Graham Daborn | 50 seats available
Wednesdays*, 1:30pm – 3:30pm
October 24 – November 28 (5 sessions, no class Nov. 7)

* NOTE: This course has moved from Tuesdays (as advertised in our printed calendar) to Wednesdays.

While the precise cause(s) may be debated, there can be little doubt that the global climate is changing. This course will outline some of the examples of climate changes in the past, and the forecasts for the future, particularly as they affect freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems and their resources. This will lead into discussions of how human populations around the world (including Canada and NS) will have to adapt to change in the decades to come.

Graham Daborn

Graham Daborn is Professor Emeritus at Acadia University. He received his BA in English and Biology from the University of Keele (UK), and MSC and PhD degrees in Zoology from the University of Alberta. He was Professor of Biology at Acadia from 1973 to 2004, the Founding Director of the Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research (1984-2004), and Founding Director of the Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment (2004-2007). At Acadia he taught courses in ecology, limnology, estuarine biology, and introductory biology. His research has dealt with the ecology of the Bay of Fundy with particular respect to the environmental implications of tidal power. He has been a member of the Experts Committee on Marine Renewable Energy for the International Energy Agency, a volunteer member of the Environmental Monitoring Advisory Committee (EMAC) for the Fundy Ocean Research Centre (FORCE) since its establishment in 2009, and a member of the Research Advisory Committee for the Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA).