughout the United States and Canada to examine health and environmental communications. Through this work, she and her colleagues aim to develop the tools and theory needed to create effective, culturally relevant communications that improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous populations.

Lisa Ruston, B.S.P. (Saskatchewan) M.B.A. (Schulich School of Business/York U)

Lisa's areas of interest are related to understanding and applying all concepts of human resources management to contemporary society as well as the impact of current events on these concepts in complex organizations. Lisa's experience was attained during a 35-year career in a variety of Hospital Leadership positions.

Patricia O'Connor, M.Ed. (Nova Scotia), B.Ed (Brock), B.Sc. (Trent University)

Former director of Sustainability at Fleming College, Trish has also worked for the government in environmental and municipal planning, environmental assessment, training and organizational development. Her primary research focus is on innovations in curriculum development for sustainability leadership, and more recently, education to advance the United Nations SDGs through higher education. She is teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management with a focus on Lean Start-up methodology.

Jennie Knopp, BSc (Guelph), PhD (Trent)

D. Lavell-Harvard, (Wikwemikong FN) BA, BEd, MEd (Queen’s), PhD Ed (Western)

Rights of Indigenous women, Indigenous Mothering, advocacy and the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

Michael Classens, B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Windsor), Ph.D. (York)

Michael is broadly interested in areas of social and environmental justice, with an emphasis on food, agriculture, soil and energy. As a teacher, researcher and learner, he is committed to connecting theory with practice, scholarship with social change.

*Adjunct and Emeritus - may collaborate on a project, but cannot sole supervise