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CURRICULUM VITAE Name:

Donald H. M. Alexander

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Department of Geography Vancouver Island University 900 Fifth Street Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 (250) 753-3245, ext. 2261 (w) [email protected]

TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE December 2013- ongoing Chair of the Geography Department, Vancouver Island University. Duties include developing meeting agendas, minutes, chairing meetings, handling faculty and student concerns, articulation issues. Managing workload/ timetabling, planning and liaison with other parts of the university and interested bodies off campus. September 2004 to present Professor, Department of Geography, Vancouver Island University. Have taught GEOG 100: World Regional Geography, GEOG 101: Environmental Geography; GEOG 111: Atmospheric Environments; GEOG 240: Economic Geography; GEOG 340: Urban Systems; GEOG 346: Urban and Regional Change Management; GEOG 350: Natural Resource Management; GEOG 352: Managing Natural and Social Capital; GEOG 433: The Geography of Music; GEOG 442: Urban Land Assessment; GEOG 454: Decision-Making in Resource Management; GEOG 491: Undergraduate Research Project, and GLST 490: Selected Topics in Global Studies. Will be teaching in the new Master of Community Planning program beginning Fall 2015. In addition, I have taken on a variety of administrative tasks, including serving on search committees, planning new courses and programs (including assisting in developing the Master's

2 in Planning), and taking the lead in organizing the Annual Urban Issues Film Festival and Don Stone Lecture on Urban Planning and Design. I recently sat on the Dean of Social Science’s Strategic Planning Committee, currently sit on the university-wide Educational Standards Committee, and was for a time a member of the Social Sciences Methods Committee. July 2000 to July 2004 Adjunct professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM), Simon Fraser University. Served on the committees of three graduate students at SFU and UBC whose research focused on urban watershed planning, stream protection/ habitat enhancement, and communicative action and urban sustainability. Was also the supervisor for an undergraduate thesis in geography on urban parks and open space policy. Taught three SFU geography courses: GEOG 241: Social Geography; GEOG 362: The Geography of Urban Development, and GEOG 383: Regional Development and Planning I. In Spring 2004, I taught REM 100: Global Change, a foundation course for the environmental and resource stream within Human Geography. In fall 2003, I co-taught DIAL 390, 391, 392: The Urban Experience in SFU’s Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue, and subsequently guest lectured in the next offering of the course. I was asked to co-teach the course in the fall of 2004, but turned it down in favour of accepting a fulltime job at Malaspina/ VIU. January 2002 to December 2002 Instructor, Langara College. Developed and taught APPL 1130: Planning Techniques, part of the Applied Urban and Rural Planning Diploma program. January 2000 to April 2001 Instructor, URB 601: Urban Issues and Solutions, a pilot course for SFU’s Master’s Program in Urban Studies. [Note: I was also scheduled to teach URB 630: Urban Development, Planning and Policy in Fall 2003, but the course was cancelled because of insufficient enrollment.] July 1995 to June 2000 Assistant professor (limited term), School of Resource and Environmental Management, SFU. Taught REM 100: Global Change, REM 601: Natural Resource Management I: Theory and Practice, REM 642: Regional Planning, and REM 802: Institutional Design, a PhD seminar. Cosupervised nineteen graduate students' projects. Coordinated a REM 642 class project, “Resource Management in the Pitt River Watershed: An Overview of Current Issues and Potential Planning Solutions,” which received extensive local media coverage. Member for three years of the Equity Committee of the Faculty of Applied Sciences. Chair for one year of REM’s Undergraduate Committee. Served as committee member and as external examiner for graduate students in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. Participated in an academic exchange with colleagues at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico, July to August 1999. Served on the committees for the following completed Ph.D. dissertations:

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“The Ecology, Status and Recovery Prospects of Nooksack Dace (Rhinichthys Cataractae Ssp.) and Salish Sucker (Catostomus Sp.) In Canada” “Towards Common Ground: Sustainable Development in Southeast False Creek”

Co-supervisor of the following completed Master’s projects: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

“Developing a Strategy for Building Social Capital and Successful Watershed Planning: A Case Study of the Coquitlam River Watershed” “Strengthening Evaluation Practice in Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations in the Lower Mainland” “Forests and First Nations Consultation: Analysis of the Legal Framework, Policies, and Practices in British Columbia” “Planning for Water Conservation: Greater Vancouver Regional District” “Meandering through Cities: Adapting Restoration Frameworks for Urban Streams” “Sustainable Transportation and Land Use Planning at Simon Fraser University: A Case Study of the Burnaby Mountain Campus” “Urban Social Responsibility: Opportunities for Southeast False Creek” “The Jurist and the Ecologist: Shifting Paradigms in the International Law of Fisheries Conservation and Exploitation” “Ecosystem Management: The Institutional Challenge – An Analysis of the Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program” “Ecological Infrastructure in the Brentwood Town Centre: Implications of a Design Charrette on Stormwater Management” “Relations Between Local, Regional, and First Nations Governments: The GVRD Experience” “Wildlife Compensation: A Policy Analysis” “Catalyzing Community-Based Watershed Stewardship: Coquitlam River Watershed – A Case Study” “The Synoptic and Dynamic Paradigms of City Planning: Re-Interpreting Planning Methods Through Newtonian Physics and Chaos Theory” “Area-Wide Traffic Management: A Strategy for Improving the Economic, Social and Environmental Health of Urban Centres” “Evaluation of Section 215 Covenants of the Land Title Act: A Tool for the Protection of Private Urban Riparian Zones” “A Preliminary Assessment of British Columbia’s Policy for Avoiding the Infringement of Aboriginal Rights on Crown Land.”

September 1992 to April 1995 Instructor, Coquitlam College, Vancouver. Taught Economic Geography; Human Geography; Humans and Their Environment; Geography of the Pacific Rim; Contemporary Ideologies, and Europe: 1890-1939. September 1989 to April 1991 Teaching assistant, School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Waterloo. Courses: Regional Planning, Rural Planning, and Social Planning.

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September 1987 to April 1989 Teaching assistant, Department of Canadian Studies and Department of Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University. Course: Canada: The Land.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2002 to present Have nearly completed a book manuscript, Place: Reweaving the Fabric of Human Experience, for UBC Press. Completed a book-length research report with Dr. Ray Tomalty entitled Smart Growth in Canada: Implementation of a Planning Concept, as a result of a $25,000 External Research Grant from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Also worked with Ray Tomalty and Mark Anielski on a sustainability report card on 27 municipalities for the Pembina Institute entitled The Ontario Urban Sustainability Report 2007: Measuring the Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability of Ontario’s Municipalities. I am also working on issues related to model sustainable communities, the EcoDensity campaign in Vancouver, and citizen campaigns to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine in Ontario. Completed a research project on the evolution of the Delamont neighbourhood in Kitsilano (Vancouver) and its relationship to the perceived quality of life experienced by residents. The results were presented at the International Association for People-Environment Studies-Culture and Space in the Built Environment Network: Social Change and Spatial Transformation in Housing Environments session in Istanbul, Turkey (a session of the 2005 International Union of Architects’ World Congress). Supervised the production of a report on the needs of municipalities vis-à-vis implementation of sustainability best practices for the New City Institute, “Sustainability Action: Local Market Needs and Business Opportunities.” Project manager and lead author, International Centre for Sustainable Cities, in developing a research paper on The Capable City for the 2006 World Urban Forum. Project manager and lead author for the BC Sprawl Report 2004 that focused on the links between smart growth, livability, and economic vitality. Co-authored an analysis of the smart growth movement in Canada for Smart Growth BC, in preparation for the creation of a nation-wide smart growth network. Researched and designed an on-line guidebook for a False Creek Heritage Trail using funds provided by the BC Heritage Trust.

5 1999 to 2001 Project manager of a consultant team and lead author of a report for Smart Growth BC, The BC Sprawl Report 2001. Wrote a case study report on the integration of environmental considerations into land use planning in Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, for the Assessment and Planning Project, a collection of BC and Ontario case studies produced under the direction of Dr. Robert Gibson at the University of Waterloo and funded by SSHRC. Developed a proposal for the accreditation of a stream of courses in SFU’s School of Resource and Environmental Management as a planning degree. 1997 to 1998 Coordinated the design and execution of a survey of environmental and resource management employers to determine the potential employability of graduates of a proposed Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Management program at SFU. Analyzed the resulting data along with other materials in a report submitted to the School of Resource and Environmental Management. Was part of a consultant team (Peck and Associates) for a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation report titled On the Ground: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Real Estate Development in Canada. Was awarded a grant from SFU’s Institute for the Humanities to evaluate the development of design guidelines for heritage zoning in Vancouver’s South Shaughnessy neighbourhood. The resulting monograph, “Learning from Shaughnessy: The Role of Design Guidelines in Adjudicating Community Conflicts,” published by the New City Institute. 1995 to 1996 Was awarded a VanCity Credit Union Community Partnership Grant to produce case study reports on heritage and housing issues in Victory Square, on the proposed redevelopment of Southeast False Creek, and on transportation management for Vancouver's downtown core. The three reports were distributed to community groups and city councillors and have been used in courses in SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management. 1993 to 1994 Produced a short report for future Vancouver mayor, Sam Sullivan, on the utility of different sustainable city concepts. Researcher-writer on contract with the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (ICURR). Prepared a report, Ecosystem Planning for Canadian Urban Regions, with Robert Gibson, Ray Tomalty, and John Fisher.

6 Researcher-writer on contract with the Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg. Prepared a monograph with Ray Tomalty on policies for sustainable urban development. 1992 Consultant, VanCity Savings Credit Union. Researched and wrote a report evaluating VanCity's environmental leadership role and internal staff education programs and offering recommendations for further action. 1987 to 1991 Submitted a report for the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review on the impact of a possible largescale nuclear facility accident on the communities in the vicinity of the Darlington and Pickering power plants. Conducted research for a group concerned with the impact of landfills in the Bowmanville area of Ontario.

OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE January 2002 to present Organized a workshop on March 20th, 2013 on community mapping for the VIU community and residents of Nanaimo, entitled ‘Taking Back the Representation of Our Communities,” which featured Ken Josephson and Maeve Lydon of the University of Victoria Mapping Collaboratory. Former co-chair of the Smart Growth Canada Network; past President of Local Solutions, and Research Director for the New City Institute. Currently board member of the Save Linley Valley West Society, and long-time member of the Education Committee of the Planning Institute of B.C. Initiator and co-organizer of the annual Urban Issues Film Festivals and Don Stone Annual Lectures on Urban Planning and Design to help commemorate International Town Planning Day, and of two lectures/ film presentations for global studies. Judge for the “All Aboard the Arbutus Corridor” Design Contest for a disused rail corridor, Vancouver – organized by the Society for Promoting Environmental Conservation. Award ceremony held March 18th, 2005. Presented on the topic of “Searching for the Green in Greenfield Development” at the Urban Research Dialogue, A Conversation Among Planners and Urban Design Schools: From Theory to Practice symposium sponsored by CMHC, 15 October 2004. Served as coordinator for the Smart Growth Canada Network and was responsible for organizing its second national conference in Ottawa, 4 February 2004. Member of the Advisory Committee for “Public Deliberation in an Adversarial World: A Forum with John Forester,” Morris J. Wosk Centre, Vancouver, 27 November 2003. Participated in the land use team of the Cities Plus process, in which the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Sheltair Group, and others formulated a hundred-year sustainable regional

7 land use plan for Metro Vancouver, as Canada’s entry in an international competition for best long-range plan for a metropolitan region. Contributed to associated design charrette. Co-authored a livability study for The Hudson residential redevelopment project in downtown Vancouver. Facilitated the Tri-Cities Community Solutions Forum, Coquitlam, which involved over one hundred participants in addressing social sustainability and community development issues. September 2001 to June 2002 Guest editor of issue of Alternatives Journal, “Saving Place” (28.3). May 2000 to March 2002 President (May 2000 to May 2001) of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC), a member organization of the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada. Coconvenor of the first BC regional conference of ESAC, “Ecological Theory, Politics, and Action,” 15-17 March 2002, Vancouver. June 1998 Participant in a workshop group that designed a course on community planning for the province-wide Aboriginal Land Stewardship Program organized by the Native Education Centre, Vancouver. April 1997 to present Member of the Planning Institute of British Columbia's Education Committee. The committee helped initiate the 2004 BC Land Summit and was involved in the accreditation of a new planning program at Simon Fraser University. March 1996 to December 1997 Participant in a limited Delphi survey conducted by Nick Novakowski, University of Ottawa, on the defining characteristics of the ecosystem approach to urban and regional planning. Organizer of and presenter in a lecture/seminar series, “The Legacy of Lewis Mumford,” sponsored by SFU’s City Program. Other presenters were scholars and planners Doug Aberley, Chris DeMarco, Peter Oberlander, and Moura Quayle. July 1994 to July 1995 Consultant, VanCity Savings Credit Union. Responsible for policy development and for the administration of the VanCity EnviroFund.

8 1994 Invited participant in regional input session for the development of SustainABILITY, a national communications strategy co-sponsored by the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy and ParticipACTION, Vancouver, BC. March 1993 to March 1994 Guest editor, Alternatives Journal, special issue (20.2) on citizen activism. July 1993 to present Contributing editor, Alternatives Journal, New Urban Agenda, and New City. Co-editor of the Sustainable Communities/Social Change section of New City. Co-founder and coeditor of New City, a Vancouver-based on-line resource site on sustainability, planning, and citizen participation . January 1991 to present Referee of submissions to Alternatives Journal, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Environment and Planning A, Environments, Local Environment, New Urban Agenda, the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, University of British Columbia Press, Between the Lines Press, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and others.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (past and present) Canadian Association of Geographers Canadian Institute of Planners/ Planning Institute of British Columbia Environmental Studies Association of Canada Environmental Design Research Association American Society for Literature and the Environment American Society for Environmental History

REFERENCES Dr. Robert Gibson, Associate Professor Faculty of Environmental Studies University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Tel: (519) 885-1211, ext. 3407 Fax: (519) 745-7468 Email: [email protected] Dr. Don Stone, professor emeritus (Department of Geography, VIU)

9 #405-1255 Broughton Street Vancouver, BC V6G 2B4 Tel: (778) 385-1943 Email: [email protected] Dr. Peter Williams, Professor and former Director School of Resource & Environmental Management Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Tel: (604) 291-3103 Fax: 291-4968 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION September 1989 to May 1994 PhD, School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Waterloo. Dissertation: “Planning as Learning: The Education of Citizen Activists,” on citizen group learning in a land use planning context and the role of such groups as incubators of environmental citizenship. September 1987 to August 1989 MA, Frost Center for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies, Trent University. Thesis: “Eldorado: Local Citizen Activism and the Nuclear Establishment.” Was in the program’s environment and heritage concentration, which focuses on environmental impact assessment, northern development, parks and wilderness, land use, and environmental policy. July 1972 to April 1979 BA, University of Michigan. Majored in history and politics. Graduated with distinction.

Additional Courses September 2000 to September 2001 Courses in the Urban Design Certificate Program, City Program, SFU: Creating Urban Public Spaces and Designing Integrated Neighbourhoods. Honours and Awards September 1990 to August 1993 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship ($14,000 per annum)

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January 1991 to April 1991 Robert Starbird Dorney Award (for environmental planning), School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Waterloo ($1000). School of Urban and Regional internal scholarship ($500) September 1989 to April 1990 School of Urban and Regional Planning internal scholarship ($1500) September 1988 to August 1990 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($8000 per annum) 1988 Peterborough Committee on Sustainable Development award for work promoting sustainable development Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development award for best Master's essay

PUBLICATIONS Refereed Publications Alexander, Don and Bernie Jones (in press). “Rural Sustainability and the ‘Lenses’ of Place.” In an as yet untitled volume on rural sustainability to be published by University of Alberta Press. Alexander, Don and Pamela Shaw, “Say Goodbye to Small Retail: Should We Care?” Plan Canada (Summer 2012). Alexander, Don. 2008. “Physical Determinism, Modernism and Mental Health.” Environments Journal 35(3): 81-86. Alexander, Don and Shawn Natrasony. 2007. “The Rise of Modernism and the Decline of Place: The Case of Surrey City Centre, Canada.” Environmental Design Research Association [annual conference proceedings] 38, Building Sustainable Communities, Sacramento, California, May 30-June 3. 96-100. Alexander, Don, Ray Tomalty, and Mark Anielski. 2005. “The Challenges of Implementing a Smart Growth Agenda: The BC Sprawl Report 2004.” Plan Canada 45.2: 23-26. Natrasony, Shawn and Don Alexander. 2005. “The Rise of Modernism and the Decline of Place: The Case of Surrey City Centre, Canada.” Planning Perspectives 20: 413-433.

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Alexander, Don, and Ray Tomalty. 2002. “Smart Growth and Sustainable Development: Challenges, Solutions and Policy Directions.” Local Environment 7.4. 397-409. Alexander, Don. 2002. “The Resurgence of Place.” Alternatives Journal 28.3. 16-20. ---. 2001. “From Brown to Green? Planning for Sustainability in the Redevelopment of Southeast False Creek” University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environmental Studies, web site on environmental planning case studies in Canada. Roppel, Sue, and Don Alexander. 2000. “A Strategy for Effective Ecological Development (SEED): A Model Sustainable Planning Process.” Teaching in Architecture. Proceedings of conference, 9-12 July, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. Alexander, Don. 2000. “The Best So Far: Vancouver’s Remarkable Approach to the Southeast False Creek Redevelopment.” Alternatives Journal 26.2. 10-15. ---. 1999. “Planning as Learning: The Education of Citizen Activists.” Environments 27.9. 7986. Alexander, Don, and Hilda McKenzie. 1999. “Trail-blazing in False Creek: Building a Heritage Pathway is One Way to Link Community, History and Ecology.” Alternatives Journal 25.2. 22-27. Davidson, Gavin, Mark Roseland, and Don Alexander. 1998. “Area-Wide Traffic Management: An Innovative Strategy for Urban Centres.” World Transport Policy and Practice 4.4. 33-7. Gibson, Robert, Ray Tomalty, and Don Alexander. 1995. “An Ecosystem Approach to Planning for Urban-Centred Regions.” Colloqui: Cornell Journal of Planning and Urban Issues Spring. Gibson, Robert, Ray Tomalty, Don Alexander, and John Fisher. 1994. Ecosystem Planning for Canadian Urban Regions. Toronto: Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research. Alexander, Don, and Ray Tomalty. 1994. Urban Policy for Sustainable Development: Taking A WideAngle View. Issues in Urban Sustainability Series. Winnipeg: Institute of Urban Studies. Alexander, Don, and Sharilyn Calliou. 1991. “Planner as Educator: A Vision of a New Practitioner.” Plan Canada 31.6. 24-8. Alexander, Don, and Judith Harris. 1991. “Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: The Communitarian Alternative.” Environments 21.2. 29-37. Alexander, Don. 1990. “Bioregionalism: Science or Sensibility?” Environmental Ethics 12.2. 161-73.

12 Research Reports and Monographs Jack, Pamela and Don Alexander. 2015. Is Vancouver Island University a Leader in Sustainability? A Comparative Analysis of Vancouver Island University, Royal Roads University, and the University of Northern British Columbia [published on-line at web.viu.ca/alexander2] Brown, Ryan, Don Alexander, Tyler King, and Linda Bracken. The Dirty Dozen: A Sampling of the Corporations Supported by Our Pension Dollars, for the Vancouver Island University Faculty Association Committee on Socially Responsible Investments, Spring 2012. Tomalty, Ray, Don Alexander, and Mark Anielski. 2007. The Ontario Urban Sustainability Report 2007: Measuring the Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability of Ontario’s Municipalities. Toronto: Pembina Institute. Tomalty, Ray and Don Alexander. 2005/ 2006. Smart Growth in Canada: Implementation of a Planning Concept. Ottawa: CMHC. Alexander, Don and Brendan Hurley. 2005. Delamont: Portrait of a Neighbourhood, Its Evolution, and the Relationship Between Urban Form and Quality of Life. Vancouver: New City Institute. Alexander, Don, Ray Tomalty, and Mark Anielski. 2004. BC Sprawl Report 2004. Vancouver: Smart Growth BC. Alexander, Don, Nola-Kate Seymoar, Dominica Babicki, and Jennifer Ferguson. 2004. The Capable City [one of a series of discussion papers (“Turning Ideas into Action”) produced for the World Urban Forum 2006 by the Vancouver Working Group. Vancouver: International Centre for Sustainable Cities. Alexander, Don, Ray Tomalty, and Mark Anielski. 2001. BC Sprawl Report 2001. Vancouver: Smart Growth BC. Alexander, Don. 1999. Learning from Shaughnessy: The Role of Design Guidelines in Adjudicating Community Conflicts. Vancouver, BC: New City Institute.

Chapters in Books Alexander, Don and Bernie Jones. “Rural Sustainability and the 'Lenses' of Place.” [to be published in a forthcoming anthology resulted from papers presented at a conference on rural sustainability at the University of Alberta, Augustana in late October 2010]. Alexander, Don. 2004. “KIO: The First Eight Years” and “Sustaining Development or Developing Sustainability?” Anthology on the Canadian alternative press. Ed. Allan Antliffe. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.

13 Fisher, John, and Don Alexander. 1997. “Changing Landscapes.” Oak Ridges Moraine. Ed. Save The Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) Coalition. Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press. Gibson, Robert, Don Alexander, and Ray Tomalty. 1997. “Putting Cities in Their Place: Ecosystem-Based Planning for Canadian Urban Regions.” Ecocity Dimensions: Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet. Ed. Mark Roseland. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. Alexander, Don. 1994. “Planning as Learning: The Education of Citizen Activists.” Theory/ Practice. Proceedings of 13th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, Vancouver, BC, 12-14 May. ---. 1994. “Bioregionalism: The Need for a Firmer Theoretical Foundation” Green on Red: Evolving Socialist Ecology. Ed. Jesse Vorst, Ross Dobson, and Ron Fletcher. Winnipeg, MB: Society for Socialist Studies/Fernwood Books. Alexander, Don, and Judith Harris. 1994. “Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: The Communitarian Alternative.” Green on Red: Evolving Socialist Ecology. Ed. Jesse Vorst, Ross Dobson, and Ron Fletcher. Winnipeg, MB: Society for Socialist Studies/Fernwood Books. Alexander, Don. 1993. “STORM: Evolution of a Stewardship Group.” Environmental Stewardship: Studies in Active Earthkeeping. Ed. Sally Lerner. Waterloo: Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. ---. 1992. “Bioregionalism: Tool for Sustainability.” Tools For Sustainability: Explorations and Prospects. Ed. D. Scott Slocombe. Waterloo: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning/Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University. ---. 1991. “From Roadblocks to Building Blocks: Developing a Theory for Putting Power in Its Place.” Putting Power in Its Place: Create Community Control! Ed. Judith Plant and Christopher Plant. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. ---. 1991. “Bioregion.” Spirit of the Wolf: The Environment and Canada's Future – Volume 1. Ed. Jo Davis. Waterloo, ON: Turnaround Decade Group. ---. 1991. “The ABC Resource Survey Method and the Oak Ridges Moraine.” Greenways and Green Space on the Oak Ridges Moraine: Towards Co-operative Planning. Ed. John Fisher, Frederick M. Helleiner, and Klaus Wehrenberg. Peterborough, ON: Department of Geography and Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies, Trent University.

Other Publications Alexander, Don. “Natural Gardener’s Demise a Troubling Sign.” Vancouver Courier, 24 April 2015. Alexander, Don and Pam Shaw. “Say Goodbye to Small Retail: Should We Care?” The Bird’s Eye, 15 & 22 April 2015.

14 Alexander, Don. “Herb Barbolet and the New City Market: Pushing the Envelope on Food.” Planning West (Winter 2013). Alexander, Don. “Urban Amnesia: The Fate of Habitat ’76.” Plan Canada (Winter 2011). Alexander, Don. “Habitat’76: Thirty-five Years On.” Planning West (Fall 2011). Alexander, Don. 2007. “South Wellington Community Process: An Experiment in Service Learning.” Planning West 50 (1). ---. 2007. “First Annual Film Festival A Rousing Success.” Planning West 50 (1). ---. 2006. “Smart Growth Canada Network Develops Innovative Online Courses of Municipalities.” Municipal World (November). Alexander, Don and Brendan Hurley. 2004. “Heritage Trail Brings Local History to Light.” Heritage Vancouver Newsletter (April). Alexander, Don. 2003. “Urban Heritage Trail an Innovative Way to Highlight Local History.” PIBC News 45.5. Alexander, Don, et al. 2003. The False Creek Urban Heritage Trail Guidebook . Alexander, Don and Ray Tomalty. 2003. “Fostering an Environment for Sustainability.” Co-Gen 1 (July). Alexander, Don. 2002. “Our Place in the World.” Editorial. Alternatives Journal 28.3. ---. 2001. “Having a Career or Having a Life.” ESAC president’s column. Rhizome (newsletter of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada) 10.2. ---. 2001. “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going.” ESAC president’s column, Rhizome (newsletter of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada) 10.1. ---. 1999. “Preserving the Heritage of False Creek.” Heritage Vancouver Newsletter April. ---. 1999. “On Murray Bookchin’s Philosophy of Social Ecology.” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 9.1. ---. 1998. “Canron: Anatomy of a Decision.” PIBC News 40.1. Alexander, Don, Holger Sandmann, and Patrick Yarnell. 1997. "What Can We Expect from the Development of Burnaby Mountain?" Simon Fraser News 18 July. Alexander, Don. 1997. “Eco-City Activists Vie for Turn-Around on Southeast False Creek.” New Urban Agenda 1.1.

15 ---. 1997. “Southeast False Creek at the Crossroads.” PIBC News 39.2. Cholette, Kathryn, and Don Alexander. 1996. “Centralism, Decentralism and Bioregionalism.” New City 17. Special issue on regionalism. Alexander, Don. 1996. “The Visionary Regional Planning Tradition and the Greater Vancouver Region.” New City 17. Special issue on regionalism. ---. 1996. “Reflections on the New Citizenship.” New City 17.1. ---. 1995. “Learning the Lessons of Social Change: Making the Transition to Sustainability.” New City 16.3-4. ---. 1995. “Learning the Lessons of CORE.” New City 16.2. ---. 1995. “Fellow Environmentalists: Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree?” New City 16.1. Alexander, Don, and Kathryn Cholette. 1994. “Vancouver Green City Conference Makes Its Debut.” City Magazine 15.4. Alexander, Don. 1994. “The Challenge of Self-Reliance.” The New Catalyst Spring. ---. 1994. “Citizen Activism and the Quest for Sustainability.” Editorial. Alternatives Journal 20.2. ---. 1994. “A First Nation Elder's Perspective on the Environment: An Interview with Lavinna White.” Alternatives Journal 20.2. ---. 1994. “Participatory Democracy: From Theory to Practice.” Canadian Association for Community Education (CACE) Newsletter Spring. Fisher, John R., and Don Alexander. 1993. “The Symbolic Landscape of the Oak Ridges Moraine: Its Influence on Conservation in Ontario.” Environments 22.1. Alexander, Don. 1992. “The Visionary Tradition in Regional Planning.” Planning Action November. ---. 1992. “What is Sustainable Community Development?” Planning Action August. ---. 1990. “Is There a Green Future in Progressive Politics? An Interview with Robert Paehlke.” Alternatives Journal 17.2. and many more in the 1980s....

Book Reviews The Environmental Advantages of Cities: Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism by William B. Meyer.

16 The Canadian Geographer [forthcoming]. Common Ground in a Liquid City: Essays in Defense of an Urban Future by Matt Hern. Planning West, 54, no. 2 (2012). Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design Strategies for the Post-Carbon World by Patrick M. Condon. Plan Canada, 53, no. 4 (2011), 56. Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change, Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer. Alternatives Journal, 36, no. 3 (2010). Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change, Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer and Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and Practices by Peter Newman and Isabella Jennings. Planning West, 51, no. 4 (2009). The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World, Eric Weiner. Planning West, 51, no. 2 (2009). Small Change: The Art of Practice and the Limits of Planning in Cities, Nabeel Hamdi. Environments Journal, 33, no. 3 (2006/2007). Mao: The Untold Story, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday. Canadian Journal of Political Science 39, no. 4 (2006). The Vancouver Achievement, John Punter. Canadian Journal of Regional Science Spring (2005). The Nature of Cities: Ecocriticism and Urban Environments, Michael Bennett and David W. Teague. Environments 31, no. 2 (2003). Fatal Consumption: Rethinking Sustainable Development, Robert F. Woollard and Aleck S. Ostry, eds. Alternatives Journal 28.3 (2002). The Social Sustainability of Cities, Mario Polese and Richard Stren, eds. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 11.2 (2002). Designing Utopia: John Ruskin’s Urban Vision for Britain and America, Michael H. Lang. Rhizome 10.1 (2001). Anarchism and Ecology, Graham Purchase. Alternatives Journal 24.1 (1998). The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays in Dialectical Naturalism, Murray Bookchin. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 6.1 (1997). Local Places in The Age of the Global City, ed. Roger Keil et al. New City 17.3 (1997). Lewis Mumford and the Ecological Region: The Politics of Planning, Mark Luccarelli. Plan Canada 37.1 (1997).

17 Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 5.2 (1996). Development, Environment and Global Dysfunction, Yosef Gotlieb. Environments 24.2 (1996). The Fall of the Greens: The Decline of Environmental Politics in the West, Anna Bramwell. New City 17.2 (1996). Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward an Ecocentric Approach, Robyn Eckersley. New City 16.3-4 (1995). Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment, ed. Doug Aberley. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 3.2 (1994). Putting Power in Its Place: Create Community Control!, ed. Judith and Christopher Plant. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 2.1 (1993). Planning for Sustainability: Towards Integrating Environmental Protection into Land Use Planning, Ronald Doering et al. Alternatives Journal 19.2 (1993). For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, Herman E. Daly and John B. Cobb. CASE Study, April 1992. Waterfront: Second Interim Report of the Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront. Alternatives Journal 17.2 (1991). Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics, Robert C. Paehlke. Canadian Dimension, January/February 1990.

Papers Presented and Workshops Given Presented three papers at the Canadian Association of Geographers conference, Vancouver, June 1-5, 2015: “Mount Pleasant: A Perfect Storm”; “Community Gardens: Contested Ground,” and “Governing Sustainable Urban Communities.” Helped co-facilitate a workshop on infrastructure for artists and the community at the Collingwood Neighbourhood House organized by Paula Carr, 26 April, 2015. “Seniors and the Built Environment: The ‘Silver Tsunami’,” Philosopher’s Corner: Healthy Aging: How Can Public Policy Help? 25 November, 2014, Nanaimo, BC. (with Christine Krumrey) “Governing Sustainable Communities: The British Columbia Experience,” Ecocity World Summit, Nantes, France, 27 September 2013. (with Pam Shaw, Justin McGrail, and Lise Garden) “Say Goodbye to Small Retail: Should We Care?,” Planning Institute of BC conference (“The Planning Tapestry: Weaving Our Way Together”), 2 June 2011.

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(with Christine Krumrey) “Comparing Sustainable Communities: Southeast False Creek and Dockside Green,” Western Division- Canadian Association of Geographers Conference (“Habitat for Diversity”), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 11 March 2011. (with Bernie Jones), “Rural Sustainability and the 'Lenses' of Place,” Taking the Next Steps (conference on rural sustainability at the University of Alberta, Augustana), Camrose, AB, 22 October 2010]. (chair/ facilitator). “Government As Developer: What is the Role of Governments & Public Agencies in Shaping Land Development in BC?,” 2nd B.C. Land Summit, Whistler, 22 May 2009. “Knowledge Convergence and the Emergence of Place: A Case Study of the Oak Ridges Moraine,” One Finite Earth [annual conference of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers], Nanaimo, 7 March 2009. (with Gloria Venczel), “Visual Tools for Planning for Sustainability: An On-line Smart Growth Primer,” Healthy, Caring, Inclusive & Green [annual conference of the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Manitoba Professional Planners Institute], Winnipeg, 15 July 2008. “Place: Reweaving the Fabric of Human Experience,” Healthy, Caring, Inclusive & Green [annual conference of the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Manitoba Professional Planners Institute], Winnipeg, 14 July 2008. (with Ryan Brown), "EcoDensity - Is It the Real Thing?", annual conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Vancouver, 5 June 2008. (with Steven Bell), “Walkability on the Ground: Trimming the Fat in Hogtown” [mobile workshop], Walk 21: Toronto 2007, 1-4 October. (with Ray Tomalty), “Progress in Implementing Smart Growth,” panel session for the World Planners' Congress, 17-20 June 2006. (with Gloria Venczel and Debra Bodner), “Urban and Community Design: More Than Just Aesthetics,” Union of BC Municipalities annual conference, Vancouver, 29 September 2005. “Delamont: Portrait of a Neighbourhood, Its Evolution, and the Relationship Between Urban Form and Quality of Life,” International Association for People-Environment StudiesCulture and Space in the Built Environment Network: Social Change and Spatial Transformation in Housing Environments (part of the International Union of Architects World Congress), 5 July 2005. (with Brendan Hurley and Ann Sartre), charrette on neighbourhood urban design, Delamont (Kitsilano), Environmental Design Research Association, Vancouver, 27 April to 1 May 2005.

19 (with Ray Tomalty), “The Challenges in Implementing a Smart Growth Agenda,” Planning Institute of BC annual conference, Victoria,19 to 23 April 2005. (with Rosemary Cooper, Pauline Gomez, and Gloria Venczel), “Exploring the Links Between Urban/ Community Design and Sustainability” (mobile workshop), BC Land Summit, 12-14 May 2004, Vancouver. (with Ray Tomalty and Mark Anielski), “Designing Cities for Livability and Economic Vitality: The BC Sprawl Report 2004,” BC Land Summit, 12-14 May 2004, Vancouver. “The False Creek Heritage Trail: An Experiment In Urban Place-Making,”Association for the Study of Environmental History, 31 March-April 5 2004, Victoria, BC. (with Ray Tomalty) “Fostering an Environment for Sustainability,” BC Studies conference, 1-3 May 2003, Vancouver. “From ‘Brown’ to ‘Green’: The Case of Southeast False Creek,” Brownfields as Opportunities for Sustainable Development conference, 30 January-1 February 2003, Venice, Italy. “Granville Island (Vancouver) as an Example of Post-Modern Planning,” Independent Scholars conference, 4-6 October 2002, Vancouver. “Knowledge Convergence and the Emergence of Place: A Case Study of the Oak Ridges Moraine” (paper in panel co-chaired with Dr. Gerda Wekerle, “Citizens and Planners, and Expert and Experiential Knowledge: The Dialectic of the Oak Ridges Moraine”), Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, 28-30 May 2002, Toronto, ON. “‘Think Globally, Act Locally’ – Cities Providing Solutions for Global Problems,” presentation at BC Gas Energy Matters workshop, Prince George, 27 February 2002, Prince George, BC. “Smart Growth Scan” presentation at GVRD conference, Green Buildings and Sustainable Communities, 3 October 2001, Burnaby, BC. “BC Sprawl Report 2001,” Urban and Rural Villages Workshop in Support of the Growth Management Plan Review, Regional District of Nanaimo, 22 September 2001, Nanaimo, BC. “Reinscribing the Landscape: Urban Heritage Trails as a Post-Colonial Project,” Association for the Study of Literature and Environment conference, 19-23 June 2001, Flagstaff, AZ “A Model for Looking at 'Wicked Problems' of Urban Sustainability,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, 26-28 May 2001, Quebec, PQ. (with Tim Michel) “Understanding Culture and Community through Our Local Landscapes” (workshop), Breaking Ground: Tales of an Urban Landscape, conference organized by the Evergreen Foundation, 13-14 October 2000, Vancouver, BC.

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“The Contemporary ‘Crisis of Place,’” Transcending Boundaries: Natural Resource Management from Summit to Sea , 8th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, 17-22 June 2000, Bellingham, WA. (with Margot Daykin) “Non-Institutional Reforms for Strengthening the Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP),” Transcending Boundaries: Natural Resource Management from Summit to Sea (8th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management), 17-22 June 2000, Bellingham, WA. (with Nicholas Heap) “From ‘Predict and Control’ to ‘Adapt and Evolve’: Granville Island as an Example of Dynamic Planning,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, 28 May 2000, Edmonton, AB. (with Sue Roppel) “A Strategy for Effective Ecological Development: A Sustainable Paradigm (SEED),” Environmental Design Research Association conference, 12 May 2000, San Francisco, CA. “Sense of Place: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in False Creek,” Environment and Community conference, 11 February 2000, Reno, NV. (with Kathryn Cholette, Peter Burch, Sean McEwen, and Craig Vance) “Urban Land Economics for Beginners,” Community Development Institute, 2 August 1999, Chilliwack, BC. “The Struggle for Sustainable Communities as a Microcosm of Social Change: The Case of South East False Creek, Vancouver,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, 10 June 1999, Sherbrooke, PQ. “On the Ground: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Real Estate Development in Canada,” Canadian Institute of Planners conference, 8 June 1999, Montreal, PQ. “Reconnecting With Urban Nature: A Vision for a False Creek Heritage Trail,” Association for the Study of Literature and Environment conference, 3 June 1999, Kalamazoo, MI. “What’s Sustainable: A Consideration of Urban Density” and “The False Creek Heritage Trail as a Tool for Environmental Education,” Earth Day events at Library Square and the Roundhouse Community Centre, 24 April 1999, Vancouver, BC. “Proposal for a False Creek Heritage Trail,” meeting of Heritage Vancouver, 18 November 1998, Vancouver, BC. “The Ecological Footprint, Land Use, Community Issues and Community Action: Exploring the Barriers to Sustainability,” Community Development Institute, 31 July 1998, Vancouver, BC. “Urban Heritage Commons” mobile workshop, Crossing Boundaries, 7th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, 12 June 1998, Vancouver, BC.

21 (with Hilda McKenzie) “Cultural Change toward Urban Sustainability: The Potential of Vancouver's False Creek Heritage Trail,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, 3 June 1998, Ottawa, ON. “Heritage Parks and Urban Trails: A Synthetic Approach to the Revitalization of Historic Urban Centres, As Illustrated by False Creek, Vancouver, Canada,” Shelter and Revitalization of Old and Historic Urban Centres, Havana, 31 March 1998. (with Eva Riccius and Denise Taschereau) “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Southeast False Creek Case,” Sustainable Urban Living Series, Langara College Continuing Studies, 23 September 1997 and 27 January 1998, Vancouver, BC. (with Sharilyn Calliou) “Using Texts in the Classroom: Breaking the Colonial Agenda,” Decolonizing the Classroom session, 1st International Conference in Critical Geography, 12 August 1997, Vancouver, BC. (with Bruce MacDonald and Charlie Christofferson) organizer/ presenter of False Creek field trip, 1st International Conference in Critical Geography, 12 August 1997, Vancouver, BC. (with Denise Taschereau and Catherine Beavis) “Sustainable Urban Development: From Theory to Practice” (workshop), Local Leadership for Sustainable Communities, Community Development Institute, Sechelt, BC, July 1997. “The Polis and the Ecosystem: Toward a Synthesis of Ecological and Political Citizenship,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada, Memorial University, 7 June 1997, St. John's, NF. (with Jennie Moore) “Greening Our Cities: Strategizing for Change” (workshop), Local Leadership for Sustainable Communities, Community Development Institute, Nelson, BC, July 1996. “The ‘Polis’ and the ‘Ecosystem’: Toward an Integrated Theory of Citizenship,” Urban Research conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, 23 May 1996. “Divining Boundaries: Toward a Nuanced Bioregional Methodology,” Boundaries, Centre of Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 3 May 1996. “From Technics and Civilization to The Pentagon of Power: Mumford's Analysis of Technology” (part of a series of four lectures, The Legacy of Lewis Mumford), SFU City Program, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC, 28 March 1996 . “Putting Ethics into Planning and Land Use Policies: From Theory to Practice” (part of the Dermot Murphy Lecture Series on Applied Ethics, sponsored by the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia), Vancouver, BC, 25 October 1995. (with Mark Roseland) “Introduction to Urban Ecology,” “Tools and Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development,” and “Learning the Lessons of Social Change: The Transition to Sustainability” (workshops), Local Leadership for Sustainable Communities, Community Development Institute, Salmon Arm, BC, August 1995.

22 “What's Stopping Sustainability?” forum organized by the EcoCity Network, Vancouver, BC, 6 March 1995. “Sustainable Urban Development: Integrating Carrying Capacity with Throughput,” Urban Research conference, Calgary, AB, 16 June 1994. “Planning as Learning: The Education of Citizen Activists,” 13th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, Vancouver, BC, 12-14 May 1994. “Economics from an Ecosystem Perspective: From Theory to Practice,” Our Local Economy conference, Toronto, ON, 12 May 1993. “Planning as Learning: Citizens' Groups and the Land-Use Planning Process,” Forum for Planning Action, Vancouver, BC, 8 July 1992. “The Contribution of Citizens' Groups to Sustainability,” Ontario Environment Network Land Use Caucus Conference, Common Ground: Environmental Action for Land-Use in Ontario, Bolton, ON, 15 March 1992. “Bioregionalism: Science or Sensibility?” Canadian Association of Geographers conference, Kingston, ON, 5 June 1991. “Bioregions, Watersheds, and Land Trusts,” West Coast Land Trust conference, Richmond, BC, 13 April 1991. “The ABC Resource Survey Method and the Oak Ridges Moraine,” Greenways and Greenspace on the Oak Ridges Moraine, Peterborough, ON, 22 February 1991. workshop presenter for the Free University (Toronto) and Grindstone Island Conference Centre (Eastern Ontario). Chairperson and/or discussant of conference sessions including “Urban Issues” Panel, British Columbia Political Studies Association Annual Meeting, 1 May 2004, Richmond, BC;“Citizens and Planners, and Expert and Experiential Knowledge: The Dialectic of the Oak Ridges Moraine,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada conference, 28-30 May 2002, Toronto, ON; “Community Sustainability Across the Ages,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada, 28 June 2000, Edmonton, AB; “Environmental and Anti-Environmental Organ-izations,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada, 10 June 1999, Sherbrooke, PQ; and “Communities Adjacent to Protected Areas,” International Association for the Study of Common Property, 12 June 1998, Vancouver, BC.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT July 2004 to present Co-organizer of VIU/ Malaspina University-College's first Sustainability Fair; co-organizer of the Urban Issues Film Festival; board member of Save Linley Valley West Society.

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January 1996 to present Founder and director of the New City Institute (www.newcity.ca), which is dedicated to research and education on urban sustainability, citizen participation, and urban place-making. The institute is working to increase public awareness of the sustainability implications of urban form and housing choices. April 2002 to 2008 Founding member and co-chair of the Smart Growth Canada Network. Wrote “Vibrant, Complete Communities” on-line smart growth module and assisted with others. Founding member of Association for Better Communities, an organization devoted to raising public awareness concerning urban design and sustainability issues. Participant in the planning of an ecovillage in Yarrow, BC. April 1999 to July 2000 Member of advisory committee formed by the University of Victoria’s Eco-Research Chair and West Coast Environmental Law on the creation of a smart growth non-government organization to promote greater sustainability in land use and development in BC, which resulted in the creation of Smart Growth BC. July 1995 to June 2000 Resource person for SFU’s external speakers’ bureau. Presented three public lectures on urban planning topics. March 1994 to August 1999 Founding member and co-chair of the steering committee of the Community Development Institute, Local Leadership for Sustainable Communities Summer Program. Served on the institute’s program committee, with responsibility for developing the environmental stewardship stream. Co-instructor and co-facilitator for the following workshops: Introduction to Urban Ecology; Tools and Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development; Learning the Lessons of Social Change; Greening Our Cities: Strategizing for Change; Sustainable Urban Development: From Theory to Practice; Urban Land Economics for Beginners; and The Ecological Footprint, Land Use, and Community Action. Was involved in the development of the Eco-City Network, and in founding the Southeast False Creek Working Group. September 1998 Organizer and facilitator of forum, “Philosophies for Planning: The Case of Affordable Housing,” SFU’s City Program, Vancouver.

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January 1996 to December 1997 Member of board of directors of the Society Promoting Environmental Protection (SPEC). Member of the Southeast False Creek Working Group, which has advocated that Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, be redeveloped as a sustainable community. July 1993 to May 1994 Member of the steering committee of the conference Greening Our Cities: Sustainable Urban Communities in the Vancouver Region, sponsored by VanCity Savings Credit Union and the Social Planning and Research Council (SPARC) of BC, with the support of the David Suzuki Foundation and SFU. Co-edited a special issue of The New Catalyst (27) on the themes of the conference. April 1992 to July 1994 Editor and publisher of CASE Study, a newsletter on sustainable communities and community economic development. Member of the Community Economic Development Committee of SPARC of BC. September 1989 to July 1991 Founding member and first co-chair of the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) Coalition, Bolton, ON. Prior to this time, I was involved in a number of environmental and social justice initiatives and publications in Canada and the United States, including anti-apartheid work, human rights, and alternative educational models.