Kevin Behan Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario

Clean Air Partnership (CAP) was launched in June, 2000 with a mission is to work with partners to achieve clean air, facilitate the exchange of ideas, advance change and promote and coordinate implementation of actions that improve local air quality.At CAP I design and structure assigned research in order to deliver quality research reports, maintaining a working knowledge of the literature relevant to current trends in sustainability. I have led over $4m in funding proposals to a variety of funders, overseeing $3.2m in research projects. Developing new research areas for the organization, I oversee projects to ensure appropriateness of methods, quality, accuracy and readability, presenting research findings to all orders of government as well as academic and industry audiences.

Peterborough, Ontario

GREEN COMMUNITIES CANADA (GCC) is a national association of community organizations that help people go green – in their homes and gardens, on the road, at work, and in the community.GCC has over two dozen member organizations in every region of the country, with combined annual revenues of $24 million, 600 employees, and more than 2000 volunteers.GCC and its member organizations work together to help Canadians:- improve the health of our communities- conserve resources for future generations- reduce pollutionGCC also works to strengthen its member organizations by helping them to:- increase their capacity to deliver programs and services- share knowledge and best practices- benefit from economies of scale

In October 2012 ministers of environment, with the exception of Québec, agreed to implement a Canada-wide Air Quality Management System (AQMS). AQMS is a comprehensive approach for reducing air pollution in Canada and is the product of an unprecedented collaboration by the federal, provincial and territorial governments and stakeholders. Federal, provincial and territorial governments all have roles and responsibilities in the implementation of the system. Although Québec supports the general objectives of AQMS, it will not implement the System since it includes federal industrial emission requirements that duplicate Québec's Clean Air Regulation. However, Québec will collaborate with jurisdictions on developing other elements of the system, notably air zones and airsheds.

This interesting position offered a variety of challenges including;• GIS analysis of various components in the urban planning process• Using Decision Support Systems to develop land-use policy recommendations• Developing / using Decision Support Systems to examine climate change • Developing / using Decision Support Systems to examine environmental, economic and social indicators in urban systems• Proofreading, editing and submitting journal articles for the department of Geography and Earth Sciences• Composing research papers and literature reviews for the department• System testing and composition of user-manuals for various modeling programs developed by the department• Multinomial logit modeling and various other statistical analyses• Online survey implementation and data collection and analysis• Informal training of staff and postgraduate students in GIS-based and statistical software applicationsRelated publications include: • Behan, K, Maoh, H. and Kanaroglou, K. (2007) ‘Evaluating Smart Growth Strategies with simulations: Evidence from Hamilton Ontario’. The Canadian Geographer 52, no 3 (2008) 291-308• Maoh, H. and Behan, K (2007) “CLIMATE-C: A tool for Climate Impact Assessment on Transportation and the Environment in Canada” A User Manual, Center for Spatial Analysis• Maoh, H. and Behan, K (2006) “Imulate: integrated model for urban land use, transportation and environmental analysis: A GIS-Based decision support tool for urban systems” A Reference User Manual, Center For Spatial Analysis• Behan, K and Kanaroglou, P (2008) Do Internet based surveys produce biased results? A comparison with a standard survey methodology in the context of household vehicle ownership Submitted to the Journal of Urban Technology

In this position I conducted clinical trials for various naturopathic products. This is a prerequisite for the issue of a Drug Identification Number so products can be made widely available in the market.

Coillte are the Irish State Forestry Board and manage over 90% of Ireland’s forest resources. Employed initially as a GIS surveyor, I was promoted to the position of GIS Analyst and then to Regional Manager of Timber Harvesting. In this position, key tasks included;• Ensuring internal compliance with FSC guidelines• Creating GIS harvest plans for the region accounting for all environmental and societal externalities• Surveying and Dendrology of forest crops• Maintenance of spatial databases storing GIS data collected by field surveyors• Consulting with wildlife rangers and local interests on best harvesting practices• Fulfilling company targets on harvest yields• Creating GIS maps for other departments within the company• Creation of the mapping components that aided the company in achieving FSC certification• GIS surveying of forest crops, land-use types and land use characteristics• Utilization of remotely sensed data in crop management decision making

Gdsa(Gis), Spatial Analysis

Gdbs(It), Business Studies & I.T.

B.Sc (Hons)