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A diversity of people contribute to POLIS in a number of ways -- as researchers, support staff, students, and advisors. The Principal and Founder 
POLIS Researchers in Discussionof POLIS is Michael M'Gonigle, who holds the Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy. Ongoing organizational development is headed by our Director, Kelly Bannister and Associate Director, Oliver Brandes. Our key support staff person is part-time Office manager, Ann Zurbrigg.
Ann Zurbrigg, BA, MA, Office Manager Ann Zurbrigg joined the POLIS Project in March 2006 and provides the general administrative and bookkeeping support on ...
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Kelly Bannister, BSc, MSc, PhD, Director and Senior Research Associate
Dr Kelly Bannister is Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate ...
BA Hon (British Columbia) 1969; MSc (Econ) (London School of Economics) 1970; LLB (Toronto) 1976; LLM (Yale) 1979; ...
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Dr Kelly Bannister is Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate since 2000. She has drawn on her background in Ethnobotany to build a research program on...
Ann Zurbrigg joined the POLIS Project in March 2006 and provides the general administrative and bookkeeping support on a part time basis. She works with the research associates and staff to ensure...
Dr Kelly Bannister is Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate since 2000. She has drawn on her background in Ethnobotany to build a research program on...
BA Hon (British Columbia) 1969; MSc (Econ) (London School of Economics) 1970; LLB (Toronto) 1976; LLM (Yale) 1979; JSD (Yale) 1982; Member of the Bar, District of Columbia, United States 1980, and...
Oliver M Brandes joined the POLIS Project in 2003 to lead the Water Sustainability Project. He is a political ecologist with a Master of Economics degree from Queens University and a Law Degree...
David R Boyd is an environmental lawyer, author, and Trudeau Scholar at the University of British Columbia, where his research focuses on the right to a healthy environment. He recently spent a...
Dr Bradley Bryan is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science and Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria. He works on a variety of questions of political and legal...
Dr Andrew Wender is a research associate at POLIS, working with Michael M’Gonigle on a book project involving Green Legal Theory. In February 2006, Andrew successfully defended his...
Jamie Biggar became a Research Associate in 2007 after working at POLIS while completing his MA in Environmental Studies on network governance. He originally joined POLIS in 2005 to research the...
Shiri Pasternak joined POLIS in 2005. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Cultural, Social and Political Thought from the University of Victoria and has worked most extensively on food security...
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