Tim Ball

For the American historian, see Timothy H. Ball.
Tim Ball
Born
Timothy Francis Ball

(1938-11-05)November 5, 1938
England[3]
DiedSeptember 24, 2022(2022-09-24) (aged 83)
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, Queen Mary University of London
Known forOpposing mainstream consensus on climate change
SpouseMarty Ball[4]
AwardsClarence Atchison Award for Excellence in Community Service[1] Clifford J. Robson Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence[2]
Scientific career
FieldsGeography, Climatology
InstitutionsUniversity of Winnipeg
ThesisClimatic change in central Canada : a preliminary analysis of weather information from the Hudson's Bay Company Forts at York Factory and Churchill Factory, 1714–1850. (1983)
Doctoral advisorB.W. Atkinson
WebsiteOfficial website

Timothy Francis Ball (November 5, 1938 – September 24, 2022) was a British-born Canadian public speaker and writer who was a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Winnipeg from 1971 until his retirement in 1996. Subsequently Ball became active in promoting rejection of the scientific consensus on global warming, giving public talks and writing opinion pieces and letters to the editor for Canadian newspapers.

  1. ^ "Clarence Atchison Award for Excellence in Community Service". University of Winnipeg. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Clifford J. Robson Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence". University of Winnipeg. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Dr. Tim Ball". Frontier Centre for Public Policy. 15 November 2004. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ^ Mittelstaedt, Martin (17 November 2009). "Ad campaign takes aim at climate change". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 February 2014.