Graham Smith

Associate Professor

Research Interests

Primary research focuses on shifting the paradigm for environmentalism from one of global sustainability to one of sustaining globalization. The central thesis is that the focus on global sustainability fits the stasis model of governance within which it was derived but that the dynamic nature of globalization as today's world system requires a shift in the paradigm for sustainability, away from the stasis emphasis upon the ecological imperative and more on the social imperative required by the dynamics of globalization.

This new paradigm sustainable globalization is based on the empowerment of both the individual and the community. It is predicated upon response-ability and a dynamic vision of optimism that encompasses social, political and economic freedom; unlimited wealth and opportunity, and; the values of personal integrity and systemic compassion. Implementation of this perspective focuses upon social visioning, spiritual reformation and the facilitation of leadership and entrepreneurship.

Awards

2004 Bank of Nova Scotia, University of Western Ontario Alumni Association and University Students Council Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Supervised Graduate Students and Theses Titles

PhD Students	Year	Title
W. Dickinson	1999	Municipal Environmental Advisory Groups: Form, Function and Effectiveness
M. Prystupa	1994	Evaluation of Yukon Environmental Assessment Interest Representation
MA Students	Year	Title
S. Dunn	2004	Interpreting Wetland Values
M. Letourneau	2001	Sacred Text: National Identity, Place and Language in the English Language Newspapers in Jerusalem
M. Pawlick	1999	Disability, Park Access and Quality of Life: An Examination of Recreational Equity
J. Eligh	1998	Sustainable Development: The Geography of Place and the Firm
W. Kinghorn	1996	Visual Preference in Forest Edge Environments: An Application of Digital Imaging
M. Jones MDP U. of Calgary	1995	Neighbourhood Residential Intensification
C. Nell	1994	The Role of Information in Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Case of the London-Middlesex Boundary Adjustment Process
D. Van Lieshout	1993	Prospects for Impact Management: A Case Study of two Local Landfill Sites
K. Foster	1993	Media roles and function in resource management: A comparative analysis of two Vermont weekly newspapers and municipal decisions on a participation contract with Hydro Quebec
L. Hurlen	1992	Improving site selection studies in Ontario
S. Meek	1991	Implementing sustainable resource development: Factors constraining the use of natural channel design in stormwater management, Southern Ontario examples
G. Given	1989	Monitoring public concerns in impact assessment: The Victoria hospital energy-from-waste case study

CONTENTS

• Research Interests
• Awards
• Supervised Graduate Students and Theses Titles

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