I was born in the coastal mining town of Baie Verte, north central Newfoundland, Canada. I completed my Ph.D. in Geography, specializing in environmental assessment, at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I joined the University of Saskatchewan in 2002. From 2022-2025 I served as Vice Dean Research, College of Arts & Science. I am currently Professor in the Department of Geography & Planning. 

My research is in the field of environmental assessment, addressing issues and applications ranging from cumulative effects assessment and land use to resource policy and planning for mineral and energy development projects. I am co-director of the Community Appropriate Sustainable Energy Security (CASES) partnership, funded by a SSHRC Partnership Grant and project partners. CASES is an international research and knowledge mobilization initiative involving 15 northern and Indigenous communities and public and private sector project partners from Canada, Alaska, Sweden, and Norway. The overarching goal of this work is to co-create and broker the knowledge, understanding, and capacity to design, implement and manage renewable energy systems that support and enhance social and economic values in northern and Indigenous communities (https://renewableenergy.usask.ca/Projects/CASES.php).

I am also actively engaged in the professional practice of environmental assessment. I have been a consultant or advisor to several First Nations in relation to cumulative effects assessment and regulatory proceedings. I have also been a consultant to industry and various provincial, territorial, national and international agencies including Environment and Climate Change Canada, Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Board, Government of the Northwest Territories, Nalcor Energy, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, National Energy Board, Office of Auditor General of Canada Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. In 2018-19 I was appointed to the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Integrated Natural Resource Management.

I currently serve as Editor-in-Chief for Environmental Management and on the editorial boards of Environmental Impact Assessment Review and Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal.

See: https://sites.google.com/view/bram-noble/publications

Northern and Indigenous communities cumulative effects assessment energy policy energy resources environmental impact assessment environmental planning and manaegment environmental policy renewable energy strategic environmental assessment sustainable mining