Research Area(s)

• Source Water Protection Planning
• Watershed Planning
• First Nations and Access to Safe Drinking Water
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Urban Water Issues
• Regional Planning
• Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change

Publications

Selection of Publications (by Year)

• Schultz, J., Baijius, W. and R. Patrick. "Water for Life in Alberta, Canada: Assessing First Nations Engagement". Canadian Planning and Policy Journal 2023 (2023)
• Patrick, R. Sustainable Cities and Regions, eBook. USA: Kendall Hunt, 2020.
• . "Indigenous Perspectives on Water Security in Saskatchewan, Canada". WATER 12, 810 (2019)
• . "Planning around reserves: Probing the inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's watershed planning framework.". The International Indigenous Policy Journal 10, 5 (2019)
• . ""We Don't Drink the Water Here"". Water Accepted
• Patrick, R. "Building Water Security through Drinking Water Protection Planning with First Nations in Canada." In Global Water Security Issues - Case Studies: Water Security and the Sustainable Development Goals., edited by UNESCO International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management (i-WSSM). Republic of Korea: UNESCO, 2019.
• Patrick, R. Protecting Sources of Drinking Water. USA: Kendall Hunt, 2019.
• Patrick, R. "Reclaiming Indigenous Planning as a Pathway to Local Water Security". Water (2019)
• Patrick, R.. "Adapting to Climate Change Through Source Water Protection: Case Studies from Alberta and Saskatchewan". The International Indigenous Policy Journal (2018)
• Patrick, R. "A Watershed for Collaboration". Plan Canada Accepted
• Kleinschmidt, C., Patrick, RJ and M Mayer. "“It’s not just the food we produce, it’s the community we are building”". Prairie Perspectives 19 (2018)
• Patrick, R.. "Social and cultural impacts of the 2013 Bow River flood at Siksika Nation, Alberta, Canada.". Indigenous Policy Journal 28, 3 (2017)
• Patrick, Robert J., Laura Machial, Kendra Quinney, Len Quinney. "Lessons Learned Through Community-Engaged Planning". The International Indigenous Policy Journal 8, 2 (2017)
• Chilima, Jania S., Jill A.E. Blakely, Bram F. Noble & Robert J. Patrick. "Institutional arrangements for assessing and managing cumulative effects on watersheds:Lessons from the Grand River watershed, Ontario, Canada.". Canadian Water Resources Journal 42, 3 (2017)
• Al Ibrahim, A, Patrick, R.J. "Source Water Protection Planning and Management in Metropolitan Canada: A Preliminary Assessment". Water 9, 7 (2017)
• Patrick, R. "Indigenizing Source Water Protection" In Indigenous Peoples and Resource Development in Canada, edited by Robert Bone and Robert Anderson. Toronto: Captus Press, 2016.
• Patrick, R., L. Bharadwaj. "Mining and campesino engagement: an opportunity for integrated water resources management in Ancash, Peru". Water International 41, 3 (2016): 468-482.
• Young, K., R. Patrick. "A Planning Framework for Community-Based Lakeshore Management Planning: A Case Study". Saskatchewan Professional Planners Institute. Planning Journal (2015)
• Wang H., R. Patrick. "Implementing source water protection plans in Saskatchewan: Local watershed perceptions". Prairie Perspectives 17 (2015): 1-10.
• Morgan, B., R. Patrick and M-A Bowden. "Water Governance in the Saskatchewan River Basin: A Preliminary Study". Journal of Rural and Community Development 9, 4 (2015)
• Kevinson J., Patrick, R. and L. Bharadwaj. "A framework for assessing effective urban water management: lessons from the Canadian prairie.". Water International (2014)
• Patrick, R.. "Indigenous Planning and Source Water Protection" In Models of Indigenous Development, edited by Ian Skelton and Octavio Ixtacuy Lopez. Champaign, IL. USA: Common Ground Publishing, 2014.
• Patrick R. , D. Espeseth. "A Planning Tool for the Protection of Drinking Water Sources in Canada". Plan Canada 54, 1 (2014)
• Patrick, R. "Source Water Protection Planning: A role for planners". Alberta Professional PLanners Institute Journal 13 (2014)
• Lemoine, Nadine, Robert J. Patrick. "Water Governance in Northern Saskatchewan: Opportunities and Challenges". Canadian Journal of Urban Research 23, 1 (2014)
• Rawlyk F., R. Patrick. "Capacity Needs for source water protection plan implementation". Canadian Journal of Urban Research 22, 1 (2013)
• Kristensen, S., Noble, B.F. and R. J. Patrick. "Capacity for Watershed Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management: Lessons from the Lower Fraser River Basin, Canada". Environmental Management (2013)
• Rizvi, Z., Adamowski J. and R. Patrick. "First Nation capacity in Quebec to practice integrated water resource management". International Journal of Water 7, 3 (2013)
• Chilma, J.S.,, Gunn, J., Noble, B.F., Patrick, R.J. "Institutional considerations in watershed cumulative effects assessment and management". Impact Assessment and project Appraisal 31, 1 (2013)
• Sheelanere, P., Noble, B.F. and R.J. Patrick. "Institutional requirements for watershed cumulative effects assessment and managagement: Lessons from a Canadian transboundary watershed". Land Use Policy 30 (2013)
• Noble, B., Skwaruk, J. and R. Patrick. "Toward cumulative effects assessment and management in the Athabasca watershed, Alberta, Canada.". The Canadian Geographer (2013)
• Patrick, R. "Indigenous Source Water Protection: Lesssons for Watershed Planning in Canada" In Walking Backwards into the Future, edited by Ryan Walker, David Natcher, Ted Jojola and Tanira Kingi. Toronto, Canada: McGill Queens University Press, 2013.

Teaching & Supervision

Planning Regional Planning Sustainable Cities and Regions Watershed Planning

Selection of Courses Taught (by Year)

• 2023 - GEOGRAPHY 240
• 2023 - PLANNING 442

Research

Awards & Honours

• Distinguished Teacher Award, awarded by College of Arts and Science June 2023
• Teaching Excellence Award, awarded by College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan May 2014
• U of S Students' Union, awarded by USSU (Nominated) May 2012
• U of S Students' Union, awarded by USSU (Nominated) November 2009