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The Operational Geographer journal, Volumes 14 - 17
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The Canadian Journal for Practising Geographers
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The Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) had the responsibility of the journal; however Ryerson Geography facultuy were responsibile for editing of all submitted articles and advertising copy from 1988 until 1993.
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RG 18.13.06
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1988 (Creation)
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4 journals
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Anthony C. Lea grew up in Forest Hill, Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto where he attained a Honours Bachelor’s degree in Geography in 1971, his Master’s degree in Geography in 1973, and his Ph.D in 1983.
In the early 1970’s Anthony taught at several Universities including the University of Minnesota, Queen’s University, and the University of Toronto. In the late 1970’s started working both in Academia and in the private sector. In 1982 he taught at the University of Toronto, while working for Compusearch, and taught a graduate level course at Queen’s University.
In 1986 Lea moved to Dallas, becoming a research director at a hospital there. In 1987 he returned to Toronto to begin teaching at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in the Applied Geography. In 1991 he started working at Compusearch again, as a research director, then as Senior Vice President, and then began working for MapInfo as the managing director. In 1997 he stopped working at Map Info and became the Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity at Ryerson.
In 2003 he became the Senior Vice President and Chief Methodologist at Environics Analytics, a new company created by the former President of Compusearch. He is still in this position, along with being an adjunct professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Ryerson and an adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.
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Michal Bardecki received his Bachelor of Arts Honours in 1970 and his Masters of Science in 1973 from the University of Guelph. Before coming to the Ryerson Geography Department in 1974, Michal was a sessional instructor and a teaching assistant at the University of Guelph and an Ecological researcher with the Ministry of Natural Resources. In 1981 he received his Ph.D from York University. His areas of concentration are Wetland Conservation, Environmental Geography, and Resources Management.
During his teaching career at Ryerson, Michal Bardecki has been involved in a variety of other activities. They include being on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, joint editor of the Operational Geographer Magazine, a conjunct Professor in the Graduate Watershed Ecosystems Program at Trent University, a Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, a member of the National Committee on Wetland Integration, an External examiner on the Ph.D committee at the University of Waterloo and M.Sc Committee at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Great Lakes Research Consortium as Ryerson's representative.
Bardecki has won awards including a commendation from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for his contribution that helped them win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He also won Ryerson Athletics Jim Peffers Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Interuniversity Sports.
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File contains volumes 14 - 17, published in 1988.
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