Michael M'Gonigle

Professor

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

Michael holds the Eco-Research Chair in Environmental Law and Policy, and is cross-appointed between the School of Environmental Studies and the Faculty of Law. 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.