Dr. Thomas Meredith - Program Director
McGill University, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Dr. Meredith studies the management of natural biological resources and the role of local communities in conservation decision-making, and has worked in East Africa, Mexico, and Canada.
McGill Department of Geography
805 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3A 2K6
Tel.: 514-398-4219
Fax: 514-398-7437
thomas [dot] meredith [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Email)
Dr. David Bird
McGill University, Professor of Wildlife Biology, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre
Dr. Bird's main research interests focus on raptors, encompassing virtually all aspects of their biology. He is currently participating in recovery programs for endangered Peregrine Falcons and Loggerhead Shrikes, and is keenly interested in human-bird interactions, e.g., control of nuisance wildlife, and the impact of ecotourism, development, golf courses, etc. on wildlife.
Dr. Gwyn Campbell
Canada Research Chair in Indian Ocean World History
McGill University, Professor, Department of History
Dr. Campbell is a specialist in the economic history of Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean region. He is also a Collaborator on the sub-Saharan Africa team of the National Geographic and IBM "Genographic" Project (2005-2010) to research early human origins and migrations. Dr. Campbell is currently undertaking research into the foundation and development of the Indian Ocean world global economy and the slave trade and diasporas in the Indian Ocean World. He also has a strong interest in the dynamics of minority cultures, imperialism, globalization and third world development.
Dr. Lauren Chapman
Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Ecology and Aquatic Conservation
McGill University, Professor, Department of Biology; Honorary Lecturer, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Associate Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society
Dr. Chapman's research interests include aquatic ecology and conservation, specifically the evolutionary and ecological consequences of respiratory strategies in fishes, ecophysiology, ecomorphology, and adaptive divergence, as well as the value of tropical wetlands in the maintenance of fish faunal structure and diversity in tropical inland waters of Eastern Africa.
Dr. Colin Chapman
Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation.
McGill University, Professor, Anthropology and School of the Environment; Associate Member, Department of Biology, McGill; Honorary Lecturer, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Associate Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society.
Dr. Chapman's research uses experimental and observational approaches to determine how plant communities influence animals (population regulation, determinants of group size) and how animals influence their environment (herbivory, seed dispersal, community restoration). He has conducted fieldwork in Canada, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and has established a long-term research program in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Dr. John Galaty
McGill University, Professor, Anthropology
An authority on East African Pastoralism and the relationship between environment and development. Research Associate of the National Museum of Kenya. Past President, Canadian Association of Africa Studies.
Dr. John A Geddes - MSc MD CCFP
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Dr Geddes has worked as a family physician for the past 30 years in a number of clinical settings. Since 1998 he has worked extensively in Bosnia and Herzegovina teaching Family Medicine to physicians there as a Clinical Educator with the Queens Family Medicine Development Program in BiH. He has travelled with CFSIA for the past five years and has developed interest in Health, Sanitation and Water issues in East Africa. As such, he teaches portions of two of the courses offered through CFSIA McGill.
Dr. David Green
McGill University, Director, Professor, and Curator of Vertebrates, Redpath Museum of McGill University.
Chair of COSEWIC (the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). National Co-ordinator of the Canadian working group of the IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force and a member of the international Board of Directors since 1998.
Dr. Timothy Johns
McGill University, Professor, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition; Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University
Dr. Johns is an ethnobotanist whose research interests focus on the traditional uses of plants for food and medicine in relation to issues of nutrition and health. His field studies in Africa and Latin America focus on traditional subsistence systems, and his laboratory studies focus on the nutrient, phytochemical, and biological activities of plants identified in the field.
Dr. Johnson M. Kazungu
Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute
As director, Dr. Kazungu has assembled a team of scientists from his institution to present a marine biology course with emphasis on coral reef ecology and tropical issues.
Dr. Mzalendo Kibunjia
National Museums of Kenya, Divisions of Palaeontology; Archaeology; and Antiquities, Sites and Monuments
Dr. Kibunjia, and the prestigious institution of which he is a member, bring a wealth of knowledge and experience of the Rift Valley to our Archaeology course.
Dr. Stephen C. Lougheed
Queen's University, Professor, Biology
Dr. Lougheed is interested in the evolutionary forces that generate and shape vertebrate diversity, and focuses primarily on frogs, reptiles, and birds. His lab integrates studies of patterns in high-resolution DNA markers, morphology, and advertisement calls with experimental approaches to understand the significance of this variation. Dr. Lougheed's research addresses questions such as whether geographical isolation is necessary for the emergence of reproductive isolation between species.
Dr. David Pokotylo
University of British Columbia, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology
Dr. Pokotylo's areas of interest and expertise include: prehistoric stone tool technology, archaeology of hunter-gatherers, and public archaeology/archaeological resource preservation. He has over 25 years experience in stone tool analysis, particularly the replication of archaeological artifacts and reconstruction of chipped stone tool production systems. He has carried out field research in many areas of western North America, and in East Africa.
Dr. Rodger Titman
McGill University, Associate Professor of Wildlife Biology, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, and Associate Director, Avian Science and Conservation Centre
Associated with the Avian Science and Conservation Centre, Dr. Titman's primary areas of interest concern behaviour and ecology of waterfowl and wetland ecology. His studies have involved social systems, behaviour ecology and habitat selection by ducks and other birds.
Dr. Jon Unruh
McGill University, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Dr. Unruh's research interests are in the field of postwar land tenure: the relationship between land tenure and environmental change. Current research includes migration, land tenure and environmental change in southern Zambia, and postwar property rights and sustainable livelihoods.
Dr. Terry Wheeler
McGill University, Associate Professor, Natural Resource Sciences, and Director of the Lyman Entomological Museum
Dr. Wheeler conducts research on insect systematics, biodiversity, and zoogeography, with a focus on phytophagous and saprophagous flies, especially Chloropidae. Ongoing studies include the systematics and ecology of Diptera in grasslands, and the diversity and zoogeography of Holarctic flies.