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A diversity of people contribute to POLIS as researchers, support staff, students, and advisors. POLIS Principal and Founder 
POLIS Researchers in Discussionis Michael M'Gonigle, who held the Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy until his retirement from the University of Victoria. Ongoing organizational development is headed by our Co-Directors, Kelly Bannister and Oliver Brandes. Key staff includes Laura Brandes, Communications Director for the POLIS Water Sustainability Project.
Laura Brandes began work at the POLIS Project in early 2011, bringing her expertise as a writer, editor, and science...
Dr Kelly Bannister is Co-Director (with Oliver Brandes) of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and a Research Associate ...
Oliver M Brandes joined the POLIS Project in 2003 to lead the Water Sustainability Project. He is a political...
BA Hon (British Columbia) 1969; MSc (Econ) (London School of Economics) 1970; LLB (Toronto) 1976; LLM (Yale) 1979; ...
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Kathy Zaletnik joined the POLIS Water Sustainability Project in 2005 after having completed a Master of Science degree in Water and Environmental Planning at the University of Toronto. Her...
Claire Abbott worked on a part-time basis with the POLIS Project researchers from May 2004 to March 2005, providing the administration, bookkeeping and secretarial support for the POLIS Project....
Lisa Ambus joined POLIS to work on a number of community forestry projects in March 2000. Coordinating the International Network of Forests and Communities (INFC), Lisa was also involved with...
Dr Katherine Barrett worked with POLIS from September 2000 to August 2002 as a Post Doctoral Fellow with the SSHRC-funded MCRI Coasts Under Stress project. She collaborated on the SSHRC-funded...
Jessica Boquist joined POLIS as the coordinator of the Sustainable Campus Initiative in September 2004 after completing a BA in Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria....
Cheri Burda joined the Eco-Research Chair as a forest policy researcher in 1995 as a graduate student specializing in community forestry and tenure issues. She is the principal author of, among...
Brian Egan joined the Eco-Research Chair from April 2000 til June 2003 to coordinate the International Network of Forests and Communities. He came to the ERC with extensive experience as a...
Britt Erickson joined POLIS in November 2004 when she was an undergraduate student at the University of Victoria majoring in Political Science and Environmental Studies. Her research interests...
Dr Keith Ferguson joined POLIS in June 2003 as a law student at the University of Victoria. His focus is on environmental law, and has worked in this field with the Government of the NWT in...
Jason Found joined POLIS in October 2004 after completing a Master of Environmental Policy degree at Oxford's School of Geography where he examined the commercialization of organic agriculture in...
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