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Panel-Discussion: Vision for the Future
Saturday Nov. 17, 11h00-12h30

Ann Dale is a professor with the School of Environment and Sustainability, Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences at Royal Roads University, British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development (www.crcresearch.org). She chairs the Canadian Consortium for Sustainable Development Research (CCSDR), a consortium of all the heads of research institutes across Canada, and is active in the Canadian environmental movement. She is the founder and chair of the National Environmental Treasure (NET) and is the Executive Co-ordinator, Research and Public Policy for the Canadian Biodiversity Institute.

From 1998 to 2000, she led an energy efficiency program on behalf of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. Previously, she was an Executive with the Federal Government, and was one of the two public servants behind the creation of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE). Dr. Dale is a member of the Working Party on Biotechnology, Sustainable Development and the Future of Canada's Economy and is a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Science.

She holds degrees in psychology and public administration from Carleton University, and a doctorate in Natural Resources Sciences, McGill University. Current research areas include governance, social capital and sustainable community development, biodiversity policy, and deliberative electronic dialogues (www.e-dialogues.ca). She is a recipient of the 2001 Policy Research Initiative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Public Policy for her book, At the Edge: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century.