Other Instructors & Sessional Lecturers
The following is a list of 2011-12 Centre for Environment (CFE ) Instructors and Sessional Lecturers of graduate and undergraduate courses (in addition to appointed faculty). For distance education instructors, please visit: http://learn.environment.utoronto.ca/distance-education/instructor-profiles.aspx
INSTRUCTORS (with primary appointments at University of Toronto):
Hélène Cyr, Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of T;
ENV 234H Environmental Biology. Dr. Cyr’s interests are in the ecology of littoral areas in lakes (spatial and temporal distribution of habitats and benthic communities), foodwebs (feeding interactions in planktonic and benthic communities, especially between invertebrates and algae), and macroecology (body size distribution, allometric relationships, scaling of environmental variability).
Miriam Diamond, Professor, Dept. of Geography, U of Toronto; ENV 236H Human Interactions with the Environment; JGE 1212H Contaminants in the Environment.
Dr. Diamond is interested in chemical contaminants from source to health effects. Her research includes measuring and modelling sources, fate and exposure of the plasticizers phthalates indoors to advancing methods in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Her projects focus on minimizing exposure to contaminants via indoor and outdoor environments.
Michael Gorton, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology. Intructor of ENV 315H Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples. Dr. Gorton is a geochemist who has specialized in the trace element geochemistry of rocks and especially, the rare earth elements. His research includes a wide range of practical applications on the origin of rocks and theoretical studies on the effects of intense alteration on the usefulness of trace element geochemistry in rocks. He also specializes in analytical methods and supervises a range of analytical instruments.
A.P. Lino Grima, Associate Professor (retired), Geography, U of T; ENV 1703H Water Resource Management and Policy. Dr. Grima has taught environmental/water resources management at the University of Toronto since 1972. His research and advocacy of Great Lakes water quantity and quality issues go back to the 1970s. He has published over 60 scientific papers and several books on natural resources and environmental management. He has also served as a consultant for public and private bodies.
Bryan Karney, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering; ENV 346H Terrestrial Energy Systems. Dr. Karney is also Associate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. His current research considers the design, analysis, operation and optimization of various water resource and energy systems, with emphasis on hydroelectric and pumped storage systems, pipe networks and water distribution systems. He is also interested in engineering education and ethics.
Bernd Milkereit, Professor, Professor, Dept. of Physics; ENV235H Physics & Chemistry of the Evolving Earth. Dr. Milkereit is a geophysicist with interests in seismic imaging, borehole geophysics, petrophysics and scientific drilling. He has over 35 years of international experience and joined Physics at U of T in 2001 as the first Teck Chair in Exploration Geophysics. His current research is on scale and frequency dependent geophysical responses for mineral, hydrocarbon and groundwater exploration and monitoring.
James Nugent, CFE Undergraduate Instructor; JGE 331H Resource & Environmental Theory. Mr. Nugent is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography at U of T. He examines the responses of trade unions to the current dual ecological and economic crisis viewed through climate change politics and the dawn of the “green economy”. He is also interested in biological conservation through an environmental justice lens and in the (re)production of environmental ideologies.
Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Professor, Department of Philosophy, U of T; JVP 2147 Environmental Philosophy; guest lecturer in ENV 1001H Environmental Decision Making. Dr. Stefanovic was the inaugural Director of the Centre for Environment, 2005-10. Her research relates to perceptions of space and how values and attitudes affect decision making, ranging from the philosophy of architecture to children’s perceptions of urban nature. Her most recent co-edited book is The Natural City: Re-Envisioning the Built Environment. (U of T Press, 2011).
Ron Wilson, Human Biology Program, New College
SESSIONAL LECTURERS:
Jane Ambachtsheer, CFE Adjunct Professor & Sessional Lecturer; ENV 1707H Environmental Finance and Sustainable Investing. Ms. Ambachtsheer is a Partner of Mercer, based in Toronto. She leads Mercer’s global responsible investment business, and consults to North American and international investors. She was a consultant to the United Nations and is a global advisor to the Carbon Disclosure Project. She is a member of the Centre for Environment's Environmental Finance Advisory Committee.
Brad Bass, Researcher, Environment Canada; CFE Adjunct Professor; ENV 431/1004H Urban Sustainability and Ecological Technology. Dr. Bass is a researcher in Environment Canada's Adaptation and Impact Research Section with an office and lab at the Centre for Environment. His research interests include simulating adaptation with anticipatory/
emergent computing, green walls and green roofs, community energy systems planning and adaptations to climate change.
Riina Bray, CFE Undergraduate Sessional Lecturer; ENV 341H Environment & Human Health. Dr. Riina Bray is the Medical Director of the Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital, Toronto. She has recently completed research on toxic metals in Canadians, a scoping review on health effects, physician and public health management strategies. She has been involved in the development of educational resources in children’s health and the environment.
Russ Houldin, CFE Undergraduate Sessional Lecturer; ENV 323H Ontario Environmental Policy; ENV 347H Power of Economic Ideas; ENV 350H Energy Policy & Environment. Mr. Houldin has worked, mainly as a policy adviser, in the Ontario Public Service for over 30 years in a variety of Ministries. He is currently a senior adviser to the Ontario Energy Board. His interests include environmental and ecological economics; sustainable electricity systems; environmental and economic regulation; and Ontario environmental policy.
Susan McGeachie, CFE Adjunct Professor & Sessional Lecturer; ENV 1707H Environmental Finance and Sustainable Investing. Ms. McGeachie develops sustainability-related governance and management models for clients with Deloitte's Sustainability and Climate Change practice. Her experience includes developing corporate sustainability strategies and change management models, and analysing the environmental, social and governance performance of large cap stocks. She is a member of CFE’s Environmental Finance Advisory Committee.
Paul Muldoon, CFE Adjunct Professor & Sessional Lecturer; ENV 422H/1701H Environmental Law. Mr. Muldoon is the Vice-Chair at the Environmental Review Tribunal, a body that adjudicates appeals, applications and referrals under 12 statutes. Prior to this, he was the Executive Director at the Canadian Environmental Law Association. He has graduate degrees from McMaster University and McGill University and has co-written two books on Canadian environmental law and policy.
David Sider, CFE Sessional Lecturer & Distance Ed Instructor; ENV 440H Professional Experience Course. Dr. Sider received his Ph.D. in Geography and Environment at U of T, for which he carried out his fieldwork in India, focusing on community-based approaches to water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management in low-income urban settlements. He has also worked with environmental organizations in Nicaragua, Malaysia, and Canada.
Keith Stewart, CFE Undergraduate Sessional Lecturer; ENV 350H Energy Policy and Environment. Mr. Stewart has worked as an energy policy analyst and advocate for various non-profit groups for over a decade and currently works for Greenpeace Canada where he promotes the efficient use of renewable energy. He is the co-author of the book Hydro: The Decline and Fall of Ontario’s Electric Empire and author of numerous articles, reports and op eds on climate change policy and politics.
Sheila Waite-Chuah, CFE Undergraduate Sessional Lecturer; ENV 335H Environmental Design. Ms. Waite-Chuah has been teaching environ-mental/sustainable design for 15 years. Her interest in sustainable design is intimately linked with sustainable development, in both local and global contexts. She received a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University. She also teaches sustainable design and is Coordinator for the Sustainability Office at the Ontario College of Arts and Design University.