LEITH DEACON 202-10235 112 St NW Edmonton, AB T5K 1M7 (780) 803.3594 deacon1@ualberta.ca EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Geography, Western University, London, ON 2010 Master of Science, Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph, 2004 Guelph, ON Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies, University of Windsor, Windsor, 2001 ON ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, Planning Program, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Faculty Lecturer, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Faculty Lecturer, Geography Department, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON Post-Doctoral Fellow, Geography Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Instructor, Department of Geography, Western University, London, ON Graduate Assistant, Department of Geography, Western University, London, ON Research Intern, Rural Development Department, United Nations, Food & Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy Graduate Assistant, Rural Planning and Development, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON 2013 Present 2012 2013 2011 2012 2011 2011 2008 2011 2005 2008 2004 2002 2004 AWARDS: ACADEMIC, SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL Nominated, Faculty of Science Innovation in Teaching Award, 2016 University of Alberta Nominated, Faculty of Science, Instructor with Distinction Honor 2016 Role, University of Alberta Nominee, Teaching Assistant Award, Western University 2005 2008 SCHOLARY AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Vice President, Western Division of Canadian Association of Geographers University of Alberta Representative, Smart-City Alliance Academic Representative, Provost s Academic Advisory Committee for Sustainability (PAACS), University of Alberta 2016 Present 2015 Present 2015 Present
Graduate Admissions Committee, EAS, University of Alberta 2015 Present Adjudicator, Western Division of Canadian Association of Geographers 2014 Present Manuscript Reviewer for the following journals: Local Environment, Journal 2011 Present of Environmental Planning and Management, Health & Place, Journal of Transport & Health, The Canadian Geographer, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of Geography, Western 2007 2008 University Hiring Committee, Department of Geography, Western University 2008 GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT HGP 550: Resource Management and Environmental Policy HGP 543: Advanced Environment and Health GRADUATE SUPERVISION/EXTERNAL READER Completed: 1; In Progress: 6 Arshad Khan Khalafzai, PhD in Human Geography, University of Alberta (committee member) Terris Glab, MA in Human Geography, University of Alberta (Supervisor) Nushrat Jahan, MA in Human Geography, University of Alberta (Supervisor) Henok Asfaw, PhD in Human Geography, University of Alberta (committee member) Trina Lamanes, MA in Human Geography, University of Alberta (Supervisor) William Gordon, PhD in Human Geography, University of Alberta (committee member) Jalene Anderson, MA in Human Geography, University of Alberta (committee member) Aelita, K.J. Neimanis, MA in Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University (external examiner) 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 RESEARCH GRANTS/CONTRACTS Grantor Purpose PI Amount SSHRC IDG (Submitted) Research Deacon $74,523.00 2016 Oxford Pub. Edit/Publish Deacon $3,000 2016 Pearson Pub. Edit/Publish Deacon $1,500 2016 Mitacs Research Deacon $30,000 2016 Pearson Pub. Edit/Publish Deacon $3,000 2016 Killam Foundation Research Deacon $33,000 2015 Killam Foundation Research Van Assche $50,000 2015 Killam Foundation Research Agrawal $100,000 2015
KIAS Research Van Assche $7,500 2015 University of Alberta Teaching Deacon/Garvin $75,000 2014 Oxford Pub. Edit/Publish Deacon $350 2014 Grantor Purpose PI Amount Oxford Pub. Edit/Publish Deacon $4,000 2013 Pearson Pub. Edit/Publish Deacon $4,000 2012 Western University Research Deacon $8,000 2010 Western University Research Deacon $8,000 2009 Western University Research Deacon $7,000 2009 Western University Research Deacon $8,000 2008 Western University Research Deacon $500 2007 Western University Research Deacon $500 2007 Western University Research Deacon $750 2007 Western University Travel Deacon $500 2007 Western University Research Deacon $4,000 2006 Western University Research Deacon $7,000 2006 Western University Travel Deacon $500 2006 Western University Travel Deacon $200 2006 Western University Research Deacon $7,000 2005 SSHRC Research Baxter $148,000 2005 University of Guelph Research Deacon $2,000 2002 University of Guelph Research Deacon $2,000 2002 PUBLICATIONS Lifetime summary (count) according to the following categories: Papers in refereed journal... 8 Chapters in edited books 2 Books. 2 Presentations at conferences... 30 Professional reports/non-refereed.. 1 Media invitation. 2 Refereed 1. Deacon, L. (forthcoming) Introducing Blended Learning into Curriculum: Lessons from a First-Year University Course. 2. Deacon, L., Lamanes, T. (forthcoming) Recreation and Resiliency: The Impact on a Community s Sustainability. 3. Van Assche, K., Beunen, R., Duineveld, M. Gruezmacher, M., Deacon, L. (forthcoming) Resiliency and Power. 4. Deacon, L., Papineau, J., Van Assche, K., Gruezmacher, M., Lavoie, S. (forthcoming) Masters Hypothesis & the Industry of Speculation: Critical Reflections from Canadian Resource- Based Communities. 5. FitzGibbon, J., Plummer, R., Deacon, L. (accepted). Stewardship and Precautionary Regulation: Implications for Collaborative Environmental Governance. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture.
6. Deacon, L., Papineau, J. 2016. Fort McMurray and the Canadian Oil Sands: Local Coverage of National Importance, Environmental Communication [In press]. 7. Deacon, L., Baxter, J., Buzzelli, M. 2015. Environmental Justice - An Exploratory Snap- Shot Through the Lens of Canada's Mainstream News Media. Canadian Geographer, 59(4): 419-432. DOI: 10.1111/cag.12223 8. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2013. Power through Participation: A Case-Study of Procedural Environmental Injustice. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.56, No. 5, pp.607 623. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.692502 Chapters in Edited Books Books 9. Deacon, L., Lamanes, T. 2015. Resiliency and Resource-Based Communities: A Canadian Case Study. Sustainable Development and Planning VII: O. Ozcevik, C.A. Brebbia, S.M. Sener (eds). WIT Press: London, UK, pp. 713-736. 10. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2009. Framing Environmental Inequity in Canada: A Content Analysis of Daily Print News Media. Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada: R. Haluza-Delay, P. O Riley, P. Cole, J. Agyeman (eds). UBC Press: Vancouver. 11. Van Assche, K., Deacon, L., Gruezmacher, M. (In Press). Boom & Bust: A Citizens Guide, Managing Ups & Downs in Communities. Ideas for and from the Canadian West. Edmonton: University of Alberta. 12. Davidsen, C., Kipp, L., Deacon, L. 2013. Oil Literacy: The Canadian Oil/Tar Sands Debate. Media Literacy and Politics, Vancouver: Pearson Publishing. Presentations at Conferences 13. Lamanes, T. and Deacon, L. 2016. Recreation and Resiliency: Implications in a Resource- Based Community, Canadian Association of Geographers, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Presented by: Trina Lamanes. 14. Deacon, L., and Garvin, T. 2016. Pedagogical Alternatives: Changes in the Way Geography is Taught in a University Setting, Canadian Association of Geographers, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Presented by: Leith Deacon. 15. Jahan, N., and Deacon, L. 2016. Regional Economic Resilience: An Economic Framework for Devon Alberta, Canadian Association of Geographers, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Presented by Nushrat Jahan. 16. Deacon, L., and Garvin, T. 2016. Implementing a Blended Format: Our Experiences with a Gradual Roll-Out, Festival of Teaching, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Presented by Dr. Leith Deacon. 17. Deacon, L., Van Assche, K., Gruezmacher, M. 2016. Exploring Complexities: Perspectives on Resilience from Western Canada, American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, California. Presented by Dr. Leith Deacon. 18. Deacon, L. and Garvin, T. 2016. Blended Learning: How Changes have affected the Delivery of a First Year Geography course, Western Division of Canadian Association of Geographers, Prince George, British Columbia. Presented by Dr. Leith Deacon 19. Jahan, N. and Deacon, L. 2016. Analytical Framework for Regional Economic Resilience: A Case Study of Devon Alberta, Western Division of Canadian Association of Geographers, Prince George, British Columbia. Presented by Nushrat Jahan.
20. Deacon, L., Garvin, T. 2016. Transitioning to a Blended Learning Format: Lessons and Experiences from a First Year course. ATLAS Speaker Series, University of Alberta. Invited. Presented by Dr. Leith Deacon. 21. Deacon, L. and Garvin, T. 2015. Transitioning to a Blended Learning Format: Lessons and Experiences from a First Year Course, Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Banff, Alberta. Presented by Dr. Leith Deacon. 22. Deacon, L. 2015. Resiliency in Fort McMurray: A case for Planning, Resilient Communities Conference, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada. 23. Deacon, L. 2015. Resiliency and resource-dependency: The Athabasca Oil Sands, Intersections: Exploring Space, Community and Local Governance. Edmonton, AB, Canada. 24. Deacon, L. 2015. Resiliency and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Fort McMurray, Alberta, American Association of Geographers, Chicago, Il, United States. 25. Deacon, L. 2015. Resiliency and resources: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Western Division of Canadian Geographers, Kamloops, BC, Canada. 26. Lamanes, T., Deacon, L. 2015. Recreation and community sustainability: A case study of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Western Division of Canadian Geographers, Kamloops, BC, Canada. 27. Jahan, N., Deacon, L. 2015. Infrastructure, Resiliency and Development: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Western Division of Canadian Geographers, Kamloops, BC, Canada. 28. Van Assche, K., Gruezmacher, M., Deacon, L. 2015. Tempering Mechanisms for Governing Boom & Bust Cycles and the Utility of Evolutionary Analyses: The Case Alberta, Canada, International Association of the Study of the Commons (IASC) Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Presented by Dr. Kristof Van Assche. 29. Van Assche, K., Gruezmacher, M., Deacon, L. 2015. Boom/ Bust Cycles and the Power of Planning to Temper Them: Alberta and BC Analyses, International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA,) Lille France, Presented by Dr. Kristof Van Assche. 30. Deacon, L. 2015. Resiliency and Resource-Based Communities: A Canadian Case Study, International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, Istanbul, Turkey. 31. Lamanes, T., Deacon, L. 2014. Planning, Recreation and Community Well-Being: Social Sustainability in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, AB, Western Division of Canadian Association of Geographers, Victoria, BC, Canada. 32. Deacon, L. 2012. Environmental Justice in Canada: A Case-Study Analysis, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada. 33. Deacon, L. 2011. NVivo: More than Just a Software Package Uses in Qualitative Research, Western University, London, ON, Canada. 34. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2009. Discourses of Risk, Health and Justice in an African-Canadian Community, 2009 International Medical Geography Symposium, Hamilton, ON, Canada. 35. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2009. Landfill Location & Discourses within a Community, Lincolnville Nova Scotia 2009 Annual Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 36. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2009. Trash Talking: An Analysis of a Community's Discourses and Perceptions, 2009 Annual American Association of Geographers Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA. 37. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2008. Environmental Equity Discourses in Canada, 2008 Annual American Association of Geographers Conference, Boston, MA, USA. 38. Deacon, L., Baxter, J. 2007. Framing Environmental Inequity in Canada: A Content Analysis of Daily Print News Media, 2007 Annual American Association of Geographers Conference, San Francisco CA, USA. 39. Deacon, L. Baxter, J. 2007. Environmental Inequity in Canada: Spatial Locations and Lived Experiences, Western University Graduate Research Showcase, London, ON, Canada.
40. FitzGibbon, J., Plummer, R., Deacon, L. 2005. Stewardship and Precautionary Regulation: Implications for Collaborative Environmental Governance, Adaptive Co-Management Symposium, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada. 41. Deacon, L. 2004. Environmental Management Techniques: Regulation and Policy in regard to voluntary stewardship programs, University of Guelph Environmental Graduate Symposium, Guelph, ON, Canada. 42. Deacon, L., 2004. Environmental Management Techniques: Stewardship vs. Regulation, Latornell Conservation Symposium, Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston, ON, Canada. 43. Deacon, L. 2003. Environmental Management Techniques: Regulation and Policy in Regard to Voluntary Stewardship Programs, University of Guelph Environmental Graduate Symposium, Guelph, ON, Canada. Professional Reports/Non-Refereed 44. Buzzelli, M., Deacon, L. 2011. Pathways to Housing Careers: Hidden Career Opportunities, Canadian Municipal Housing Corporation. Media Invitations 45. Edmonton Journal. Close Neighbours: Infill Sounds Good in Principle but there are Challenges for New Housing Developers and Longtime Residents in Core Communities. February 13 th, 2014. 46. Global Television News, Edmonton s Infill Project, January 9 th, 2014. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Canadian Association of Geographers American Association of Geographers Alberta Professional Planners Institute Canadian Institute of Planners (Candidate Member)