Brian G. Eddy

Research Scientist

Adaptive Management Frameworks (AMF), Integrated Ecosystems Analysis, Modelling and Assessment, Geospatial Analysis and Modelling

Natural Resources Canada

Corner Brook office

Current research and/or projects

Biography:

Since a very young age, I have always been fascinated by maps and nature, and I carried this passion into my career. With my background in geoscience, geography and geomatics, I became involved in a wide range of applications conducted across Canada and internationally including geological and natural resources mapping; oceanography and coastal zone management; mapping land cover, biodiversity and protected areas; and integrated resource and environmental management. My doctorate research took on the subject of mapping sustainability indicators, with a focus on integrating socio-economic and biophysical data in a spatially explicit manner. Since joining NRCan and CFS in 2009, I have been actively applying this research as a co-leader for a national integrated assessment as part of the CFS Forest Change initiative under the Canada’s Adaptation Platform. My main project now is mapping Canada's Forest Ecumene as a flexible framework for integrating socio-economic and biophysical dimensions in a spatially explicit manner.

Research and/or project statements

Current Research Projects:

Mapping Canada’s Forest Ecumene for bio-physical and socio-economic data integration and modelling in Adaptive Ecosystems Management.
Development of the CanEcumene 2.0 Geospatial database, and applications for resource-dependent communities.
Development and application of Adaptive Management Frameworks (AMF) for Integrated Assessment and related work (Sustainable Forest Management, Cumulative Effects, Regional Assessment)

Professional activities / interests

Committees:

Science Advisory Committee (ISAC) - Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)
Forest Climate Change (1.0 and 2.0) – Core Team member/AFC Representative (2011-current).
Masters in Applied Geomatics (MAG) program committee – Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus and College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook, NL

Education and awards

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, 2006
M.Sc. in Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, 1996
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology, Acadia University, 1987

Awards:

Recipient of a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Ph.D. Level, Carleton University, 2006
SSHRC Research Assistant, 2003-2006
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2003-2005
Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship, Carleton University, 2001-2005
SSHRC/Statistics Canada Scholarship – Summer Program in Data Analysis, York University, 2004
Jack F. Fleming Scholarship, Carleton University, 2003-2004
NSERC Research Assistant, 1993-1994

International experience and/or work

Project Manager: INTARIS (Integrated Arctic Resource Information System) - 1995-1998. A $1.6M CIDA project for institutional development, geomatics technology transfer and conversion of 80 years of historical sea-ice and meteorological data for the Russian Arctic (St. Petersburg, RU)

Key publications

Eddy B.G., Muggridge M, LeBlanc R, Osmond J, Kean C, Boyd E. 2020. An Ecological Approach for Mapping Socio-Economic Data in Support of Ecosystems Analysis: Examples in Mapping Canada’s Forest Ecumene. One Ecosystem 5: e55881. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.5.e55881
Eddy, B.G., Muggridge, M., LeBlanc, R., Osmond, J., Kean, C., and Boyd, E. 2020. The CanEcumene 2.0 GIS Database. Federal Geospatial Platform (FGP), Natural Resources Canada. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3f599fcb-8d77-4dbb-8b1e-d3f27f932a4b
Vodden, K., Cunsolo, A., S. Breen, C. Curtis, B.G. Eddy, S. Hextall, S. L. Harper, N. King, A. Kipp, S. Manners, L. Rethoret (2021): Rural and Remote Communities; Chapter 3 in Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report, (ed.) F.J. Warren and N. Lulham; Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. https://changingclimate.ca/national-issues/chapter/3-0/
Erni, S., Johnston, L., Boulanger, Y., Manka, F., Bernier, P., Eddy, B.G., Christianson, A., Swystun, T., and Gauthier, S. (2020). Exposure of the Canadian Wildland-Human Interface (WHI) and population to wildland fire, under current and future climate conditions. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0422
Matthew Miller, L., B. Eddy and M. van Zyll de Jong. 2017. Assessing Climate Change Vulnerabilities in Northern Boreal Forests." International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 9: 20.
McKenney, D., D. Yemshanov, J. Pedlar, D. Allen, K. Lawrence, E. Hope, B. Lu and B. Eddy (2016). Canada's timber supply: current status and future prospects under a changing climate. Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada.
Ste-Marie, C. B., P.; Eddy, B.; Edwards, J.; Gauthier, S.; Mathey, A.-H.; McKenney, D.W.; Parfett, R.; Pedlar, J.H.; Price, D.T.; Stinson, G. (2015). Forest Change — the Canadian Forest Service program on adaptation on climate change. XIV World Forestry Congress. Durban, South Africa: 8.
Eddy, B. G.; Hearn, B.; Luther, J.E.; Van Zyll de Jong, M.; Bowers, W.; Parsons, R.; Piercey, D.; Strickland, G.; Wheeler, B. 2014. An information ecology approach to science–policy integration in adaptive management of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 19(3): 40. doi:10.5751/ES-06752-190340.
Greene, R.; Devillers, R.; Luther, J.; Eddy, B. 2011. GIS-Based Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis. Geography Compass 5/6: 412-432. doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00431.x.
Eddy, B.G.; Dort, A. 2011. Integrating Socio-Economic Data for Integrated Land Management (ILM): Examples from the Humber River Basin, western Newfoundland. Geomatica, Vol. 65, No. 3, p. 283-291. doi:10.5623/cig2011-044.
Greene, R.; Luther, J.; Devillers, R.; Eddy, B. 2010. An approach to GIS-based multiple criteria decision analysis that integrates exploration and evaluation phases: Case study in a forest-dominated landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 260, 2102-2114. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.052.
McAfee, B.; de Camino, R.; Burton, P.; Eddy, B.; Fähser, L.; Messier, C.; Reed, M.; Spies, T.; Vides, R. 2010. Managing Forested Landscapes for Socio-Ecological Resilience. In : Mery, G.; Katila, P.; Galloway, G.; Alfaro, R.; Kanninen. M.; Lobovikov, M.; Varjo, J. (eds.). 2010. Forests and Society - Responding to Global Drivers of Change. IUFRO World Series Volume 25. IUFRO, Vienna, Austria.