Robert Way
Associate Professor
PhD, Geography (University of Ottawa); MSc, Geography (Memorial University); HBA, Specialization in Geography, Minor in Geomatics and Spatial Analysis (University of Ottawa)
Department of Geography and Planning
Queen's University
Research Interests
Dr. Way's research uses a combination of field study, environmental modelling and remote sensing to characterize and predict environmental and climatic changes in northern environments with a particular interest on permafrost in Subarctic and Arctic Labrador. Dr. Way also operates a remote network of climate stations across Labrador which support climate monitoring and adaptation initiatives in the region.
Biography
Dr. Robert Way is an interdisciplinary northern scientist who specializes in understanding the impacts of climate change on the cryosphere (‘parts of the earth system that are frozen’).
Dr. Robert Way is a Kallunângajuk (Nunatsiavummiut) from central Labrador. He is currently an Associate Professor, a Canada Research Chair in Northern Environmental Change and he leads the Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. As an Indigenous northerner, Dr. Way’s experiences and relationships with community have profoundly shaped the 15+ years he has been working on issues related to climate change in Labrador.