Management & Staff
Professional Staff
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J. Owen Saunders Telephone: (403) 220-3975 Office: MFH 3349 |
Mr. Saunders was appointed Executive Director of the Institute effective January 1, 1990. He has been a Research Associate with the Institute since 1980, and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Calgary since 1984. He holds a B.A. (Hon. Econ.) from St. Francis Xavier University, an LL.B. from Dalhousie University, and an LL.M. from the University of London (London School of Economics and Political Science). His main areas of interest include natural resources policy, international trade law, energy law, transboundary water law, and environmental and constitutional law.
His publications include work on such topics as The Uruguay Round of GATT and Economic Regionalism; NAFTA and the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation; The Mexico Factor in North American Free Trade; Legal Aspects of International Diversions; Energy, Natural Resources and the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement; and Interjurisdictional Issues in Canadian Water Management.
His recent research has included work on trade law, electricity deregulation, domestic and transboundary water law and policy, and problems associated with resource development and federalism.
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Monique M. Passelac-Ross Telephone: (403) 220-3973 Office: MFH 3345 Publications |
Ms. Ross joined the Institute as a Research Associate in September 1989.
She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Toulouse, France, an LL.M. from the University of Montreal and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning (M. Env. Des.) from the University of Calgary.
Her research interests include forestry law, environmental law, natural resources management and aboriginal law. She has authored two books on the subject of forestry law and policy: Environmental Protection: Its Implications for the Canadian Forest Sector (co-authored with Owen Saunders) (1993), and Forest Management in Canada (1995) as well as several papers and articles. For the past fifteen years (1995-2010), she has conducted research on a Sustainable Forest Management research project funded under the National Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program. Her research focused on the impact of forest development on Aboriginal peoples, notably on the protection of aboriginal and treaty rights in the context of forest development. As well, she has completed research on land and resource use conflicts in Northern Alberta and has participated in research work conducted by the Institute in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon on legal and policy issues related to resource developments in the North. She was involved in a multi-year research project examining the impact of energy developments on human rights. She is currently conducting research on Aboriginal rights to water, taking as a case study the Athabasca oil sands region in Alberta.
Support Staff
| Nancy Money Telephone:(403) 220-3976 Office: MFH 3347 |
Nancy Money, the Institute's Director of Administration, has a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta. She is responsible for financial management, office administration, coordination of publicity and promotion and management of the Institute's conference and seminar program. She administers the Institute's publicity programs. |
| Sue Parsons Telephone: (403) 220-3200 Office: MFH 3353 |
Ms. Parsons, Assistant to the Executive Director and the Information Resources Officer, promotes and organizes the Contract Law Course and assists with the conference and seminar programme. She also provides secretarial support and is responsible for the administration and distribution components of the Institute's publications program. She produces the Institute's newsletter and also maintains CIRL's website, library holdings and the Resources newsletter database. |