Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

Angela Bedard-Haughn was born and raised in the Black soil zone of Saskatchewan. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Geography and her Master’s degree in Soil Science at University of Saskatchewan before moving to University of California at Davis for her doctoral studies. In 2006, she returned to the Department of Soil Science to take up a position as Assistant Professor in Applied Pedology, with a research emphasis on how pedologic properties affect, and are affected by, land use and climate change, with particular emphasis on properties related to carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Her teaching and outreach initiatives have included developing and launching a fully on-line course in “Soil Genesis and Classification” as well as coordinating the development of the Soils of Canada website (an initiative of the Pedology Sub-committee of the Canadian Society of Soil Science). She also teaches a very popular course in “Environmental Soil Science” and co-teaches a graduate level course on “Soil Nitrogen in the Environment”. She is a recipient of two teaching awards at the University of Saskatchewan: the College of Agriculture and Bioresources Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009) and the Provost’s Award for Outstanding New Teacher (2010).
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