Biography

PhD (McGill) MLArch (Res) (Adel) BLArch (Hon) (Adel) BDesSt (Adel)

Dr Scott Heyes is a landscape architect and cultural geographer. He joined the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra as Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture in 2011. In recognition of his research on Indigenous conceptions of landscape, Scott was recently made a Research Associate with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. From 2010-2011 Scott was the Roberta Bondar Postdoctoral Fellow in Northern and Polar Studies at Trent University's Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies, Canada. Also in 2010, Scott was awarded a three-month Visiting Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center in Washington D.C. Previously (2007-2010) he held a position at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.

His current research projects address the ways in which Indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada have been involved in the design, planning and implementation of protected areas and national parks. He also has a deep interest in Indigenous senses of place, spatial concepts, nomenclature, storytelling, cosmology, and traditional knowledge. He has been conducting research on Indigenous conceptions of landscape for nearly a decade, including fieldwork with the Inuit of Arctic Quebec. Scott’s studio and seminar teachings on Indigenous conceptions of landscape have regularly involved fieldtrips to Indigenous communities as a way to learn about human-environment issues. This experiential mode of learning is integral to Scott’s teaching philosophy.

Scott has received many significant awards and accolades, including a: Social Science and Humanities Research Council Grant (2010); Canadian High Commission Research Grant (2007); Melbourne University Early Career Research Grant (2007); John Crampton Travelling Scholarship (2002-2006); and, a Queen’s Trust for Young Australians Award (2000). Scott holds a PhD in geography from McGill University, Canada and a Master of Landscape Architecture by Research Degree from the University of Adelaide. He also holds an Honours Degree in Landscape Architecture and Bachelors Degree in Design Studies from the University of Adelaide.

For further information see: https://sites.google.com/site/scottheyeswebsite


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