Edgar Jackson, University of Alberta
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor
Edmonton, Alberta
ed.jackson@ualberta.ca
Office:
(780) 492-0342
Bio/Research
A native of Great Britain and a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Ed Jackson emigrated to Canada in 1968, where he completed a master's degree at the University of Calgary (1970) and a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (1974). He began his teaching career at t...
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Bio/Research
A native of Great Britain and a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Ed Jackson emigrated to Canada in 1968, where he completed a master's degree at the University of Calgary (1970) and a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (1974). He began his teaching career at the University of Toronto in 1974 and moved to the University of Alberta in 1975, where he is now Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
His research interests have focused upon a variety of topics related to leisure and recreation, including the relationship between outdoor recreation participation and attitudes to the natural environment, satisfaction in outdoor recreation, and conflict. In recent years he has concentrated largely on constraints to leisure participation and enjoyment, an area in which he has published more than twenty journal articles and several contract reports for the Alberta government.
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His research interests have focused upon a variety of topics related to leisure and recreation, including the relationship between outdoor recreation participation and attitudes to the natural environment, satisfaction in outdoor recreation, and conflict. In recent years he has concentrated largely on constraints to leisure participation and enjoyment, an area in which he has published more than twenty journal articles and several contract reports for the Alberta government.
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