Randy Haluza-DeLay has settled in Edmonton Alberta after living in three Canadian provinces and ten American states. Having been a wilderness guide, ski patroller, youth counselor, and executive director in the non-profit sector, he is now an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The King’s University College. He also runs a consulting company assisting community advocacy organizations to do community-based research. He is editor of Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada (UBC Press, 2009). Other recent research interests has focused on urban social and environmental sustainability, environmental education, community development and non-profit organizations, social inclusion, and anti-racism. Most importantly, he is a father of two great kids for whom he teaches Sunday school and coaches soccer.
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Randy Haluza-DeLay has settled in Edmonton Alberta after living in three Canadian provinces and ten American states. Having been a wilderness guide, ski patroller, youth counselor, and executive director in the non-profit sector, he is now an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The King’s University College. He also runs a consulting company assisting community advocacy organizations to do community-based research. He is editor of Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada (UBC Press, 2009). Other recent research interests has focused on urban social and environmental sustainability, environmental education, community development and non-profit organizations, social inclusion, and anti-racism. Most importantly, he is a father of two great kids for whom he teaches Sunday school and coaches soccer.
Tony Boydell is currently Director of the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia. He was first appointed as a professor in 1996 and subsequently served as Dean of Science, Technology and Environment. Prior to 1996, Tony had an extensive background in the public and private sectors, as a Regional Director General in Environment Canada, as consultant to the British Columbia government, and to the B.C. Round Table on Environment and Economy, and as Vice-President of J.D. Tait and Associates, involved in land and community development. His expertise includes environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems design, risk assessment, and sustainable community design and development. He has extensive experience in the management of public review processes and has worked with political leaders in federal, provincial, and local levels of government.
Tony Boydell is currently Director of the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia. He was first appointed as a professor in 1996 and subsequently served as Dean of Science, Technology and Environment. Prior to 1996, Tony had an extensive background in the public and private sectors, as a Regional Director General in Environment Canada, as consultant to the British Columbia government, and to the B.C. Round Table on Environment and Economy, and as Vice-President of J.D. Tait and Associates, involved in land and community development. His expertise includes environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems design, risk assessment, and sustainable community design and development. He has extensive experience in the management of public review processes and has worked with political leaders in federal, provincial, and local levels of government.
Paul Gregory has eight years experience working with all levels of government, business and non-profit environmental organizations. Paul provides municipalities with a broad range of skills and a breadth of knowledge in environmental sustainability issues. Paul’s involvement in recent FCM projects has helped municipalities focus on best practices for becoming sustainable communities, and provides him with the opportunity to recommend options for improving energy efficiency (which reduces GHGs building capacity within Canadian municipalities). Paul has a background in marketing and serves as a board member to Seeds, The Society, Environment and Energy Development Studies, and has been a member of the Canadian Government’s delegation at the United Nations (COP 7) negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
Paul Gregory has eight years experience working with all levels of government, business and non-profit environmental organizations. Paul provides municipalities with a broad range of skills and a breadth of knowledge in environmental sustainability issues. Paul’s involvement in recent FCM projects has helped municipalities focus on best practices for becoming sustainable communities, and provides him with the opportunity to recommend options for improving energy efficiency (which reduces GHGs building capacity within Canadian municipalities). Paul has a background in marketing and serves as a board member to Seeds, The Society, Environment and Energy Development Studies, and has been a member of the Canadian Government’s delegation at the United Nations (COP 7) negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
Jim Hamilton is a seasoned consultant with extensive experience in the governance and financing of public institutions, especially in relationship to questions of sustainability. Jim’s experiences stem from over twenty-five years in analyzing and advising on financial, environmental and sustainability matters while with Hamilton, Thomas and Associates Ltd and previously as a senior executive and analyst within the Treasury Board Secretariat within the Government of Canada. Included among his major contributions is co-founding the Federal Buildings Initiative within Natural Resources Canada. The Federal Buildings Initiative is a government-wide initiative to take advantage of alternative techniques to finance energy and water savings investments, which presently enjoy widespread application within provincial governments, municipalities, hospitals, schools and universities across Canada. Jim was also instrumental in the initial development of federal built heritage policy as well as Treasury Board policies with respect to environmental matters. Jim’s primary interest today is in assisting others, including governments and organizations, in understanding how their decisions, and in particular their decision processes, impact sustainability over the longer term. He also has an abiding interest in demonstrating how sustainability can be self-financing. When, not involved in these, his focus quickly changes to the outdoors and writing. development.
Jim Hamilton is a seasoned consultant with extensive experience in the governance and financing of public institutions, especially in relationship to questions of sustainability. Jim’s experiences stem from over twenty-five years in analyzing and advising on financial, environmental and sustainability matters while with Hamilton, Thomas and Associates Ltd and previously as a senior executive and analyst within the Treasury Board Secretariat within the Government of Canada. Included among his major contributions is co-founding the Federal Buildings Initiative within Natural Resources Canada. The Federal Buildings Initiative is a government-wide initiative to take advantage of alternative techniques to finance energy and water savings investments, which presently enjoy widespread application within provincial governments, municipalities, hospitals, schools and universities across Canada. Jim was also instrumental in the initial development of federal built heritage policy as well as Treasury Board policies with respect to environmental matters. Jim’s primary interest today is in assisting others, including governments and organizations, in understanding how their decisions, and in particular their decision processes, impact sustainability over the longer term. He also has an abiding interest in demonstrating how sustainability can be self-financing. When, not involved in these, his focus quickly changes to the outdoors and writing. development.
Greg Wilburn has been working in the field of environmental policy at the federal level for almost twenty years. During that time he has managed the federal government’s outreach programs on climate change, has been involved in the development and implementation of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and has managed the federal government’s strategic environmental assessment program. Greg has worked on a number of sustainable governance projects in the People’s Republic of China to build capacity for the integration of environmental factors into decision-making (including the development of China’s new environmental impact assessment law). Greg lives in Ottawa and currently works as a senior policy advisor at Environment Canada. He completed his master’s degree in environment and management at Royal Roads University, with his thesis research building on his longstanding interest in the role of political systems and governance in the achievement of sustainable development.
Greg Wilburn has been working in the field of environmental policy at the federal level for almost twenty years. During that time he has managed the federal government’s outreach programs on climate change, has been involved in the development and implementation of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and has managed the federal government’s strategic environmental assessment program. Greg has worked on a number of sustainable governance projects in the People’s Republic of China to build capacity for the integration of environmental factors into decision-making (including the development of China’s new environmental impact assessment law). Greg lives in Ottawa and currently works as a senior policy advisor at Environment Canada. He completed his master’s degree in environment and management at Royal Roads University, with his thesis research building on his longstanding interest in the role of political systems and governance in the achievement of sustainable development.