Dr. Michael Sutherland, Chair of FIG Commission 4
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Curriculum Vitae
Date of Birth: 5 March 1959
Nationality: Jamaican and Canadian
Status:
Current Position: Lecturer and Geomatics Programme
Coordinator, Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land
Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of the West
Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
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Education
- Ph.D.: Geomatics Engineering (Land and Coastal
Information Management, and GIS); University of New
Brunswick, Canada (2005)
- Diploma: University Teaching; University of New
Brunswick (1999)
- M.Sc.E.: Geomatics Engineering (Land Information
Management); University of New Brunswick, Canada (1995)
- Certificate: Surveying Engineering; University of New
Brunswick, Canada (1992)
- Diploma: Computer Studies; College of Arts Science and
Technology, Jamaica (1991)
Professional Activities
- 2011 to 2014: Chair, Commission 4, International
Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
- 2010 to Present: Member, Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors.
- 2008 to Present: Member, Institute of Surveyors of
Trinidad and Tobago
- 2002 to 2010: Chairperson, FIG Commission 4 Working
Group on Administering Marine Spaces
- 1995 to Present: Member, Canadian Institute of
Geomatics.
Work Experience
- 2007-Present: Lecturer in Land Management and Geomatics
and Land Management Programme Coordinator, Department of
Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
- 2007: Course Director and Tutor (Survey Law), Department
of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University,
Ontario, Canada.
- 2007: Consultant (Estimation of Economic Impacts of
Trawl Fisheries), School of Management, University of
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for Department of Fisheries and
Oceans, Canada.
- 2006: Consultant (Land Information Management), Natural
Resources Canada ? United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA) - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 2005-2007: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Aquaculture and GIS),
School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- 2005-2006: Part-time Instructor (Real Property Law and
Cadastral Systems), Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson
University, Ontario, Canada.
- 2004: Part-time Lecturer (Real Property Law for
Geomatics Engineers), Department of Geodesy and Geomatics
Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada.
- 2001-2002: Consultant (Good Governance of Canada?s
Oceans: Marine Boundaries), Canadian Hydrographic Service
and University of New Brunswick.
- 1998-2000: Part-time Lecturer (Land Administration),
Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University
of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Selected Publications and Papers
- Davis, D., M. Sutherland, and S. Jaggan (2010).
"Augmenting Tide Gauge Data with Satellite Altimetry in the
Observation of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean". Published
in the Proceedings of the International Federation of
Surveyors' (FIG) Congress, Sydney, Australia, May, 12 pages.
- Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2010). ?St. Margaret?s
Bay Marine Cadastre Prototype Case Study?. In Spatial
Planning in Coastal Regions: Facing the Impact of Climate
Change. FIG Publication No. 55, International Federation of
Surveyors, Copenhagen, pp. 47-49.
- Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2009). "Developing a
Prototype Marine Cadastre for Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia".
Published in the Proceedings of the International Federation
of Surveyors' (FIG) Working Week, Eilat, Israel, May, 11
pages.
- Sutherland, M. (2009). "The Marine Cadastre". In
Lighthouse: The Journal of Canadian Hydrographic
Association, Edition No. 75, Fall/Winter 2009, pp. 5-6.
- Sutherland, M., D. Lane, Y. Zhao and W. Michalowski
(2009). ?A spatial model for estimating cumulative effects
at aquaculture sites?. In Aquaculture Economics & Management
13:4, 294 ? 311.
- Sutherland, M., P. Dare and K. Miller (2008).
"Monitoring Sea Level Change in the Caribbean." In Geomatica,
Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 428-436.
- Sutherland, M. (2008). "Laying claim to marine spaces in
the Caribbean." In The Journal of Ocean Technology, Vol. 3,
No. 1, pp. 18-23.
- Sutherland, M., Y. Zhao, D. Lane, and W. Michalowski
(2007). "Estimating Cumulative Effects using Spatial Data:
An aquaculture case study." In Geomatica, Vol. 61, No. 1,
pp. 349-353.
- Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2006). ?Issues in the
governance of marine spaces?. In Administering Marine Spaces:
International issues, M. Sutherland (Ed.),
FIG Publication
No. 55, International Federation of Surveyors, Copenhagen,
p. 6-20.
- Nichols, S., S. Ng'ang'a, M. Sutherland, and S. Cockburn
(2006). ?Marine cadastre concept?. In Canada's Offshore:
Jurisdiction, Rights and Management, 3rd edition, Eds.,
Bruce Calderbank, Alec M. MacLeod, Ted L. McDorman and David
H. Gray, Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2006, p. 211-235.
- Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2006). ?Governing marine
spaces: Stakeholders, legal and technical issues.? In GIM
International, Volume 20, Issue 11, November 2006, p. 19-21.
- Sutherland, M. (2005). ?The Marine Cadastre: Legal and
spatial data contribution to economic, environmental and
social development? Published in the proceedings of the FIG
Working Week Conference and Workshop, April 2005, Cairo,
Egypt.
- Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2004). ?The evolving role
of hydrography in ocean governance and the concept of the
marine cadastre.? In The Hydrographic Journal, No. 111,
January 2004, p. 13-16.
- Ng'ang'a, S. M., M. Sutherland, S. Cockburn and S.
Nichols (2004). "Toward a 3D marine cadastre in support of
good ocean governance: A review of the technical framework
requirements." In Computer, Environment and Urban Systems,
28 (2004), pp. 443-470.
- Sutherland, M. (2004). ?Why a marine cadastre is
important." In Geomatics World, Issue No. 3, March/April
2004, Volume 12, pp. 26-28.
- Sutherland, M. (2004). ?Sea level rise and coastal zone
management.? Published in the proceedings of the FIG Working
Week Conference and Workshop, May 2004, Athens, Greece.
- Sutherland, M. (2003). ?The evolving role of hydrography
in ocean governance and the concept of the marine cadastre.?
Published in the proceedings of the 7th South East Asian
Survey Congress, Hong Kong.
- Sutherland, M. (2003). ?Creating New Mental Maps:
Managing Conflicting Property Rights in the Marine
Environment.? Published in the proceedings of The Centre for
Maritime Research's 2nd. International Conference,
Amsterdam.
- Sutherland, M. (2003). ?Characteristics of marine
boundaries and marine boundary Information required to
support Canadian coastal and marine governance.? Published
in the proceedings of the FIG Working Week Conference and
Workshop, April 2003, Paris, France.
- Ng'ang'a, S. M., M. Sutherland, and S. Nichols (2002). "Evolving
Terminology: From Managing Property Rights in Marine Space
to the Marine Cadastre." In Hydro International, 2002,
Volume 6, Number 9, pp. 44-47.
- Sutherland, M. And S. Nichols (2002). "Marine Boundary
Delimitation for Ocean Governance." Published in the
proceedings of the FIG International Congress, Washington D.
C.
Contacts
Dr. Michael Sutherland, MRICS
Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
E-mail:
michael.d.sutherland@unb.ca
and
C-FOAM Associate
Canadian Fisheries, Oceans, and Aquaculture Management (C-FOAM)
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1N 6N5
E-mail:
michael.d.sutherland@unb.ca
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