Primary Language:
English

Other Languages:
German

Administrative Assistant(s):
Sheryl Drysdale

Education:
Dalhousie University (B.Sc., Chemistry, 1986)
Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1989)
Foley Memorial University Scholarship in Environmental Law
Rafuse Prize in Admiralty Law
York University, Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M., 1991)
Dalhousie Law School (J.S.D., 2005)
Dalhousie University Doctoral Thesis Award (2006)

Bar Admission(s):
Nova Scotia, 1990

Law Society Memberships:
Canadian Bar Association
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Memberships:
2006-2007, Co-Chair, Senate Committee on the Environment, Dalhousie University

2006- , Member, Research Advisory Committee, Ocean Energy and Environmental Research Association

2006- , Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Ocean Yearbook

2006, Law and Policy Advisor, Nova Scotia Interdepartmental Committee on Renewable Offshore Energy Development

2005- , Board of Directors, Clean Nova Scotia

2004-2009, Co-investigator, 'Principles in Practice' Project, CIDA Project

Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law

2001-2006, Member, Board of Directors, GPI Atlantic

2000- , Member, Board of Directors, Sierra Legal Defence Fund

1998-2001, Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Climate Action Network

Member, Canadian Delegation for negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Past Member, Nova Scotia Round Table on Environment and Economy

Past Member, Sable Environmental Effects Monitoring Advisory Group for the Sable Offshore Energy Project

Past Chair, Environmental Section of Canadian Bar Association, Nova Scotia Branch

Past Member, Board of Directors, Nova Scotia Association of Professional Environmental Auditors

Other Information:
2004 - , Associate Director, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie Law School

2003-2008, Cross-appointment to Environmental Studies Programme, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University

2004, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie Law School, Marine and Environmental Law Programme

1996-2001, Executive Director, Clean Nova Scotia

1994-2003, Part time Faculty member, Dalhousie Law School, UNB Law School, University of Prince Edward Island and Acadia University

1991-1992, Policy Advisor, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

1987-1989, Researcher, Oceans Institute of Canada

Author and presenter at provincial and national conferences on environmental law topics ranging from environmental assessments to environmental insurance law and climate change

Areas of Law:
Energy and Natural Resources
Environmental