Education

Ph.D. in Geography (2000), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Specialization: Medical Geography / Urban and Environmental Health   
Thesis: Ecological and Individual-Level Perspectives on Children’s At-Home Behaviour
Supervisor: Dr. Harold D. Foster

M.A. in Geography (1995), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Specialization: Medical Geography
Thesis: Socio-ecological Structure and Perceived Child and Adolescent Psychological Disorder
in the Urban Core of the Windsor CMA
Supervisor: Dr. Frank C. Innes

B.A. in Geography (1992), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Honours and Awards

2012 Wilfrid Laurier University Short-Term Research Grant ($3,000)

2008 Nominee, Wilfird Laurier University Students Union Teaching Award

2007 SSHRC Aid to Small Universities Grant ($6,400)

2007 Nominee, Nipissing University Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching

2006 SSHRC Aid to Small Universities Grant ($6,896)

2006 Nominee, Nipissing University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

2005 Nipissing University Internal Research Grant ($5,000)

2003 Nipissing University Publication Support Grant ($4,000)

2002 Nipissing University New Faculty Start-Up Grant ($4,770)

2000 Western Division, CAG Student Presentation Award

1999 Nominee, University of Victoria Faculty of Social Science Award for Excellence in Teaching

1999 CAG Health and Health Care Study Group Student Presentation Award

1997-99 British Columbia Health Research Foundation Studentship Grant ($41,084)

1997-99 University of Victoria President’s Research Scholarship ($4,500)

1997 Sara Spencer Foundation Research Award in Applied Social Science ($3,000)