Michael M'Gonigle
A political economist and environmental lawyer, Dr. M'Gonigle has an extensive background in environmental activism, including as a co-founder of Greenpeace International, SmartGrowth BC, Forest Futures (Dogwood Initiative) and as a founding co-director of the Sierra Legal Defense Fund.
As Chair of the Board of Greenpeace Canada, he initiated the Greenpeace forest campaign in 1990. Most recently he was a member of the Legal Mechanisms Experts Team devising innovative legal mechanisms for aboriginal and community-based management of British Columbia's Central and North Coasts.
Qualifications
- Member of the Bar, District of Columbia, United States 1980, and British Columbia 1987
- J.S.D. 1982, Yale
- LL.M 1979, Yale
- LL.B 1976, University of Toronto
- MSc (Economics)1970, London School of Economics
- BA Hon. 1969, University of British Columbia