Barry Smit

Barry Edward Smit is a Canadian geographer who served as the Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change.[1] His research focuses are largely on the interactions of agriculture and irrigation on the climate,[2] as well as climate change adaptation, especially in arctic regions.[3][4] He has been described by the Toronto Star as a "top scientist"[5][6] and additionally by the Government of Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSRC) as "a pioneer and world leader in research on the human impacts of climate change".[7]

Professor

Barry Smit

OOnt FRSC
Born
Barry Edward Smit

24 September 1948
Auckland
Citizenship
OccupationProfessor Emeritus (Guelph)
AwardsQueen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Guelph

Smit is a Professor Emeritus at University of Guelph, Department of Geography.[8] Smit's awards and honors including being inducted into both the Order of Ontario and the Royal Society of Canada, winning a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a Scholarly Distinction Award in Geography from the Canadian Association of Geographers, and the SSRC Gold Medal.[7] Smit was also a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[9][10]

In 2015, he appeared on The Agenda to describe the changing climate's effects on wine viticulture in Canada.[11] He was also a scientist featured on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks.[12]

His research has additionally been applied to study water resources in Chile.[13]

References
  1. Dunne, Doré (Feb 19, 2007). "Riding the winds of change" (Press release). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council – via EurekAlert!.
  2. Johnston, Tom (1993). "Environmental Change and Farm-level Response: Research Planned" (PDF). Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Newsletter): 1.
  3. "Barry Smit • University of Guelph Media Guide". University of Guelph. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  4. "Barry Smit". ARCUS. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  5. Talaga, Tanya (2010-02-22). "Top scientists urge climate change action plan". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  6. Talaga, Tanya (2010-02-23). "Adapt now to climate change, panel warns". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  7. "Gold Medal Winner". Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Government of Canada. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  8. "Emeritus Prof Named to Royal Society". U of G News. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  9. "We Teach Ontario's Barry Smit named to Ontario's highest honour". OCUFA. February 5, 2013.
  10. "Should we leave, fall asleep or do something?". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  11. Barry Smit: The Changing Wine World. The Agenda. Oct 27, 2015 – via YouTube.
  12. McDonald, Bob (October 2015). "Quirks & Quarks 40th Anniversary Special". CBC Radio.
  13. "Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Too Much of a Good Thing". Tiempo. Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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