Dr. Robert Way
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
(on leave from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025)
Dr. Way is an interdisciplinary northern scientist who specializes in understanding the impacts of climate change on the cryosphere (‘parts of the earth system that are frozen’). Dr. Robert Way is a Kallunângajuk (Nunatsiavummiut) from central Labrador. He is currently an Associate Professor, a Canada Research Chair in Northern Environmental Change and he leads the Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. As an Indigenous northerner, Dr. Way’s experiences and relationships with community have profoundly shaped the 15+ years he has been working on issues related to climate change in Labrador.
Credentials:
- Honours Bachelor of Arts with Specialization in Geography, Minor in Geomatics and Spatial Analyses, University of Ottawa (2010)
- Master of Science in Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2013)
- Doctorate in Geography, University of Ottawa (2017)
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Dr. Way's research uses a combination of field study, environmental modelling and remote sensing to characterize and predict environmental and climatic changes in northern environments with a particular interest on permafrost in Subarctic and Arctic Labrador. Dr. Way also operates a remote network of climate stations across Labrador which support climate monitoring and adaptation initiatives in the region.