Melody Lynch

Melody Lynch is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University, with research expertise in human-environment geography, interdisciplinarity, and mixed methods. Her work bridges social and natural sciences to address environmental sustainability and social justice through community-based fieldwork in Southeast Asia and the Canadian Arctic.

• Research areas: Interdisciplinarity, Mixed Methods, Environmental Contaminants, Intersectionality, Marine Conservation, Indigenous Health, Urban Agriculture
• Teaching courses: GEOG 470 (Environmental Management), URBS 338 (Urban Ecology)

Her recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches combining ethnographic methods with GIS and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. She has contributed to policy reports on urban agriculture in Malaysia and collaborated with Inuit communities in Nunavik for health research. Her work engages with critical geographies and environmental justice frameworks.

She maintains a personal website at melodylynch.ca and holds ORCID 0000-0002-3252-1674.