Principal speaker
Dr James Ford
* Dr James Ford - Assistant Professor in Geography at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where he leads the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group (www.jamesford.ca). His research focuses on climate change vulnerability and adaptation, with a specific interest in the North, and his work has been published in 72 peer reviewed articles since 2003.
* Dr Tristan Pearce - CRN Fellow in Geography with the Sustainability Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph, Canada. His research focuses on the human dimensions of global environmental change with a specific focus in the Arctic where he has long-term research relationships with Inuit communities that span over ten years.