Douglas A. Clark

Centennial Chair and Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan Associate Member, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Visiting Fellow, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Research Associate, Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative Board Member, The Society for Conservation Biology's Social Science Working Group

Designations

• Doctor of Philosophy in Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Master of Science in Zoology, University of Alberta
• Bachelor of Science (honours, co-op) in Biology, University of Victoria

Email: d.clark@usask.ca
Phone: (306) 966-5405

Areas of Interest

• Decision-making under conditions of rapid social-ecological change
• Conservation governance 
• Wildlife and protected area management

Recent Grants/Awards

• University of Saskatchewan Science in Society Connections and Insights Award, “A Collaborative Approach to Defining Water Security in the Saskatchewan River Basin”, 2011
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard research Grant: "Indigenous and local knowledge of wildlife in changing environments: Enhancing research methods, evaluating impacts, and improving uptake in decision-making", 2011.
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant: "Understanding the effects of environmental change on governance for northern species and ecosystems", 2011
• Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation Grant: "Aboriginal peoples, polar bears, and human dignity", 2008
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007- 2009

Select Publications

• Clark, D. and Slocombe, D.S. 2011. Adaptive co-management and grizzly bear-human conflicts in two northern Canadian Aboriginal communities. Human Ecology 39: xxx-xxx.
• Clark, D. and Slocombe, D.S. 2011. Grizzly bear conservation in the Foothills Model Forest: appraisal of a collaborative ecosystem management effort. Policy Sciences 44 (1): 1-12.
• Clark, Susan; Rutherford, Murray; Auer, Matthew; Cherney, David; Wallace, Richard; Mattson, David; Clark, Douglas; Foote, Lee; Krogman, Naomi; Wilshusen, Peter; Steelman, Toddi. 2011. College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 1): Integrating Knowledge, Education, and Action for a Better World? Environmental Management 47(5): 701-715.
• Clark, Susan; Rutherford, Murray; Auer, Matthew; Cherney, David; Wallace, Richard; Mattson, David; Clark, Douglas; Foote, Lee; Krogman, Naomi; Wilshusen, Peter; Steelman, Toddi. 2011. College and University Environmental Programs as a Policy Problem (Part 2): Strategies for Improvement. Environmental Management 47(5): 716-726.
• Clark, D., Clark, S.G., Dowsley, M., Foote, A.L., Jung, T.S., and Lemelin, R.H. 2010. It's not just about bears: a problem-solving workshop on Aboriginal peoples, polar bears, and human dignity. Arctic 63(1): 124-127. URL: http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic63-1-124.pdf
• Clark, D. 2009. Societal dynamics in grizzly bear conservation: vulnerabilities of the ecosystem-based management approach. Park Science 26(1): 50-53. URL: http://www.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/index.cfm?ArticleID=290
• Clark, D., and Slocombe, D.S. 2009. Respect for grizzly bears: an Aboriginal approach for co-existence and resilience. Ecology and Society.14 (1): 42. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art42/
• Clark, D. Tyrrell, M., Dowsley, M., Foote, A.L., Feeman, M., and Clark, S.G. 2009. Polar bears, climate change, and human dignity: seeking integrative conservation policies. pp. 233-242 in Inuit, Polar Bears, and Sustainable Use. Freeman, M., and Foote, A.L. (editors), Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, Edmonton, AB.
• Foote, A.L., Krogman, N., Johnston, L. and Clark, D. 2009. Polar bears in the media: the ways in which we know the icon. pp. 187-196 in Inuit, Polar Bears, and Sustainable Use. Freeman, M., and Foote, A.L. (editors), Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, Edmonton, AB.
• Clark, D., Lee, D., Freeman, M.M.R., and Clark, S.G. 2008. Polar bear conservation in Canada: defining the policy problems. Arctic 61 (4): 347-360.
• Clark, D. 2007. Bears and humans. pp. 271-277 in Bekoff, M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: An Exploration of Our Connections with Other Animals. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT.
• Hanna, K., Clark, D., and Slocombe, S. editors. 2007. Transforming Parks and Protected Areas: Policy and Management in a Changing World. Routledge, UK.
• Clark, D., Fluker, S., and Risby, L. 2007. Deconstructing Ecological Integrity Policy in Canadian National Parks. pp. 154-168 in Hanna, K. et al. (eds.) Transforming Parks and Protected Areas. Routledge, UK.
• Clark. D. and Slocombe, D.S. 2005. Re-negotiating science in protected areas: grizzly bear conservation in the southwest Yukon. pp. 33-53 in Humphrys, G. and Williams, M. (eds.) Presenting and Representing Environments. GeoJournal Library, no. 81, Springer.
• Armitage, D. and Clark, D. 2005. Patterns, currents, boundaries and scales: framing an applied research agenda for integrated oceans resource management in Canada's north. pp. 337-362 in Berkes, F., Fast, H., Manseau, M., and Diduck, A. (eds.) Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North," U. of Calgary/Arctic Institute of North America, Northern Lights Series.
• Berkes, F., Bankes, N., Marschke, M., Armitage, D., and Clark, D. 2005. Cross scale institutions and building resilience in the Canadian north. pp. 225-248 in Berkes, F., Fast, H., Manseau, M., and Diduck, A. (eds.) Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North," U. of Calgary/Arctic Institute of North America, Northern Lights Series.
• Diduck, A., Bankes, N., Clark, D., and Armitage, D. 2005. Unpacking social learning in socialecological systems in the north. pp. 269-290 in Berkes, F., Fast, H., Manseau, M., and Diduck, A. (eds.) Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North," U. of Calgary/Arctic Institute of North America.
• Clark, D. 2003. Polar bear-human interactions in Canadian national parks, 1986-2000. Ursus 14 (1): 65-71.

Current Courses

ENVS 802.3 – Human Dimensions of Environmental Change 

ENVS 804.3 – Decision-making for Environment and Sustainability 

Current Research

• Understanding the effects of environmental change on governance for northern species and ecosystems (scenario planning for managing bison, elk, and deer in the southwest Yukon) 
• Understanding stakeholder perceptions and policy preference for managing chronic wasting disease in the prairie parklands region 
• Understanding stakeholder definitions of water security across the Canadian Prairies
• Developing non-invasive methods for monitoring polar bear-human conflicts in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba
• Determining how environmental governance and socio-economic conditions affect ecosystem states and services relevant to resource-dependent communities (the TUNDRA project)