ACTIVITIES & EXPERIENCE

- Founding Member of Friends of the Earth, Canada and the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund

- Chair, Nova Scotia Environmental Law Sub-section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1984-85

- National Programme Coordinator, Canadian Bar Association Environmental Law Section 1985-86

- Steering Committee Member, the Canadian Participatory Committee for UNCED, from its founding in 1990-spring 1992

- Steering Committee Member, International Affairs Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network, from its founding in 1990-spring 1992

- Member of Canadian Delegation to first meeting of United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Preparatory Committee, Nairobi, Kenya, August 1990

- Advisor to Canadian Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 1992

- Vice-chair, National Round Table on the Environment and Economy, 1994-2001

- Member of the Board of the International Institute for Sustainable Development 1999-2005

-  Member, Ministerial Advisory Panel on Sustainability, reporting to the Minister for Public Works, the Hon. Stephen Owen  (2004)

- Member, Earth Charter International Council, 1997-2007

- Member of Advisory Group to the Government of Canada’s negotiating team for the Convention on Biological Diversity; member of delegation to Second Conference of the Parties, Jakarta: November, 1995

- Member of the Advisory Committee to federal Department of Forestry for the negotiation of forest issues at UNCED, and ongoing negotiations within U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

- Member of Manitoba Environment Network Advisory Board

- Board of Directors of the National Environmental Treasure.

- Member of the International Policy Advisory Committee, World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet, Miami, November 1991, with ongoing activities under the Women’ s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), New York

- Founding member, Ottawa Women for a Healthy Planet, November 1991

- Advisory Board to the Student Action for a Viable Environment (SAVE) tour

- Member of Advisory Board to the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainable Development, Johanne Gelinas, within the Auditor General’s Office (2002-2006)

- Member, National Steering Committee for National Forest Strategy Coalition (2003-2006)

- Member of the Advisory Board to the McGill University School of the Environment  (2001- 2006)

- Member, Community of Interest Panel, Mining Association of Canada (2004-2008)

- Member, National Steering Committee, Climate Action Network- Canada

- The Honourary Board of Directors of the Canadian Environmental Network

- Member of Pragma Council, the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, since 1990