Our People

Roth, Robin

Professor and Chair
Ph.D. Clark University, USA, 2004
Phone: 
519-824-4120 ext. 53525
Email: 
rroth01@uoguelph.ca
Specialization: 

Political Ecology; Indigenous-led Conservation; Forest Governance; Decolonial theory; Southeast Asia and North America.

Shivji, Iman

Graduate Program Assistant
Phone: 
519 824-4120
Email: 
geograd@uoguelph.ca
Office: 
MINS 115B
Specialization: 

Support to the GEG graduate program is provided by the shared team of Graduate Program Assistants located in the CSAHS Dean's Office.

Silver, Jennifer

Professor, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Program Coordinator
PhD, Simon Fraser University, 2010
Pronouns: 
She/her/hers
Phone: 
519 824-4120 ext. 52176
Email: 
j.silver@uoguelph.ca
Website links: 
Nature.Culture.Politics
Specialization: 

Ocean governance; Fisheries management, coastal communities and settler colonialism; Digital technology and environmental change; Political ecology.

Smit, Barry

University Professor Emeritus
Email: 
bsmit@uoguelph.ca

Smithers, John

Collge Professor Emeritus
PhD, University of Guelph, 1994
Phone: 
519-824-4120 ext. 56722
Email: 
jsmither@uoguelph.ca
Office: 
Hutt 241
Specialization: 

Alternative and Local Food Systems; The Role of Short Supply Value Chains in Enhancing Farm Viability and Local Food Production; Landscapes of commodification and consumption in the Rural Realm; Agri-Environmental Management.

Sooriyabandara, Gihan

Computing Coordinator
Phone: 
519-824-4120 ext. 53018
Email: 
gsooriya@uoguelph.ca
Office: 
Hutt 231

Sportza, Lucy

Phone: 
519-824-4120 ext. 58547
Email: 
lusportz@uoguelph.ca
Office: 
Hutt 240C

Stanley, Anna

Assistant Professor
Phone: 
519-824-4120 ext 52177
Email: 
asta@uoguelph.ca
Specialization: 

 Understanding settler colonial dimensions of Canadian resource governance, particularly in the areas of mining and mineral exploration. 

Tan, KC

College Professor Emeritus
Email: 
kctan@uoguelph.ca