Where did you do your undergrad? Law school? Other degrees?
BSc (Alberta); LLB (Calgary); LLM (Yale); DCL (McGill).
When did you come to UBC?
January 2016.
What courses will you be teaching at Allard in 2018-2019?
Environmental Law and Administrative Law.
What are your research interests?
My research focuses on the intersection between environmental issues, disasters and law. I’m interested in how environmental issues ought to force us to rethink basic assumptions of law.
What is your non-law dream job?
Doesn’t exist. I have my dream job!
What is your favourite book or movie?
Books about places that I’ve read while travelling in those places. Most recently, Gold Diggers by Charlotte Gray, while camping and hiking in the Yukon.
What is your favourite judicial decision and why?
Why judicial decision? The most innovative and exciting legal developments in my field don’t happen in the courts. How about the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement? Or the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s environmental assessment of the Kinder Morgan pipeline?
What’s a UBC Campus hidden gem that more people should know about?
Tower beach – down the stairs across from the law school. Or Bean Around the World Café at the opposite end of Main Mall.