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New volcano course advances Indigenization

Students participating in a summer geography course will spend six days learning about both the Nisga'a history and culture surrounding the Sii Aks volcano and volcanology.

Strong foundation for future learning

The breadth and depth of experiences that came with pursing a Bachelor of Arts degree at UNBC ignited a passion in Will Hanlon that he plans to carry forward into law school in September. Hanlon will reflect on drawing strength and resiliency from community in his valedictory address to classmates during Ceremony 2 of UNBC’s 2024 Convocation.

Learning diplomacy on the fly

UNBC students Sean Robinson and Will Hanlon put their diplomacy skills to the test as delegates at a Model NATO event in Germany last fall.

From classroom curiosity to published paper

Political Science and Geography student Will Hanlon turned an Undergraduate Research Experience project with Political Science Professor Dr. Gary Wilson into his first co-authored published academic paper.

Miller, Brendan

MSc (University of Alberta), PGeo

Adjunct Professor, Geography

Geography

brendan.miller@gov.bc.ca

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Off Campus

Biography

Brendan Miller is a Research Soil Scientist with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests in Prince George.

Research and Expertise

Research fields:

Understanding the distribution of soil parent materials in the Central Interior through the back-analysis of geomorphic processes operating at the time of original deposition.
Characterizing wildfire induced changes to soils and hydrology for improved hazard prediction.

Research Fields

Earth Science
Environment
Natural Hazards

Areas of Expertise

Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Post Wildfire Hazards, Landslides and Landslide Dams, Terrain Analysis.

Not accepting graduate students

Selected Publications

Bornaetxea, T., Blais-Stevens, A. and Miller, B., 2023. Landslide Inventory Map of the Valemount Area, British Columbia, Canada. A Detailed Methodological Description. In Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 2 (pp. 373-381). Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-18471-0_27

Kranabetter, J.M., Curran M.C., Kabzems R.D., Lilles E.B., Miller B.G.N., Murray M.P., Philpott T.J., and Wallace. B.M. 2022. The long-term soil productivity study of British Columbia: effects of organic matter removal and compaction on stand productivity after two decades. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 126.

Bornaetxea, T., Blais-Stevens, A. and Miller, B., 2022. Landslide Inventory Map of the Valemount Area, British Columbia, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8926, https://doi.org/10.4095/330911

Miller, B.G.N., Iverson, R.M., Clague, J.J., Geertsema, M. and Roberts, N.J., 2021. Channel-amphitheatre landforms resulting from liquefaction flowslides during rapid drawdown of glacial Lake Fraser, British Columbia, Canada. Geomorphology, 392, p.107898.

Clague, J.J., Roberts, N.J., Miller, B., Menounos, B. and Goehring, B., 2020. A huge flood in the Fraser River valley, British Columbia, near the Pleistocene Termination. Geomorphology, 374, p.107473.

Fan, X., Dufresne, A., Subramanian, S., Strom, A., Hermanns, R., Tacconi Stefanelli, C., Hewitt, K., Yunus, A. P., Dunning, S., Capra, L., Geertsema, M., Miller, B., Casagli, N., Jansen, J., Xu, Q. 2020. The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art. Earth-Science Reviews, 203 103116.

Berch, S., Bulmer, C., Curran, M., Chapman, W., Hope, G., Kabzems, R., Lilles, E., Kranabetter, M., Miller, B., Murray, M., Philpott, T., Wallace, B., and Hannam, K. 2019. Long-term soil productivity study: the effects of soil compaction and organic matter retention on long-term soil productivity in British Columbia (ep1148): Updated Establishment Report. BC Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development, Technical Report 122, https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/TR122.htm.

Miller, B.G.N., Dufresne, A., Geertsema, M., Atkinson, N., Evensen, H., and Cruden, D.M. 2018. Longevity of dams from landslides with sub-channel rupture surfaces, Peace River region, Canada. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 5:1.

Miller, B.G.N., Filatow, D., Dufresne, A., Geertsema, M., and Dinney, M. 2018. Engineering Geomorphological Mapping. In: Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Springer.

Miller, B.G.N., and Cruden, D.M. 2002. The Eureka River landslide and dam, Peace River Lowlands, Alberta. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 39.4: 863-878.

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