Awards

Greg R. Halseth, Ph.D.
Queen's University at Kingston, 1993 (Ph.D.)
Professor
Geography Program

Distinctions, Honours, Fellowships, Appointments

  • Evaluation Committee, Local Government Management Internship Program. Northern Development Initiative Trust. (2013-present)
  • Scientific Advisor - Tumbler Ridge UNESCO GeoPark. (2018-2021)
  • Advisor - BC Rural Policy Project. Selkirk College. (2019)
  • Advisor - Natural Resources Canada-funded Climate Change Adaptation Project. Royal Roads University. (2019)
  • Advisor - Canadian Economic Development Agency, Pan-Territorial Growth Strategy. (2019)
  • Member of Editorial Board, BC Studies (2014-2017; 2018-2021; 2022-2025)
  • Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Rural Studies (2012-2019)
  • Member of Editorial Board, The Canadian Geographer-Le Géographe canadien (2013 – 2015; 2016-2018; 2019-2021)
  • Member of Committee to create the Local Government Management Internship Program. Northern Development Initiative Trust. (2012-2013)
  • Research Committee Advisor, Smart Planning for Communities and Fraser Basin Council, "Integrated Community Sustainability Planning: Implications for Regional Districts and Rural Areas in BC". (2011-2012)
  • Appointed to the Editorial Board, Western Geography, 2009-2011.
  • Appointed to the Board of Directors, Community Futures Development Corporation of Fraser-Fort George, 2008-present.
  • Appointed to the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2003-2008.
  • Appointed to the Editorial Board, Journal of Rural and Community Development, Department of Rural Development, Brandon University, 2007-present.
  • Appointed to the Board of Directors, Prince George Aboriginal Business Development  Association, 2006-present.
  • Elected as National Councillor, Executive Committee, Canadian Association of Geographers, 2003-2006.
  • Appointed to Advisory Committee on Rural Issues for Secretary of State for Rural Development, 2002-2006.
  • 2005/2006 Nominee from University of Northern British Columbia, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia "Distinguished Academics Awards."
  • Appointed to the Minister's Community Advisory Group, British Columbia Ministry of State for Forest Operations, April 2004 to March 2006.
  • Meritorious Service Award from the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, 2004.
  • 2003/2004 Nominee from University of Northern British Columbia, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia "Distinguished Academics Awards."
  • 2002/2003 Nominee from University of Northern British Columbia, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia "Distinguished Academics Awards."
  • Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies (Tier II Chair), in the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Effective July 2002.
  • Selected as a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg Austria, 2001.
  • Appointed as Past-President, Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, 1999-2000.
  • 1999/2000 Nominee from University of Northern British Columbia, Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia "Distinguished Academics Awards."
  • Elected as President, Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, 1997-1999.
  • Member of Executive Committee, Canadian Association of Geographers, 1997-1999.
  • Elected as Vice-President, Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, 1996-1997.
  • Elected a Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), 1996.
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRCC Post-Doctoral Fellowship,1993 to 1994. Held in Department of Geography and the Community Economic Development Centre at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRCC Doctoral Fellowship, 1989 to 1992
  • Student Essay Competition - Doctoral Award Winner, Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division, Annual Meetings, 1990; Halseth G. and A. James, "Fertility Change in Eastern Ontario Townships: 1861-81"
  • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Dean's Award, 1989
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, CMHC Graduate Student Scholarship, 1989, award not accepted.
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, 1989, award not accepted.
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, CMHC Graduate Student Scholarship, 1988
  • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Queen's University Graduate Fellowship, 1987