Climate Change and Non-infectious Fish Disorders

Patrick has been a faculty member at the University of Guelph since 1974 (Assistant Professor, 1974; Associate Professor, 1978; Professor, 1984). He was also Professor (1993) of Collaborative International Development, and was Director (2002), Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology. The University Senate elected him University Professor Emeritus, and it was conferred at convocation (2006) by The Honorable LM Alexander, Chancellor.

Selected Research Awards before 1974:
*MRC Post-Doctoral Fellow and Ballard Fellow @ Ontario Veterinary College, Canada
*FAO Andre Mayer Research Fellow: @ East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization,
Uganda; and @ Serengeti Research Institute, Tanzania
*IDRC Consultant and Visiting Scientist @ Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Nigeria

Selected External Appointments and Initiatives (1974 – 2017):
*NUS Research Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
*CNPq Scholar, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janerio, Brazil
*MEC Research Fellow, Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Spain
*Research Fellow, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
*Short-term (< 2 months): Visiting Professor @ 7 universities; Visiting Scientist @ 5 research institutes/universities
*Assessor/Examiner: 3 Academic Programs; 15 Appointment/Promotion Exercises; 19 PhD theses
*Consultancies (12 X) – industry, universities, government agencies
*Research Publications: 198 papers; 33 invited reviews; 53 abstracts
*Editor: 12 books; 3 journals; 1 ‘special journal issue’
*Founding Treasurer and Trustee, Zoological Education Trust
*Founder, The Roy Anderson Memorial Lecture in Parasitology
*Elected: Fellow, ‘Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’, UK; Professional Member, The New York Academy of Sciences, USA
*Invited Presentations: 18 Plenary/Keynote and 32 Symposium Lectures @ Conferences
*Recipient, The Robert Wardle Award “… for contributions to Parasitology”

George began his academic career at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as an Assistant Professor (1987), Associate Professor (1991) and Professor (1996). He went on to serve the National Research Council of Canada as Director General of the Institute of Marine Biosciences in Halifax (2000). During his tenure there, he led the initiation of NRC’s newest Institute on Prince Edward Island, the Institute of Nutrisciences and Health (2003). He returned to Academia in 2004 in senior administrative roles at Acadia University (Dean of Science, 2004; Vice President Academic 2006) and Carleton University (Dean of Science 2007). George served the University of Northern British Columbia as President and Vice-Chancellor (2009). Most recently, George was the Executive Vice President at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (2014). He has returned to Canada where he is an Adjunct Professor of Zoology at UBC and consults in tertiary education. His work has been supported by a variety of public and private funding sources. Support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Killam Foundation are gratefully acknowledged. George was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013. He has published 141 papers, 1 letter, 45 conference proceedings and edited 2 books. He has applied the outcomes of this research to areas such as aquaculture and environmental issues.