Dr. Phil Dearden (pdearden@office.geog.uvic.ca, personal website), Professor and Department Chair (Geography), Research Interests: marine protected areas, incentive-based conservation, resource management, protected area governance
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Dr. Rosaline Canessa (rosaline@uvic.ca , personal website), Associate Professor (Geography), Research Interests: coastal resource management, marine spatial planning, geographic information systems (GIS), seascape visualization
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Dr Ellen Hines (ehines@sfsu.edu, personal website), Adjunct Associate Professor (UVic Geog) and Associate Profesory (San Fransisco State), Research interests: marine mammals, integrated coastal management, public participation GIS, marine protected areas, climate change, LiDAR and hyperspectral applications
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Dr Grant Murray (grant.murray@viu.ca, personal website, project website), Adjunct (UVic Geog) and Canada Research Chair (Vancouver Island U), Research interests: local ecological knowledge, marine protected areas, coastal communities, social-ecological systems, environmental history, coastal resource management, aquaculture, tourism, and fisheries
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Dr. Cliff Robinson (cliff.robinson@pc.gc.ca), Adjunct Assistant Professor (Geography), Research Interests: marine protected areas, marine biodiversity conservation, geographic information systems (GIS)
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Dr. Rick Rollins (Rick.Rollins@viu.ca), Adjunct Assistant Professor (Geography), Research Interests: protected areas (Canada and International), visitor management, ecological integrity, tourism management
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Dr. Mark Zacharias (mzachari@uvic.ca), Adjunct Associate Professor (Geography), Research Interests: marine conservation, marine protected areas, marine habitat management
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Dr. Natalie C. Ban (nban@uvic.ca, personal website), Assistant Professor (School of Environmental Studies), Research Interests: Marine ethnoecology, marine protected areas, marine spatial planning, social-ecological systems, GIS, climate change, local and traditional knowledge
The Marine Protected Areas Research Group 