Last updated December 19, 2011 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Michael D. Sutherland, M.Sc.E., Ph.D., MRICS

Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management
University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus
St. Augustine, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, W.I.

Chair, Commission 4, International Federation of Surveyors
http://www.fig.net/commission4/index.htm

Associate, Canadian Fisheries, Oceans, and Aquaculture Management

Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa

 

 

OBJECTIVES
1. Land and Coastal Management
2. International Consultant (Land and Coastal Information Management)
3. Educator (Land and Coastal Information Management)

 

EDUCATION
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada
Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering

2005 - Ph.D. (Land Information Management)
1999 - Diploma in University Teaching
1995 - M.Sc.E. (Land Information Management)
 

 

WORK / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Managing Adaptation to Coastal Environmental Change: Canada and the Caribbean (ICURA Project)
Social Sciences and Humanities Council and International Development Research Centre, Canada
(SALISES, University of the West Indies and University of Ottawa, Canada)
2009-2013: Co-Applicant -
Sea level rise modeling and socioeconomic assessment in coastal communities in Canada and the Caribbean.

COINAtlantic Project, Atlantic Canada  
2008:   Consultant - Design a prototype web-based marine cadastre.

Department of Surveying and Land Information, University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine, Trinidad   
2007:   Lecturer in Land Management  / Programme Coordinator - Design and coordinate a new programme in land management (land valuation and land economy);  lecture in land valuation and land economy.

School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
2007:   Contractor - Conduct research on trawl fisheries in the Grand Banks, and utilize GIS to accomplish spatial analysis of trawl fisheries data. The output of the spatial analysis is input into an economic model to determine the economic impact of trawl fisheries on the Grand Banks.

Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University, Ontario, Canada
2007:  Course Director, Survey Law II.
 

Natural Resources Canada – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2006: Contractor - Production of an expert’s research paper in support of UNECA’s land information management objectives for African States with regard to an Experts’ Meeting and Symposium on Land Management Information Systems in the Knowledge Economy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 4th to 8th, 2006.

Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
2006: Research Associate
Conduct research on the use of GIS and spatial data in predicting aquaculture sites' benthic characteristics as part of site evaluation exercises.

School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   
2005:   Research Fellow, Sustainable Development, AquaNet Centres of Excellence - Conduct research on the use of GIS and spatial data to determine cumulative effects of interacting marine components in support of multi-criteria decision analysis when evaluating marine sites of interest.

Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Ontario, Canada
2005:  Part-time Lecturer, Cadastral Systems and Survey Law.
 

National Research Council Canada, Ontario, Canada
2005:  Contractor / Researcher -
    Produced research document outlining the immediate next steps in the National Research Council’s Ocean and Marine Industry Technology Roadmap.

Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick
2004: Part-time Lecturer, Real Property Law for Surveyors
1998 - 2000: Part-time Lecturer, Land Administration II
1998 - 2000: Part-time Lecturer, Land Administration I
1993 - 2004: Research Assistant
Marine boundaries and Ocean governance
The property rights of aquaculture farmers in the Bay of Fundy
Re-engineering land information systems.
Risk management in deed registry conversion to title systems.
Canadian Ocean Governance Marine boundaries: framework data
Climate change and adaptation to sea level rise

Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, Canada
2004: Consultant / Researcher - · Researched and produced a report on adaptation and disaster mitigation strategies for storm surge and coastal flooding risks

Centre for Property Studies, University of New Brunswick, Canada
2004 : Consultant / Contractor - Development of an educational module for managers of land information systems organizations

Association of Canada Lands Surveyors, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2003: Contractor / Consultant - Development of workshop proceedings and analytical document on offshore issues in relation to Canada lands.

Service New Brunswick
2002: Contractor / Consultant - Using GIS and other spatial data manipulation technologies, develop and produce spatial data representing New Brunswick's marine administrative spatial extents (including techno-legal research, technical specifications and various reports).

Canadian Hydrographic Service
2002: Contractor / Consultant - Development and production of contract research report on the classification of offshore boundaries and a conceptual national marine boundary database framework for Canada.

Natural Resources Canada (Legal Surveys Division)
2001: Contractor / Consultant - (as part of a team) Development and production of contract research report entitled "Roles and Responsibilities for Surveying Offshore Canada Lands".

Learnstream Inc., New Brunswick, Canada / World Health Organization
2001: Audio Talent - Producing audio talent for a World Health Organization training course.

Association of Canada Lands Surveyors, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2001: Contractor / Consultant - Development of workshop proceedings and analytical document on offshore issues in relation to Canada lands.

NOVALIS Technologies, Halifax, N.S., Canada
1995: Project Consultant - Demonstration Land Information Management software development

Fujitsu-ICL (Caribbean), Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.
1994: Software Consultant - Prototype Land Information Management software development

Lands Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Kingston, Jamaica
1990 - 1996: Legal Administrator
1986 - 1990: Senior Legal Clerk and Computer Coordinator

   

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Scholarships:
1998-99: First Recipient, Centre for Property Studies Graduate Scholarship
1993-95: Recipient, Canada/Jamaica Training Program Scholarship (CIDA).

Professional Involvement:
2011-14: Chair, FIG, Commission 4 (Hydrography)
2008-10: Chair-Elect, FIG, Commission 4 (Hydrography)
2004-xx: FIG (International Federation of Surveyors) official representative to the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
2002-xx: Chairperson, FIG, Commission 4 Workgroup 3 (Marine Cadastre, Coastal Zone Management and Ocean Governance)
2003-03: Organizer, UNB-FIG International Meeting on Marine Cadastre Issues
2001-01: Programme Committee, FIG International Workshop on 3D Cadastre, (Netherlands)
2000-00: Organizer, Atlantic Institute Conference/Meeting, University of New Brunswick.
1995-xx: Member, Canadian Institute of Geomatics

Community Involvement \ Volunteer Experiences:
2001-02: Student Representative, Executive of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies
2001-02: Vice-Chair (Research), Graduate Students' Association of Canada.
2001-02: Vice-President (External), UNB Graduate Students Association.
2001-02: Member, Board of Directors, Multicultural Association of Fredericton
2001-02: Member, Board of Directors, CHSR FM, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
2000-01: Vice-President, UNB Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Graduate Students Society.
1998-99: President, UNB Graduate Students Association.
1997-01: President, UNB Caribbean Circle.
1997-99: President, UNB Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Graduate Students Society.
 

PAPERS/ PUBLICATIONS

Chapters in Books and Institutional Publications

Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2010). “St. Margaret’s Bay Marine Cadastre Prototype Case Study”. In Spatial Planning in Coastal Regions: Facing the Impact of Climate Change. FIG Publication No. 55, International Federation of Surveyors, Copenhagen, pp. 47-49.
Sutherland, M. (2008) (contributing author).
The Costa Rica Declaration. FIG Publication No. 43, International Federation of Surveyors, Copenhagen.
Sutherland, M. (2007).
“Land information management considerations for low e-ready jurisdictions aspiring to a knowledge economy”. In Land Management Information Systems in the Knowledge Economy: Discussion and guiding principles for Africa, Annex 2: Presented paper, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.
Methven, I. R., M. D. Sutherland and B. Nkwae (2007). 
“The unique challenge of land information systems and the knowledge economy in Africa”. In Land Management Information Systems in the Knowledge Economy: Discussion and guiding principles for Africa, Annex 1: Background paper, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.
Nichols, S., S. Ng'ang'a, M. Sutherland, and S. Cockburn (2006). “
Marine cadastre concept”. In Canada's Offshore:
Jurisdiction, Rights and Management
, 3rd edition, Eds., Bruce Calderbank, Alec M. MacLeod,  Ted L. McDorman and David H. Gray, Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2006.
Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2006). “
Issues in the governance of marine spaces”. In Administering Marine Spaces: International issues, M. Sutherland (Ed.), International Federation of Surveyors, Copenhagen, pp. 6-20.

Journal Papers

Sutherland, M. (2011).  “Sea Level Rise Modelling in a Caribbean Small Island Developing State”.  In Hydro International, 2011, Volume 15, Number 6.
Sutherland, M. (2011).
"Improving the administration of marine and coastal spaces".  In Coordinates Ezine, November 2011, http://mycoordinates.org/improving-the-administration-of-marine-and-coastal-spaces/.
Sutherland, M. (2011).
"Marine Cadastre".  In Geospatial World, November 2011, pp. 38-42.
Sutherland, M. (2009).
"The Marine Cadastre."  In Lighthouse: The Journal of Canadian Hydrographic Association, Edition No. 75, Fall/Winter 2009, pp. 5-6.
Sutherland, M., D. Lane, Y. Zhao and W. Michalowski (2009). 
“A spatial model for estimating cumulative effects at aquaculture sites”. In Aquaculture Economics & Management 13:4, 294 — 311.
Sutherland, M., P. Dare and K. Miller (2008).
"Monitoring Sea Level Change in the Caribbean." In Geomatica, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 428-436.
Sutherland, M. (2008).
"Laying claim to marine spaces in the Caribbean."  In
The Journal of Ocean Technology, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 18-23.
Sutherland, M., Y. Zhao, D. Lane, and W. Michalowski (2007). "Estimating Cumulative Effects using Spatial Data: An aquaculture case study."  In Geomatica, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 349-353.
Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2006).
”Governing marine spaces: Stakeholders, legal and technical issues.”  In GIM International, Volume 20, Issue 11, November 2006.
Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2004).
"The evolving role of hydrography in ocean governance and the concept of the marine cadastre." In The Hydrographic Journal, No. 111, January 2004 p.13-16.
Sutherland, M. (2004).
"Why a marine cadastre is important." In Geomatics World, Issue No. 3, March/April 2004, Volume 12, pp. 26-28.
Ng'ang'a, S. M., M. Sutherland, S. Cockburn and S. Nichols (2004). "Toward a 3D marine cadastre in support of good ocean governance: A review of the technical framework requirements." ." In Computer, Environment and Urban Systems, 28 (2004), pp. 443-470.
Ng'ang'a, S. M., M. Sutherland, and S. Nichols (2002). "Evolving Terminology: From Managing Property Rights in Marine Space to the Marine Cadastre." In Hydro International, 2002, Volume 6, Number 9, pp. 44-47.
Sutherland, M., K. Wilkins and S. Nichols (2002). "Web-Geographic Information Systems and Coastal and Marine Governance." In Optimum, Issue 3, Spring 2002.
Nichols, S., D. Monahan and M. D. Sutherland (2000). "Good Governance of Canada's Offshore and Coastal Zone: Towards and understanding of the Maritime Boundary Issues." In Geomatica, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 415-424.

Technical Papers

Sutherland, M. D. (2005).  Marine Boundaries and the Governance of Marine Spaces.  University of New Brunswick technical paper, 2005.
Sutherland, M. D. (1998). Understanding Jurisdictions: A necessary prerequisite for project implementation. Center for Property Studies technical paper, University of New Brunswick.
Sutherland, M. D. (1995). The Design of a Re-engineering Framework for Land Information Management in Jamaica: A response to contemporary land-related objectives. University of New Brunswick technical paper, 1995.

Contract Reports

Ramlal, B. and M. Sutherland (2010).  “Developing an Enterprise Wide Geographic Information System for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management: Enterprise Wide Geographic Information System Situation Analysis Report”. Prepared for The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management, Ministry of National Security, Trinidad and Tobago, March, 25 pages.
Ramlal, B. and M. Sutherland (2010).  “Developing an Enterprise Wide Geographic Information System for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management: Enterprise Wide Geographic Information System Needs Assessment Report”. Prepared for The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management, Ministry of National Security, Trinidad and Tobago, February, 62 pages.
Nichols, S., O. Chouinard, H. Onsrud, M. Sutherland, and G. Martin (2006). 
“Adaptation strategies”. In “Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change on the Coastal Zone of Southeastern New Brunswick: Project Report”, Daigle, R.J. (Ed.).  Environment Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, ISBN 0-662-43947-3, Cat. no.: En84-45/2006E, EPSM-753, (also on CD-ROM), 609 pp + annexes.
Sutherland, M. (2005).
“Marine and ocean industry technology roadmap: Immediate future directions”.  Contract report prepared for National Research Council Canada, March, 24 pp.
Sutherland, M., S. Nichols et al (2004). "Traditional adaptation strategies for Sea level rise". Contract report prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, May, 26 pp.
Ng'ang'a, S., M. Hutchison, M. Sutherland, et al (2004).
"A handbook on issues surrounding linking science and local knowledge in coastal areas". Contract report prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, May, 52 pp.
Sutherland, M., and S. Nichols (2004).
"Adaptation and Disaster Mitigation Strategies: Storm Surge and Coastal Flooding Risks ." Contract report prepared for the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Management, Canada, March, 39 pp.
Sutherland, M., A. Hunter, L. Mao, and V. Meenakshisundaram (2004).
"Second Offshore Issues Consultation Workshop: Workshop Report." Contract report prepared for the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors, January, 26 pp.
Sutherland, M. (2002).
"As built technical specifications for the New Brunswick submerged lands database (Marine administrative boundaries)." Technical specifications prepared for Service New Brunswick. May 2002, 31 pp.
Sutherland, M. (2002). "Report on the process of creating polygons representing New Brunswick's submerged lands." Contract report prepared for Service New Brunswick. May 2002, 77 pp.
Nichols, S., J. Dobbins, S. Ng'ang'a, S. Cockburn, M. Sutherland, K. Cove and T. Beran (2002). "Roles and Responsibilities for Surveying Offshore Canada Lands." Contract report for Legal Surveys Division, Natural Resources Canada, April, 80+pp.
Sutherland, M. (2002).
"A classification of Canadian Marine Boundaries and the design of a conceptual marine boundary database framework." Contract report prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Canadian Hydrographic Services). March 2002, 41 pp.
Nichols, S., M. Sutherland et al (2001). "Proceedings and report on the ACLS offshore issues consultation Workshop." Contract report for Legal Surveys Division, Natural Resources Canada, May 18, 57 pp.

Published Conference Papers

Griffith-Charles, C. and M. Sutherland (2011). "An Analysis of the Necessity for 3D Cadastres with Reference to Trinidad and Tobago ". Presented at, and published in the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on 3D Cadastres, Delft, Netherlands, November16-18, 18 pages.
Sookram, S. and M. Sutherland (2011).
“Grande Riviere, Trinidad and Tobago: The Vulnerability of a Coastal Community to Sea-level Rise”. Presented at the Sustainable Development conference organized by Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Trinidad and Tobago, June 1-3, 26 pages. Published in the conference proceedings.
Mycoo, M. and M. Sutherland (2011). “Climate Change and Physical Development Threats, Challenges and Adaptation Responses in Coastal Communities: Grande Riviere, Trinidad”. Presented at the Sustainable Development conference organized by Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Trinidad and Tobago, June 1-3, 10 pages. Published in the conference proceedings.
Tienaah, T., S. Nichols, D. Forbes, and M. Sutherland (2011). “Mobilizing Local Knowledge to Bridge Information Gaps in Climate Change Adaptation Planning”. Presented at the Sustainable Development conference organized by Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Trinidad and Tobago, June 1-3, 7 pages. Published in the conference proceedings.
M. Sutherland (2011). “Implementing a Marine Cadastre (or other similar marine information systems)”. Special invited paper, presented at the Plenary Session of the 11th South East Asian Survey Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 22-24, 10 pages. Published in the conference proceedings.
M. Sutherland (2011). “Improving the administration of marine and coastal spaces: The marine cadastre component”. Special invited paper, presented at the 11th South East Asian Survey Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 22-24, 10 pages. Published in the conference proceedings.
M. Sutherland and A. Seeram (2011). “Sea level rise modeling in support of socioeconomic impact analysis: Grande Riviere, Trinidad and Tobago”. Published in the proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors Working Week 2011, Marrakech, Morocco, May 18-22, 11 pages.
Davis, D., C. Nanlal, and M. Sutherland (2011).
“Towards the development of a methodology for vertical separation models in the Caribbean”. Published in the proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors Working Week 2011, Marrakech, Morocco, May 18-22, 10 pages.
Griffith-Charles, C. and M. Sutherland (2011).
"Cadastral Records and the Impact of Sea Level Rise". Presented at Land Conference 2011, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, April 28-29, 8 pages.
Sookram, S. and M. Sutherland (2011). "The vulnerability of coastal communities to sea level rise: A case study of Grande Riviere, Trinidad and Tobago". Published in the proceedings of the SALISES 12th Annual Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, March 23-25, 9 pages.
Mycoo, M. and M. Sutherland (2011). "New approaches to sustainable development of coastal rural communities and economies: Climate change and sea level rise in Grande Riviere, Trinidad". Published in the proceedings of the SALISES 12th Annual Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, March 23-25, 10 pages.
Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2010).
"Further Steps toward the Administration of Marine Spaces". Published in the Proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors' (FIG) Congress, Sydney, Australia, May, 11 pages.
Davis, D., M. Sutherland, and S. Jaggan (2010). "Augmenting Tide Gauge Data with Satellite Altimetry in the Observation of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean". Published in the Proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors' (FIG) Congress, Sydney, Australia, May, 12 pages.
Sutherland, M. (2010). “Towards Mitigating Climate Change Threats to Small Island States Coastal Communities: Geomatics Contributions in a Holistic Governance Approach”. Published in the Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), St. Augustine Campus, University of the West Indies, March 24-26, 2010. 11 pages.
Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2009).
"Developing a Prototype Marine Cadastre for Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia". Published in the Proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors' (FIG) Working Week, Eilat, Israel, May, 11 pages.
Sutherland, M. (2006).
”An update on Canada's administration of its marine spaces”. Published in the proceedings of  the FIG Congress, October 2006, Munich, Germany, unpaginated CD-ROM.
Blake, C., J. Opadeyi, and M. Sutherland (2008). "Assessing Spatial Data Infrastructure Development in the Caribbean". Published in the Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure, Trinidad and Tobago, June, approx. 12 pages.
Opadeyi, J., C. Blake, and M. Sutherland (2008). "Towards Building a Strong Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Caribbean". Published in the Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure, Trinidad and Tobago, June, 18 pages.
Sutherland, M. (2006). ”An update on Canada's administration of its marine spaces” Published in the proceedings of the FIG Congress, October 2006, Munich, Germany, unpaginated CD-ROM, 9 pages.
Sutherland, M., Y. Zhao, D. Lane, W. Michalowski, R. Stephenson, and F. Page (2005).
Estimating marine cumulative effects using spatial data”. Published in the proceedings of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics Annual Conference. Ottawa, Canada, June.
Sutherland
, M. (2005). ”The Marine Cadastre: Legal and spatial data contribution to economic, environmental and social development” Published in the proceedings of  the FIG Working Week Conference and Workshop, April 2005, Cairo, Egypt, unpaginated CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M. (2004).
"Sea level rise and coastal zone management ." Published in the proceedings of the FIG Working Week Conference and Workshop, May 2004, Athens, Greece, unpaginated CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M. (2003).
"The evolving role of hydrography in ocean governance and the concept of the marine cadastre." Published in the proceedings of  the 7th South East Asian Survey Congress, Hong Kong, November, unpaginated CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M. (2003).
"Creating New Mental Maps: Managing Conflicting Property Rights in the Marine Environment." Published in the proceedings of The Centre for Maritime Research's 2nd. International Conference, Amsterdam, September, unpaginated CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M. (2003).
"Characteristics of marine boundaries and marine boundary Information required to support Canadian coastal and marine governance." Published in the proceedings of the FIG Working Week Conference and Workshop, April 2003, Paris, France, unpaginated CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M., and S. Nichols (2002).
"Web-GIS Technologies and their Potential as Decision Support Tools for Sustainable Development." Published in the proceedings of the FIG International Congress, Washington D. C., April 2002, CD-ROM. 
Sutherland, M. (2002). " Marine Boundary Delimitation for Ocean Governance." Published in the proceedings of the FIG International Congress, Washington D. C., April 2002, CD-ROM. 
Sutherland, M., S. Ng'ang'a and S. Nichols (2002). "In search of New Brunswick's marine administrative boundaries." Published in the proceedings of the CIG-ISPRS Joint Symposium on Geospatial Theory, Processing and Application, Ottawa, July 2002, CD-ROM.
Ng'ang'a S., M. Sutherland and S. Nichols (2002). "Determining user needs in a marine cadastre." In Innovation and Excellence: Focusing on client requirements and their changing needs, proceedings of the Canadian Hydrographic Conference, Offshore Issues Session, Toronto, Ont., 28-31 May. Unpaginated CD ROM
Ng'ang'a S., M. Sutherland and S. Nichols (2002). "Data integration and visualization requirements for a marine cadastre." Published in the proceedings of the CIG-ISPRS Joint Symposium on Geospatial Theory, Processing and Application, Ottawa, July 2002, CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M., and S. Nichols (2001). "How the emergence of web-GIS technologies might affect the good governance of coastal and marine spaces." Published in the proceedings of the URISA 2001 Caribbean GIS Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, September 9-12, pp. 385-395.
Ng'ang'a, S., S. Nichols, M. Sutherland, and S. Cockburn (2001). "Toward a multidimensional marine cadastre in support of good ocean governance: New spatial information management tools and their role in natural resource management." Published in the proceedings of the FIG International Conference on Spatial Information for Sustainable Development, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2-5.
Nichols, S., M. Sutherland, and D. Monahan (2001). "Marine boundary delimitation for ocean governance." Published in the proceedings of the 2001: A Spatial Odyssey conference, Australian Surveyors Engineers, Brisbane, Australia, September 25-28, CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M., S. Ng'ang'a, S. Cockburn and S. Nichols (2001). "Toward a 3D marine cadastre in support of good ocean governance." Published in the proceedings of the International Workshop on "3D Cadastre," Delft, Netherlands, November 28-30, pp. 99-114.
Nichols, S., M. Sutherland et al (2001). "Proceedings and report on the ACLS offshore issues consultation Workshop." Contract report for Legal Surveys Division, Natural Resources Canada, May 18, 57 pp.
Nichols, S., M. Sutherland, J. Hughes-Clarke, D. Coleman (2001). "Defining the Boundary Component of Canada's Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)." Published in the proceedings of the GeoTools 2001 Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, January 8-11, CD-ROM.
Ng'ang'a, S., A. Campos, M. Sutherland, and S. Nichols (2001). "The use of Spatial Fusion and WAP to provide support for marine environmental sustainability". Published in the proceedings of CoastGIS 2001 conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, June 18-20, CD-ROM.
Sutherland, M. D., S. Ng'ang'a, A. Campos, and S. Nichols (2001). "Supporting coastal and marine monitoring by remotely accessing data using Spatial Fusion and WAP". Published in the proceedings of the Digital Earth 2001 conference, Fredericton, NB, Canada, June 24-28, CD-ROM.
Monahan D., M. Sutherland et al (2001). "The contribution of digital boundary information to good governance for improved decision-making." Published in the proceedings of the Digital Earth 2001 conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 24-28, CD-ROM.
Nichols, S., D. Monahan and M. D. Sutherland (2000). "Creating the Information Infrastructure for Good Governance in Canada's Offshore." Published in the proceedings of the Coastal Zone Canada 2000 Conference, Saint John, New Brunswick, September, CD-ROM.

Invited Presentations

M. Sutherland (2011). “Implementing a Marine Cadastre (or other similar marine information systems)”. Special invited paper presented at the Plenary Session of the 11th South East Asian Survey Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 22-24.
Sutherland, M.  (2010). "Global Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure: Towards its realisation”. Presented at the e-navigation Workshop on Creating a Framework for Data Access and Information Services under the Scope of SOLAS”, Monaco, November 3rd to 5th.
Sutherland, M.  (2009). "Developing a Prototype Marine Cadastre”. FIG 6th Regional Conference, Hanoi, Viet Nam, October.
Sutherland, M.  (2009). "Developing a Prototype Marine Cadastre for Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia". Published in the Proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors' (FIG) Working Week, Eilat, Israel, May, 11 pages.
Sutherland, M. (2009).
“The environmental benefits of hydrography”. Presented at the Nigerian World Hydrography Day Celebrations, Abuja, Nigeria, 22nd June.
Sutherland, M. (2008).
“Spatial information support for climate change adaptation and mitigation: some Canadian experiences”. Presented at the CASLE Workshop on Risk Assessment for Climate Change, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, June.
Sutherland, M. (2007). “
Coastal zone management as strategy for pro-poor land management and administration”. Presented at the 6th FIG Regional Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica, November.
Sutherland, M. D. (2006).
“Land information management considerations for low e-ready jurisdictions aspiring to a knowledge economy”. to be presented at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Expert Meeting and Symposium on Land Information Management in the Knowledge Economy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December.

Sutherland, M. D. (2006). “Environmental management of marine and coastal spaces: Lessons from a Canadian aquaculture case study”. Presented at the 5th FIG African Regional Conference, Accra, Ghana, March.
Sutherland, M. (2004). "Update on the UNB-FIG Marine Cadastre Meeting in Fredericton, Canada." Presented to the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May.
Sutherland, M. (2004). "Status of marine cadastre in Canada." Presented to the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May.
Sutherland, M. (2003). "Outcomes of the UNB-FIG Marine Cadastre Meeting in Fredericton, Canada." Invited to present to the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors' Second Offshore Consultation Workshop, Calgary, 16 October.
Sutherland, M. (2003).
"Role of marine Boundaries in Ocean Governance." Presented to the United States Federal National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Boundary Working Group, Washington DC, June.
Sutherland, M. (2003).
"Administrative Boundary Issues." Presented to the United States Federal National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Boundary Working Group, Washington DC, June.
Nichols, S., S. Ng'ang'a, S. Cockburn and M. Sutherland (2003). "Marine Cadastre: The basis for understanding the use and governance of marine spaces." Presented on behalf of the Association of Canada Land Surveyors to the Parliamentary Committee on Oceans, Canada, February 17th.
Sutherland, M. (2002).
"International Student Issues: The effect of differential fees." Presented at the Annual General Meeting, Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, Ottawa, October.
Hughes-Clarke, J., S. Nichols, and M. D. Sutherland (2000). "The Musquash Estuary: A case study in marine boundary delimitation." Presented to the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee, Fredericton, September.

Conference Presentations

Teelucksingh, S., M. Sutherland, and P. Watson (2011). “A Rural Community Perspective of Climate Change in Developing Countries: State of Knowledge, Level of Concern and Perception of Risk”. Presented at a conference co-organized by the Chairs for Sustainable Development-EDF-Ecole Polytechnique and AXA-Large Risk in Insurance, October 28th 2011, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris, France.
Forbes, D.L., T.S. James, S.E. Nichols, S.M. Solomon, and M. Sutherland (2011).
“Physical basis of coastal adaptation in Small Island Developing States”. Presented at the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Open Science Conference 2011, Yantai, China, September.
Sutherland, M. and S. Nichols (2009).
"Developing a Prototype Marine Cadastre for Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia". Presented at the International Federation of Surveyors' (FIG) Working Week, Eilat, Israel, May.
Sutherland, M. (2009).
"Pro-poor Coastal Zone Management: FIG's Position". Presented at the International Federation of Surveyors' (FIG) Working Week, Eilat, Israel, May.
Sutherland, M. and M. Morris (2009).
"The Role of Community Capacity Building and Community Management in Small Island States of the Caribbean: The Case of St Lucia". Presented at Critical Issues in Caribbean Urban Planning Workshop, Trinidad and Tobago, January.
Blake, C., J. Opadeyi, and M. Sutherland (2008).
"Assessing Spatial Data Infrastructure Development in the Caribbean". Presented at the Tenth International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure, Trinidad and Tobago, June.
Opadeyi, J., C. Blake, and M. Sutherland (2008).
"Towards Building a Strong Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Caribbean". Presented at the Tenth International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure, Trinidad and Tobago, June.
Dobson, S. and M. Sutherland (2005).
“Is there Something Missing Here? Closing the gaps between ocean technology, ocean governance and ocean policy”. Presented at the Oceans Management Research Network Annual Conference, Ottawa, September.
Sutherland, M., Y. Zhao, D. Lane, W. Michalowski, R. Stephenson, and F. Page (2005).
“Modelling Cumulative Marine Effects for Oceans Governance”. Presented at the Oceans Management Research Network Annual Conference, Ottawa, September.
Zhao, Y., M. Sutherland, D. Lane, W. Michalowski, R. Stephenson, and F. Page (2005).
Multicriteria evaluation of spatial-temporal marine sites”. Presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Canadian Operational Research Society, Halifax, May.
Sutherland, M. (2003).
"Canada and the marine cadastre: Initiatives and status" Presented at the UNB-FIG Meeting on Marine Cadastre Issues, Fredericton, Canada, September.
Sutherland, M. (2002). "Drawing New Mental Maps: Stakeholder Relationships and Marine Resource Management." Presented at the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN) National Conference (Canada's Oceans: Research, Management and the Human Dimension), Ottawa, October.
Wilkins, K., M. Sutherland et al (2001). "Ocean Governance: Geomatics as a technology of collaboration". Presented at GEOIDE conference 2001, Fredericton, NB, Canada, June 21 - 22.
Sutherland, M. D., S. Cockburn, and A. LaForest (2001). "Administrative boundaries and the role of geomatics". Presented at GEOIDE conference 2001, Fredericton, NB, Canada, June 21- 22.
Sutherland, M. D. (2000). "New Brunswick Provincial Offshore Boundaries Issues." Presented at the Atlantic Institute Conference/Meeting, University of Maine, Orono, June.
Sutherland, M. D. (1998). "Land titling and the effects of property rights". Presented at the Atlantic Institute Conference/Meeting, University of New Brunswick, February.

Journalism

Sutherland, M. (2011).  "Commission 4: Still giving a FIG".  In Hydro International, 2011, Volume 15, Number 2, March/April.
Sutherland, M. (2011).  "David Neale of Trinidad and Tobago Passed Away on 7 June 2011".  In Hydro International, 2011, Volume 15, Number 4, July/August.
Sutherland, M. (2011). 
"Commission 4: FIGuring Significantly in Hydrography".  In Hydro International, 2011, Volume 15, Number 6, November/December.

Other Reports

Sutherland, M. (2003). "Report on the outcome of the UNB-FIG Meeting on Marine Cadastre Issues." Summary report of the UNB-FIG Meeting on Marine Cadastre Issues, held at The Wu Centre, University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada September 15th and 16th, 2003. Prepared for the International Federation of Surveyors.

Special Invitee (Meetings)

2010 - Participant: Expert Consultation on the operationalisation of the Caribbean Sea Commission, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Sponsored by the Government of Finland, July 7-9.