20th Anniversary Forum – Participants’ Bios
GISÈLE QUENNEVILLE
Host-Producer, Panorama, TFO
Since 1996 Gisèle Quenneville is hosting Panorama, a current affairs show broadcasted by the Télévision franco-ontarienne (TFO); the French-language educational broadcaster in Ontario. As a journalist and host, she specializes in politics, economics, and environmental issues as well as education and health issues. She also lead weekly literary discussions on the show.
Over the years, Ms. Quenneville has led various political panels with high-profile guests, including provincial premiers and federal party leaders. She has moderated public forums and conducted numerous in-depth interviews with leading community members. Before joining TFO, she worked in radio with Radio-Canada as well as at the CBC.
Ms. Quenneville has also been nominated for a Prix Gemeaux in the best interviewer category.
BILL BORLAND
Chairman, Board of Directors, Canadian Water Network
Bill Borland began his career with the New Brunswick Department of the Environment. He then spent ten years with New Brunswick Power as Manager of Environmental Planning, then 18 years as Director of Environmental Aff airs for J.D. Irving Limited in Saint John, New Brunswick. Bill joined AMEC Earth and Environmental in August 2007 as Vice President, Canadian Federal Programs.
Bill has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Water Network since it’s inception in 2000. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Rivers Institute, the Research and Productivity Council of New Brunswick and ECO Canada.
Bill has previously been appointed to the Premier’s Round Table on Environment and the Economy in New Brunswick. He was also appointed as a member of the National Round Table on Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) where he was co-chair of the NRTEE’s program on Conserving Canada’s Natural Capital: The Boreal Forest.
He is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with a degree in Biology.
MEL CAPPE
President & CEO, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
Prior to joining the IRPP in June 2006, Mr. Cappe spent more than 30 years in the Canadian public service, most recently as the High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From 1999 to 2002, he was Canada’s top public servant as Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service, relinquishing the position to become Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada before leaving for the UK later that year.
He has also held senior economic and policy positions in federal government departments in Ottawa, including the Treasury Board Secretariat, Department of Finance, and Consumer and Corporate Aff airs. He has served as Deputy Secretary to the Treasury Board, Deputy Minister of the Environment, Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development, Deputy Minister of Labour and Chairman of the Employment Insurance Commission.
Mr. Cappe holds honorary doctorate degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters in economics from the University of Western Ontario.
DAVID CHERNUSHENKO
President, Green & Gold Inc.
Vice-Chair, NRTEE
Mr. Chernushenko is an expert on sustainable development, clean air, and active living. As president of Green & Gold Inc. he advises organizations on improving sustainability and energy efficiency. As creator of the Living Lightly Project, he is a professional speaker and producer of videos and the full-length fi lm Be the Change.
Mr. Chernushenko is also the co-founder of Clean Air Champions, an active lifestyles advocacy group. He served on the International Olympic Committee’s advisory Commission on Sport and the Environment, and has published three books on sustainable development: Sustainable Sport Management: Running an Environmentally, Socially and Economically Responsible Organization; Greening Our Games-Running Sports Events and Facilities that Won’t Cost the Earth; as well as Greening Campuses and their Communities.
Mr. Chernushenko holds a B.A. in Political Studies from Queen’s University and a Master’s in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.
LINDA COADY
Vice President, Sustainability, Vancouver Organizing Committee
for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC)
Linda Coady has a favourite quote: “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” It’s a saying that has inspired her approach to problem solving and one she is applying to her work at VANOC where she is responsible for the sustainability program for the Games. Prior to joining VANOC, she was Vice-President, Pacifi c Region for World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada, the Canadian arm of the global WWF network of conservation organizations.
Previously, Ms. Coady was a 20-year veteran of the BC forest industry, serving as a Vice President of environment for both MacMillan Bloedel and Weyerhaeuser’s BC coastal operations. Working with environmental groups, First Nations, government and community representatives, she helped lead a series of collaborative initiatives that reduced confl ict over coastal forests and promoted more ecosystem-based approaches to land use. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, among them a BC Ethics in Action Award for leadership in corporate social responsibility and a special Achievement Award from the Forest Products Association of Canada.
Ms. Coady is a director of the BC-based Fraser Basin Council on sustainable development and a former member of the NRTEE.
She is also a director of Forest Trends an international non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the world’s most important remaining forests.
DR. ROGER GIBBINS
President & CEO, Canada West Foundation
In 1998, Roger Gibbins assumed the leadership of the Canada West Foundation, a public policy research group based in Calgary and operating across the four western provinces. Prior to this, he was a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, where he started his academic career in 1973 and served as department head from 1987 to 1996.
An ongoing appointment as a Faculty Professor of Political Science continues his association with the University of Calgary. Roger has authored, co-authored or edited 21 books and more than 100 articles and book chapters, most dealing with western Canadian themes and issues. In 1998 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was the President of the Canadian Political Science Association from 1999 to 2000. In 2007, he was awarded the Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, Distinctive Leadership and Outstanding Contribution to Public Administration. Roger received his doctorate in political science from Stanford University in California.
MICHAEL HARCOURT
Honorary Chair, International Centre for Sustainable Cities;
Co-Chair, International Panel of Advisors;
Honorary Co-Chair, Advisory Council on Sustainability, University of British Columbia
Mike Harcourt is a former premier of British Columbia, mayor of Vancouver and city councillor. Between 1996 and 2006, he sat on various provincial, national and international committees. Among others, he was a member of the NRTEE where he chaired the Urban Sustainability Program. Recently, he chaired the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee for Cities and Communities, which delivered its report in June 2006. He also co-chaired the National Advisory Committee on the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum, which was held in Vancouver in June 2006.
In 2005, Mr. Harcourt was honoured to receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service and in 2006 was awarded the Canadian Urban Institute’s Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award. The University of British Columbia will be awarding him with the Alumni Achievement Award of Distinction for contributions to the province, the nation, and the world.
He is a passionate believer in the power of cities and communities to improve the human condition. A near fatal accident in 2002 only strengthened his resolve to contribute to the transformation of cities and communities around the world through the principles of sustainability.
TOBY A. HEAPS
President, Corporate Knights Inc.
Toby Heaps is the president, editor and co-founder of Corporate Knights, Canada’s magazine for responsible business. Launched in 2002, Corporate Knights is the world’s largest circulation magazine dedicated to the subject of responsible business. It is distributed quarterly as an insert to 100,000 subscribers of The Globe and Mail.
Toby has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in Economics, with a minor in International Development. From 1997–98, he spent one year in the Belgrade Field Program (LLB in Management Studies) with the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Toby has been published in the Globe and Mail, Financial Times, Toronto Star and makes regular appearances on the CBC.
HÉLÈNE LAUZON
President, Quebec Business Council on the Environment
Hélène Lauzon was appointed President of the Quebec Business Council on the Environment (CPEQ) in May 2008. She is the organizational spokesperson for all issues regarding environment and sustainable development.
Ms. Lauzon was a partner at Lavery, de Billy from 1995 to 2008. She has practiced law with a focus on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources for more than 15 years. Ms. Lauzon has acquired a broad experience in environment law by counselling many firms on matters relating to prevention, resolution and the authorization of projects, environmental evaluation procedures and impacts, contaminated soils management, surface water control, underground water and waste water management, hazardous waste management, as well as the control of air emissions.
In 2005, she initiated the climate change unit at Lavery, de Billy in order to provide her clients with services related to the climate change issue. She gave many conferences on the legal consequences of the Kyoto Protocol. Ms. Lauzon was often invited to interpret federal, provincial and municipal legislation and regulation related to the environment.
AVRIM LAZAR
President & CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada
Avrim Lazar joined the Forest Products Association of Canada as President & CEO in January 2002. He also chaired the National Business Association Roundtable and is the Past-President of the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA).
Mr. Lazar has held senior policy positions in the government of Canada in the Ministries of Justice, Agriculture, Environment and Human Resource Development. During this period he was responsible for national policy in areas as diverse as climate change, biodiversity, child poverty, employment insurance and labor force training.
Mr. Lazar was Chair of the Committee of the Whole of the Second UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1995. He also taught high school in Vancouver and Zambia from 1969 to 1973. Over the years, Mr. Lazar has given many courses in the graduate studies programs at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.
PRESTON MANNING, C.C.
Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute and President
CEO, Manning Centre for Building Democracy
Mr. Manning served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001. He founded two new political parties: the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance – both of which became the offi cial Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. Mr. Manning served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000 and was also his party’s critic for Science and Technology. In 2007 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Since retirement from Parliament in 2002, Mr. Manning has released a book entitled Think Big (published by McClelland & Stewart) describing his use of the tools and institutions of democracy to change Canada’s national agenda. He has also served as a Senior Fellow of the Canada West Foundation and as a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Calgary and University of Toronto. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is an Institute Certified Corporate Director.
Mr. Manning is currently a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute and President and CEO of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy.
The Manning Centre is a national not-for-profit organization supporting research, educational, and communications initiatives designed to achieve a more democratic society in Canada guided by conservative principles.
KEN OGILVIE
Consultant and Senior Advisor, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Ken Ogilvie has more than 30 years of experience in government, institutional and not-for-profit organizations, holding positions ranging from project engineering to policy development and public advocacy. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, as well as a senior advisor to Deloitte’s Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability practice, he held the position of Executive Director at Pollution Probe, one of Canada’s most distinguished environmental groups.
Mr. Ogilvie has held the positions of Executive Coordinator of the Ontario Round Table on Environment and Economy and Manager of Policy Coordination for the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy. He has also worked for Environment Canada and the Manitoba Department of Environment.
Ken currently serves on several boards, including Sustainable Development Technology Canada, the Institute for Environmental Innovation (Tulsa, Oklahoma), and the Canadian Standards Association Group, as well as on advisory panels to both the federal Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Ontario Commissioner of the Environment. He has been actively involved in environmental standard-setting work and twice served as Head of the Canadian Delegation to Annual Plenary Meetings of ISO/TC207. Mr. Ogilvie is also a former Vice-Chair of the NRTEE.
MERRELL-ANN PHARE
Executive Director/Legal Counsel, Centre for Indigenous
Environmental Resources (CIER)
Merrell-Ann Phare has been with CIER as Executive Director since it’s inception in 1994 when the founding Board of Directors asked her to assist them in creating a national First Nation environmental research, education and capacity-building organisation. CIER is a national non-profi t charitable environmental organization with four (4) program areas: Building Sustainable Communities, Conserving Biodiversity, Protecting Lands and Waters, and Taking Action on Climate Change. Her current legal activities are directed at Aboriginal and treaty rights, environmental assessment and environmental sustainability.
Ms. Phare serves on numerous advisory committees and consultation bodies, including the RBC Blue Water Project Advisory Panel, the Joint Public Advisory Committee ( JPAC) of the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. She is a member of the Gordon Water Group, which recently published, “Changing the Flow: A Blueprint for Federal Action on Freshwater”. She was appointed to the Canadian Delegation to the recent COP 11 Kyoto meetings as a representative of the Assembly of First Nations. She sat as a member of the 2005 Lake Winnipeg Implementation Committee and, the 2003 Manitoba Task Force on Emission Trading and the Manitoba Economy.
DR. RICK SMITH
Executive Director, Environmental Defence
Environmental Defence is a national charity dedicated to protecting the environment and human health. Under Rick Smith’s leadership, the organization has become known for its innovative and eff ective campaigns such as the Toxic Nation project, which has tested Canadians, including the Premier of Ontario and the federal ministers of Environment and Health, for measurable levels of pollution in their bodies. Mr. Smith was one of those who organized the “Time to Get Serious on Climate Change” statement which was endorsed by 5 of 6 former Prime Ministers.
Prior to joining Environmental Defence, Rick Smith served as Chief of Staff to the leader of the federal New Democratic Party, and as Executive Director of the Canadian and UK offi ces of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Guelph. He is co-author, with Bruce Lourie, of the book “Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Aff ects Our Health”, to be published by Knopf Canada in spring 2009.
ROUND TABLE 2 PARTICIPANTS
SECURING CANADA’S ENERGY ECONOMY
Moderator
BERNARD LORD
President & CEO
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Bernard Lord became one of Canada’s youngest ever Premiers at the age of 33. In June 1999, he led the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party to its greatest victory; Lord won a second majority in 2003 and served as Premier until October 2006.
Mr. Lord joined McCarthy Tétrault as Counsel in early 2007. In May of the same year, he was appointed Scholar-in-Residence at the McGill University Health Centre. In October, he was awarded the medal of the Order of New Brunswick, and in December, he was appointed Special Advisor for the Consultations on Linguistic Duality and Offi cial Languages by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
His leadership and vision are characterized by a balanced approach, pursuing economic success and social progress while ensuring that government lives within its means.
During his two terms as Premier, New Brunswick saw the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years, a reduction in taxes each year, balanced budgets and a lower net debt. Mr. Lord made record investments in healthcare and education, and initiated the first dedicated Notebook Initiative in the country with the goal of having every teacher and student in grades seven to 12 receiving a notebook computer. Furthermore, he modernized the Offi cial Languages Act and strengthened local democracy in the province through the development of district education councils and regional health authorities.
ELYSE ALLAN
President & CEO, GE Canada
In her role as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Canada, and through her many industry and community involvements, Elyse Allan demonstrates her passion for Canadian competitiveness in a global economy and creating a culture of excellence. She was appointed in 2004, with a mission to grow GE’s businesses in Canada, and to advance the company’s leadership in technology, media, and financial services. Th e appointment marked Elyse’s return to GE, where she began her career in 1984 in the area of corporate marketing.
Elyse is active around many issues that infl uence Canada’s productivity and competitive advantage. She is a strong advocate for advancing the country’s science and technology base, competitive fiscal policy, and a strong cities agenda. She contributes to these goals as a Director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the C.D. Howe Institute, the Public Policy Forum, and the Ontario Investment & Trade Advisory Council. She has served on the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, and the NRTEE.
Active in the community, Elyse serves as a Director of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Mississauga International Investment Board. She is the former Chair of Providence Healthcare, a leading Toronto healthcare institution. Prior to her current position, Elyse was President and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade and before that, a senior executive at Ontario Hydro.
ANGUS BRUNEAU
Corporate Director St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
NRTEE Member
In 1987, Dr. Angus Bruneau established Fortis Inc., the parent company of Newfoundland Power, and he retired as Board Chair in 2006. He is a founding Member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (1978–83, 1995–2002) and a former professor and founding Dean of Engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Further to his position as Director of Petro-Canada, Dr. Bruneau is a Director of Aurora Energy Resources Inc, the Canadian Institute of Child Health, and Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
He has recently retired as a Director of Petro-Canada, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Inco Limited and as a Member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
Dr. Bruneau’s memberships are varied; he is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Arctic Institute of North America, and an Officer of the Order of Canada. In addition to his other accomplishments, Dr. Bruneau has been honoured as a Gold Medal Recipient by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers.
Dr. Bruneau holds a Ph.D from the University of London and honourary Doctor of Engineering degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Dalhousie University.
F. MICHAEL CLELAND
President and CEO, Canadian Gas Association
Before joining CGA, Michael Cleland was Senior Vice President Government Aff airs for the Canadian Electricity Association. Prior to joining CEA in 2000, he was Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Energy Sector in the Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), formerly Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) and before that, Director General of the Energy Policy Branch. From 1987 to January 1990, he was Assistant Director, Resource Policy Division in the Department of Finance.
Before joining the federal government in 1987, Mr. Cleland worked in Nova Scotia where he was a principal in the firm of Cleland, Dunsmuir Consulting Ltd., lecturer in business and government relations at the school of Public Administration at Dalhousie University, and academic editor of Plan Canada, the journal of the Canadian Institute of Planners. From 1982 to 1985, he was Associate Director of the Centre for Development Projects at Dalhousie University where he was responsible for various management training projects in Zimbabwe and the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Prior to joining Dalhousie University, he occupied a number of positions at the Nova Scotia Departments of Development and Municipal Affairs.
Mr. Cleland was educated at the University of British Columbia and Queens University (MPL urban and regional planning).
ANDREW COYNE
National Editor, Maclean’s
Andrew Coyne is National Editor of Maclean’s magazine. Raised in Winnipeg, Mr. Coyne graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics. He has been an editorial writer and columnist for The National Post, The Globe and Mail, and the Southam newspaper chain. His work has also appeared in a number of other publications in Canada and abroad, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The National Review, Time, and Saturday Night. A frequent commentator on television and radio, he is seen regularly on CBC’s Th e National, and was a co-host of the CBC public aff airs show Face-Off . He is the winner of two National Newspaper Awards and the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism.
DUNCAN HAWTHORNE
President and CEO, Bruce Power
With roughly 30 years in the power generation business, Duncan Hawthorne began his career as a craft apprentice in the Scottish electricity industry and advanced to hold senior positions in power companies in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada. As the executive lead during the acquisition of several power plants in North America, Mr. Hawthorne was responsible for the acquisition of the Bruce nuclear facility and the formation of Bruce Power, the largest independent power generator in Ontario.
Mr. Hawthorne is an active advocate for the nuclear industry and is the Past Chairman of the Canadian Nuclear Association and current Chairman of the prestigious Board of Governors of the World Association of Nuclear Operators—Atlanta Centre.
His leadership has been recognized by his peers through a series of awards such as the Ontario Electricity Association Leader of the Year and the Ian McCrae award for leadership in the Canadian nuclear industry.
Mr. Hawthorne has also been honoured by the Association of Power Producers of Ontario with their 2004 Hedley Palmer Award for outstanding contributions to Ontario’s electricity generation industry and by the Energy Council of Canada as their 2005 Canadian Energy Person of the Year.
DR. DAVID KEITH
Director, ISEEE Energy and Environmental Systems Group, Canada
Research Chair in Energy and the Environment
Dr. David Keith works near the interface between climate science, energy technology and public policy. His technical and policy work addresses the capture and storage of CO2, the economics and climatic impacts of large-scale wind power, the use of hydrogen as a transportation fuel, and the technology and implications of geoengineering.
Keith has served as a member of several advisory boards and panels including Canada’s ‘blue ribbon’ Panel on Sustainable Energy Technology and as a member of US National Academy committees. He currently serves on Canada’s Capture and Storage Task Force, and is one of the world’s energy experts named by National Science Academies to the InterAcademy Council study on Transitions to a Sustainable Energy Systems. Keith has addressed technical audiences with articles in Science and Nature; he has consulted for national governments, industry and environmental groups and has reached the public through national media in Canada and the US.
Keith spent most of his career in the US at Carnegie Mellon, Harvard and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He returned to Canada in 2004 to build a research group on energy and environmental systems in Calgary. He was named environmental scientist of the year by Canadian Geographic in 2006.
ANDREW LEE
Chief Executive, United Kingdom Sustainable Development Commission
The Sustainable Development Commission act as a catalyst for change with the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, combining policy and advocacy with scrutiny and capacity building.
An environmental biologist by training, Andrew Lee worked for the previous 20 years of his career in the NGO sector—as Campaigns Director and formerly Policy Director for the World WF-UK, and before that leading the Sussex Wildlife Trust. Mr. Lee is a board member of Global Action Plan—an NGO which works with business, local government and communities to enable more sustainable lifestyles. He was a member of the UK Government’s Round Table on Sustainable Consumption, which published “I Will if You Will”.
SHEILA LEGGETT
Vice-Chair, National Energy Board Sheila Leggett has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from McGill University and a Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Calgary. She has regulatory experience as well as a background in environmental issues. Ms. Leggett was appointed as a temporary Board Member of the National Energy Board in July 2006, became a permanent Member in September 2006 and was designated Vice-Chair in January 2008.
Before joining the National Energy Board, Ms. Leggett was a Board Member with the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) which conducts hearings into natural resource development projects in Alberta. Prior to this, Ms. Leggett was a vice-president and senior consultant with an environmental consulting fi rm. She has published numerous papers and made presentations at conferences across North America.
JOHN A. MANZONI
President & CEO, Talisman Energy Inc.
Prior to joining Talisman Energy Inc. in September 2007, John Manzoni worked for 24 years with BP p.l.c., where he held senior strategic and operational leadership roles in diff erent lines of business at the global, regional and local levels. He led the development of business strategies and the control of performance management in all parts of various businesses; he led reorganizations and restructurings along global and other lines; and, he managed the integration of acquired companies including Amoco, then the largest industrial merger in business history.
Within the BP Group, he served as Manager, Investor Relations; Manager, Group Planning; Regional President, Eastern United States; Chief Executive of the Gas and Power business, and, between 2002 and 2007, Chief Executive, Refi ning & Marketing, spanning six different businesses across more than 100 countries.
Mr. Manzoni served on the Board of BP plc from February 2003 to August 2007, and has been a non executive Director on the SABMiller Board since August 2004. Born in the United Kingdom, he earned his Master of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College in London. In 1994, he received a Master of Science in Management as a Sloan fellow from Stanford University.
JEFF PASSMORE
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Iogen Corporation
Jeff Passmore joined Iogen Corporation in 1998. He is responsible for new market and business development—in Canada, the US and Europe—public and media aff airs, and government relations for Iogen’s cellulosic ethanol technology. Prior to joining Iogen, Jeff was President of Passmore Associates International, where he specialized in policy development and market analysis for the new energy source technology, renewable fuels, and electric utility sectors. Formerly, Jeff was Senior Editor of Canadian Renewable Energy News. He is the past President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association; the Solar Energy Society of Canada; the International Association for Energy Economics, Ottawa Chapter; and is a past Senior Vice President of the Independent Power Producers’ Society of Ontario, and past Vice-Chair of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. He graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Political Science.
DR. MARLO RAYNOLDS
Executive Director, Pembina Institute
Dr. Marlo Raynolds is the Executive Director at the Pembina Institute. He has worked with the Institute since 1995 in the development and practical application of triple-bottom-line decision-making tools, energy systems, and strategies for sustainability.
Dr. Raynolds has worked with a wide range of clients including many of the large Canadian energy companies. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Science in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Masters in Management and Leadership for the Voluntary Sector from McGill University.
Dr. Raynolds is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sustainable Development at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.
PETER ROBINSON
CEO, the David Suzuki Foundation
Peter Robinson is the Chief Executive Offi cer of the David Suzuki Foundation, Canada’s most trusted voice on matters of science and the environment. He brings to this position a diverse background spanning four decades in business, government and the not-for-profit sectors.
Mr. Robinson began his career working as a park ranger in wilderness areas throughout British Columbia, where he was decorated for bravery by the Governor General of Canada. He then worked at BC Housing, a provincial crown corporation, eventually becoming their CEO. Immediately prior to his appointment as CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, he was the CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op, the country’s largest outdoor equipment retailer. During his seven year career at MEC, he led the organization through a period of sustained sales and membership growth across Canada.
Peter has a long history of humanitarian work, including monitoring prison conditions with the International Red Cross in Rwanda in 1998 and leading a team for seven years that monitored detained asylum seekers in British Columbia. An outdoors enthusiast, he spends as much time as he can in the Coast Mountains, or kayaking among the Gulf Islands.
VICKY J. SHARPE
President and CEO
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Vicky Sharpe is President and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a Government of Canada initiative whose mission is to build a sustainable development technology infrastructure in Canada.
Clean technologies contribute to the economy by increasing the productivity and competitiveness of industry while simultaneously reducing environmental impact. Recognizing this, SDTC is committed to supporting technologies that contribute to clean air, climate change, clean water and clean land.
With over 25 years’ experience in the energy industry - from exploration and production, through generation and distribution, to end-use - Dr. Sharpe has the knowledge, experience and passion needed to deliver on SDTC’s mandate. Th roughout her career, Dr. Sharpe has successfully integrated sustainable development into business practices. As President of GRI Canada and Astral Group, she demonstrated leadership and vision in the use of innovative technologies across Canada’s primary economic sectors. As Vice President of Ontario Hydro International Inc., Dr. Sharpe created new global revenue streams for environmental and energy utilization practices. Prior to that, she held management positions in marketing, business development and technology innovation.
Dr. Sharpe has served on numerous technology and industry association committees, in particular as an international advisor on sustainability issues; has represented the Canadian energy sector at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Forum; and has chaired both the National Advisory Board on Energy, Science and Technology, and the Board of Directors of Clean Air Canada Inc. Her eff orts were recognized with the National Energy Conservation Association’s inaugural Energy Efficiency Award for outstanding contributions to the energy industry.
As a widely recognized expert and advocate for sustainable development and technology innovation, she has addressed both national and international audiences to promote an understanding of the culture shift in values society must make to secure a sustainable future.
Dr. Sharpe holds a B.Sc. Honours in Applied Biology from Bath University, UK, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Chemistry, as applied to water pollution control, from Trent University, UK
STEVEN W. WILLIAMS
Chief Operating Officer, Suncor
As chief operating offi cer, Mr. Williams’ primary role is to oversee excellence in Suncor’s operations, while ensuring the company’s commitment to safe and sustainable development. With Suncor since May 2002, he was appointed executive Vice President, corporate development and chief fi nancial offi cer. His most recent position was as executive vice president, Oil Sands where he was responsible for leading Suncor’s oil sands operation through its next stage of growth.
Mr. Williams has 30 years of international energy industry experience in the areas of strategy development, company performance improvement, and refi nery and chemical company management.
Before his appointment to Suncor, he was responsible for Octel Corp.’s global operation. He also managed the operation of the largest refi nery in the U.K. for Esso.
Mr. Williams is a fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and is a member of the Institute of Directors. In 2008, Mr. Williams was appointed to the Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council, created by the government of Alberta to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing a roadmap for implementing carbon capture and storage.
ROUND TABLE 3 PARTICIPANTS
SECURING CANADA’S ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT
Moderator
JODI WHITE
President, Public Policy Forum
The Public Policy Forum is an independent, national, not-for-profit organization with a mandate to promote better public policy and better public management through dialogue among leaders from the public, private, labour and voluntary sectors.
Ms. White’s career combines experience in journalism, in politics and government, in the private sector and in international affairs. As a journalist, she spent six years at the CBC, first as a television news reporter and subsequently as a network radio producer. Her experience in government and politics includes positions as chief of staff to the Minister of External Aff airs (1984–1988) and chief of staff to the Prime Minister (1993).
From 1994–2000 Ms. White was vice-president, Corporate Affairs, at Imasco Ltd. in Montreal where she was responsible for issues management and strategic positioning across the spectrum of public aff airs, government relations and public policy. From 2000–2003 she was president of Sydney House, a public affairs consulting firm.
She served on the board of the Public Policy Forum from 1989–1998, including three years as chair, and has participated as both a member and chair of numerous juries for national awards including the Pearson Peace Medal, the Hy Solomon Award for Public Policy Journalism and the Michener award for journalism studies.
TERRY BREESE
Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy in Ottawa
Terry Breese took up his current duties with the American Embassy in Ottawa in August 2007. Th is is his second tour in Ottawa. From 1991 to 1994, he was the Embassy’s Senior Trade Policy Offi cer, working on the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement and NAFTA. He also served as Director of the Offi ce of Canadian Aff airs in the Department of State from 2003 to 2006. Immediately before arriving in Ottawa, Mr. Breese was Director of the Office of East Asia and Pacific Analysis in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Mr. Breese, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, joined the Foreign Service in 1978. His overseas assignments include Bujumbura, Burundi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore. He served in both Brussels (1994–1997) and Manila (1997–2000) as Counselor for Economic Aff airs. In Washington, Mr. Breese served as desk offi cer for Laos and Cambodia (1983–1986) and in the offi ce responsible for US relations with the European Union. From 2000 to 2003, he was Director of the Office of Australia, New Zealand and Pacifi c Island Aff airs. Before joining the State Department, he worked for the Battelle Memorial Institute.
Mr. Breese has received the Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award four times and the Superior Honor Award twice.
ANTHONY CARY
British High Commissioner, Canada
Anthony Joyce Cary CMG has been British High Commissioner to Canada since February 2007. From 2003 to 2006, he was HM Ambassador in Stockholm. Prior to this, he was chef de cabinet to Chris Patten (now Chancellor of Oxford University) at the time when Mr. Patten was European Commissioner for External Relations in Brussels.
He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce (FCO) in 1973. His overseas assignments include Washington DC (1997–1999), Kuala Lumpur (1986–1989), and West Berlin (1974–78). Between postings he was Head of the EU Department, Internal (1993–96), and deputy chef de cabinet to Leon Brittan at the European Commission (1989–92).
In the mid-1980s he was Private Secretary to Malcolm Rifkind and then to Lynda Chalker (Ministers of State). In 1980 he was a Harkness Fellow at Stanford Business School, taking an MBA. Mr. Cary has also read English Language and Literature at Oxford University.
IAN CHURCH
Senior Science Advisor, Executive Council Office, Yukon Government
Chairman, Canadian International Polar Year National Committee
Since 2004, Ian Church has been enthusiastically engaged in the International Polar Year (IPY). He has chaired the Canadian IPY National Committee since 1996 and also represents the National Committee that oversees and directs the Federal IPY Program.
Earlier in his career, he co-authored a major assessment of the relationship between the Gulf of Georgia and the lands within the Vancouver Regional District. From 1970 to 1998, Mr. Church worked in various roles for Parks Canada. He then became Director of Environment for the Yukon before joining the Department of Indian and Northern Aff airs where he was primarily responsible for environmental assessment. When Canada devolved the responsibility for most resource management functions to the Yukon Government in 2003, he continued managing the environmental assessment unit.
Mr. Church sits as the Yukon representative on a number of Boards and as well as helping adjudicate several research granting programs. Recently, he was a reviewer to the 4th United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and has been participating on the Canadian Polar Commission’s Northern Research Infrastructure and Logistics study. He also co-chairs the NRTEE advisory committee on Northern Adaptation to Climate Change.
ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL
Elizabeth Dowdeswell’s eclectic public service career has spanned provincial, federal and international borders and transcended traditional disciplinary lines. Th roughout, her focus has been on engaging the public in public policy-making; seeking innovation in the successful management of organizations through change; and, strengthening communications and education as means to achieve results.
Ms. Dowdeswell’s consulting practice tackles complex issues of social importance. Her most recent assignment as founding President & CEO of Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) resulted in a government decision on the long term management of Canada’s used nuclear fuel.
Ms. Dowdeswell served as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program and Undersecretary General of the United Nations, Assistant Deputy Minister of Environment Canada, responsible for the national weather and atmospheric agency, including negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and led a number of public inquiries into such politically sensitive issues as Canada’s unemployment benefits program and federal water policy.
Her early career included terms as Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth for the Province of Saskatchewan, educational consultant, university lecturer and high-school teacher.
VIOLET FORD, ICC
Executive Council Member & Vice President on International Affairs
Canadian Circumpolar Institute
Violet Ford was born and raised in Makkovik, Labrador and now resides in Ottawa, Ontario. Violet has represented ICC and Inuit interests at many international forums and in particular the World Intellectual Property Organization for the purposes of raising the importance of protecting Inuit traditional knowledge from misuse and misappropriation. Violet has also represented Inuit at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Violet has also been a member of the official Canadian government delegation in the negotiations of this Convention at the 1998, 2000 and 2002 Conference of the Parties. During these sessions the successful negotiations of the Work Programme occurred for the implementation of the articles of the Convention pertaining to the role of Indigenous communities and the application of their traditional knowledge in sustainable development.
Violet was appointed to the Nunavut Arbitration Board in 1994 and was re-appointed in 1999. Violet is presently a doctor of laws candidate with a focus on international law at the University of Lapland (Province of Finland). Violet was elected to the ICC Executive Council at ICC’s ninth general assembly held in Kuujjuaq, in August 2002 and re-elected at the tenth general assembly held in Barrow, Alaska in July 2006.
FEN OSLER HAMPSON
Chancellor’s Professor and Director, The Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Dr. Fen Osler Hampson is a senior advisor to the United States of Peace and has been a consultant to the International Peace Academy in New York, the Social Science Research Council in New York, the United Nations Commission on Human Security, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the MacArthur Foundation, the International Development Centre, and Foreign Aff airs Canada.
A doctorate graduate from Harvard University, Fen Osler Hampson has authored and co-authored eight books, edited and co-edited more than 23 volumes, and has received numerous awards throughout his career.
He is a frequent commentator to the national and international media. Dr. Hampson sits on various Boards including those of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre and the Social Science Foundation Board at the University of Denver. He served as chair of the Human Security Track of the Helsinki Process on Globalization and Democracy. He was also Chair of the Working Group on International Institutions and International Cooperation Oversight Coordinator for the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism, and Security; and the American Political Science Association’s Task Force on Political Violence and Terrorism.
THOMAS HOMER-DIXON
Chair, Centre for International Governance Innovation of Global Systems, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo
Professor, Centre for Environment and Business in the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
Born in Victoria, Thomas Homer-Dixon received his B.A. in political science from Carleton University in 1980 and his Ph.D. from the MIT in international relations and defense and arms control policy in 1989. He then moved to the University of Toronto to lead several research projects studying the links between environmental stress and violence in developing countries. Recently, his research has focuse on threats to global security in the 21st century and on how societies adapt to complex economic, ecological, and technological change.
His books include The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization (Knopf, Island Press, 2006), which won the 2006 National Business Book Award; The Ingenuity Gap (Knopf, 2000), which won the 2001 Governor General’s Non-fiction Award; and Environment, Scarcity, and Violence (Princeton University Press, 1999), which won the Caldwell Prize of the American Political Science Association.
ROBERT HUEBERT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Rob Huebert is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is also the associate director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. He is currently a senior research fellow of the Canadian International Council Dr. Huebert has also taught at Memorial University, Dalhousie University, and the University of Manitoba. His area of research interests include: international relations, strategic studies, the Law of the Sea, maritime aff airs, Canadian foreign and defence policy, and circumpolar relations. He publishes on the issue of Canadian Arctic Security, Maritime Security, and Canadian Defence. His work ha appeared in International Journal; Canadian Foreign Policy; Isuma: Canadian Journal of Policy Research and Canadian Military Journal.
He was also a co-author of the Report To Secure a Nation: Canadian Defence and Security into the 21st Century, and co-editor of Commercial Satellite Imagery and United Nations Peacekeeping and Breaking Ice: Canadian Integrated Ocean Management in the Canadian North. He also comments on Canadian security and Arctic issues in both the Canadian and international media.
Dr. ROBERT (BOB) PAGE
TransAlta Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability,
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy’s Energy and Environmental Systems Group,
University of Calgary, and NRTEE Chair
Dr. Robert (Bob) Page is also an Adjunct Professor in the Haskayne School of Business and in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. He was recently appointed, in an open competition, as Chair of the Government of Canada’s National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. He was also recently appointed as Chair of the management committee for the International Standards Organization 14000 series of international environmental standards, which develops standards for adoption by industry and government (Geneva).
From 1997 to 2007, Dr. Page was the Vice-President Sustainable Development at TransAlta Corporation. Prior to joining TransAlta in 1997, he spent 25 years in consulting, academic teaching, and research, including as Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design at the U of C.
Bob is a member of the Board of Directors for ENMAX Corp. and for the Banff -Calgary chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. He is past Chair of the Board of the International Emissions Trading Association (Geneva) and a former member of the Business Environment Leadership Council of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change (Washington, D.C.).
DAVID RUNNALLS
President & CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
David Runnalls has joined the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in May 1999. He is engaged extensively at the national and international level. Among others, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Council for Sustainable Development Technology Canada. He also serves on the Inquiry Team for Tomorrow’s Global Company, the SAM/SPG Leadership award, the International Sustainability Innovation Council of Switzerland (ISIS), and the Shell Report External Review Committee.
Over the years, Mr. Runnalls has served as Senior Advisor to the President of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and to the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. For a period of six years, he was the Canadian Board member of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and chaired the Committee for the World Conservation Congress in 1996. Mr. Runnalls also sat on the Boards of the World Environment Center (New York), IIED (London) and Pollution Probe (Toronto).
An occasional writer and broadcaster, he has served as environment columnist for the CBC radio program, As it Happens and for CTV’s Canada AM. He was a member of the Discovery Channel’s regular environment panel and political columnist for the Earth Times, the paper of record for the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992.
MERCEDES STEPHENSON
National Media Commentator on Defence and Security Affairs
Named one of Maclean’s Magazine’s 25 Best and Brightest Canadians under age 30, Mercedes Stephenson is the host and producer of several documentaries and two national television series Mercedes Stephenson Investigates and The Underground Royal Commission Investigates as well as co-host of It’s Your Government. She is also a member of Maclean’s 50, fifty of Canada’s most infl uential personalities.
Ms. Stephenson has worked extensively with national and international news outlets such as the CBC, CTV and Global Television. She frequently serves as an analyst for live breaking news stories and national specials including the capture of Saddam Hussein (Global), CTV’s Federal Budget, The Manley Report (CBC) and Canadian soldiers deaths in Afghanistan (CBC, CTV, Global). She has also written for Chatelaine magazine as well as several other major print publications.
Ms. Stephenson studied military and strategic studies at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for International Studies.
She is a past recipient of the Steinhauer Award of Distinction from the Government of Alberta and has served as a Department of National Defence Master of Arts Scholar
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