DepartmentGeography Department
OrganizationUniversity of Guelph
Emailbsmit@uoguelph.ca
Phone+1-519-824-4120
AddressStone Road
Guelph , Ontario N1G 2W1Canada
Science Specialties
climate change, Inuit, community sustainability
Current Research
My research focuses on human vulnerability to environmental change (including climate change). The focus is primarily on indigenous peoples (current work on Inuit in the Canadian High Arctic and the Canadian western Arctic). Research examines human adaptive capacity, including current/past adaptation measures and past/current/future environmental/climate exposures to 1) assess current/future vulnerability; 2) integrate indigenous knowledge into science and policymaking.