Emeritus Professor Olav Slaymaker is a Member of the Order of Canada, and professor emeritus of geography in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. His 20+ co-authored and edited monographs and 160+ refereed papers reflect three different styles of work. First, he has pursued original field research for 40 years on sediment systems in the Canadian Cordillera and the European Alps, strongly supported and enhanced by his stellar doctoral and post-doctoral students and international colleagues. Second, he has produced papers and books summarizing trends in land use and environmental change in mountain regions world-wide. Third, he has edited monographs with invited international contributions on major environmental and geomorphological themes. He is former President of the Canadian Association of Geographers and former President of the International Association of Geomorphologists.
Professor Norm Catto joined Memorial University in July 1989. His research and teaching interests include coastal landforms, natural hazards, sea level change, and impacts in coastal environments; response of river systems to climate and weather events, and flood risk assessment; aeolian geomorphology and response to climate and human factors in boreal and costal environments; mass movements and slope failures; loess deposition; palaeosol formation; emergency measures policies and effectiveness human adaptations to climate and weather events; the impacts of climate and weather events on agriculture, transportation, fisheries, and communities; and the relationships among landscapes and people. His research has included projects and investigations in landscapes and environments in 16 countries, and in all Canadian provinces and territories, particularly in eastern Canada. For 18 years, he served as Editor-in-Chief for Quaternary International, a professional international journal dedicated to the study of landscape evolution and climate variation throughout the past 3 million years. He has taught more than 50 different undergraduate and graduate courses focused on numerous aspects of geomorphology, landscape analysis, Quaternary research, natural hazards, ocean sciences, environmental science, climate and climate change, soil science, geoarchaeology, and palaeontology. Study of landscapes forms his central focus for understanding of the various areas of Eastern Canada, the combination of physical and cultural constituents that contribute to its identities. For most species, and for all human occupants, life in Eastern Canada has been heavily influenced by geomorphology since deglaciation.
