OUR PEOPLE

 2012  

• "Ontario’s Brownfields Regulation: Impact on Value and Remediation Approach", Smart Remediation

2011

• “Changes to Ontario’s Record of Site Condition Regulation Come into Effect on July 1, 2011”, Ontario Real Estate Law Development, CCH Canadian Limited
• "Environmental Law Applicable to Infrastructure Projects", Mega Projects in Canada: Canadian Large Scale Infrastructure Law, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
• "Canadian Environmental Law", Noble International University (speech to 22 judges from Dalian, China)
• "Environmental Law Applicable to Infrastructure Projects" (lecture to the University of Windsor Law School)
• "Ontario's Brownfields Regulation and Impact on Value", Ontario Expropriations Association Fall Seminar
• "Environmental Risk Management", Toronto Greenhouse
• "Water and Energy", Canadian Water Summit
• "Canadian Environmental Law Applicable to Contaminated Sites", 16th Annual Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management Course, GOwen Environmental Limited
• “Update on Ontario’s Brownfields Regulation”, Gowlings – Environmental Law for Business, 2011
• "Fisheries Act: Compliance and Enforcement", 4th Canadian Wastewater Management Conference
• "The Proactive Identification of Critical Environmental Issues in Off-Shore Wind Development", Off-Shore Wind: Canada, EUCI

2010

• "Stormwater Regulation: Statutory Framework", Current Issues and Stormwater Regulations, Lorman Education Services
• Moderator, "Cross-Country Check-Up: Assessing the State of Play of Brownfield Redevelopment Across Canada, and the Policies, Programs, Partnerships and Plans that are Having an Impact", Canadian Brownfields 2010: Making Great Places
• "Update on Ontario's Contaminated Sites Regulation", Gowlings Waterloo Region Office Real Estate Seminar 
• "Obtaining Environmental Approvals", Ontario Tire Stewardship Workshop
• "Changes to Ontario's Brownfields Regulation", Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound
• "Spills", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Enforcement: Inspection and Investigation", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Liability and Legal Defence", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Changes to Ontario's Brownfields Regulation", Gowlings Real Estate Breakfast Seminar
• "Changes to Ontario's Brownfields Legislation", Gowlings-Environmental Law for Business, 2010
• "Waste Disposal Site and Waste-to-Energy/Energy-from-Waste Approvals", Ontario Bar Association: Environmental Law Section (What a Waste:Stewardship Ontario, Waste Diversion and Waste-to-Energy Projects)
• "Changes to Ontario's Brownfields Regulation", Ontario Real Estate Association

2009

• "Provincial Regulation of Water", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Regulation of Waste and Waste Management", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Spills and Spills Reporting", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Environmental Inspections and Investigations", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• "Environmental Liability and Defence Strategies", Understanding Environmental Regulations, EPIC
• Moderator and Speaker, "Brownfields, Green Building, and Other Forms of Sustainable Development: The Cost Benefit is on the Rise", Land & Development Conference
• “Canadian Brownfields”, Gowlings Real Estate National Practice Group
• "Liability for Contaminated Sites and Canadian Environmental Law Applicable to Contaminated Sites”, GOwen Environmental
• "Brownfields, Green Building Other Forms of Sustainable Development: The Cost Benefit is on the Rise", Land and Development Conference
• "Brownfields - Ontario Update", Environmental Law for Business
• "Canada's Management of Chemicals", Environmental Law for Business
• "Environmental Law Update", Samuel Manutech
• "Legal Issues: Storm Water Quantity and Quality": Environmental Management of Storm Water and Land Development, EPIC

2008

• "The Utility File: Maximizing a Municipality's Energy and Water Assets", 2008 AMO Annual Conference
• "Liability for Contaminated Sites and Canadian Environmental Law Applicable to Contaminated Sites”, GOwen Environmental
• “Region of Peel: An Example of A Successful Government Procurement”, Henan Province, Delegation (China)
• "Managing Risks: Overcoming the Public Perception Challenge Facing Waste Management Options", Canadian Institute
• "Water Law in Canada: Is it Adequate for Long Term Protection of Drinking Water?", Union Internationale des Avocats, 52nd UIA Congress
• "Enforcement of Environmental Regulations and Standards: Understanding Environmental Regulations - Due Diligence (Water; Spills and Emergency Response; Inspection and Investigation; Enforcement of Environmental Regulations and Standards)", EPIC
• "Cross-Country Check Up", Hot Properties: Canadian Brownfields 2008, Urban Development Institute

2007

• Chair, “Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Renewal”, Canadian Urban Institute
• “Canada’s Chemical Management Plan”, Environmental Law for Business Conference: Gowlings, November 29, 2007
• “Canadian Brownfields Legislation and Practice”, Environmental Law for Business Conference: Gowlings, November 29, 2007
• “Cross Country Review of Provincial Contaminated Sites Legislation” Brownfields 2007, Canadian Urban Institute
• “Understanding Environmental Regulations-Due Diligence: Enforcement of Environmental Regulations and Standards”, Educational Program Innovations Centre (“EPIC”)
• “Understanding Environmental Regulations-Due Diligence: Enforcement, Inspection and Investigation”, Educational Program Innovations Centre (“EPIC”)
• “Understanding Environmental Regulations-Due Diligence: Liability and Legal Defence”, Educational Program Innovations Centre (“EPIC”)
• “Environmental Law Up-Date”, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
• “Contaminated Sites Legislation and Case Law in Canada”, 12th Annual Course: Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management, GOwen Environmental
• "Chemical Regulation in Canada and the U.S.", Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and Thompson Hine Webinar

2006

• "Cross-Country Check-Up 2006: The Link Between Legislation and Implementation", Canadian Brownfields 2006: Developing the New Real Estate Frontier.
• "Canadian Environmental Workshop, August 30, 2006 - Regulatory Update", Goodyear Canada Inc.
• "11th Annual Course: Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management" Gowen Environmental
• "Legal Aspects of O. Reg. 419/05", Air & Waste Management Association, Ontario Section
• "Legal Aspects of O. Reg. 419/05", Canadian Foundry Association 2006

2005

• “Ontario Regulation 419/05”, Year in Review Environmental Conference 2005.
• “Ontario Waste Disposal Crisis” Year in Review Environmental Conference 2005.
• "Cross Country Check Up" Canadian Brownfields 2005
• “Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management: Theory, Practice & Outdoor Field Demonstrations”, GOwen Environmental Ltd.
• 3rd Annual – Water and Wastewater in Ontario, Insight Information Co., “Contracting Out Municipal Water & Wastewater Services: A Changing Landscape”.
• “Liability in Respect of Water and Wastewater”, The Ontario Good Roads Association.
• “Brownfields' Site Liability Management in the Era of the Brownfields' Bill and its Regulations”, Knowledge Workshop Series: Redeveloping Ontario’s Brownfields', Canadian Brownfields’ Network and aboutREMEDIATION.com. (North Bay, Ontario - January)
• “Brownfields’ Site Liability Management in the Era of the Brownfields’ Bill and its Regulations”, Knowledge Workshop Series: Redeveloping Ontario’s Brownfields’, Canadian Brownfields’ Network and aboutREMEDIATION.com. (Thunder Bay, Ontario – March)

2004

• “Recent Initiatives Regarding Hazardous Waste”, What’s New in Environmental Law & Regulation in Ontario Conference, Canadian Institute
• “Recent Developments in Environmental Assessments”, What’s New in Environmental Law & Regulation in Ontario Conference, Canadian Institute
• “Quenching the Thirst: Aboriginal Water & Wastewater Projects”, The 12^th Annual Conference on Public-Private Partnerships, Canadian P3: Under the Microscope, Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships
• “Recent Developments in Environmental Assessments”, Environmental Law & Regulation in Ontario Conference, Canadian Institute
• “Canadian Provincial And Federal Environmental Law Applicable To Contaminated Sites”, Contaminated And Hazardous Waste Site Characterization And Remediation Course, Gowen Environmental Ltd.
• “4th Annual Conference on Safe-Drinking Water: Meeting your Obligations in an Era of Transition”, Chairperson, Canadian Institute
• “Legislative & Policy Context” and Panel Chair, "From Policy to Breaking Ground: A Cross Country Round-Up of Policy and Legislative Initiatives Illustrated with Case Studies”, Brownfields 2004 Conference Turning up the Heat!, Canadian Urban Institute
• “Liability in Respect of Water and Wastewater”, Preventing Liability & Minimizing Risk in the Public Sector, Federated Press
• “Water and Waste Water - A New Era in Risk Management", Society of Public Insurance Administrators of Ontario Extended Workshop
• "Understanding the Legal Framework for Redeveloping Brownfields", Strategy Institute
• "Waste Management Strategies, Innovations and Solutions: Public Private Partnerships for Waste", Strategy Institute

2003

• "Report Card on Canada's Approach to Brownfields – Positive But Uneven Progress", Canadian Urban Institute
• "Environmental Inspections Investigations and Enforcement: The Year in Review and Look Ahead", Canadian Institute
• “Collection of Data – Legal Aspects”, “Presentation of Sampling and Data Analysis – Legal Aspects” Effective Environmental Monitoring Sampling, Educational Program Innovations Centre (EPIC)
• Public-Private Partnerships: Focusing on The Nuts and Bolts of a Successful PPPSs “Old Ghosts: Closed Landfills and Abandoned Industrial Sites”, OBA 2003 Annual Institute
• “Tackling the Challenges Ahead for Water Service Delivery – A Constructive Role for the Private Sector?”, moderator and speaker, Insight,
• “The Walkerton Inquiry Recommendations Relating to the Private Sector” and “Public Private Partnership: Examples Which Work.”, Water and Wastewater: Regulation Management Forum
• “Environmental Law", Instructor, University of Western Ontario (Faculty of Law)

2002

• "Environmental Compliance: Landfill Design and Management for Long Term Performance", EPIC
• "Current Trends and Legislation in Canada", Brownfields 2002, Canadian Urban Institute
• "Federal Update: Key Legal Developments That Affect Industry in Ontario", The Canadian Institute 5th Annual What's New In Environmental Law and Regulation in Ontario
• “Contractual Protection of the Public Interest in Water”, Managing Shared Waters: Towards Sustainable Transboundary Coastal Ecosystems
• “Due Diligence: What are your Environmental Responsibilities?”, Ontario Independent Meat Processors (OIMP)
• “Brownfields”, Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA)
• “Provincial Environmental Law, Regulation and Policy”, EPIC
• “Environmental Decommissioning and Cleanup: Legal Perspective”, EPIC
• “Regulatory Considerations Relating to Environmental Decommissioning”, EPIC
• “Contractual Protection for Municipal Water and Waste Water Facilities”, Canadian Urban Institute 4^th Annual Municipal Infrastructure Partnership Conference
• “Environmental Law Update”, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Waterloo Region

2001

• "Air Emissions Reduction Credit Trading", Industrial Accident Prevention Association (Printing Trade Conference)
• "ISO 14000 and Managing Legal Risks", KPMG
• "New Service Delivery Options: P3 Agreements That Work", Insight

2000

• "P3 Agreements that Work", The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, 8th Annual Conference
• "Legal Framework for Emissions Reduction Credits Trading", EPIC
• "Consultant Section and Contractual Issues", EPIC
• "Legal Issues Related to the Presentation of Sampling Data Analysis", EPIC
• "Legal Issues Related to the Investigation of Fires in Buildings", EPIC
• "Regulatory Aspects of Emissions Trading", EPIC
• "National and International Markets for Emissions Trading", EPIC
• "Canadian Association of Metal Finishers - The Importance of Industry Associations", Finishing Technologies 2000
• "Monitoring and Reporting of Emissions and Emissions Reduction Credit Trading", CleanPrint Canada

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