Burgess
Burgess 
Bill Burgess
Background
My educational background is a Ph.D. in economic geography at UBC, which followed an MA in urban planning at UBC and a BA in economics at Queens in Ontario. I worked in the BC forest industry for 12 years.
Teaching
I’ve been at Kwantlen since 2003. I usually teach two or three of the following courses in the fall and spring semesters: Geog 1101 (Human), 2140 (Canada), 2120 (Economic), and 2250 (Urban), Research Methods (3100) and Geographical Thought (3260).
This is a link to the report by one of my Urban geography classes: Kwantlen’s Ecological Footprint; another class has updated the estimates and I will post them when available.
Evaluations by students:
You can go to ratemyprofessor.com, but for more systematic information see these Kwantlen-administered evaluations for Fall 2009:
- Student evaluations Geog 1101 s10
- Student evaluations Geog 1101 s11
- Student evaluations Geog 2140 s10
- Student evaluations Geog 3260 s50
Research:
I 'm currently working on two main areas: 1) the relationship between social inequality and population health; and 2) ownership connections between financial and industrial corporations in Canada. Below are links to past papers on these subjects. I am workng on extentions and updates to these papers.
- Dunn, James R., Bill Burgess and Nancy Ross, 2005. Income distribution, public services expenditures, and all cause mortality in US states. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Vol. 59 Issue 9, pp.768-774
- Bill, Burgess, 2007, Canada: Imperialist or Imperialized? Paper presented to IX Encuentro International de Economistas, Globalización y Problemas del Desarrollo, La Habana del 5 al 9 de febrero de 2007.
My Ph.D dissertation argued that Canada is an imperialist country, it is available at Burgess (2002).
Hint of political persuasions:
I am modestly active in opposition to Canada's war on Afghanistan, and modestly active in solidarity activities with Haiti, along with Cuba and Venezuela. I am modestly active in my faculty association (KFA, FPSE local 5) and the labour movement more generally. I think we need to stop mining the Tar Sands.
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