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Harry is on the advisory board of the Master of Environmental Science Program at the University of Toronto and the editorial board for 'Environmental Law' at the Federated Press.

Addresses and Guest Lectures

 2010

• "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)

• “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

1999

• "Due Diligence and the Metal Finishing Industry", Metal Finishing Pollution Prevention Project
• “ISO 14001 Information Session - ISO 14001 & The Law”, KPMG
• “Environmentally Acceptable Decommissioning: Regulatory Considerations and Legal Viewpoint”, EPIC

1998

• "Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management - Theory, Practice and Outdoor Field Demonstrations: Toxic Real Estate: Applicable Canadian Environmental Law", GOwen Environmental, Association for the Environmental Health of Soils and National Ground Water Association
• "Successful Environmental Management Systems in Practice", Executive Enterprises
• "Liability of Employees, Engineers and Consultants and Due Diligence", EPIC
• "Legal Issues Related to Environmental Monitoring and Sampling Techniques", EPIC
• "Liability, Prosecutions and Due Diligence", EPIC (Educational Program Innovations Centre)
• "Lender Liability for Contaminated Lands", Niagara Chapter of Credit Unions

1997

• "Environmental Law Considerations With Respect to Real Estate Transactions", Cambridge Real Estate Board
• "Municipal Response to the Issue of Contaminant Lands and Brownfields Development", Gowling, Strathy & Henderson (Kitchener)
• "Legal Problems and Solutions Relating to Brownfields Development", Joint Seminar to the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and the Ontario Society of Environmental Managers (OSEM) (Offered twice in February and March, 1997)
• ISO 14000 - Auditor Certification Training (Panel Member), Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)
• "Understanding Environmental Regulations - Due Diligence", Chair, EPIC
• "Liability of Employees, Engineers and Consultants and Due Diligence", EPIC
• "Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management - Theory, Practice and Outdoor Field Demonstrations: Toxic Real Estate: Applicable Canadian Environmental Law", GOwen Environmental, Association for the Environmental Health of Soils and National Ground Water Association
• "Opportunities in the Canadian Environmental Market”, Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Inc. (Toronto)

1996

• "Understanding Environmental Regulations - Due Diligence", Chair, EPIC
• "Liability of Employees, Engineers and Consultants", EPIC
• "Environmental Property Assessment: Brownfields Development", EPIC
• "Environmental Regulatory Issues Impacting on the Real Estate Community in Canada", National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
• "Opportunities in the Canadian Environmental Market", Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Inc. (Toronto)
• "Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management - Theory, Practice and Outdoor Field Demonstrations: Toxic Real Estate: Applicable Canadian Environmental Law", GOwen Environmental, Association for the Environmental Health of Soils and National Ground Water Association
• "County Jurisdiction Over Waste Management", Ontario Clerks and Treasurers Association
• "Contaminated Sites Workshop: Liability Issues Concerning Contaminated Sites", Air & Waste Management Association
• Risk & Insurance Managers Annual Conference, Mock Trial Participant
• "Future of Environmental Regulation - Contaminated Lands", Gowling Strathy and Henderson, Breakfast Roundtable Discussion
• "Future of Environmental Regulation - Waste Management", Gowling Strathy and Henderson, Breakfast Roundtable Discussion
• "Future of Environmental Regulation - Environmental Certification", Gowling Strathy and Henderson, Breakfast Roundtable Discussion
• “Alternative Dispute Resolution for Municipalities", Gowlings
• "Legal Perspectives on Issues Related to Decommissioning", EPIC
• "Environmental Law for Health Care Facilities", Telemedicine Canada

1995

• Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc., Mock Trial Participant
• "Environmental Law in Relation to the Acquisition, Sale and Financing of Real Property", Gowling, Strathy & Henderson/Whitney Sommerfeld Inc.
• "Living with Landfills - Making a Landfill as Palatable as Possible to the Surrounding Community", Ontario Expropriation Association
• "Waste: Is It or Isn't It?", City of Toronto
• "Recent Legal Developments With Respect to Contaminated Properties", Canadian Association of Metal Finishers
• "The Roles for Lawyers in the Development of Environmental Law", University of Toronto
• Ontario Risk & Insurance Management Society, Mock Trial Participant

1994

• "Environmental Issues for Receivers", KPMG (Ottawa)
• "An Overview of Environmental Legislation and Regulation in Canada", HBT Agra (Waterloo)
• "Environmental Risks Management", Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Sault Ste. Marie)
• "The Environment, Cost Savings and Health Care", Insight Information Inc., Co-Chair
• "Audits and Decommissionings: Dealing with Contaminated Property", Insight Information Inc.
• "Offenses and Defences: A Brief Guide to Environmental Law", Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
• "How Clean is Clean; The Issues Relating to Property Contamination", Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
• "Preparation and Presentation of Expert Witnesses", Technical University of Nova Scotia
• "A Lawyer's Perspective on the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act", University of Toronto, (Department of Geography)
• "Waste Management Legislation in Canada", York University, (Faculty of Environmental Studies)

1993

• "Environmental Offences, Corporate Due Diligence Programs", City of Toronto
• "Toxic Real Estate", City of Toronto

1992

• "Negotiating with the MOE over Contaminated Property", Insight Information Inc.
• "Biomedical Waste Liabilities: Who is Liable?", Telemedicine Canada
• "Site Remediation",Chairman, Institute of International Research
• "Waste Management and the Expropriations Act", Ontario Expropriation Association
• "Identifying and Negotiating Environmental Issues", CBAO, 1992 Institute of Continuing Legal Education
• "The Future of Environment Law", Queen's University Law School (Law Forum)
• "Environmental Offenses, Corporate Due Diligence Programs", Gowling, Strathy & Henderson

1991

• "Environmental Law and Regulation: Ontario Environmental Assessment", Canadian Institute
• "Toxic Real Estate", Haztech
• "Corporate Greening", Financial Post Conference, Annual Reports
• "Toxic Real Estate: A Buried Time Bomb", Toronto Real Estate Board
• McLean Hunter Cable, Round Table Discussion on Industrial Waste Management, Participant
• Hamilton-Wentworth Skills Training Advisory Committee Waste Management Upgrade Program, Guest Lecturer
• "EAPIP Overview", District, Metropolitan & Regional Solicitors
• "Environmental Audits: An Essential Business Tool - Implementing the Audit with Respect to an Ongoing Operation", Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
• "Updated and Revised Environmental Law and Regulation: Ontario Environmental Assessment", Canadian Institute

1990

• "Environmental Assessment" - Environmental Law and Regulation in Ontario: Update (May, November), Canadian Institute
• "Environmental Planning Law", University of Toronto, Department of Geography
• "Environmental Regulation: The Global Competition Issues", moderator, Conference, Our Environment: Solutions For Business From Business, Financial Post
• "Waste Management Planning: Will Alternative Dispute Resolution Work?", Conference on Law & Contemporary Affairs, University of Toronto
• "Pro-Active Corporate Defence Strategies", Environmental Prosecutions, The Canadian Institute
• "Regulatory Controls On On-Going Operations", Environmental Law: Changing The Face of Business, Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
• "Strategies For Minimizing Your Exposure To Liability: An Introduction To Management Systems", Working With Regulatory Authorities To Improve Environmental Performance, The Canadian Institute
• "Environmental Protection Issues: The Greening of Corporate Canada - Director and Officer Liability", Institute for International Research

1989

• "Ratepayers' Levers and Remedies", Canadian Bar Association (Ontario), 1989 Institute of Continuing Education
• "Municipal "Crimes" and Industrial Liability", The Banff Centre School of Management
• "The Small Power Production in Remote Communities: A Shared Opportunity", Contributor, published by Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
• "Effluent Management for the 1990's", The Canadian Institute
• "Transportation, Storage and Disposal of Dangerous Materials", The Canadian Institute
• "The Legal Implications - Who's Responsible for the Soil Composition", Construct Canada '89

1988

• "Hazardous Waste", The Canadian Institute
• "Environmental Law and Small Hydro", Small Hydro, ‘88
• Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Panel Member, Ontario's Wetlands Conference
• "New Developments in the Application of Sewer Use By-laws", American Electroplaters Society
• "Status Report on Regulation of Sewer Use", Canadian Association of Metal Finishers

1987

• “Intervenor Funding", Ontario Professional Planners Institute
• "The Law and Your Trees", Grand River Conservation Authority, Municipal Tree Management Seminar
• "How to Prepare and Present Environmental Evidence to Environmental Tribunals", Guest Lecturer, Banff Centre School of Management Program
• "Environmental Law", SEEDS

1985-87

• Environmental Law, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Guest Lecturer, University of Waterloo,

For a more detailed review of Harry’s activities, please phone him at (416) 862-4300.