Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
2nd Annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
Speaker: Anna Johnston, West Coast Environmental Law
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 7:15-8:45 pm
Place: Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue
For additional information click here or contact melp@dal.ca
Dr. Meinhard Doelle, beloved colleague, friend, and environmental law scholar, May 25, 1964 to September 17, 2022.
The first annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture in honour of our former colleague was held November 28, 2023.
Professor Doelle’s contributions to Canadian and international environmental law and policy, and to education of the next generation, were extensive. His research spanned a wide range of topics, including climate change, energy law, invasive species, environmental assessment, decarbonization of shipping, and public participation in environmental decision-making. His many books included “The Next Generation of Impact Assessment: A Critical Appraisal of the Canadian Impact Assessment Act”, “Research Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss & Damage”, “Promoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Regime”, “The Federal Environmental Assessment Process, a Guide and Critique", and "From Hot Air to Action: Climate Change, Compliance and the Future of International Environmental Law”. His co-authored casebook “Environmental Law: Cases and Materials” in multiple updated editions provided a foundation to students across the country.
Professor Doelle taught many courses at the Schulich School of Law over the years, including environmental law, energy law, climate law, and contract law. He served as the Associate Dean (Research) from 2012 to 2017, and the Associate Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute from 2004 to 2012 and the Director from 2013 to 2016. He served as Associate Dean, Graduate Studies from 2021. He was also involved in interdisciplinary teaching outside the law school, most notably at the College of Sustainability, where he co-taught a course on Humanity in the Natural World.
This lecture series intends to inspire the next generation of Dalhousie students, whether in law or sustainability, to learn more about the possibilities of environmental law for contributing solutions to local, national and global sustainability challenges facing people and planet.
2nd Annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
Hybrid Event
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 7:15-8:45 pm
Place: Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue
Lecture Title: “Fostering Sustainability Takes a Village: The Collaborative, Relational, Future-Oriented Potential of Impact Assessment”
Speaker: Anna Johnston, BA, LLM, is a public interest environmental lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, where her work focuses on environmental impact assessment, cumulative effects, and constitutional, biodiversity and climate law. She is a member of the Minister’s Advisory Council on Impact Assessment, co-chairs the Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network, and has authored numerous reports, papers and book chapters on impact assessment and the constitutional division of powers. She has appeared before superior and appellate courts in BC and Alberta, as well as the SupremeCourt of Canada.
Co-sponsored by:
Marine & Environmental Law Institute
College of Sustainability
To attend virtually email sustlife@dal.ca for the Zoom link
For more information see the POSTER or contact MELAW@dal.ca
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