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Dr. Michael
D. Mehta is an environmental social scientist who specializes in Science, Technology and Society: with a focus
on environmental and health risk issues. His academic background
includes a B.A. in Psychology, a Master in Environmental Studies, a
Ph.D. in Environmental Sociology, and four years of a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Environmental Policy through the Tri-Council Eco-Research Program.
Dr. Mehta is Professor of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science at the University of Winnipeg. He writes a monthly newspaper column called Focus On The Future for The Flying Shingle, and is a volunteer on the grant writing team of the Gabriola Commons. He is also a member of a Task Force to develop and implement an Affordable Housing Project on Gabriola Island BC, and is doing research on "community housing" options. Dr. Mehta is keenly interested in interdisciplinary work that is application-oriented, community-focused, and collaborative.
Dr. Mehta is also an Affiliate Scientist with the McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa, a member of the Institute for Risk Research at the University of Waterloo, sits on the Research Management Committee for Prionet Canada, and is Associate Theme Leader for Prion Prevention and Preparedness for this Networks of Centres of Excellence.
He has
held academic and administrative appointments at the University of Winnipeg (Principal, Richardson College for the Environment), University of Alberta (Population Research Laboratory and the Department of Sociology), the University of Saskatchewan (Department of Sociology and the College of Biotechnology), Queen’s University (School of Policy Studies and School of Environmental Studies), and York University (Faculty of Environmental Studies).
He is a co-founder of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada,
and a former research associate with BIOCAP
Canada (an organization out of Queen's University with a mandate to develop biologically-based solutions to climate change).
Dr. Mehta is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation, and sits on the editorial board of the
Journal of Nano Education. He was the publisher of the journal Canadian Studies in Population.
On a personal note, Dr. Mehta's ethnic background is Indo-Canadian. His father, Dr. Dinshaw Mehta (a retired Rheumatologist and Internal Medicine Specialist), came to Canada from Nagpur, India in 1958, and is a Parsi of the Zoroastrian faith. His mother, Sally Mehta (nee MacKay) was born in Ottawa and was of Scottish descent. Michael is an Open Water SCUBA diving instructor with multiple certifications through ACUC, and he has a small, sustainable house on Gabriola Island BC. He is also a strict ova-lacto vegetarian, and a fairly good beer maker.
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