Who we are
Board of Directors
President: David Waltner-Toews, Professor, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph; Veterinary epidemiology, agroecosystem health, public health and zoonotic diseases.
Vice-President: Margot W. Parkes, Global Health Research Program, University of British Columbia and Managing Editor, EcoHealth. Interests span public health, human ecology, ecosystem-based, community-oriented participatory action research, multi-stakeholder processes for health and sustainability. PhD examined links between watershed management, freshwater ecosystems, and public health in New Zealand's Taieri River catchment.
Secretary-Treasurer: Martin Bunch, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University: Ecosystem approaches, adaptive management, environmental planning, international development, geographic information systems, public participation.
Dr. Cynthia Neudoerffer. Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba: PhD on community adaptation to extreme weather events in the Canadian prairies using AMESH and resilience frameworks.
Dr. Henry David Venema, Director, Sustainable Natural Resources Management, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Karen Morrison, Assistant Professor, Environment and Resources Studies Program, Trent University: Ecosystem approaches to human health, including social-ecological systems, community development and social learning.
Lars Hallström, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Governance, St. Francis Xavier University: Democratic and policy effects of the intersection of scientific knowledge and technical expertise, public participation in policy and politics, and shifts toward new models of governance concerned with environmental politics.
James Kay, a founding director and NESH Pioneer, died on May 30, 2004, at the age of 49. See more about him and his work in a special section of the NESH site.
Advisors
Advisors assist in the theoretical development of our approaches and in their practical application through projects:
T.F.H. Allen: Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Dave Cressman is the Former President of EcoLogistics, Ltd., an award-winning soil-conservationist, and a founding board member of NESH.
George Francis: Professor Emeritus, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Silvio Funtowicz: Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety - European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.
Gilberto Gallopin: Director, Systems for Sustainable Development, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden.
Mario Giampietro: Senior Researcher, Instituto Nazionale della Nutrizione, Rome, Italy; Head of program on "Models of biophysical analysis to study the sustainability of technological progress in relation to the use of natural resources".
Nina-Marie Lister: PhD. Candidate researching adaptive planning strategies for biodiversity conservation, University of Waterloo; Consultant and university lecturer in environmental planning and ecology; Toronto, Canada.
Tamsyn Murray: PhD. Candidate researching agro-ecosystem health and land use, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Ernesto Raez-Luna: Director, Tambopata Program Conservation International - Perú.
Jerry Ravetz: Consultant in ecological health and sustainable development, London, England; Co-editor of Futures journal.
Henry Regier: Professor Emeritus, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto; Elmira, Ontario, Canada.
Scott Slocombe: Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Sylvia Tognetti: Independent consultant, based in the Washington DC area, on issues pertaining to the development of payment and institutional arrangements needed to insure the continued provision of ecosystem services.
Members
NESH has over 100 members from Canada and around the world. Members receive email notification announcing upcoming events and activities, access to listing of other NESH members, and may be contacted regarding future NESH collaborations and initiatives.