The University of British Columbia

1. bedrock geology of east-central Coast Mountains of BC, southern Bowser basin, BC and Haida Gwaii, BC;

2. Cretaceous-Paleogene stratigraphy and petroleum resources of NE Nunavut;

3. molluscan paleontology, biostratigraphy, and biogeography of western and Arctic North America Cretaceous deposits;

4. comparative analysis of Cretaceous stratigraphic successions, circum-North Pacific region

5. government policy and management of paleontological resources.

Dr. Jim Haggart is a Research Scientist specializing in Mesozoic stratigraphy and paleontology.  In particular, he has undertaken investigations of Cretaceous successions of western North America, northern Europe, and east Asia.  Putting the fossils to work on more direct applications, Jim has led bedrock geologic mapping projects on Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and Vancouver Island, and in volcanic/plutonic regimes of the Bella Coola and Whitesail Lake region of BC.  More recently, he has studied petroleum resource potential of Cretaceous-Paleogene successions of northeast Nunavut.  Jim's studies of the geographic distributions of Cretaceous molluscan fossil groups of North America have provided evidence bearing on the geological history of the so-called "exotic" terranes of the Canadian Cordillera.  Jim also works actively with the Province of British Columbia and the general paleontological community in BC to develop more efficient programs to manage the fossil resources of the province.  He is a Voting Member of the Cretaceous Subcommission of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) and is Vice-Chair of the subcommission; he is also Representative for the Cretaceous of the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES) Stratigraphic Commission.