Dawn Bazely

Professor, Department of Biology York University

  • Toronto ON

#YorkU Biology professor. Collaborative, interdisciplinary researcher & award-winning teacher. Past #YorkU Sustainability Inst Director.

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Biography

Dawn is a professor of Biology in the Faculty of Science at York University in Toronto, where she has taught since 1990. She was Director of IRIS, the university-wide Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (2006-11 and 2012-13). At IRIS, Dawn’s mission was to develop, lead and support interdisciplinary research on diverse fronts. The Globe and Mail's 2014 Canadian University Report singled her out as York University's HotShot Professor. Dawn trained as an ecologist in the field of plant-herbivore interactions, and has carried out extensive field research in grasslands and forests, from temperate to Arctic regions. She holds a B.Sc. in Biogeography and Environmental Studies and an M.Sc. in Botany from the University of Toronto. Her D.Phil. in Zoology, from Oxford University’s Edward Grey Institute in Field Ornithology, looked at sheep grazing behaviour.

Industry Expertise

Education/Learning
Energy
Floriculture and Horticulture
Forestry/Forest Products
Landscaping
Travel and Tourism

Areas of Expertise

Climate Change Adaptation
Invasive Species
Arctic Affairs
Women in Science and STEM
Science and Policy
Forest Conservation
Higher Education
Animal Behaviour
Climate Change
Curriculum Design & Development
Ecology
Ecosystems
Ecosystem Management
Grazing ecology
Human Security
Pedagogy
Science
S.T.E.M.
Wildlife Management

Accomplishments

Globe and Mail's 2014 HotShot Professor at York University

2013-10-22

Dawn Bazely, winner of York’s 2013 teaching award, spearheads research at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability.

President's University-Wide Teaching Award

2013-05-13

In the category of tenured faculty who have been at York University for over 10 years.

I was previously nominated in this category in 2004, by different students.

http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2013/05/13/four-recipients-of-presidents-university-wide-teaching-awards-embrace-teaching/

Education

University of Cambridge

Post-doctoral Fellowship

Zoology

2000

Trevelyan Research Fellow, Selwyn College

University of Oxford

Post-doctoral Fellowship

Zoology

1989

Ernest Cook Research Fellow, Somerville College

University of Oxford

D.Phil.

Zoology

1988

Thesis: Foraging behaviour of sheep (Ovis aries L.) grazing on swards of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

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Languages

  • English
  • French - spoken and read

Media Appearances

Universities’ ivory towers going green

Toronto  print

2009-02-04

While Director of York University's Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability, I gave many interviews. At my suggestion and encouragement, this feature profiled, not only York University's sustainability efforts, but also those at other Toronto universities. The point that I was aiming to underscore was that sustainability is an inclusive, collaborative activity, where leaders seek to mainstream best sustainable practices.

Geese ruin arctic wetlands as climate change boosts flocks

London Times, UK  print

1995-03-30

Interviewed by Nick Nuttall about the long-term research on Lesser Snow Geese at La Perouse, Manitoba

Event Appearances

Inch by inch, row by row, here’s some botanical information to help your garden grow

Royal Canadian Institute, Public Lecture  City of Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road

2017-04-06

Conflicts in Conservation: Should we save the parasites?

Café Science Panel with Science North & Laurentian University  Sudbury, Ontario

2016-02-23

Public Talk: Did our habitat restoration effort work?

High Park Stewards Sunday Talks  Howard Park Tennis Club, Parkside Drive, Toronto

2016-01-24

Research Grants

Gas, Arctic Peoples & Security

International Polar Year: Canada & Norway

2016-09-10

This international, interdisciplinary project, for which Dawn Bazely was the Principal Investigator of the Canadian arm, while Gunhild Hoogensen was the Principal Investigator of the international team, demonstrated the the Human Security concept is applicable to the arctic regions of Global North countries.

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Many peer-reviewed grants

NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, Federal, Provincial, Municipal governments

Please contact Dawn Bazely for specific grant details.

Articles

Dawn Bazely at Google Scholar

Diverse publishers

Dawn Bazely has published nearly 90 books, journal articles, chapters and reports. Browse her publications at Google Scholar.

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