Faculty & staff

Office

The general office is in room B203 in the David Turpin Building. Call us at 250-721-7327 or email geography@uvic.ca.

Mailing address

Department of Geography
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2

More contact information

Faculty

David Atkinson

Professor, acting department chair Geography

Office: DTB B203c datkinso@uvic.ca 250-721-7332

Area(s) of expertise:

Climate, weather and human and natural systems, data analysis, modelling, the Arctic
Chris Bone

Status: On leave until Jan 1st, 2026.

Associate professor Geography

Office: DTB A237 chrisbone@uvic.ca 250-472-5620

Area(s) of expertise:

Geospatial technologies, spatial simulation modelling, human-environment interactions
Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe

Assistant professor Geography

Accepting graduate students

Office: DTB B130 nboulangerlapointe@uvic.ca 250-472-5860

Area(s) of expertise:

Socio-ecological systems, spatial modelling, plurality of knowledge, tundra
Sophia Carodenuto

Associate professor Geography

Office: DTB B350 carodenuto@uvic.ca 250-853-3281

Area(s) of expertise:

Natural resources governance, supply chain sustainability, global food systems, Africa studies, international development
Denise Cloutier

Professor Geography

Office: DTB B360 dcloutier@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:

health services research, quality of life, long-term care, social isolation, homelessness, mixed methods research, Indigenous methodologies
Maycira Costa

Professor, BC Leadership Chair in Environmental Remote Sensing Geography

Office: DTB B126 maycira@uvic.ca 250-721-7334

Area(s) of expertise:

Remote sensing, coastal oceanography, wetlands, biogeophysical processes
Chris Darimont

Professor, Raincoast Research Chair in Applied Conservation Science Geography

Accepting graduate students

Office: DTB B362 darimont@uvic.ca 250-853-3287

Area(s) of expertise:

Conservation science, resource management, wildlife, marine-terrestrial interactions
Teresa Dawson

Professor Geography

Office: DTB B316 tdawson@uvic.ca 250-853-3866

Area(s) of expertise:

Geography pedagogy, feminist geographies, learning in community
Kristian Dubrawski

Assistant professor, Canada Research Chair in Water Sustainability for Indigenous & Rural Communities Geography

kdubrawski@uvic.ca 250-472-5758

Area(s) of expertise:

Water, community, nature-based solutions, techno-ecological synergy
Shannon Fargey

Associate teaching professor Geography

Office: DTB B308 fargey@uvic.ca 250-721-7342

Area(s) of expertise:

Climate, mountain meteorology, hydrology, spatial analysis
Mark Flaherty

Professor Geography

Office: DTB B352 msf@uvic.ca 250-721-7337

Area(s) of expertise:

Aquaculture
Jutta Gutberlet

Professor Geography

Office: DTB B312 gutber@uvic.ca 250-472-4537

Area(s) of expertise:

International community-based development, Waste governance and climate justice
Christina Hoicka

Associate professor, Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change Geography

Office: DTB B124 cehoicka@uvic.ca 250-721-7328

Area(s) of expertise:

Energy geography, justice in low-carbon energy transitions, socio-technical and complex systems of approaches to diffusion of low-carbon innovations, renewable energy, sustainable cities
Ji Won Suh

Assistant professor Geography

Accepting graduate students

Office: DTB B306 jiwonsuh@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:

Remote sensing, GeoAI, time-series analysis, monitoring anthropogenic impact, primary forest mapping, biodiversity mapping
Eva Kwoll

Associate professor, Graduate advisor Geography

Office: DTB B123a ekwoll@uvic.ca 250-721-6049

Area(s) of expertise:

Geomorphology, sediment transport, flow-vegetation interaction, bedrock canyons
Sophie Norris

Status: Not accepting new graduate students for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Assistant professor Geography

Office: DTB B128 sophienorris@uvic.ca 250-472-5652

Area(s) of expertise:

Quaternary geomorphology, geochronology, ice sheet dynamics, glacial erosion, glacial lake outburst floods
Ian O'Connell

Teaching professor, undergraduate advisor Geography

Office: DTB B322 ianoc@uvic.ca 250-721-7338

Area(s) of expertise:

Geomatics
Cameron Owens

Teaching professor Geography

Office: DTB B210 camo@uvic.ca 250-721-7330

Area(s) of expertise:

Historical geographies, environmental assessment and sustainability, experiential learning
CindyAnn Rose-Redwood

Teaching professor Geography

Office: DTB B358 cindyann@uvic.ca 250-853-3274

Area(s) of expertise:

Social geography, global migration, Caribbean studies, international student experiences, social justice, anti-racism
Reuben Rose-Redwood

Status: Not accepting new graduate students for the 2026-27 academic year.

Professor, associate dean, academic Geography

Office: DTB B354 redwood@uvic.ca 250-721-7331

Area(s) of expertise:

Social and cultural geography, critical urban studies
Randall Scharien

Associate professor Geography

Accepting graduate students

Office: DTB B122 randy@uvic.ca 250-853-3577

Area(s) of expertise:

Remote sensing, cryosphere with specialization in Arctic sea ice
Crystal Tremblay

Status: On leave until Jan 1st, 2026.

Associate professor Geography

Office: DTB B356 crystalt@uvic.ca 250-472-5587

Area(s) of expertise:

Environmental governance, participatory community-based research, social justice
Xuebin Zhang

Status: Currently not accepting graduate students

Professor, Director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) Geography

Area(s) of expertise:

Detection and attribution of climate change, weather shifts, climate extremes, climate change impacts (regional and global scales)

Staff

Sydney Carroll
Communications and administrative assistant
Web content, social media, registration, honours program and field school admin
Office: DTB B203
geography@uvic.ca
250-721-7327

Terri Evans
Senior lab instructor
Remote sensing, hyperspectral, infrared, LIDAR and radar
Office: DTB A241
tevans@uvic.ca
250-472-4750

John Fowler
Administrative officer
Finances, appointments, communications
Office: DTB B203b
geogao@uvic.ca
250-721-7326

Sally Johnson
Graduate and undergraduate program assistant
Registration, advising, academic forms, master's and PhD program coordination
Office: DTB B203
geog2@uvic.ca
250-721-7350

Ken Josephson
Cartographer
Community mapping and outreach, graphic design
Office: DTB B209a
kjoseph@uvic.ca
250-721-7343

Gillian Krezoski
Senior lab instructor
Physical geography
Office: DTB B302
gkrezoski@uvic.ca
250-472-4269

Kinga Menu
Senior lab instructor
Lab evaluations, lab access, teaching
Office: DTB B304
kmenu@uvic.ca
250-721-7346

Jessica Neal
Senior lab instructor
GIS, ArcGIS, QGIS, GeoDa, R, Python
Office: DTB A243
jlaura@uvic.ca
250-472-5485

Hilary Potosnak
Assistant to the chair
Administrative support for the chair, purchasing, claim accounting, exams, special events
Office: DTB B203
geogac@uvic.ca
250-721-7357

Roger Stephen
Geospatial Technology Specialist
UAV Mapping, micro-credential curriculum development, lidar, GNSS
Office: DTB A239
stephenr@uvic.ca

Adjunct & cross-listed faculty

Matthew Asplin, adjunct assistant professor
Synoptic meteorology and climatology, Arctic sea ice, marine renewable energy, hydrology, ocean-atmosphere teleconnections, coastal communities and infrastructure.

Jorge Barbosa, adjunct assistant professor
Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence, IoT, big data analytics, machine learning, and applied computing in health, accessibility, education, and industry.

Kendrick Brown, adjunct assistant professor
Quaternary paleoecology, wildfire regime changes and impacts, Pliocene ecosystems, and quantifying black carbon.

Heather Castleden, adjunct professor
Indigenous-settler geographies; geographies of reconciliation and decolonization; renewable energy geographies; geographies of extraction and development; community-based participatory research; critical and Indigenous methodologies; healthy lands, healthy peoples; transformative governance; planetary health.

Anthony Charles, adjunct professor
Community-based resource management; sustainability and resilience of coastal and marine systems; ecosystem-based management; climate adaptation; protected areas; integrated spatial management.

Stephen Cross, adjunct associate professor
Environmental and socio-economic aspects of integrated multi-tropic aquaculture.

Michael (Mike) Demuth, adjunct professor
Hydrology; cold region environments; snow, ice and glaciers; remote sensing; climate change; human factors.

Bruce Downie, adjunct assistant professor
Protected areas; sustainable communities; community-based natural resource management; nature-based tourism.

Lawrence Frisch, adjunct professor

Janina Grabs, adjunct professor

Tunai Marques, adjunct professor

Sandra Marquis, adjunct professor

Jennifer Mateer, adjunct professor
Political ecology; community-based research; spatial justice; environmental dispossession; extractivism; field-based education.

Constance McDermott, adjunct professor

Michelle-Lee Moore, adjunct associate professor

Robert Newell, adjunct professor
Integrated planning; participatory planning; sustainable community development; systems thinking; visualizations; decision-support tools; climate action; biodiversity conservation; food systems.

Nathaniel Newlands, adjunct professor

Aleck Ostry, adjunct professor

Christopher Pearce, adjunct professor
Coastal ecosystems and resources.

Briony Penn, adjunct professor

Daniel Peters, adjunct professor

Christina Service, adjunct professor

Ian Walker, adjunct professor
Aeolian and coastal geomorphology; environmental fluid dynamics; sand dune ecosystems and restoration; beach-dune morphodynamics.