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Susan Wismer
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Degrees:
| Ph.D. | University of Waterloo, Canada, 1990 |
| M.Ed. | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada, 1976 |
| B.A. | University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1973 Queen's University, Canada, 1973 |
Research Interests:
I have continuing research interests in gender and development issues and in local development and sustainable livelihoods in Canada and overseas. Recent graduate students under my supervision have carried out research on: community involvement in Biosphere Reserve development in Canada; development of organic shrimp farming in Vietnam; ecotourism in the Caribbean island of Dominica; the potential for Biosphere Reserve development in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia; waste management in Canada and Mexico; local food systems in Stratford, Ontario; sustainable housing in Northern Pakistan; microfinance groups in Kenya; integration of adaptation, mitigation and local development strategies in rural India.
Research Grants/Projects:
Linking People to Land Generation through Livelihood-reinforcing Energy Services
Shastri Indo-Canadian Foundation Millenium Development Grants
Grant Period: 2008-2010
Building Adaptive Capacity in Biosphere Reserves
Manitoba Conservation Sustainable Development Initiatives Fund
Grant Period: 2008
Citizen Engagement in Governance of Biosphere Reserves
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Grants
Grant Period: 2005-2008
Land and Rural Livelihoods in Vietnam
Social Science and Humanities Research Council Standard Grants
Grant Period: 2005-2008
Contact Susan Wismer for more information on research opportunities.
Graduate Student Supervision:
# of students currently |
Total # of student |
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Masters |
1 |
35 |
PhD |
3 |
2 |
Recent/Key Publications:
“Culture and Sustainable Livelihoods” (with Teresa Tao and Geoff Wall) Journal of Human Ecology 29:1 (2010) 1-21
"Sustainable Forestry and Local People: The Case of Hainan’s Li Minority" (with Evan Davies) Human Ecology 35:4 (2007) 415-426
"Inclusivity and Dementia: Health Service Planning with Individuals with Dementia" (with Kyle Whitfield) Healthcare Policy 1:2 (2006) 120-134
"Citizen involvement in sustainability-centred environmental assessment follow-up" (with Carol Hunsberger and Robert Gibson), Environmental Impact Assessment Review 25 (2005) 609-627
From Sky to Sea: Capacity-Building for Environmental Management in Indonesia (co-edited with Tim Babcock, et al.) Waterloo: Geography Publication Series, 2005 678 pages (refereed)
Gender and Environment Training Manual . Waterloo/Toronto: University Consortium on the Environment/Collaborative Environmental Project in Indonesia, 2002 on CD-ROM
"Sulawesi: the Environment, the People and the UCE Project" (with Tim Babcock, Bruce Mitchell, B. Nurkin) in From Sky to Sea: Environment and Development in Sulawesi, 2005 pp. 3-38 (refereed)
"Gender, Livelihoods and Sustainability: the Gender and Environment Training Program"in Tim Babcock, Nurkin, Rizal, Susan Wismer, editors, From Sky to Sea: Capacity-Building for Environmental Management in Indonesia 2005 Waterloo: Geography Publication Series pp. 265-294 (refereed)
"Still Shopping for Training: Women, Training and Livelihoods" (with Karen Lior) in Marjorie Griffin Cohen, editor, Training the Excluded for Work Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003, pp.214-230 (refereed)
"Seeing the Whole Picture: Woolwich as a Healthy Community" in Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, editor, Inspiring Change: Healthy Cities and Communities in Ontario. Toronto: OHCC, 2000 pp.69-88
"Building Business, cultivating community: women and rural economic development in Ontario" in Pierre-Andre Tremblay, editor, Vers u nouveau pacte social? Etat, Entreprises, Communautes et Territoire Regional, Chicoutimi: Groupe do recherche et d’intervention regionales Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, 1999, pp.75-88
Read a complete list of publications in the curriculum vitae (.pdf)
Courses Taught:
ERS 476: Environmental Education
ERS 669: Team Research Project
I have also taught courses for graduates and undergraduates in research design and research methods, international development, 'greening' the campus and community, distance education courses in women’s studies, environment and health, gender and environment, activism, impact assessment methods, and social impact assessment.
