Organizing Committee

Your 2026 IMGS Organizing Committee:

Kathi Wilson, Professor, Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga

Andrea Rishworth, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga

Sarah Wakefield, Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto St. George

Tor Oiamo, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University

Caroline Barakat, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences Ontario Tech University

Irenius Konkor Provost's Program for Black & Indigenous Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo.

The organizing committee draws on the expertise of a scientific committee comprising:

Gavin Andrews Professor, Department of Health and Aging, McMaster University

Roger Antabe Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Susan Elliott Professor, Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo

Bruce Newbold Dean Faculty of Science, McMaster University

Chantelle Richmond Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Geography and Environment, Western University

A number of volunteers are working hard to make the 2026 IMGS a wonderful and memorable event.