Dave Guyadeen, University of Guelph

Research

(1) Climate Adaptation (2) Climate Change (3) Plan Quality (4) Plan Quality Evaluation (5) Rural Communities (6) Rural Climate Change Planning (7) Official Plan land use planning

Latest papers

Evaluating the quality of municipal strategic plans.
Evaluation and program planning · 2023 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Location Intelligence Platform (CLIP): Precision Risk Assessment for a Changing Climate
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$471,302
Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,986,516
Evaluating transportation policies and practices in Canada's most populous municipalities
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$28,610

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Evaluating the quality of municipal strategic plans.

Guyadeen D, Henstra D, Kaup S, Wright G

Evaluation and program planning2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102186 PMID: 36410094

The Canadian Location Intelligence Platform (CLIP): Precision Risk Assessment for a Changing Climate

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thistlethwaite, Jason A.

$471,302

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Spring, Andrew J.

Keywords: Food systems; Northwest Territories; Climate Change; agriculture; Wildfire' Resilience; sustainable farmer-led research; traditional food

$1,986,516

Evaluating transportation policies and practices in Canada's most populous municipalities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Guyadeen, Dave R.

Keywords: land use planning; transportation planning; content analysis; policy analysis; plan evaluation; plan quality evaluation

$28,610

Evaluating Rural Municipal Climate Adaptation Planning in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Guyadeen, Dave

Keywords: (1) Climate Adaptation; (2) Climate Change; (3) Plan Quality; (4) Plan Quality Evaluation; (5) Rural Communities; (6) Rural Climate Change Planning; (7) Official Plan

$53,760

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Daniel Henstra

Urban Geography

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) Climate Adaptation Dear Professor Guyadeen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Evaluating the quality of municipal strategic plans." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Evaluating transportation policies and practices in Canada's most populous municipalities" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]