Jackie Dawson

Jackie Dawson is a Canadian academic who holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Environment, Society and Policy. Dawson is also co-Scientific Director of ArcticNet, where she is currently a member of the Board of Directors.

Biography
Dawson graduated in 1997 from Barrie North Collegiate Institute in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. In 2019, she was inducted into the Barrie North Collegiate Institute Wall of Honour. Dawson completed a Master's in 2003 at the University of Otago, with a thesis on environmental values of marine tourists.

Research
Dawson's research focuses on the impacts of Ecotourism in the Canadian arctic and sub-arctic, and also on how maritime shipping in a time of climate warming will affect the Canadian arctic, both terrestrial Inuit communities and culturally significant marine protected areas.

Dawson is a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report.

Scientific community service and leadership
Dawson is a member of the Global Young Academy, which aims to give "a voice to young scientists around the world."

Her arctic research practice emphasizes collaboration with Inuit colleagues in communities across Nunavut and beyond.

In May 2021, the Arctic Corridors Research Project that Dawson leads, with colleagues, Natalie Carter, Natasha Simonee and Shirley Tagalik, received a Governor General's Innovation Award. The project "consulted with 14 northern communities — seven in Nunavut — to find out how to best protect culturally significant marine areas in the Arctic as ship traffic increases".

Honours and awards

 * 2021 Governor General of Canada's Innovation Awards
 * 2020 Connection Award, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
 * 2017 Early Career Researcher of the Year Award, University of Ottawa
 * 2016 Early Career Researcher of the Year Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa
 * 2016 Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
 * 2016 Elected Member of the Global Young Academy
 * 2015 Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
 * 2015 Government of Ontario Early Researcher Award recipient

Selected bibliography

 * Jackie Dawson, Emma J. Stewart, Harvey Lemelin & Daniel Scott (2010) The carbon cost of polar bear viewing tourism in Churchill, Canada. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 18:3, 319–336, 10.1080/09669580903215147
 * J. Dawson, M. J. Johnston, E. J. Stewart, C. J. Lemieux, R. H. Lemelin, P. T. Maher & B. S.R Grimwood (2011) Ethical considerations of last chance tourism. Journal of Ecotourism 10:3, 250–265. 10.1080/14724049.2011.617449
 * J. Dawson, M.E. Johnston, E.J. Stewart (2014) Governance of Arctic expedition cruise ships in a time of rapid environmental and economic change. Ocean & Coastal Management 89: 88–99. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.12.005.
 * Dawson, J., Pizzolato, L., Howell, S., Copland, L., & Johnston, M. (2018). Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Ship Traffic in the Canadian Arctic from 1990 to 2015. Arctic 71(1), 15–26. Retrieved July 13, 2021, from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26387327