Kerry Black

Assistant Professor

Civil

Phone: 250.807.8477
Email: kerry.black@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Indigenous community-based research; Sustainable Infrastructure; Water and wastewater management; Cross-disciplinary & community-based research

Courses & Teaching

ENGR 598

Biography

Kerry Black is an assistant professor at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia.  She received her PhD from the University of Guelph with research focused on sustainable water and wastewater management in Indigenous communities.  Her focus is to engage in a cross-disciplinary research platform, incorporating technical civil and environmental engineering principles and research, with policy and socio-economic components, focusing on sustainable infrastructure for healthy and resilient communities.  Dr. Black has worked in both the public and private sector. Her cross-disciplinary research has been featured in both engineering and social science journals.

She is the recipient of numerous awards including a CGS NSERC Scholarship Award, Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation Award and a CPES Dean’s Scholarship.  Dr. Black is a strong advocate for increasing diversity in science and engineering, sustainability initiatives and programs, and community development, including her work with Indigenous communities, including most recently with the Assembly of First Nations.

Degrees

PhD – (Engineering) University of Guelph
MASc – (Civil Engineering) University of British Columbia
BASc – (Civil Engineering) University of Toronto

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Black, K. McBean, E. (2017). Indigenous Water, Indigenous Voice – A National Water Strategy for Canada’s Indigenous Communities. Canadian Water Resources Journal.
• Black, K. McBean, E. (2017) Framework for Indigenous-based Sustainable Community Development of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure. Technology in Society.  50. 57-65.
• Black, K., McBean, E. (2017). Community-Based Operator Training and Appropriate Certification Regimes for Indigenous Water and Wastewater Systems. Canadian Water Resources Journal.
• Black, K., McBean, E. (2016). Increased Indigenous Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: A Policy Analysis for the Improvement of Indigenous Health. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 7(4).
• Black, K., McBean, E. (2016). Analysis of challenges and opportunities to meaningful Indigenous engagement in sustainable water and wastewater management. Water Policy. 19 (4) 709-723.
• Basu, O. D., Dhawan, S. and Black, K. (2016), Applications of biofiltration in drinking water treatment – a review. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 91: 585–595.
• Black K. and Bérubé P.R. (2014) Rate and Extent of NOM Removal During Oxidation and Biofiltration, Water Research, 52C, 40-50.

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