ESD Canada National Council Participants

Alberta

Kathy Worobec

kathyw@greenlearning.ca 

Kathy is the Pembina Institute's Director of Alberta Green Learning. Kathy has over 20 years of experience in developing, implementing, delivering and managing environmental education programs for youth and teachers. Kathy has taught in the classroom, worked in the energy efficiency field with the Alberta Department of Energy and worked as a consultant before joining the non-profit environmental education sector. She received her education degree from the University of Alberta and joined the Pembina Institute's Edmonton office in 2003.

Susan Barker

susan.barker@ualberta.ca

Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta

Susan started her career in scientific ecological research developing management plans for rare plant species in the Lake District National Park in the UK. However her research interests evolved into ecological education and communication as she believed this to be the most effective way of protecting sensitive areas. For the past twenty years she has held faculty positions in universities in UK and Canada in science and environmental education teaching ecology, science education, science communication and environmental education mainly to pre-service teachers. As a result of her teaching and research work she has an extensive publication record. She has also has a wide experience of in-service teacher education around the world as well as working with the BBC in environmental broadcasting on TV. She is currently completing a SSHRC funded international project exploring teachers and scientists understanding of education for sustainable development in Canada, Chile and China. Susan was a member of the IUCN World Conservation Union panel on education and communication from 2001-2004. She is Associate editor for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment as well as on the editorial board of Journal for Biological Conservation. She is passionate about the environment and has been vegan for the last twenty-five years for ethical and environmental reasons.

Shanthu Mano

contact@carbonbusters.org

Manager, Carbon Busters

With a background in Business, Psychology and Education, Shanthu Mano, is the General Manager of Carbon Busters, an energy efficiency and green consultancy that has worked with over 800 schools, municipalities and new buildings in Canada, the US, Mexico, Germany and Luxemburg since 1993. Carbon Busters self-funding school programs have reduced their carbon emissions by over 70 million kg of Co2e and saved over 21 million dollars in energy savings to date. Carbon Busters projects for 2008 includes the design of a net zero Multi Use facility in Manning, Alberta and the planned development of 75 residential carbon neutral units just outside the City of Edmonton and facilitating the conversion of a conventional Edmonton Public school to a zero carbon school.

BC Working Group

Mary Ferguson

mary.ferguson@bchydro.com

Manager Education/ Co-chair ESD Canada, B.C. Hydro

Mary worked in environmental education for 20 years. Managed environmental non-profit for 10 years. Works with BC Hydro for 5 years, designs, develops & delivers K-12 programs to 900 schools throughout BC in past 5 years.

Janet Moore

jlmoore@sfu.ca

Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University

Janet is currently the Provincial Leader for the BC Working Group and Network on Sustainability Education (www.walkingthetalk.bc.ca). She is an Assistant Professor in the Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue Program. Janet was previously a post-doctoral research associate with the Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD) at Simon Fraser University and continues to work with the Learning City Project to create transdisciplinary programming for sustainability in the Vancouver region. She completed her doctoral dissertation Recreating the University from within: Sustainability and Transformation in Higher Education in the Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.

David Zandvliet

dbz@sfu.ca

Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University

David Zandvliet is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and an Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin University of Technology (Australia). An experienced teacher and researcher, he has published numerous articles in international journals and presented refereed conference papers on six continents and in over 15 countries. His career interests lie in the areas of science, technology and environmental education. As a former director of the Faculty's Centre for Educational Technology, he has considerable experience in the design and evaluation of classrooms and in the provision of teacher professional development. He has conducted research and development on learning environments in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Manitoba Working Group

Graham Bruce

gbruce@pembinatrails.ca

Assistant Superintendent, Pembina Trails School Division

Currently Assistant Superintendent with the Pembina Trails School Division in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His responsibilities include Kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum and programming and staff professional development. Prior to his work at the divisional level, Graham was a school Principal and a teacher for 17 years.

Brendan Carruthers

bcarruthers@hydro.mb.ca

Environmental Education Specialist, Manitoba Hydro

During 1970's - worked with Manitoba Dept. Natural Resources - developing Public Extension Programs - main emphasis publications/public education. Joined Manitoba Dept. Industry Trade & Tourism in 1980 - Primarily responsible for all publications - actively involved in tourism marketing and advertising programs. Later became Snr. Communications Mgr. - major emphasis on Industry & Trade communications and international marketing activities. Joined Manitoba Hydro 1991 - new position: Environmental Education Specialist. Special emphasis on Sustainable Development: policies & guidelines, also environmental education and project funding community initiatives. Working with ngo's, First Nations, community orgs., school divisions and educators province-wide. Member Steering Committee - Manitoba Envirothon also Board of Directors: Partners For Sask.River Basin and National EECOM Board. Recently successfully completed major book production: The Birds of Manitoba with the Manitoba Naturalists Society.

Carolee Buckler

carolee.buckler@gov.mb.ca

Sustainable Development Coordinator, Manitoba Education

Carolee Buckler coordinates the Education for Sustainable Development Initiative with Manitoba Education. Her work involes forging partnerships with all sectors/stakeholders to work together to support a culture of  Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in school divisions and post-secondary institutions across the province. In this position, Carolee is involved in sustainable development activities at the regional, national and international levels. At the local level Carolee serves on the secretariat and as is co-chair of the Manitoba Educations for Sustainable Development Working Group. At the national level, she serves on the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD Canada) Board of Directors, and chairs a national ESD working group to develop a pan-Canadian ESD Framework for Collaboration and Action through the Council of Ministers of Education. At the international level, Carolee is involved in ESD research.

In her previous position, as Project Manager with the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Connectivity program, Carolee Buckler led IISD's work related to training and leadership development of young professionals, and the engagement of youth in sustainable development learning and action. Her work involved a range of activities including, the creation, management and delivery of a variety of training programs; research into effective leadership building and policy frameworks for human resource skills; and working with other organizations also involved in training, leadership programming and youth education and empowerment. In 2008, Carolee led the development of a consortium of international institutions (IUCN,WWF and LEAD) to train the next generation of sustainable development leaders. In 2009, Carolee led the creation of the Sustainability Leadership Innovation Center at IISD. Carolee has designed and delivered workshops, on-line training, and presentations on leadership, coaching, cross-cultural communications, career development, and project management.

New Brunswick 

Roland Chiasson

corvus@nbnet.nb.ca

Environmental Consultant, Nature NB

Roland is the Chair of the NB Working Group and is presently working as an environmental consultant during biological inventories mostly for environmental impact assessments and nature interpretation programs. He has also worked as a Wildlife biologist & environmental education for Nature NB for 16 years as a coodirector of a species at risk conservation education program. He has a masters in nature education via environmental education and a Bachelors of science and a B.Ed. He has taught in public schools system for about a year and a half and was a nature interpreter with Parks Canada for 7 seasons.

Jean Paul L’Italien

litalien@umce.ca

Président, Comité en développement durable du nord-ouest du N-B

J’ai travaillé pendant 32 ans au Campus d’Edmundston de l’Université de Moncton, à titre de Directeur de résidence suive de Directeur de l’éducation permanente. J’ai complété un Baccalauréat en Arts (Économie), une Maitrise en Administration publique, un Certificat de 2e cycle dans l’utilisation des technologies dans l’enseignement à distance (University of British Columbia). J’ai agi comme bénévole pendant deux ans à titre de Directeur-exécutif à la Fondation Saint-Louis-Maillet qui recueillait des fond pour aider financièrement les étudiant(e)s qui étudient au Campus d’Edmundston. J’ai une conjointe de fait qui m’appuit dans mes projets. Depuis un an, nous avons formé un comité régional qui travaille à organiser un forum régional dans la région du nord-ouest dans le développement durable.

Raissa Marks

nben@nben.ca

Communications Coordinator, New Brunswick Environmental Network

Raissa has a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University popular, environmental, and sustainability education, community building, and citizen engagement; B Sc from McGill University in Environment. works closely with app Raissa has a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University in popular, environmental, and sustainability education, community building, and citizen engagement; B Sc from McGill University in Environment. Work experience: McConnell Family Foundation (Green Street program), Learning for a Sustainable Future (youth forums, Green Street program). Currently Communications Coordinator for the New Brunswick Environmental Network, where duties include coordinating the NB ESD Working Group and coordinating the NBEN’s Environmental Education Caucus.

Volunteer experience: Regional editor for Green Teacher magazine (New Brunswick) In her position at the New Brunsick Environmental Network, she works closely with approximately 80 ENGOs in the province.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Craig White

craigwhite@gov.nl.ca

Program Development Specialist for Science, Newfoundland and Labrador Deptartment of Education

Craig White is the Program Development Specialist for Science curriculum with the Department of Education, Newfoundland and Labrador. Craig has 25 years experience as a teacher, school administrator, district curriculum implementation specialist, and curriculum developer.

North West Territories

Dan Daniels

Dan_Daniels@gov.nt.ca

Deputy Minister, North West Territories Department of Education

Nova Scotia

Rhea Dawn-Mahar

esd_novascotia@magma.ca

Coordinator, Nova Scotia Environmental Network

Rhea is the Chair and coordinator of the NS Working Group. Andrea has a B. Sc., and is a Masters of Environmental Science Candidate. Her Research Interests include:the use of hopeful (positive affect) and/or fearful appeals (negative affect) in environmental education with youth;  the use of documentary film as a tool for environmental education; and youth perspectives in environmental issues. Participated in Interim National Expert Council meeting in May 2006 as the coordinator of the Nova Scotia Working Group SENSE, Sustainability Education in Nova Scotia for Everyone. Currently working for the Ecology Action Centre, Nova Scotia’s largest membership based ENGO as the film series education and outreach coordinator

Tamara Lorincz

nsen@cen-rce.org

Executive Director, Nova Scotia Environmental Network

Tamara Lorincz is the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Environmental Network. She has been administering SENSE: Sustainability Education in Nova Scotia For Everyone provincial working group since 2006. Tamara is currently on the national board of Ecojustice Canada (formerly the Sierra Legal Defence Fund) and has helped to establish the East Coast Environmental Law Association. Previously, Tamara served on the Ecology Action Centre's Board of Directors and briefly on the Management Committee of the Nova Forest Alliance. In 2003, Tamara graduated with a combined MBA/LLB (Masters of Business and Law) degree from Dalhousie University. As well, she received an Environmental Law certificate and an Environmental Management specialization. Tamara is also a part-time researcher in the area of Aboriginal Law and has helped teach Business Ethics to undergraduate students during the winter semester at Dalhousie University. She is also a collaborator on the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network and a member of the Research Network for Business Sustainability. Tamara is very active in her community working with various organizations on sustainability, social justice, fair trade, women and children's, and peace campaigns. She is a member of Oxfam, the Ecology Action Centre, and the Sierra Club of Canada-Atlantic Chapter. She is also a member of the Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Equal Voice, and the Halifax Peace Coalition and is on the international board of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. Tamara was also appointed to be the Nova Scotia Representative on the Atlantic Advisory Committee for Maternity and Parental Benefits. She is married to Ben, a software developer, and they have two little boys: Sam and Will.

Tracy Webb

Webb-twebb@horton.ednet.ns.ca

Science Teacher, Horton High school

As an educator, Tracy has been involved in teaching environmental issues for many years, incorporating concepts within various subject areas as much as possible. Fortunately the recent changes in Canadian science curricula have provided even more opportunities to address many environmental concerns and issues in the classroom. She searchs continually for ways to enable students to become aware of many aspects of the environment. Her mission is to: (1) provide students with information from many sources so that they are able to make more informed and responsible decisions; (2) increase their awareness and their sense of personal responsibility for what is happening within the environment locally and globally; (3) provide a model for students to demonstrate that they can make a difference, and that they do have a voice; (4) provide students with opportunities to speak effectively and share their ideas with others. In 2005, EECOM awarded her with the Award for Lifetime Achievement in Environmental Education.

Ambrose White

awhite@cbvrsb.ca

Coordinator of School Services, Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board

B.A. - St. Francis Xavier University, B.Fd - St. Francis Xavier University, M.Fd - St. Mary’s University. Ambrose was a teacher for 20 years, a Principal for 10 years and a coordinator for 3 years. He has served on several Provincial Committees such as Curriculum, Pension, and Appeals., as well as Provincial Sports Action Group. He is involved in various community organizations.

Nunavut Working Group

Sue Ball

SBall@gov.nu.ca

Secondary School Program Coordinator, Curriculum and School Services, Nunavut Department of Education

Ontario Working Group

David Bell

dvjbell@rogers.com

Chair/Co-Chair ESD Canada, EASO

Professor Emeritus, Senior Scholar and Former Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. David Bell is interested in Governance for Sustainability ‑‑ the transformation in decision-making practices, policies, institutions and culture that will be necessary to support sustainability in the public and private sectors. Dr. Bell who holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University (1969) was Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies (1981-87) and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies (1992-1996) at York University. Formerly Director of the York Centre for Applied Sustainability which he founded in 1996, from December 2002 until November 2006, David served Chair Of the Board of Directors of Parc-Downsview-Park Inc. (www.pdp.ca). He is currently Chair of Learning for a Sustainable Future (www.lsf-lst.ca), and former member of the National Round Table on Environment and Economy (www.nrtee-trnee.ca). The author of numerous books, articles and reports on sustainability issues, Dr. Bell has been a consultant and advisor to governments at the local, provincial and national levels in Canada; and to the Government of Jamaica, Dr. Bell was Honorary Theme Editor of the Sustainable Development Theme of the Encyclopedia of the Life Support Systems and was a founding core faculty member of the Sustainable Enterprise Academy.

Darryl Gray- DGray@trca.on.ca

Cyndie Jacob

cyndie.jacobs@otffeo.on.ca

Director of Curriculum and Assessment, Ontario Teachers’ Federation

Cyndie came to OTF from the York Region District School Board, where she was employed since 1982. Her first 4 years included teaching in the elementary division- Primary for one year and Grade 7 and 8- Instrumental Music, Homeroom Language Arts, and Mathematics for the other 3 years. She moved to secondary school where I began teaching Math and Music and became qualifies in Guidance and moved into the Guidance Department. She became very interested in the Community College programs and programming for students and was asked to be a representative for the YRDSB Articulation Committee. Over the next few years, her involvement with College Articulation grew into a half-time position as the Board’s School-College-Work Initiative coordinator. The other half of her full-time employment was in the local Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) offices as the Communications and Political Action Chair. At OTF she is responsible for the OTF Curriculum Forum and organizes 3 meetings each year. She sits on several Ministry of Education committees currently.

Bob Willard

bobwillard@sympatico.ca

Author and former senior manager, IBM Canada

Bob is the author of The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line (New Society Publishers, 2002). He is a leading expert on the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and in the last five years has given over 250 keynote presentations to corporations, consultants, academics, and nongovernmental organizations. Bob applies business and leadership development experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with sustainability issues. His latest book, The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in (New Society Publishers, May 2005), is written in conjunction with his doctoral thesis at the University of Toronto. It examines why some companies are committed to sustainability, why others are not, and how to overcome senior executive resistance to making that commitment. He has served on the advisory boards of the Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility program at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA); and Eco-Energy Durham. He is currently on the advisory boards of The Natural Step, Canada, and the Certificate in Adult Training and Development offered by the University of Toronto.

PEI

Clayton Coe

cwcoe@edu.pe.ca

Secondary School Coordinator, PEI Dept of Education

Clayton Coe is the Secondary Education Coordinator at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Prince Edward Island. He coordinates and supports curriculum development in all areas from grade 7 to 12.  He was a classroom teacher at the elementary, intermediate and senior high levels for 20 years.  He is a steering committee member of the PEI ESD Working Group. Clayton is also the PEI representative on the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada's ESD Working Group.  He has been a sessional instructor in science education at UPEI since 2000.

Saskatchewan Working Group

Lyle Benko

lyle.benko@sasktel.net

President, LAMB Consulting

Lyle has a Bachelor and Master of Education from the University of Regina. He is currently President of L*A*M*B* Environmental & Educational Consulting Inc., and a Faculty Advisor & Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Education, U. of R. From 1972 – 1998 Lyle’s school board experience included K-12 teacher, principal, school board supervisor and consultant. He is currently a member of the following professional organizations: Phi Delta Kappa, Saskatchewan Science Teacher’s Society (SSTS), Saskatchewan Outdoor and Environmental Education Association (SOEEA) Board of Directors, Saskatchewan Middle Years Association, Saskatchewan Science Centre, Saskatchewan Environment: LEADER, A.S.S.I.S.T: Steeromg Committee, City of Regina Climate Change Advisory Committee Vice-Chair 2004 – present, Provincial Climate Change Stakeholders (PEO/HUB) Advisory Committee, Climate Change Education Saskatchewan Advisory Committee & Director: (April –September 2004), PANCANNET: Pan-Canadian Network of Educators Advisory Committee, Harmony International Foundation: Advisor, University of Regina Sustainable Campus Advisory Group (2002 –present), ASKPOWER: Shand Power Board of Directors (2003 –present), Canadian Western Agribition: “Celebrating Ag. Ed.” High School Program Advisor (May 2004 present), Provincial Youth Forum on Sustainability Advisory Committee (2004 – present ), SEEDS Foundation: National Board of Directors (October 2004 - present ), Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) “National Educators’ EXPERT Forum” (October 2004- 2006).

Dean Elliott

DElliott@sasked.gov.sk.ca

Science Consultant, Saskatchewan Learning

As Science consultant for Saskatchewan Learning, Dean is responsible for designing, developing, and leading the implementation of K-12 science curriculum in Saskatchewan schools. Dean has 18 years of classroom teaching experience and five years of university teaching in Canada and the U.S. and is a past-president of the Saskatchewan Science Teachers Society. He has been involved in multiple projects regarding the innovative use of technologies to support science instruction. One of his Grade 9 classes instituted the first high school recycling program in Saskatchewan. Dean has spoken about environmental education, action projects, and sustainability to teachers across the province.

Glenn Sutter

gsutter@cyr.gov.sk.ca

Head of Life Science, Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Glenn is the Chair of the Saskatchewan Working Group. Dr. Glenn Sutter is Head of the Life Sciences Unit at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and an adjunct professor of biology at the University of Regina. He holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in zoology from the University of Manitoba, and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Regina. He is a founding member of the Canadian Working Group on Museums and Sustainable Communities, and currently chairs the Saskatchewan Education for Sustainable Development Working Group. His interest in sustainable development dates back to the late 1980s, when he worked for the Royal Society of Canada as coordinator of the Canadian Global Change Program. His goal as a researcher and teacher is to foster sustainable forms of community and regional development by exploring the resilience of linked eco-social systems and the value of cultural indicators aimed at individuals, institutions and communities. Some of his recent studies have focused on the educational value of The Human Factor, a series of permanent museum displays that examine regional and global problems, and potential solutions, from an ecocentric perspective.

Quebec

Thérèse Baribeau

Therese.Baribeau@ec.gc.ca

Senior Advisor, Education and Community Involvement, La Biosphère

National Organizations

Heather Creech

hcreech@iisd.ca

Director of Knowledge Communications, HSD

Heather Creech is the Director of Knowledge Communications at IISD,responsible for the delivery of IISD's knowledge and the integration of its knowledge with that of other organizations through partnerships, networks and alliances. She also leads IISD's work on engaging the next generation in sustainable development. She brings to her work extensive experience in Canada and the South Pacific, establishing networks and providing information and training services in the legal and marine science fields. Creech is an adjunct professor at the Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia, and the Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Friends of the Earth Canada and on the Board ofthe Canadian Committee for IUCN.

Grant Gardner

ggardner@mun.ca

President, EECOM

Dr. Grant Gardner, Chair of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM), is the Associate Dean of Science at Memorial University. His background is in biology and oceanography, a study he started at the Universityof Guelph before relocating to the University of British Columbia for graduate work. After switching oceans to join the Biology Department at Memorial, Grant began to become more involved in environmental education and science awareness. He has been associated with EECOM since its beginning, 15 years ago, and is also heavily involved with other science organizations such as the Coastal Zone Canada Association, and the Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences. He is also the president of the Avalon Chapter of Sigma Xi, and of the Sigma Xi Fund of Canada.

Charles Hopkins

chopkins@edu.yorku.ca

UNESCO Chair, Reorienting Teacher Education

Currently UNESCO Chair at York University in Toronto where he coordinates an international network of teacher education institutions from 48 countries collaboratively working upon the reorientation of elementary and secondary teacher education to address sustainable development.  Chuck is also a United Nations University (UNU) Chair on Education for Sustainable Development, assisting UNU to develop Regional Centers of Expertise in ESD, again on a global basis.  He is an advisor to both UNESCO and UNU regarding the UN Decade of ESD – 2005 – 2014.  Charles was a Superintendent-Curriculum with the Toronto Board of Education .  A long time leader in the fields of education and ESD, Hopkins has lectured and presented paper in over 60 countries.  He is the author of a textbook on ecology, of numerous journal articles and has appeared in a number of major television documentaries dealing with education, the environment and sustainable development.

Kathleen Meagher

kathleen.meagher@unesco.ca

Canadian Commission for UNESCO

Kathleen Meagher is the Programme Officer, Education, for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). In this capacity, Kathleen consults organizations and individual experts on UNESCO's educational priorities, and works with interested groups across Canada to promote UNESCO's priorities, particularly education for all, adult learning, educationfor sustainable development and peace education. Prior to joining the Commission, Kathleen managed intercultural training programmes for Cartus, a global mobility firm in Connecticut, and taught high school in Japan. Kathleen holds a B.A. Honours degree from Queen's University and is completing an M.A. from the School for International Training (Vermont) in Intercultural Relations and International Education.

Alex Michalos

Michalos@unbc.ca

Director, Institute for Social Research and Evaluation

Chancellor, Professor Emeritus, University of North British Columbia

President, Canadian Commission for UNESCO

Alex is Chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia, Emeritus Professor in Political Science and Director of the Institute for Social Research at UNBC. He has published 22 books and over 95 refereed articles, and founded or co-founded 6 scholarly journals. He is the President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Sectoral Commission on Natural, Social and Human Sciences, and a past President of Academy II (Humanities and Social Sciences) of the Royal Society of Canada, and of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies.

Dominique Potvin

dominique.potvin@unesco.ca 

Diane Pruneau

diane.pruneau@UMoncton.CA

Professeure titulaire à la Faculté des sciences de l’éducation, Université de Moncton

Diane Pruneau is a professor at the Faculté des sciences de l’éducation at the Université de Moncton. She is specialised in environmental education. She is the director of the research group Littoral et vie ( www.umoncton.ca/littoral-vie ), a group that does various research projects and pedagogical interventions in environmental and sustainability education. Mrs Pruneau’s research programs have dealt with the understanding of the link people have with their environment, sustainable cities education, climate change education, the process of taking on environmental actions, and the study of young people’s abilities related to sustainability (problem solving and decision making). She is a member of the Canadian Working Group on Museums and Sustainable Communities.

Diane Pruneau est professeure titulaire à la Faculté des sciences de l’éducation de l’Université de Moncton. Elle est spécialisée en éducation relative à l’environnement. Elle enseigne cette matière au baccalauréat et à la maîtrise. Elle dirige le Groupe Littoral et vie ( www.umoncton.ca/littoral-vie ) qui effectue divers projets de recherche et d’interventions pédagogiques en éducation relative à l’environnement et à la durabilité. Les programmes de recherche de madame Pruneau ont porté sur la compréhension de la relation que les personnes entretiennent avec leur environnement, l’éducation aux villes durables, l’éducation au changement climatique, le changement individuel vers l’action environnementale et le développement chez les jeunes d’habiletés liées à la durabilité (résolution de problèmes et prise de décision soucieuse du futur). Elle fait partie du Groupe de travail canadien sur les musées et le développement durable.

Steering Committee

Bob Adamson

badamson@pembinatrails.ca

Coordinator, Manitoba Working Group Secretariat

Teacher in Pembina Trails School Division Winnipeg Manitoba for the past 32 years with responsibilities for life science partnership initiatives at the school, school division and provincial level for:

• Agricultural Biotechnology Enrichment Program (ABE) Director, a Provincial program for high school students

• Genomic Centre Program Director, a school division initiative including an international life sciences exchange for high school students

• Fort Richmond Wetland Centre of Excellence a school and school division initiative for students from Grade 4 to 12

• Coordinator for the Manitoba Education for Sustainable Development Working Group and currently serving on the MESDWG Secretariat.

• Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta and Master of Education (Curriculum) from the University of Manitoba.

• Member of the Board of The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM), Co-chair of Green Street, Chair of the National Green Street Teacher Advisory Committee and serving on the National Education for Sustainable Development Expert Council Steering Committee.

Elizabeth Kilvert

Elizabeth.Kilvert@ec.gc.ca

Elizabeth Kilvert currently works for the Outreach Priorities Division of Environment Canada in Ottawa. Originally from Halifax, Elizabeth attended Dalhousie University for both a BA in International Development Studies and a BSc in Marine Biology. After spending time working on projects related to agriculture, communities and marine issues in the Caribbean, Central America, and the United Kingdom. She returned home and happily settled into a position as a Naturalist and then a Program Developer at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.

In 2001 Environment Canada recruited her to work on youth, community, and citizen science based programs across Canada. Elizabeth moved to Ottawa to work on a strategic approach to "Education and Engagement" for Environment Canada. She currently works on program evaluation and selecting target audiences especially with youth, educators, consumers and industry; in order to nurture environmental values, disseminate information, and foster behaviour change that will create a more sustainable environment.

Christina McDonald

chmcdonald@gov.mb.ca

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth

Dr. Christina McDonald leads, directs and coordinates the Sustainable development Initiative with the Province of Manitoba (Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth/Advanced Education and Training) and serves on the National Education for Sustainable Development Expert Council Steering Committee and shares the Secretariat role for the Manitoba Education for Sustainable Development Working Group. She holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba focused on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and is a certified teacher.

Pamela Schwartzberg

pams@yorku.ca

Executive Director, Learning for a Sustainable Future

Pamela has over 20 years of progressive experience in strategic planning, policy development, project management, research and writing. She served as Ontario Program Director for Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) from 1995- 2002 coordinating research, policy development, teacher training and curriculum materials development. As of December 2002, Pamela has served as National Executive Director of Learning for a Sustainable Future. Her prior positions include: Coordinator of the Ontario Premier's Council; Manager of Policy and Programs for the Ontario Round Table on Environment and Economy; Education Program Officer for the Ontario Ministry of Energy; and Energy Manager, Planning and Development Department for the City Of Brampton. Pamela has a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University.

Elaine Rubinoff

rubinoff@yorku.ca

Director Policy and Administration, Learning for a Sustainable Future

Elaine Rubinoff has worked for Learning for a Sustainable Future since 1995. She began as Program Manager providing partnership development and project management until 2002 at which time she assumed the role of Director of Programs and Administration. Elaine’s prior positions include: Administrative Assistant in the Legal and Commodities Departments at George Weston Limited; Registered Sales Representative at Richardson Greenshields; Aboriginal Parole Officer with the Toronto Parole Board. Elaine is a graduate of York University.