I studied Psychology and Art History as an undergraduate at the the University of Toronto, and considered three options after that: Architecture, Art School or graduate studies in Psychology.  I entered the MA program in Environmental Psychology at UBC in an effort to marry these interests.  It didn’t but I was lucky enough to stumble into Jim Duncan’s seminar in Cultural Geography, which was both intellectually stimulating and a huge amount of fun.  So, like many, I discovered Geography late (I hadn’t studied geography since grade 9 in high school).  When I transferred from graduate studies in Psychology to Geography, a faculty member in Psychology said that I was unlikely to get anywhere if I read too widely (as colleagues seemed to be doing in geography).  I have loved being in a such an undisciplined discipline where most everyone reads too widely. 

 

 

1984    Ph.D.     UBC, Geography

 

 

 

Academic Appointments    

1984-86    Clark University

1986-        UBC

 

Academic Awards

2006    Canadian Association of Geographers’ Award                        

            for Scholarly Distinction

2007    Killam Graduate Mentoring Award