Jackie Dawson | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Academic at a public university: the University of Ottawa |
Known for | Research into arctic shipping and climate change, and ecotourism |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Waterloo Lakehead University |
Thesis | Climate Change Vulnerability of the US Northeast Ski Sector (2009) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Geography |
Website | https://www.jackiedawson.ca/ |
Jackie Dawson is a Canadian academic who holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Environment,Society and Policy. Dawson is also co-Scientific Director of ArcticNet,where she is currently a member of the Board of Directors. [1] [2]
Dawson graduated in 1997 from Barrie North Collegiate Institute [3] in Barrie,Ontario,Canada. In 2019,she was inducted into the Barrie North Collegiate Institute Wall of Honour. [4] [5] Dawson completed a Master's in 2003 at the University of Otago,with a thesis on environmental values of marine tourists. [6]
Dawson's research focuses on the impacts of Ecotourism in the Canadian arctic and sub-arctic,and also on how maritime shipping in a time of climate warming will affect the Canadian arctic,both terrestrial Inuit communities and culturally significant marine protected areas. [7]
Dawson is a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report. [8]
Dawson is a member of the Global Young Academy,which aims to give "a voice to young scientists around the world." [9]
Her arctic research practice emphasizes collaboration with Inuit colleagues in communities across Nunavut and beyond. [10] [11]
In May 2021,the Arctic Corridors Research Project that Dawson leads,with colleagues,Natalie Carter,Natasha Simonee and Shirley Tagalik,received a Governor General's Innovation Award. [10] The project "consulted with 14 northern communities —seven in Nunavut —to find out how to best protect culturally significant marine areas in the Arctic as ship traffic increases". [10]
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