A visual presentation of new research in environment, historical GIS, and digital media, this research profile highlights my recent post-doctoral work.

1. new research in environment,
historical GIS and digital media
Josh MacFadyen research, consultation, design
Josh MacFadyen, PhD
jmacfad@uwo.ca

2. locating my research and experience
environmental history and other geospatial projects
mapping frontier crops and land use patterns
social and cultural values mapping; climate change adaptation
research in early childhood development (RECD)
‘the fertile crescent’ - managing PEI soil and estuaries
GeoWatch: Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
‘hewers of wood’ - biomass energy in Eastern Canada

3. collaborators and clients

4. Teaching: a Time and a Place
 environmental histories of Prince Edward Island,
conference at UPEI, Charlottetown, June 2010
•co-organized speakers
and field trips
•taught environmental
history
http://niche-canada.org/pei2010

5. Teaching: GIS
for community planning and cultural mapping
With ARCIS Patagonia University in Chiloe and the Williche Council of Chiefs
Chiloe, Chile, February 2011
•international development
•liaising with NGOs, local governments,
communities, indigenous groups
•teaching GIS for socio-cultural values
mapping
•expanding Island Studies programs

6. Teaching: GeoWATCH
Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
At the NiCHE Canadian History and Environment Summer School,
St. Andrews, NB, May 2011
•learning historical GIS
•ground-truthing
exercises in St Andrews
salt marsh, golf course,
& urban landscape
http://niche-canada.org/geowatch

7. Teaching: GeoWATCH
Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
At the University of Prince Edward Island,
Charlottetown, PE, October 2011
•learning historical GIS
•ground-truthing
exercises in urban land-
scape, Charlottetown
http://niche-canada.org/geowatch

8. Teaching: GeoWATCH
Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
At Dalhousie University’s College of Sustainability and Department of History,
Halifax, NS, October 2011
•learning historical GIS
•ground-truthing in
Grand Pre salt marsh
http://niche-canada.org/geowatch

9. Teaching: Environmental History
Env 309: Environmental History and PEI
University of Prince Edward Island’s Environmental Studies Program
UPEI, Charlottetown, PE, Fall 2011
http://environment.upei.ca/
field trips to salt
marshes, Acadian forest,
urban landscapes
mobile mapping brings historical land use maps into the field

10. Coasts socio-cultural values map, Stanhope, PEI
under stress
training people, building capacity
•helping communities map
social and cultural values
http://discoveryspace.upei.ca/vmp/
•designing tools for climate
change adaptation
http://vertigo.revues.org/10644

11. Coasts
under stress
training people, building capacity
•mobilizing historical data
http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
•historical map learning guides
http://www.islandimagined.ca/guides
taking static
maps like this…
Malpeque or “Richmond” Bay
George Bayfield, 1845

12. … and producing accessible and
dynamic community resources:
Malpeque or “Richmond” Bay
mobile map of Malpeque
George Bayfield, 1845 – on Google Earth
coastline showing erosion

13. identifying long-run changes in coastal…
sand dune erosion and reclamation since 1845
‘mussel mud’ digging for soil treatment

14. tracing historical land cover and land use change…

15. and identifying the roots of disturbance
Source: MacFadyen and Glen, forthcoming 2012

16. making environmental history accessible,
interpreting the data for communities
mobile map of historic and
1935 topo map, Orwell, PEI, presented as an overlay on Google current woodlots, homes,
properties and streams

17. measuring the early adoption of fossil fuels…

18. …and the areas that experienced biomass energy shortages
Homes and forests,
shading = fuel shortage
Lot 43, PEI, 1935

19. urban landscapes, planning, and cultural mapping
Panoramic View of Charlottetown, PEI (1878)

20. urban landscapes, planning, and cultural mapping
…by design
Aerial Oblique , Charlottetown, PEI

21. thank-you for your interest
for more information contact:
Josh MacFadyen , PhD
902-388-1283
jmacfad@uwo.ca
joshmacfadyen@gmail.com