Cameron Mccordic

Cameron is an Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development. His research interests focus on urban sustainable development and the systems that give rise to both compounding vulnerability and sustainable progress in cities. In pursuit of this research interest, he has partnered with researchers, policymakers, private industry leaders and local communities on investigations into sustainable urban development across North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.

• 2016, PhD, Social and Ecological Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Canada

• 2012, MSc, Capacity Development and Extension, University of Guelph, Canada

• 2008, BSc, Psychology, McMaster University, Canada

• MDP Academic Director

• MDP Placement Coordinator

• Manager of International Work Placements

• DEVP 602 - International Development: Theories and Practice
  • Taught in 2025
• DEVP 604 - Sustainable Cities
  • Taught in 2026
• ENVS 178 - Environmental Applications of Data Management and Statistics
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
• FCIT 603 - Sustainable Future Cities
  • Taught in 2025, 2026
• INDEV 387 - Global Cities in Global Development
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023
• INDEV 401 - International Development Placement 1
  • Taught in 2025
• INDEV 402 - International Development Placement 2
  • Taught in 2026
• INDEV 404 - International Development Theory
  • Taught in 2024, 2025
• INDEV 476 - Contemporary Issues in Development Practice
  • Taught in 2025, 2026
• INDEV 490A - Honours Thesis: Project Preparation
  • Taught in 2025
• INDEV 490B - Honours Thesis: Project Completion
  • Taught in 2026
• INDEV 601 - Foundations of Sustainable Development Practice
  • Taught in 2024
• INDEV 602 - International Development: Theories and Practice
  • Taught in 2024
• INDEV 604 - Sustainable Cities
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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• Rauf, M. A., McCordic, C., & Frayne, B. (2024). The challenges and opportunities of localizing the sustainable development goals in Canadian cities–a subsidiarity check. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27(8), 18129-18153.

• McCordic, C., Raimundo, I., Judyn, M., & Willis, D. (2024). The distribution of Cyclone Idai’s water impacts in Beira, Mozambique. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 33(6), 1-15.

• Rauf, M. A., McCordic, C., Sgro, J., Frayne, B., & Wilson, J. (2023). Trading off sustainable development in Canadian cities: theoretical implications of SDG 11 indicator aggregation approaches. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5, 1264710.

• McCordic, C., Riley, L., & Raimundo, I. 2021. Household food security in Maputo: the role of Gendered Access to education and employment. Development Southern Africa. DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1932423.

• Frayne, B., Crush, J., and McCordic, C. (Eds.) 2017. Food and nutrition security in Southern African cities. London: Routledge and Earthscan.

• Frayne, B., and McCordic, C. 2015. Planning for food secure cities: Measuring the influence of infrastructure and income on household food security in Southern African cities. Geoforum, 65: 1–11.

• Frayne, B., McCordic, C., and Shilomboleni., H. 2014. Growing out of poverty: Does urban agriculture contribute to household food security in Southern African cities? Urban Forum, 25(2): 177–189.