Faculty/StaffCourse/Lab/Program
Alex LyonAGRI 1150 Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century  
Students will study, through the lens of human enterprise sustainability, the aspects and ramifications of dominant and alternate agri-food system paradigms. They will examine agri-food systems from perspectives, such as environmental stewardship, food self-reliance, ethics, health, and nutrition. Students will compare, contrast, evaluate, and critique key concepts, elements, and outcomes of diverse agri-food system dimensions.
Akshit PuriAGRI 2220 Soil Stewardship and Management
Students will study the main characteristics of agricultural soils, their ecology and management with emphasis on understanding soil as a living system, in the context of the agro-ecosystem and as a precious natural resource. They will study soil formation and maturation processes, soil classification, physical and chemical characteristics of soils and how these influence suitability for and management in agriculture, soil water management, soil biology and ecology and soil conservation. Students will also study composting methods and compost use.
Rebecca HarbutAGRI 2230 Sustainable Human Economy  
Students will learn about economic principles within the context of environmental, economic and social sustainability. They will study key principles and concepts of ecological and sustainable economics in comparison to classical and neo-classical economics.
Akshit PuriAGRI 2320  Advanced Soil Management 
Students will understand and manage agricultural soils. They will learn soil conservation techniques, how to avoid losses through erosion, reduce the degradation of soil and the prevention and elimination of environmental pollution. They will learn how to increase soil fertility and health using appropriate soil amendments, organic fertilizers, cover cropping and tillage techniques. Learning to manage different soil types, students will understand how to optimize soil biological health and nutrition, soil water conservation, and water management such as irrigation and drainage.
Tara ImmellAGRI 3135  Business of Agriculture  
Students will examine the unique aspects of small scale agricultural business operations. They will study the critical factors involved in business development and management such as: goal setting, farm mapping and planning, business plan development, record keeping, employee management and marketing.
Mike BomfordAGRI 3150 Agriculture and Energy  
Learn to examine agriculture’s role as a producer and consumer of energy in the context of the ecosystem, food system and economy. Potential management options to improve agricultural energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and produce energy on farms through solar, wind, hydro, biopower, and biofuel technologies will also be explored.
Mike BomfordAGRI 3225 Experimental Design & Analysis  
Students will learn the fundamental principles of agricultural experimental design and analysis and prepare an applied research proposal.
Rebecca HarbutAGRI 3280 Fruit and Nut Crop Production  
Students will study the principles and practices utilized in tree, small, bush, and cane fruit crops and nut crops cultivated in British Columbia (topics will include adapted and novel crops; climatic requirements; site selection and preparation; propagation; orchard, grove and patch planning and establishment; canopy management; pest, water, and fertility management; plant growth and development; crop maturation and harvest; and post-harvest handling and storage).
Rebecca Harbut, Mike Bomford, and Alex LyonAGRI 3290 Agroecosystem Management I  
Students will study the integrated application of food crop production principles and practices in a laboratory farm setting. They will focus on late winter and spring operations including planning seasonal operations and plantings, equipment assessment and maintenance; procuring seed and plants; establishing orchard and field plantings; perennial crops canopy management; soil, nutrition, irrigation and pest management regimes.
Alex LyonAGRI 4298 World Trends in Agriculture  
Students will explore global trends in agriculture and the relationships between production practices, markets, community and the environment. They will study the shifts in agriculture that have occurred in major regions of the world and impacts that agricultural practices have had on the regions over time.
David SadowayARTS 1150 Introduction to the Climate Crisis  
This introductory exploration of climate change will introduce students to a broad range of fields of study and their respective perspectives on the climate crisis. Students will learn key concepts and methods around the theme of the climate crisis and consider questions such as why climate change is happening, what qualifies the climate crisis as an emergency and what it means to people, our society and our world. The course will consider interdisciplinary strategies for solutions to the climate crisis, including critical thinking, storytelling and ethical concerns about the impacts of climate change. Students will learn to view the climate emergency through multiple and sometimes contrasting perspectives, and to critically discuss contemporary discourse around the climate emergency. This course may include field trips off campus.
David SadowayARTS 3391-3392-3393 Understanding the Climate Emergency (Research Courses)
Students will conduct research and scholarship related to climate change and ‘the climate emergency’ in collaboration with Dr. Sadoway (Faculty-Mentor). [1] Registered 3391 students will undertake a basic review of climate emergency related scholarly and public policy literature (1 credit); [2] Registered 3392 students will undertake a literature review and link this to a detailed research proposal focused on the climate emergency (2 credits); [3] Registered 3393 students will undertake a literature review, devise a research proposal and an implementation plan for undertaking desktop or grounded research related to the climate emergency (3 credits).
Various BIOL instructorsBIOL 1110 Introductory Biology I  
Students completing the Biomes and Ecosystems unit of this general biology course will be able to explain the significance of the elements carbon and nitrogen to living organisms and outline the major steps in the cycling of these elements in the biosphere. They will further discuss the impact that humans have made on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems and discuss their implications.
Paula HirschmannCRIM 3911 Green Criminology  
Students will critically examine philosophical and theoretical perspectives within green criminology and how they are used to evaluate the social, legal, and regulatory responses to environmental crimes and harms. They will learn how environmental harms (such as climate impacts) are produced, distributed, and experienced unequally according to structural forces, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, class, gender, and citizenship-status. Students will apply this knowledge in the evaluation of strategies used to advance environmental, ecological, and species justice.
Sue FairburnDEPD 3610 Studio 5 Design Implementation   
This Year 3 Studio course has students develop skills to respond critically and creatively to designing protective gear for dangerous, and unpredictable contexts. With climate change affecting the intensity and frequency of these events across BC and around the world, this year’s focus is on protection during Wildfire events: “Fire Weather”. Students will confer with users (e.g. Wildfire fighters) and critically analyze their needs, with the aim of innovatively, sustainability, and economically improving such aspects as function, performance and comfort, while also addressing the manufacturing requirements in the development of their solutions. (note “Fire Weather” is a term used to describe the conditions wildfires can generate leading to their own weather pattern (heat and behaviours)
Dale TracyENGL 1100 Introduction to University Writing
This course focuses on university writing, which involves critical thinking, communication skills, and rhetorical awareness. As we work on reading and writing skills, we engage with various texts on various topics, including transphobia, anti-Black racism, and climate change.
Melissa DruryENVI 1121 Environmental Issues  
Students will learn to identify the basic scientific and social principles that underlie the main current environmental issues. They will also examine local and global case studies and will study the effects of pollution and resource degradation on society.
Isaac Seo and David SudENVI 1206 Environmental Chemistry II  
Students will study chemistry with a focus on environmental issues and applications. They will study gases and phase equilibria as well as key organic chemistry concepts (basic compound families, important reaction types) relevant to environmental applications such as toxicity, persistence, and mobility.
John MartinENVI 1216 Introduction to Earth Sciences  
Students will study the basic principles of geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, and atmospheric science. They will learn the key physical mechanisms that affect the transport and transformation of pollutants released in the environment.
Christopher HautaENVI 1226 Health & Safety  
Students will study the dangers of hazardous materials using standard industrial classification systems and will learn safe emergency response procedures for spill incidents and the use of protective suits and respirators. They will also learn to recognize and control common contaminated sites hazards through the development of site health and safety plans.
Chris KennedyENVI 2305 Environmental Toxicology  
Students will study the principles of toxicology and the toxicological testing of chemicals, with emphasis on environmental pollutants.
Paul RichardENVI 2310 Solid Waste Management  
Students will learn the principles of pollution prevention, waste minimization, recycling, landfill operation, incineration, and composting. They will also study the basic concepts of environmental management systems and environmental audits.
Christopher HautaENVI 2315 Water and Soil Sampling  
Students will gain experience with the field sampling procedures, instrumentation and analytical methods used in water, soil, and sediment assessment and control.
Andrew FrankENVI 2405 Environmental Legislation  
Students will study current environmental legislation at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels. They will learn the correct procedures for adhering to current legislation. Students will participate in a project to propose a new legislation or by-law, and will identify and interact with relevant stakeholders.
Paul RichardENVI 2410 Water Resources Protection  
Students will learn the principles of operation of physical, chemical, and biological treatment systems for water and wastewater. They will also learn the principles of flood control, erosion prevention, and other methods of aquatic habitat protection.
Christopher HautaENVI 2902 Environmental Research Project  
Students will engage in an intensive study of a selected topic in environmental protection technology. They will select a research topic, collect and interpret data, write a report on the results of the project, and present their results.
David Sadoway, Kathy Fitzpatrick, John Rose, Bill Burgess, and Parthi Krishnan
GEOG 1101 Human Geography 
Students will examine the nature and diversity of human geography, and learn to understand and describe the spatial characteristics of human population change, distribution and settlement, social-cultural interactions, and economic activities. Students will also learn how the natural environment facilitates or constrains these activities, and how human activities in turn affect the natural environment. They will learn and apply basic cartographic, qualitative and quantitative techniques commonly used in human geography.
Tracy Adole,
Mungandi Nasitwitwi, Victoria Tubrett		GEOG 1102 Physical Geography
Students will apply basic scientific principles to study three main components of the geophysical system: the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. They will examine weather and climate processes including the hydrologic cycle, local and regional weather, and climate change. Students will examine internal and external processes shaping the earth including, but not limited to tectonic, volcanic, glacial, coastal, fluvial and hillslope processes. Students will learn and apply a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques commonly used in physical geography including map use and interpretation.
Mungandi Nasitwitwi and
John Martin		GEOG 1160 Geography of British Columbia  
Students will explore the physical and human geography of British Columbia. They will examine how and why environmental, cultural, socio-economic, and political processes have shaped the development of British Columbia and its component regions. Students will consider current topics such as resource management, climate change, Indigenous sovereignty, and urban/rural development.
John RoseGEOG 2250 The City  
Students will study cities as distinctive spaces of human settlement. They will investigate the early origins of cities and the process of urbanization as it has unfolded over the course of human history. Students will explore spatial and temporal variations in urban function, urban form, and urban social organization. They will examine how these characteristics of cities are influenced by, and in turn shape, natural environmental conditions, technological innovations, economic development, demographic trends, and political organization. Students will apply the concepts of urban geography to understand cities around the world and, in particular, the landscape of metropolitan Vancouver.
Mungandi NasitwitwiGEOG 2400 Introduction to GIS  
Students will study the basic theory of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and apply GIS concepts to practical problems in geography at an introductory level. They will discuss a range of GIS technical issues, apply GIS operations using a popular desktop GIS software package, and through these applications improve their skills in designing and creating appropriate graphics.
David SadowayGEOG 3220 Urban Planning and Politics  
Students will examine the principles and practices of urban planning, and the political organization of urban space, with special attention to Canadian cities. They will investigate the origins and development of urban planning, and critically assess principles and practices of contemporary land use zoning, transportation planning, and social planning. Students will learn about the political organization of urban areas, with attention to the development and characteristics of local and metropolitan-scale government. They will also examine relationships between urban governmental bodies and other political actors, including indigenous peoples and senior levels of government. Students will critically assess public participation in urban planning and urban electoral politics.
Parthi KrishnanGEOG 3260 Geographic Thought  
Students will critically examine the perspectives, concepts, theories, and methodologies characteristic of geographic thought and of the discipline of Geography. They will survey the historical development of geographic thought and will assess contemporary approaches to geographic knowledge within physical and human geography. Students will review discussion about Geography’s ability to provide holistic perspectives regarding the challenges facing humanity.
Parthi KrishnanGEOG 4100 Research Design in Geography  
Students will develop a primary research proposal on a selected topic of relevance to human geography or physical geography. They will formulate a research question or questions rooted in a literature review of the issue in question. They will identify a methodology for the proposed research and outline a data instrument and sampling method, as appropriate. They will address the practical demands of geographic research, including scheduling, budgeting, and institutional oversight. and consider ways to disseminate results.
John RoseGEOG 4501 Current Geographic Issues  
Students will engage in an intensive study of a selected topic in geography, as determined by the instructor. They will review relevant literature, develop a research proposal, write a comprehensive report, and present the results of their research. Note: the topic of study will be established in advance by the department. Please check with the department for proposed offerings. Students may take this course multiple times for further credit on different topics.
Maryanne Eva and Tara ImmellGRMT 6100 Sustainability and Business Administration  
Students will learn how to integrate, evaluate, report sustainability in organizations. Students will learn specific reporting techniques on sustainability, including but not limited to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Principles of ISO 14001. This course is also heavy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy and programs as they relate to governance and sustainability.
John FalcusGRMT 6110 Green Marketing Management 
This course will prepare professionals in understanding and applying green marketing concepts in organizations. Green marketing is marketing products and services based on environmental factors or awareness. Companies involved in green marketing make decisions relating to the entire process of companies’ products, from design, methods of processing, packaging and distribution. This course will also help identify global business opportunities. The conceptual opportunities in this course can be applied on the Green Marketing Plan, in Green Project Management course or even the Capstone course.
Tara ImmellGRMT 6120 Ecological Economics for Organizations  
This course explores new ways of thinking about how we manage our lives and our planet to achieve a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the integration of “nature’s household” and “humankind’s household” under ecological economics as well as the trans-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary nature of management analysis. Students should have an applied understanding of the interdependence and co-evolution of human economies and natural ecosystems and natural ecosystems over time and space. The above follows the type of system’s thinking that is necessary in organizations and societies all over the world.
Maryanne EvaGRMT 6130 Principles of Green and Clean Technologies for Business and Society’s Sustainability  
This course covers the introduction to physical and technological principles of solar, indirect solar, and non-solar energies with an environmental policy, social and economic backgrounds. This course introduces students to Green and Clean Technologies for business professionals. Introduction to waste management, e-waste, green buildings and water filtration training is also provided in order to ladder into other professional, corporate or on the-job-training as well. Further knowledge of technologies or industry/corporate knowledge applied to specific companies can/should be developed for those interested in the Green Project Management course or Capstone.
Tara ImmellGRMT 6140 Sustainable Operations  
This course develops students’ ability to define and analyze sustainable business practices within the value chain of the product or service in order to develop and integrate sustainable practices at each step of the value chain. Students will learn how to measure and account for sustainability initiatives as a means of creating value at the operations management level within an organization. Students will be challenged to consider the sustainability challenges from the different stakeholder perspectives and priorities in developing and implementing sustainable operational practices and initiatives. Students will analyze graduate level papers on a variety of current research.
Jack HayesHIST 3180 North American Environmental History
Students will critically analyze the ecological, historical, and political diversity of environmental history in North America. They will engage with issues related to land use, agriculture, hydro and wind power, forestry, fisheries, rural-urban development, resource extraction, and environmentalism. Students will investigate and analyze the development of environmental policy, environmental science and technology, issues related to the impact of the Cold War, and environmental degradation in the United States and Canada, and within a global context.
Tomasz GradowskiHORT 1104 Soils and Growing Media  
Students will study the components and properties of soils and growing media. They will discuss the characteristics of organic matter and biological activity within the soil profile. Students will study how plant growth is affected by soil and growing media properties such as pH, nutrient retention, salinity, and the movement and retention of water. They will examine plant nutrient deficiencies, fertilizer types, and liming recommendations. Students will practice basic soil sampling and testing methods and discuss environmental issues involving soil and growing media practices.
Monica AffleckHRMT 4155 Leadership & HR Consulting
HR professionals are both consultants and leaders in organizations – whether they are working inside an organization or as an external expert. In this course, students will learn SDG’s, regenerative HR practices, and organizational sustainability.
Erick VillagomezIDSN 2404  Studio 4  
Students will investigate and summarize design theories, issues, principles and precedents for dwelling spaces with a focus on visual analysis and design communication. They will continue to produce, individually and in teams, original designs that respond to specific conceptual, behavioural, and contextual criteria for single and multi-unit dwelling spaces. They will focus on process, space planning, spatial volume development, and connect ideological concepts with their own interior design solutions.
Tracy SherlockJRNL 2240 Beyond the News: Feature Writing  
This is a feature writing class for Journalism students. I will be including one significant writing assignment about climate change.
Paivi KoskinenLING 1300 Languages of the World  
Students will learn fundamental facts about the world’s languages and will examine topics critical to language. They will examine a range of questions: the regional and historical similarity and diversity of languages, linguistic typology and language universals, sound and structural features of the world’s languages, issues of languages in contact, minority language endangerment, and the role of English as a world language.
Andreas SchwartzMRKT 2500 Environmental Sustainability in Marketing 
In this course, using the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) as a baseline, students will look at how Canadian marketers consider the triple bottom-line (people, profit, and planet) and consider the rapidly changing customer demands, corporate demands and social demands in Canada, ensuring that future marketers are developing the tools to apply best marketing practices aligned with UNSDGs to create a competitive advantage for their organization. Objective of the course would be to research, consider and apply how Canadian marketers can take a holistic view of sustainability, better understand consumer behaviour towards sustainability, and how organizations can create a competitive advantage by aligning with best marketing practices.
Greg Millard & Conrad KingPOLI 1110 Ideology and Politics  
Students will examine the political ideologies that have played an important role in shaping the modern political landscape, influencing the political attitudes and actions of individuals, groups and societies. Students will explore the historical context within which ideologies developed and engage the ideas of key thinkers in each ideological tradition. There will also be Indigenous worldviews and the Green Ideology discussed.
Shiva OlyaeiPOST 1200 Inclusive Communities, Sustainable Futures  
Students will undertake an in-depth study of one broad sustainability issue that relates directly to our lives, such as the climate emergency, inclusive affordable housing, Indigenous land rights, disability rights, or the future of work. Through class discussion, secondary research, and reflection, students will examine various perspectives and current conditions related to the sustainability issue. They will learn how to become self-advocates and develop tools and strategies to advocate for diverse communities and the environment. Students will also collaborate to imagine, evaluate, and promote solutions that lead to a more just and sustainable future.
Christina ShorthousePRLN 1120 Writing for Public Relations  
Students can apply persuasive (Op Eds) and explanatory writing skills to inspire action on climate.
Christina ShorthousePRLN 1150 Introduction to Public Relations  
Students can apply strategic communications planning skills to address climate challenges.
Fabricio TeloSOCI 1125 Introduction to Society 
Addressing how climate change relates to environmental injustice from a global perspective.