A professor holding a Canada Research Chair is coming to University of Northern British Columbia.
Dr. Tristan Pearce, who starts at UNBC as an assistant professor in the Department of Global and International Studies on July 1, was appointed a tier 2 Canada Research Chair which carries funding of $500,000 over five years.
The CRC program is a federal initiative to attract and retain exceptional scholars. Pearce studies the cumulative impacts of environmental climate change.
He grew up in Prince George and holds a bachelor of arts in international studies from UNBC, a masters degree in geography and international development from the University of Guelph and a doctorate in geography from the University of Guelph.
He comes to UNBC from his current position with the Sustainability Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
"I am delighted to bring my research program to UNBC," said Pearce. "I will continue to work with communities in the north and globally to better understand how people are experiencing and responding to changes in the environment brought on by climate change and other forces.
"A key focus of my research is the engagement of multiple knowledge systems, scientific and traditional knowledge, to better understand our relationship with the environment and how it is changing. UNBC faculty are at the vanguard of these issues and I look forward to building new collaborations."
Pearce's appointment brings to eight the number of CRCs at UNBC.
