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Dan Hoornweg

Speaker: Dan Hoornweg, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University

Presentation: “Green Governance. What’s green? What’s governance?”

Bio: Following almost 20 years with the World Bank, including as Lead Advisor overseeing Sustainable Cities and Climate Change programs, I returned to Ontario in 2012. I am now Associate Professor and Richard Marceau Chair at Ontario Tech. My academic background includes degrees in Earth Sciences (University of Waterloo), a Masters in Environmental Engineering (Guelph) and a Ph.D. in Civil (Sustainability) Engineering (University of Toronto, 2015). I am also the Chief Safety and Risk Officer for the Province of Ontario (Technical Standards and Safety Authority, TSSA). My most recent books are ‘Cities and Sustainability: A New Approach’ (Routledge 2016) and editor of ‘Letters to a Young Engineer’ (Canadian engineering convocations 2014 – 2018).