Eric Nost, University of Guelph

Research

data environmental justice pollution cumulative effects Canada conservation digital technology practice

Latest papers

Why the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative is archiving public environmental data.
Patterns (New York, N.Y.) · 2025 · first author
Visualizing changes to US federal environmental agency websites, 2016-2020.
PloS one · 2021 · first author
New but for whom? Discourses of innovation in precision agriculture.
Agriculture and human values · 2021 · senior author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Situating data for environmental justice in Canada's national strategy to address environmental racism
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$27,052
Digital Conservation Practices and Perspectives: Insights from North America
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$39,927

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Why the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative is archiving public environmental data.

Nost E, Gehrke G, Vera L, Hansen S

Patterns (New York, N.Y.)2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2024.101151 PMID: 39896262

02

Visualizing changes to US federal environmental agency websites, 2016-2020.

Nost E, Gehrke G, Poudrier G, Lemelin A, Beck M, Wylie S, Environmental Data & Governance Initiative

PloS one2021First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246450 PMID: 33630919

03

New but for whom? Discourses of innovation in precision agriculture.

Duncan E, Glaros A, Ross DZ, Nost E

Agriculture and human values2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10460-021-10244-8 PMID: 34276130

04

Barriers and opportunities for breast cancer organizations to focus on environmental health and disease prevention: a mixed-methods approach using website analyses, interviews, and focus groups.

Ohayon JL, Nost E, Silk K, Rakoff M, Brody JG

Environmental health : a global access science source2020

DOI: 10.1186/s12940-020-0570-7 PMID: 32041648

Situating data for environmental justice in Canada's national strategy to address environmental racism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nost, Eric

Keywords: data; environmental justice; pollution; cumulative effects; Canada

$27,052

Digital Conservation Practices and Perspectives: Insights from North America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nost, Eric

Keywords: conservation; data; digital technology; practice; survey; ecosystem services; algorithms

$39,927

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: data Dear Professor Nost, 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 "Why the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative is archiving public environmental data." (2025), 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 "Situating data for environmental justice in Canada's national strategy to address environmental racism" (2025), 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]