Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health

NESH

Who We Are

Board of Directors

President: Lars Hallstrom, PhD, Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus and University of Alberta, Department of Rural Economy; Director of Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities: Democratic and policy effects of the intersection of scientific knowledge and technical expertise, public participation in policy and politics, and shifts toward new models of governance concerned with environmental politics.

Vice-President: Margot W. Parkes, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Health, Ecosystems and Society, Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia and Managing Editor, EcoHealth. Interests span public health, human ecology, ecosystem-based, community-oriented participatory action research, multi-stakeholder processes for health and sustainability. PhD examined links between watershed management, freshwater ecosystems, and public health in New Zealand's Taieri River catchment.

Secretary-Treasurer: Martin Bunch, PhD. Associate Dean, Research, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University: Ecosystem approaches, adaptive management, environmental planning, international development, geographic information systems, public participation.

Cynthia Neudoerffer, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba: PhD on community adaptation to extreme weather events in the Canadian prairies using AMESH and resilience frameworks.

Henry David Venema, PhD. Director, Water Innovation Centre and Natural & Social Capital Program, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Karen Morrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine, OVC, University of Guelph: Ecosystem approaches to human health, including social-ecological resilience, social and environmental determinants of health, health communication, community development and social learning.

David Waltner-Toews, PhD. Professor, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph (retired); Veterinary epidemiology, agroecosystem health, public health and zoonotic diseases.

James Kay, a founding director and NESH Pioneer, died on May 30, 2004, at the age of 49. See more about him and his work in a special section of the NESH site.