Canada at the WSSD Reference Group

To bring third party oversight to the preparation of Canada's National Report, a Reference Group of 20 recognized experts was established. The Reference Group acted in both an advisory and a review capacity, and helped ensure quality of process and product by bringing forward a range of independent stakeholder views. The Group convened twice, first to review and shape the design of the report, terms of reference and methodology, and again towards the end of the process to review the draft report.

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Members

David Runnalls (Reference Group Chair)
President and CEO
International Institute for Sustainable Development

Stephanie Cairns (Reference Group Secretary)

Gerry Barr
President and CEO
Canadian Council for International Cooperation

Ann Bourget
Présidente et directrice générale
Vivre en ville

Daniel Brant
Chief Executive Officer
Assembly of First Nations

Lindsay Cole
Youth Summit Team
United Nations Association in Canada

Louise Comeau
Director, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
Federation of Canadian Municipalities

John Dillon
Vice President
Business Council on National Issues

Dr. Trevor Hancock
Chair of the Board, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Joy Kennedy
Ecological Justice Consultant
KAIROS - Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Professor Gordon McBean
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Departments of Geography and Political Science University of Western Ontario and Chair , Board of Trustees Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences

Stephanie Meakin
Technical Advisor
Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Allan Morin
Metis Nation Minister of Environment
Metis National Council

Ken Ogilvie
Executive Director
Pollution Probe

Jean Perras
Maire
Municipalité de Chelsea

Merrell-Ann Phare
Executive Director/Legal Counsel
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources

Docteur Jean-Pierre Revéret
Institut des sciences de l'environnement
Université du Québec à Montréal

Sydney Ribaux
Coordonnateur général
Équiterre

Qussai Samak
La Confédération des syndicats nationaux

Dr. David Wheeler
Erivan K. Haub Professor in Business and Sustainability
Schulich School of Business, York University

Dr. Anne V. Whyte
Mestor Associates Ltd.