Alan Diduck

Title: Professor Emeritus
Phone: 204-786-9777
Office: 4CM54
Email: a.diduck@uwinnipeg.ca

Biography:

Personal Website:

https://newion.uwinnipeg.ca/~adiduck/

Research Interests:

• Environmental governance
• Impact assessment
• Community engagement
• Social learning
• Environmental justice

Publications:

• 2025. Robb, K., Fitzpatrick, P., Diduck, A.P., Noble, B., & Poelzer, G. Understanding opportunities for meaningful engagement in water power licensing. Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques. https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2024-00
• 2025. Walker, H., Bond, A., Sinclair, A.J., Diduck, A.P., Pope, J., Retief, F., & Morrison-Saunders, A. Understanding the role qualitative methods can play in next generation impact assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 112, 107780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107780
• 2025. Walker, H., Sinclair, A.J., Diduck, A.P., Bond, A., Pope, J., Morrison-Saunders, A., & Retief, F. Needs and pathways for strengthening the contribution of qualitative methods toward more effective impact assessment practice. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2025.2515776
• 2024. Buijs, A.E., Gulsrud, N.M., Rodela, R., Diduck, A.P., van der jagt, A.P.N., & Raymond, C.M. Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions. Cities, 147, 104799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104799
• 2024. Diduck, A.P., & Sinclair, A.J. The promise of social learning-oriented approaches to public participation. In T. Burdett & A.J. Sinclair (Eds.), Handbook of Public Participation in Impact Assessment. (pp. 89-101 ) Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar. https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781800889996/9781800889996.xml
• 2024. Dilay, A., Sinclair, A.J., Diduck, A.P., & Gardner, J. Participation, learning and environmental justice: A case study of park planning and management in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Conservation & Society. 22(1), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_23_23
• 2024. Walker, H., Pope, J., Morrison-Saunders, A., Bond, A., Diduck, A.P., Sinclair, A.J., Middel, B., & Retief, F. Identifying and promoting qualitative methods for impact assessment. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 42(3), 294–305. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2024.2369454
• 2022. Diduck, A.P., Patel, K., & Malik, A.K. (Eds.), Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities. Milton Park, England: Routledge
• 2021. Buijs, A., Rodela, R., Gulsrud, N., Diduck, A.P, Blomquist, E., Stålhammar, S., & Raymond, C.M. Hackathons for inclusive urban planning: Exploring divergence to co-create convergence. Deliverable 3.1.a, VIVA-PLAN. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4777779
• 2021. Diduck, A. P., & Sinclair, A. J. A learning-focused analysis of Canada’s new Impact Assessment Act. In M. Doelle & A.J. Sinclair (Eds.), The Next Generation of Impact Assessment: A Critical Review of the Canadian Impact Assessment Act. (pp. 491-510) Toronto: Irwin Law.
• 2021. Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. Considering the potential for meaningful public participation under Canada’s new Impact Assessment Act. In M. Doelle & A.J. Sinclair (Eds.), The Next Generation of Impact Assessment: A Critical Review of the Canadian Impact Assessment Act. (pp. 326-345) Toronto: Irwin Law.
• 2021. Zurba, M., Sinclair, A. J., & Diduck, A. P. “Two-Row” cross-cultural learning for collaborative governance of forestland in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Regional Environmental Change. 21(2), 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01784-0
• 2020. Diduck, A. P., Raymond, C. M., Rodela, R., Moquin, R., & Boerchers, M. Pathways of learning about biodiversity and sustainability in private urban gardens. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 63(6), 1056-1076. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2019.1633288
• 2020. Dilay, A., Diduck, A. P., & Patel, P. Environmental justice in India: A case study of environmental impact assessment, community engagement and public interest litigation. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 38(1), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2019.1611035