Select Publications

2023

Research Reports

O’Flaherty, R. M., Sinclair, A. J., Davidson-Hunt, I. K., Diduck, A. P., Newton, T., and Quinn, L. (2023). Crossing Boundaries in Search of Common Ground: Community-Led Action in the Kenora Region. Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 83 p.

Walker, H., Pope, J., Sinclair, A. J., Bond, A., and Diduck, A. P. (2023). Qualitative Methods for the Next Generation of Impact Assessment. The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, 156p. https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/items/40910784-63ad-4b1a-a330-158929aa7a6d

Journal Articles

Le Tuyet-Anh. T., Vodden, K., Wu, J., Bullock, R., and Sabau, G. (2023). Payments for ecosystem services programs: A global review of contributions towards sustainability. Heliyon, 10, e22361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22361

Palaschuk, N., Gauthier, J., and Bullock, R. (2023). Developing community-based criteria for sustaining non-timber forest products: A case study with the Missanabie Cree First Nation. Forest Policy and Economics, 158, 103104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.103104

Yalamala, R., Zurba, M., Bullock, R., and Diduck, A. (2023). A review of large-scale renewable energy partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations in Canada. Environmental Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2022-0011

2022

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. C. L., Diduck, A. P., Luedee, J., & Zurba, M. (2022). Integrating social learning, adaptive capacity and climate adaptation for regional scale analysis: A conceptual framework. Environmental Management, 69(6), 1217–1230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01630-x

Hegde, M., Patel, K., & Diduck, A. P. (2022). Environmental clearance conditions in impact assessment in India: moving beyond greenwash. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 40(3), 214-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2022.2025689

Book Chapters

Fitzpatrick, P., Diduck, A. P., & Robson, J. P. (2022). Good development should not end with environmental assessment: Adaptive management and learning as guiding principles for northern development. In A. Craft & J. Gunn (Eds.), “In Our Backyard”: Legacy Resource Development in Northern and Remote Areas: The Keeyask Experience (pp. 351-367). Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.

Sinclair, A. J., Diduck, A. P., & Parkins, J. R. (2022). Innovative approaches to achieving meaningful public participation in next generation impact assessment. In K. Hanna (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment (pp. 239-258). Milton Park, Abingdon, England: Routledge.

2021

Research Reports

Arksey, A., Lam, M., Letkemann, A., Bullock, R., and W. Kelly. State of Rural Canada – Manitoba. In: State of Rural Canada. Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. https://sorc.crrf.ca/fullreport2021/

Buijs, A., Rodela, R., Gulsrud, N., Diduck, A. P., Blomquist, E., Stålhammar, S., & Raymond, C. M. (2021). Hackathons for Inclusive Urban Planning: Exploring Divergence to Co-create Convergence: Deliverable 3.1.a, VIVA-PLAN. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4777779

Raymond, C. M., Buijs, A., Rodela, R., Gulsrud, N., Stålhammar, S., Lehtilä, K., Haaland, C., McLachlan, T., & Diduck, A. P. (2021). Mosaic Governance: A Multi-Method Approach for Engaging Diverse Groups in the Planning of Green Spaces and Meeting Spots, VIVA-PLAN Project Comprehensive Report. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5520132

Journal Articles

Shaw, A., Steelman, T., & Bullock, R. (2021). Evaluating the Efficacy of GIS Maps as Boundary  Objects: Unpacking the Limits and Opportunities for Indigenous Knowledge in Forest and Natural Resource Management. Journal of Cultural Geography, 39(1), 90-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2021.2011683

Zurba, M., Land, G., Bullock, R. & Graham, B. (2021). Boundary education: Collaborative land based learning as a way of decolonizing and Indigenizing university curriculum. Journal of Cultural Geography, 39(1), 8-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2021.1999007

Zurba, M., Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. (2021). “Two-Row” cross-cultural learning for collaborative governance of forestland in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Regional Environmental Change, 21(2), 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01784-0

Edited Book

Diduck, A. P., Patel, K., & Malik, A. K. (Eds.). (2021). Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities. Milton Park, England: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Diduck, A. P., Johnson, R. M., Edwards, E., Gardner, J. G., Sinclair, A. J., & Patel, K. (2021). Small hydro and environmental justice: lessons from the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. In A. P. Diduck, K. Patel, & A. K. Malik (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 101-118). Milton Park, England: Routledge.

Diduck, A. P., Patel, K., & Malik, A. K. (2021). Lessons for policy and institutional reform. In A. P. Diduck, K. Patel, & A. K. Malik (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 231-238). Milton Park, Abingdon, England: Routledge.

Diduck, A. P., & Sinclair, A. J. (2021). A learning-focused analysis of Canada’s new Impact Assessment Act. In M. Doelle & A. J. Sinclair (Eds.), The New Canadian Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (pp. 497-512). Toronto: Irwin Law.

Hegde, M., Patel, K., Diduck, A. P., & Gupta, D. (2021). Karwar fisherfolk’s quest for environmental justice: Examining the roles of impact assessment. In A. P. Diduck, K. Patel, & A. K. Malik (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 186-200). Milton Park, Abingdon, England: Routledge.

Letkemann, A., Bétournay, C., Patel, B., Patel, K., & Diduck, A. P. (2021). Holding international finance institutions accountable for environmental injustice: A case study of the Tata Mundra power plant in Gujarat. In A. P. Diduck, K. Patel, & A. K. Malik (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 154-170). Milton Park, Abingdon, England: Routledge.

Malik, A. K., Diduck, A. P., & Patel, K. (2021). Advancing environmental justice: Lessons from the Thoothukudi Sterlite Copper case. In A. P. Diduck, K. Patel, & A. K. Malik (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 201-215). Milton Park, Abingdon, England: Routledge.

Patel, K., Diduck, A. P., & Malik, A. K. (2021). Environmental justice in India: context, issues and framework. In A. P. Diduck, K. Patel, & A. K. Malik (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 1-20). Milton Park, Abingdon, England: Routledge.

Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. (2021). Considering the potential for meaningful public participation under Canada’s new Impact Assessment Act. In M. Doelle & A. J. Sinclair (Eds.), The New Canadian Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (pp. 327-346). Toronto: Irwin Law.

2020

Journal Articles

Bullock, R., Zurba, M., Parkins, J. R., & Skudra, M. (2020). Open for bioenergy business? Perspectives from Indigenous business leaders on biomass development potential in Canada. Energy Research & Social Science, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101446

Bullock, R., M. Zurba, M. Reed and D. McCarthy. (2020) Indigenous participation in collaborative governance: Insights from Experience with Canada’s Model Forests. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0739456X20920913

Diduck, A. P., Raymond, C. M., Rodela, R., Moquin, R., & Boerchers, M. (2020). Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 63(6), 1056-1076. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2019.1633288

Vogel, B. and Bullock, R. (2020). Institutions, Indigenous Peoples, and Climate Change Adaptation in The Canadian Arctic. GeoJournal, 86, 2555-2575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10212-5

2019

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. and M. Reed. Local impacts of federal forest policy changes on Canadian model forests: an institutional capacity perspective. Environmental Policy and Governance. Online first November 25, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1873

Bullock, R., M. Boerchers, and D. Kirchhoff. Analyzing control, capacities, and benefits in Indigenous natural resource partnerships. Environmental Practice. 21(2): 85-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660466.2019.1592413

Dilay, A., Diduck, A. P., & Patel, K. (2019). Environmental justice in India: a case study of environmental impact assessment, community engagement and public interest litigation. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2019.1611035

Lawler, J., and R. Bullock Indigenous control and benefits through small-scale forestry: A multi-case analysis of outcomes. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 49(4): 404-413. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0279

Palaschuk, N. & Bullock, R. (2019). Achievements in Aboriginal forestry research: Claims, evidence and opportunities. Small-scale Forestry, 18(2), pp. 213-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-019-09415-7

Raymond, C. M., Diduck, A. P., Buijs, A., Boerchers, M., & Moquin, R. (2019). Exploring the co-benefits (and costs) of home gardening for biodiversity conservation. Local Environment, 24(3), 258–273. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2018.1561657

Zurba, M. and R. Bullock. Bioenergy development and the implications for the social wellbeing of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Ambio. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-019-01166-1

2018

Journal Articles

Johnson, R. M., Edwards, E., Gardner, J., & Diduck, A. P. Community vulnerability and resilience in disaster risk reduction: An example from Phojal Nalla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Regional Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1326-6

MdL, Melo Zurita, Thomsen, D., Holbrook, N.J, Smith, T.S., Lyth, A. Munro, P.G., De Bruin, A., Seddaiu, G., Roggero, P.P., Baird, J., Plummer, R., Bullock, R., Collins, K., Powell, N. Global water governance and climate change: Identifying innovative arrangements for adaptive transformation. Water, 10(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10010029

Zurba, M. and R. Bullock. (2018). Framing Indigenous bioenergy partnerships. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2018.9.3.5

2017

Journal Articles

Bullock, R., Jastremsky, K. & M.G. Reed. Canada’s model forests 20 years on: Towards forest and community sustainability? Natural Resources Forum, 41, 156-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12129

Bullock, R., D. Kirchhoff, I. Mauro, and M. Boerchers. Indigenous capacity for collaboration in Canada’s energy, forestry and mining sectors: Research metrics and trends. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 20(2), 883–895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-017-9917-9

Lawler, J. and R. Bullock. A case for Indigenous community forestry. Journal of Forestry, 115(2), 117-125https://doi.org/10.5849/jof.16-038

Plummer, R., Baird, J., Bullock, R., Dzyundzyak, A., Dupont, D., Gerger Swartling, Å., Johannessen, Å., Huitema, D., Lyth, A., Melo, MdL., Munaretto, S. Smith, T. and D. Thomsen. Flood governance: A multiple country comparison of stakeholder perceptions and aspirations. Environmental Policy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1796

Plummer, R., Renzetti, S., Bullock, R., Melo, MdL., Baird, J., Dupont, D., Smith, T. and D. Thomsen. Evolving water paradigms: The roles of capitals in building capacity to address urban flooding. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2399654417732576

Sinclair, A. J., and Diduck, A. P. Reconceptualizing public participation in environmental assessment as civics action. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2016.03.009

Edited Book

Bullock, R., Broad, G., Palmer, L., & Smith, P. (Eds.). Growing Community Forests: Practice, Research and Advocacy in Canada. Winnipeg: Manitoba. University of Manitoba Press.

2016

Research Report

Bullock, R., Kirchhoff, D. & Mauro, I. Aboriginal Capacity Building Achievements for Sustainable Natural Resource Development. Final Knowledge Synthesis Report for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, The University of Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. pp. 39. Click here to view the report.

Journal Articles

Baird, J., A. Dzyundzyak, A, R. Plummer, R. Bullock, D. Dupont, M. Jollineau, W. Kubik, G. Pickering and L. Vasseur. Ecosystem perceptions in flood prone areas: A typology and its relationship to preferences for governance. Water, 8(5), 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8050191

Baird, J., R. Plummer, R. Bullock, D. Dupont, T. Heinmiller, M. Jollineau, W. Kubik, S. Renzetti, and L. Vasseur. Contemporary water governance: Navigating crisis response and institutional constraints through pragmatism. Water 8(6): 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8060224

Bullock, R., C. Keskitalo, E. C. H., Vuojala-Magga, T., & Ambjörnsson, E. L. (2016). Forestry administrator framings of responses to socioeconomic disturbance: Examples from northern regions in Canada, Sweden, and Finland. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 34(5), 945–962. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15614697

Diduck, A. P., & Sinclair, A. J. Small hydro development in the Indian Himalaya: Implications for environmental assessment reform. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333216500150

Mikulsen, M., and Diduck, A. P. Towards an intergrated model for disaster management and food safety governance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.01.003

Moquin, R., Diduck, A. P., Sinclair, A. J., Davidson-Hunt, I. J., Cultivating community through gardening in Kenora, Ontario. Canadian Food Studies. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i2.167 

Plummer, R., Baird, J., Bullock, R., Dupont, D., and S. Renzetti. Probing the relationship between ecosystem perceptions and approaches to environmental governance: An exploratory content analysis of seven water dilemmas. Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses, 6(1), 54-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/21693293.2016.1202903

Wheeler, M. J., Sinclair, A. J., Fitzpatrick, P., Diduck, A. P., & Davidson-Hunt, I. J. Place-based inquiry’s potential for encouraging public participation: stories from the Common Ground Land in Kenora, Ontario. Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, 29(10), 1230-1245. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1122130

Zurba, M., Diduck, A. P., & Sinclair, A. J. First Nations and industry collaboration for forest governance in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Forest Policy and Economics, 69(August), 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.04.003

Book Chapter

Robson, J. P., Wheeler Wiens, M., Sinclair, A. J., Diduck, A. P., Smith, M. A., & Newton, T. Searching for common ground: an urban forest initiative in northwestern Ontario. In S. Teitelbaum (Ed.), Community Forestry in Canada: Lessons from Policy and Practice 142-158. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

2015

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. and J. Lawler. Community Forestry Research in Canada: A Bibliometric Perspective. Forest Policy and Economics 59: 4755https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2015.05.009

Griffith, J. M., Diduck, A. P., & Tardif, J. Manitoba’s forest policy regime: incremental change, concepts, actors and relationships. The Forestry Chronicle, 91(1), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2015-012

Robson, J. P., Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. A study of institutional origins and change in a Canadian urban commons. International Journal of the Commons, 9(2), 698-719. http://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.548

Book Chapter

Diduck, A. P., Reed, M. G., & George, C. Participatory approaches to resource and environmental management. In B. Mitchell (Ed.), Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty (5th ed.) 142-170. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

2014

Research Report

Bullock, R. and J. Lawler. Community Forests Canada: Bridging Practice, Research and Advocacy. A Symposium and Workshop Report. Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research & Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, The University of Winnipeg: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, pp. 34. Click here to view the report.

2013

Research Reports

Polloc, R., Reed, M., Gibson, R., Francis, G., Bullock, R., Jastremski, K., Zbyranyk, O. and C. George. Learning from Each Other: Canadian Biosphere Reserves and Model Forests Discussion Document. University of Waterloo and University of Saskatchewan. https://research-groups.usask.ca/reed/documents/Good_Practices_LFE.pdf

Journal Article

Robson, J. P., Sinclair, A. J., Davidson-Hunt, I. J., & Diduck, A. P. What’s in a name? The search for ‘common ground; in Kenora, Northwestern Ontario. Journal of Public Deliberation, 9(2) Article 7. https://doi.org/10.16997/jdd.169

Book Chapter

Bullock, R. ‘Mill Town’ Identity Crisis: Reframing the Culture of Forest Resource Dependence in Single Industry Towns. In John Parkins and Maureen Reed (eds.), Social Transformation in Rural Canada: New Insights into Community, Cultures and Collective Action269-290UBC Press.

2012

Journal Articles

de Gómez, W. and R. Bullock. Civil Society in Canada: A Case Study of Rural and Urban Planning Contexts. Social Science Journal 49(2): 202-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2011.08.014

Diduck, A. P., Sinclair, A. J., Hostetler, G., & Fitzpatrick, P. Transformative learning theory, public involvement, and natural resource and environmental management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55(10), 1311-1330. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2011.645718

Kent, K., Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. Stakeholder engagement in sustainable adventure tourism development in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 19(1), 89-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2011.595544

Teitelbaum, S. and R. Bullock. Are Community Forestry Principles At Work in Ontario’s County, Municipal, and Conservation Authority Forests? The Forestry Chronicle 88(6): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2012-136

Edited Book

Bullock, R. and K. Hanna. Community Forestry: Local Values, Conflict and Forest Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapter

Bullock, R., Armitage, D. and B. Mitchell. Shadow Networks, Social Learning, and Collaborating through Crisis: Building Resilient Forest-based Communities in Northern Ontario, Canada. In Bruce Goldstein (ed.), Collaborative Resilience: Moving through Crisis to Opportunity309-337. The MIT Press.

2011

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. Reframing Forest-based Development as First Nation-Municipal Collaboration: Lessons from Lake Superior’s North Shore. Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development 7(2): 78-89. Link to article.

Keskitalo, E. C. H., Klenk, N., Bullock, R., Smith. A. L. and D. R. Bazley. Preparing for and Responding to Disturbance: Examples from the Forest Sector in Sweden and Canada. Forests 2(2): 505-524. https://doi.org/10.3390/f2020505

2010

Book Chapters

Diduck, A. P. Incorporating participatory approaches and social learning. In B. Mitchell (Ed.), Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty (4th ed.) 495-525. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Diduck, A. P. The learning dimension of adaptive capacity: untangling the multi-level connections. In D. Armitage & R. Plummer (Eds.), Adaptive Capacity: Building Environmental Governance in an Age of Uncertainty, 199-221. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

2009

Journal Articles

Armitage, D., Plummer, R., Berkes, F., Arthur, R., Davidson-Hunt, I. J., Diduck, A. P., Doubleday, N. C., Johnson, D. S., Marschke, M., McConney, P., Pinkerton, E. W., & Wollenberg, E. K. Adaptive co-management for social-ecological complexity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7(2), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1890/070089

Bullock, R., Hanna, K. and D.S. Slocombe. Learning from Community Forestry Experience: Lessons and Challenges from British Columbia. The Forestry Chronicle 85(2): 293-304. https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc85293-2

2008

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. Poirier, B. and L. Sims, eds. Rethinking Environmental Management: Revisiting Bryant and Wilson Ten Years Later, Environments. 36(3)1-2. Link to article.

Sinclair, A. J., Diduck, A. P., & Fitzpatrick, P. Conceptualizing learning for sustainability through environmental assessment: critical reflections on 15 years of research. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 28(7), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2007.11.001

2007

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. Two Sides of the Forest. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 62(1):12A-15A. https://www.jswconline.org/content/62/1/12A

Bullock, R. and K. Hanna. Community Forestry: Mitigating or Creating Conflict in British Columbia? Society and Natural Resources 21(1):77–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920701561007

Hayward, G., Diduck, A. P., & Mitchell, B. Social learning outcomes in the Red River Floodway environmental assessment. Environmental Practice, 9(4), 239-250. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1466046607070561

2006

Journal Articles

Bullock, R. and A. Watelet. Exploring conservation authority operations in Sudbury, northern Ontario: Constraints and opportunities. Environments, 34(2), 29-50. Link to article.

McGurk, B., Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. An assessment of forest management stakeholder advisory committees: case studies from Manitoba, Canada. Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal, 19(9), 809-826. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08941920600835569

2005

Edited Book

Berkes, F., Huebert, R., Fast, H., Manseau, M., & Diduck, A. P. (Eds.). Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.

Book Chapter

Diduck, A. P., Bankes, N., Clark, D., & Armitage, D. Unpacking social learning in social-ecological systems: case studies of polar bear and narwhal management in northern Canada. In F. Berkes, R. Huebert, H. Fast, M. Manseau & A. P. Diduck (Eds.), Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North269-290. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.

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