OOGRG's Researchers

This study was completed by an interdisciplinary team of nine researchers from the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

DR. THOMAS I. GUNTON (B.A., M.A., PH.D., MCIP)	Dr. Gunton is Director of the Resource and Environmental Planning Program in the School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM). Dr. Gunton has extensive professional experience including: Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands, and Parks; Deputy Minister of Cabinet Policy Secretariat; and Deputy Minister of Finance (Treasury Board) for the Government of British Columbia. He has also held the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines for the Government of Manitoba. He has worked as a consultant to the private and public sector, and has appeared as an expert witness before a number of tribunals including the National Energy Board and the Ontario Energy Board. Dr. Gunton has published over 100 scientific articles and reports on resource and environmental management.
DR. J.C. DAY (B.SC., M.SC., PH.D.)	Dr. Day is founding Director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Day is a past director of the International Association for Impact Assessment, a director of the Canadian Coastal Engineering and Science Association, as well as the current chair of the Greater Vancouver Regional Water Advisory Committee. He was a panel member for the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office during the assessment of the Third Runway at Vancouver International Airport. Dr. Day specializes in water and land management, environmental impact assessment, and sustainable development. His major focus concerns the effectiveness and efficiency of institutional arrangements to support sustainable resource management practices. Within this area, he has extensive experience in international river basin and coastal zone management, interbasin water transfers, water quality management, environmental regulation, and coal and mineral regulation policy. Further, since 1990 he has been involved in a variety of projects in China related to sustainable management of water and land management projects, as well as advising on regional economic development proposals in China. Dr. Day has published over 100 scientific articles and professional reports.
K. S. CALBICK (B. TECH., MRM)	Ken Calbick earned his Bachelors of Technology Honors degree in environmental engineering from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He was awarded both the Lieutenant Governor's Award and the Dean's Award to honor his outstanding academic achievements, leadership abilities, and community contributions. Upon entering Simon Fraser University's graduate School of Resource and Environmental Management, Ken was again recognized for his outstanding scholarly achievements with the award of the C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarship. Ken has earned a Master's Degree in resource management from Simon Fraser University, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the School of Resource and Environmental Management for which he has received a prestigious Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Additionally, he has 14 years experience within the environmental field encompassing air quality issues, liquid waste management, solid waste handling, hazardous waste disposal, waste reduction and recycling initiatives, and conflict assessment and resolution. Ken also has eight years of project management experience in a variety of settings, including the public sector, private industry, consulting, and academia.
SYDNEY JOHNSEN (B.T.M.)	Sydney Johnsen has a Bachelor of Tourism Management from the University College of the Cariboo, and was awarded the Academic Medal of Achievement. Currently, she is a graduate student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University focusing on tourism policy and research, as well as land resource planning.
CHRIS JOSEPH (B.SC., MRM)	Chris Joseph holds a Master's Degree from the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, and a Bachelor of Science (Honors with Distinction) in Geography from the University of Victoria. For his master's research, he developed a method for evaluating planning implementation systems, identified best practices for plan implementation, and evaluated the British Columbia strategic land-use planning implementation framework. His academic interests currently include environmental policy and decision making. He also works as an outdoor skills instructor, climbing guide, freelance photographer, and writer.
JOSHA MACNAB (B.A., B.ED.)	Josha MacNab is a graduate student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on bulk water export and the impacts of international trade agreements on resource management. She received a Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada grant for this work, as well as two Graduate Fellowships. Previously, she was employed by the Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection, and the British Columbia Conservation Foundation to coordinate and administer a province-wide environmental education program. Josha earned her Honors B.A. from Queen's University and her Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia.
THOMAS-DAVID PETER (B.A.)	Thomas-David Peter is a graduate student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management. He has a Bachelor of Political Science from Laval University and York University. In June 2003, he completed a one-year program in Russian Studies at the Russian State University of Moscow (RGGU) and has worked in Russia (Moscow) as a teacher. He worked in Latin America (Ecuador) in the field of environmental education and as an apprentice on an ecological farm.
KATHERINE SILCOX (B.SC.)	Katie Silcox attended North Carolina State University on soccer and academic scholarships. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, graduating Summa Cum Laude. During her undergraduate career, she held several internship positions including two market research positions, one with Nortel Networks in which she analyzed market size and Nortel share of telecom switching equipment and the other with ABB where she analyzed market opportunities for development of alternative energy products and services. Prior to that, she held two research internships one with the University of Waterloo in which she conducted water quality analyses to detect pollutants in local watersheds using field testing and GIS analysis, the second with North Carolina State University in which she analyzed the relationship between flora and fauna in Northern California, to determine how human development impacted the environment. Katie is currently completing in masters degree at Simon Fraser University in the School of Resource and Environmental Management. She currently spends any spare time she has playing Capoeira (a Brazilian martial art/dance) and mountain biking on the North Shore.
TIM VAN HINTE (B.ES., MCIP)	Tim Van Hinte is a graduate student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management where he is specializing in land and resource planning. He received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo's School of Planning. Tim has extensive professional experience in both the public and private sectors in Ontario. He has worked as a land use planner for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, as well as for planning consultants and land use developers. Tim is also a Provisional Member of the Planning Institute of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Planners.