Dan McCarthy

Dr. Dan McCarthy is a faculty member with SiG@Waterloo as well as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo. He has strong research interests and partnerships that relate to fostering adaptive capacity for Community-based Natural Resource Management, working closely with Mushkegowuk Cree First Nations in James Bay. Other research that explores stewardship, livelihoods and learning is connected to the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve and the Oak Ridges Moraine. Dan is a current board member on Centre for Community Mapping (COMAP) at the University of Waterloo and the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) Coalition.

DEGREES:

Ph.D. School of Planning, University of Waterloo, 2006
M.E.S. Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1999
B.E.S. Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, 1995

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Chapters in Books:
McCarthy, D.D.P. and D. S. Slocombe. Biodiversity, Information and Integrity: A Framework for Conservation and Management in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem, in Conservation of Biological Diversity: A Key to the Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Beyond (Maryland Department of Natural Resources), 2000.

Michaels, S., D.D.P. McCarthy, N. Goucher. Information Management for Water Resources: Concepts and Practice, pp. 220-35 in K.S. Hanna & D.S. Slocombe (eds). Integrated Resource and Environmental Management: Concepts and practice (Oxford University Press, Toronto), 2007.

Bunch, M., D.D.P. McCarthy, D. Waltner-Toews. Learning by Doing: A Family of Origin for an Ecosystem Approach to Managing for Sustainability, in James Kay and David Waltner-Toews (eds), The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability (Columbia University Press), 2008.

Papers in refereed Journals:
McCarthy, D.D.P. Post-Normal Governance: An Emerging Counter-Proposal. Environments: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 31(1): 79-91, 2003.

McCarthy, D.D.P., Graham Whitelaw, Paula Jongerden Brian Craig. Contributions of Four Long Point Sustainability Workshops to Community Social Learning and the Logistics Function of the Biosphere Reserve. Environments: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 34 (2), 2006.

Michaels, S., N. Goucher, D.D.P. McCarthy. Considering Knowledge Uptake within a Cycle of Transforming Data, Information, and Knowledge. Review of Policy Research, 23(1): 267-279, 2006.

Michaels, S., N. Goucher, D.D.P. McCarthy. Policy windows, Policy Change, and Organizational Learning: Watersheds in the Evolution of Watershed Management. Environmental Management, 38(6):983-92, 2006.

Research Reports:
Whitelaw, G.S. and D.D.P. McCarthy. Exploring Sustainability Options for the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve, Report, Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation, 2006.

McCarthy, D.D.P. Moraine for Life Symposium: Stakeholders’ Report. Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation, 2007.

McGarry, F., T. Brenner, D.D. Cowan, B. Harvey, D.D.P. McCarthy, S. D. Murphy. Collaborative Geomatics for Participatory Democracy and Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Issues and Design Implications. Toward a Broadband Research Agenda for Ontario. A Working Paper for the Ministry of Government Services. Ontario Ministry of Government Services, 2007.