Recent funding awards

The Department's faculty members are highly successful in obtaining research funds from major external funding agencies. The tables below highlight some of the recent funding successes.

2011 - 2012

	Dr. Rachel Bezner Kerr [webpage] [email]   The McKnight Foundation - Identifying social factors and current child feeding practices in Tanzania. (together with Dr. Isaac Luginaah)
	Dr. Isaac Luginaah [webpage] [email]   The McKnight Foundation - Identifying social factors and current child feeding practices in Tanzania. (together with Dr. Rachel Bezner Kerr)
	Dr. Rachel Bezner Kerr [webpage] [email]   The McKnight Foundation - Legume Diversification Research in Southern Africa
	Dr. Chantelle Richmond [webpage] [email]   Indigenous Health Research Development Program - First Nations Perceptions of the Health Impacts of Living near a Solid Waste Facility (together with The Oneida Nation of the Thames, The Chippewa's of the Thames First Nations, Geography Professors: Dr. Joy Parr, Dr. Jamie Baxter, Dr. Isaac Luginaah and Dr. Jack Bend from Western's Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry)
	Dr. Isaac Luginaah [webpage] [email]   SSHRC - Changes in Environment and Well-Being in the Vicinity of Major Traffic Pollution: A Comparison of Relocatees and Non-Relocatees (together with Dr. Jamie Baxter, Dr. Michael Buzzelli, Dr. Jason Gilliland, Dr. Joy Parr and a team from The University of Windsor)

2010 - 2011

	Dr. Gordon McBean [webpage] [email]   IDRC - Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR): Building Adaptive Capacity for Managing Climate Change in Coastal Megacities (together with a team from Economics and Engineering at Western, Chulalongkorn University and Southeast Asia START Regional Research Center in Thailand)
	Dr. Jason Gilliland [webpage] [email]   CIHR/Heart & Stroke Foundation - Identifying casual effects on the built environment on physical activity, diet, and obesity among children
	Dr. Jamie Baxter [webpage] [email]   SSHRC - Changes in Environment and Well-Being in the Vicinity of Major Traffic Pollution: A Comparison of Relocatees and Non-Relocatees (together with Dr. Isaac Luginaah, Dr. Michael Buzzelli, Dr. Jason Gilliland, Dr. Joy Parr and a team from The University of Windsor)
	Dr. Michael Buzzelli [webpage] [email]   SSHRC - Changes in Environment and Well-Being in the Vicinity of Major Traffic Pollution: A Comparison of Relocatees and Non-Relocatees (together with Dr. Isaac Luginaah, Dr. Jamie Baxter, Dr. Jason Gilliland, Dr. Joy Parr and a team from The University of Windsor)
	Dr. Jason Gilliland [webpage] [email]   SSHRC - Changes in Environment and Well-Being in the Vicinity of Major Traffic Pollution: A Comparison of Relocatees and Non-Relocatees (together with Dr. Isaac Luginaah, Dr. Jamie Baxter, Dr. Michael Buzzelli, Dr. Joy Parr and a team from The University of Windsor)
	Dr. Joy Parr [webpage] [email]   SSHRC - Changes in Environment and Well-Being in the Vicinity of Major Traffic Pollution: A Comparison of Relocatees and Non-Relocatees (together with Dr. Isaac Luginaah, Dr. Jamie Baxter, Dr. Michael Buzzelli, Dr. Jason Gilliland and a team from The University of Windsor)
	Dr. Isaac Luginaah [webpage] [email]   MCRI - The Indian Ocean World: The Making of the First Global Economy in the Context of Human-Environment Interaction (together with a team from McGill University)
	Dr. Jason Gilliland [webpage] [email]    Heart & Stroke Foundation - Identifying casual effects of the built environment on physical activity, diet and obesity among children (together with Western Paediatrics & Kinesiology, Brescia University College, The University of Toronto, The City of London, Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, Middlesex-London Health Unit and the Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit)
	Dr. Peter Ashmore [webpage] [email]   MITACS - Geomorphic Principles used in Natural Channel Design: The State of River Restoration in Southern Ontario [Industry Partner: Geomorphic Solutions (Sernas Group Inc.)]
	Dr. Peter Ashmore [webpage] [email]   MITACS - Controls on bed configurations: An experimental investigation of semi-alluvial channels in Southern Ontario [Industry Partner: PARISH Geomorphic]
	Dr. Michael Buzzelli [webpage] [email]   CIHR - Knowledge Translation and Exchange for Dissemination of the Canadian Environmental Health Atlas
	Dr. Chantelle Richmond [webpage] [email]   CIHR - Preserving local knowledge to protect health among Anishinabe communities on Northern Lake Superior (together with Dr. Isaac Luginaah and Dr. Jerry White from Western First Nations)
	Dr. Isaac Luginaah [webpage] [email]   CIHR - Preserving local knowledge to protect health among Anishinabe communities on Northern Lake Superior (together with Dr. Chantelle Richmond and Dr. Jerry White from Western First Nations)
	Dr. Jason Gilliland [webpage] [email]   CIHR - Children's Health and the Environment: International Workshop on Research, Policy and Practice
	Dr. Joy Parr [webpage] [email]   Canada Research Chairs - Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Risk
	Dr. Gordon McBean [webpage] [email]   NSERC - Integrating and Translating ArcticNet Science for Sustainable Communities and National and Global Policy and Decision-Making

Questions?

Please contact the Geography Financial Administrative Assistant with any questions.

Phone: 519-661-2111, Ext. 85031;

Email: caroline.majeau@uwo.ca

RESEARCH

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