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Clare J.A. Mitchell
Associate Professor and
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Geography Program
Geography and Environmental Management
Contact Information:
Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 33285
Office: EV1 - 333
Email: cjamitch(at)uwaterloo.ca
Personal Homepage: Visit website
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Degrees:
| Ph.D. |
University of Waterloo, Canada |
| M.ES. |
University of Waterloo, Canada |
| B.A. |
University of Guelph, Canada, 1981 |
Research Interests:
I was born in St. John's Newfoundland, grew up in Kingston, Ontario and have been a faculty member at the University of Waterloo since 1988. My research explores the social processes that lie behind the transformation of rural space. I am particularly interested in how Canadian towns and villages create place-based identities; specifically, those based on the commodification of local heritage. My research to date has focused on Ontario and British Columbia, but I am currently exploring the transformation of rural spaces along the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundand and Labrador. My teaching is in the field of economic and rural geography and I welcome graduate students in either area.
Contact Clare Mitchell for more information on research opportunities.
Graduate Student Supervision:
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# of students currently
supervising/co-supervising |
Total # of student
supervisions/co-supervisions |
| Masters |
2 |
26 |
| PhD |
1 |
1 |
Recent/Key Publications:
- Shannon, M., Mitchell, C.J.A. (2012) "Deconstructing Place Identity? Impacts of a “Racino” on Elora, Ontario, Canada" Journal of Rural Studies, 28: 38-48.
- Shannon, M. and Mitchell, C.J.A. (2011) "Racinos in Rural Canada: Economic Impacts of the Grand River Raceway on Elora, Ontario" Journal of Rural and Community Development. 6(2): 1-14.
- Halpern, Claire and Mitchell, Clare J.A. (2011) "Can a Preservationist Ideology Halt the Process of Creative Destruction: Evidence from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia" The Canadian Geographer, 55(2): 208-225.
- Mitchell, C.J.A. and J. Vanderwerf (2010) "Creative Destruction and Trial by Space in a Historic Village" The Geographical Review, 100(3): 356-374.
- Mitchell, Clare J.A. and Singh, Tiffany (2010) "Creative
Destruction in and Beyond the Rural-urban Fringe: a study of Elora,
Ontario" The Rural-Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict and Controversy. Ken Beasley (ed). Rural Development Institute, Brandon University.
- Mitchell, Clare J.A. (2009) "Population growth in rural and small town Ontario: metropolitan decentralization or deconcentration" Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 32(2): 377-392.
- Mitchell, Clare J.A. and Bryant, Chris (2009) "Counterurbanizing Settlement Systems: The Evidence of Counterurbanization" The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier Press.
- Mitchell, Clare J.A. and de Waal, Sarah (2009) "Revisiting the Model
of Creative Destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a Decade Later" Journal of Rural Studies, 25: 156-167.
- Mitchell, Clare J.A. (2008) "Counterurbanization and the Growth of Canada's Rural and Small Town Municipalities 1996-2001" Canadian Journal of Regional Science. 31(1): 117-118.
- Chennan (Nancy) Fan, Geoff Wall and Clare J.A. Mitchell (2008)
"Heritage Retail Centres, Creative Destruction and the Water Town of
Luzhi, Kunshan, China" in C. Ryan and H. Gu (eds), Tourism in China: Destinations, Culture and Communities, Routledge (Taylor and Francis), New York.
- Fan, N., Wall, G. and Mitchell, C.J.A. (2008) "Creative Destruction and the Water Town of Luzhi, China" Tourism Management, 29: 648-660.
- Mitchell, C.J.A. (2008) "Making sense of counteurbanization" in R. Munton, The Rural: Critical Essays in Human Geography, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, England. Pp. 339-358.
- Huang, H.Y.B., Wall, G. and Mitchell, C.J.A. (2007) "Creative Destruction in a Heritage Community: Zhu Jia Jiao" Annals of Tourism Research. 34(4): 1033-1055.
- Bryant, C., Mitchell, C.J.A.
(2006) "The City's Countryside," in T. Bunting and P. Filion (eds.) Canadian Cities in Transition, Third edition, Oxford University
Press, Canada.
- Mitchell, C.J.A. (2003) "The
Heritage Shopping Village: Profit, Preservation and Promotion" in G.
Wall (ed.) Tourism: People, Place and Products. Occasional Paper
#19, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo. Pp. 151-176.
Read a complete list of publications
Courses Taught:
- GEOG 202: Geography of the Global Economy
- GEOG 222:
Geographical Study of Canada
- GEOG 340:
Settlements of Rural Canada
- GEOG 353: Retail
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