Professors Emeritae and Emeriti
Indigenous geographies, Education and citizenship, Geography and imperialism, and History of geography and cartography.
Labour market regulation, industrial relations and innovation in the Canadian automotive industry; The impact of climate change on work and employment in Canada; The integration and restructuring of the North American (Canada/US/Mexico) automobile industry; Workplace governance in cross-border regions.
Citizenship and human rights, Employment equity, Disability policy and citizenship in Canada, Historical geographies of racialization, Community development among Japanese Canadians, and Housing, activism, and the right to the city.
Impact of permafrost changes on hydrology and landscape stability, Landscape controls over permafrost-related hazards, Sediment erosion and deposition processes in cold environments, Hydrological and sediment transport modelling, and Paleoenvironmental and paleohydrological change in the arctic and boreal environments.
land use, planning theory, urban design, cultures, policy evaluation, research methodologies, China
Four decades after first teaching at Queen's, George continues to do so, offering GPHY 257 (The Geography of Middle America) Fall 2023.
Research interests include governance, policy, human resource requirements, education and training, professional practices and products in geodesy, mapping and charting and land administration with particular emphasis on national mapping and cadastral organizations in Canada and abroad.
Canada's countryside, Constructions of national identity, Symbolic landscapes, The place of heritage, and Sustainable tourism.
Multiculturalism and planning; urban development
Economic Geography, tropical Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, and Third World underdevelopment.
Aging across Canada, Geographies of voluntarism, Health status and access to health care among older Indigenous people, Health care delivery systems in Ontario and Canada, and Women’s health.