Past Contributors

Tracey Wade Tracey is the senior planner at the Southeast Regional Service Commission. A member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) for more than a decade, Tracey was responsible for three major projects in the region, including the Sustainable Sackville plan and Tantramar 2040, two guiding documents for the RCE. She has been involved in various climate change adaptation initiatives at the local, provincial, and national levels and was one of the co-sponsors of the RCE Tantramar’s bid to the United Nations University in 2011.

Georgia Klein Georgia is a professor in the College of Sustainability at Dalhousie University, teaching in the field of coastal issues. Her research on intertidal flats was the backbone of her PhD work at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the University of Bremen in Germany. Georgia’s research and teaching places particular emphasis on global coastal change and conservation issues, and its effects on human dependence on those aquatic resources.

Josette MacIsaac
Josette is the Outdoor Environmental Classroom Coordinator for the Education for Sustainable Development project at Salem Elementary School in Sackville. Josette is a graduate of Mount Allison’s Geography and Environment program, as well as a graduate of the B.Ed program at the University of Ottawa. Josette is a teacher who assists teachers and students in getting outside and using the recently developed wetlands area and other environmental education options available as part of the outdoor education program.

Rob Burroughs
Rob is an alumnus of Mount Allison University, with an honours degree (BA) in international relations and a minor in geography. He was the RCE’s 2012 summer student.

Trevor Donald
Trevor studied Natural Resource Management in Ontario before returning to his hometown of Sackville to study at Mount Allison University. He worked as the RCE Tantramar Environmental Communications Intern.

Emily Phillips
Emily is a graduate of Mount Allison University from the Department of Geography and Environment. She worked as the RCE’s main coordinator while she completed her Master’s which focused on Sustainability Science and regional adaptation to climate change.