Ann Dale, PhD - School of Environment and Sustainability
Topics
• Sustainable community development
• Climate change and the economy
• Public policy and the environment
• Business and the environment
• Community planning and the environment
• Social capital in communities
• Community development in Australia
Aside from her national prominence in researching and providing communities with tools to develop in a more sustainable way, Ann Dale is also a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Sciences, chairs the Canadian Consortium for Sustainable Development Research, a consortium of Canadian research institutes, and is active in the Canadian environmental movement.
She is a recipient of the 2001 Policy Research Initiative Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Public Policy for her most recent book, At the Edge: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century.
Dale is the founding chair of the National Environmental Treasure and is the Executive Coordinator, Research and Public Policy for the Canadian Biodiversity Institute. For two years she led an energy efficiency program on behalf of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and previously was an executive with the Federal Government and co-led the development of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
In the late 1980s she was a senior advisor to the first Deputy Minister, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and served as the Assistant Director of Policy, Planning and Systems for the Privy Council Office. She has also managed the work of two of the Neilson Task Forces on Program Review - Natural Resources and Regulatory Reform and worked with the Office of Regulatory Reform, the D`Avignon Commission and the Anti-Inflation Board between 1976 and 1985.
Dale is one of the general series editors for the Sustainable Development Series published by UBC Press. She is a member of the Working Party on Biotechnology, Sustainable Development and Canada’s Future Economy, a Board Member of the World Fisheries Trust and the Advisory Committee to the Montreal Institute for the Environment.
Dale holds degrees in psychology and public administration (major in environmental studies) from Carleton University, and a doctorate in Natural Resources Sciences from McGill University.
Media queries for staff and faculty should be directed to Doug Ozeroff in Community Relations and Advancement, 250-391-2526. For other queries, contact Ann Dale directly.
