Dr. Mike Smit
Deputy Scientific Director
Dr. Mike Smit studies the intersection of people, information, and technology, drawing on information and computer science to explore how we use emerging technology to benefit people, organizations, and society.
He is the Deputy Scientific Director for the Ocean Frontier Institute, the principal for the Atlantic Regional Association of the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, and recently was one of the leads in developing the Transforming Climate Action proposal. He is an award-winning interdisciplinary scholar and instructor.
Much of his recent work is on ensuring ocean, environment, and climate data is available, accessible, and usable.
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
