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Guest Speaker Bios

September 21, 2010

JUDY A. MCLEAN

Faculty Sponsor

Assistant Professor, Food Nutrition & Health

Ph.D. (Human Nutrition) University of British Columbia
B.Sc. (Human Nutrition) University of British Columbia

Research Interests

Global problems in food and nutrition including the political, social and cultural factors underlying malnutrition in different contexts. Assessment of nutritional status, maternal infant and child feeding habits, nutrition knowledge, food intake and household food security as a basis for culturally appropriate nutrition intervention programs. Micronutrients and development issues. Of primary interest is the development, implementation and assessment of cost-effective, evidence based means of addressing malnutrition among young children, adolescents and reproductive-age women, and improving pregnancy outcomes.

Teaching

At UBC my teaching focus is on global problems in nutrition and food security; analysis of the political, social and cultural complexities of food habits and malnutrition in various cultures around the world as well as the relationships between diet and disease in both the developed and developing world. I have also prepared and presented introductory nutrition courses in Africa which are regionally specific with attention to food availability, related nutrient deficiencies, as well as the cultural and socioeconomic factors that impact on food security in each region. Our International Nutrition group is currently working to assist others countries in developing post graduate courses in nutrition as education is a vital component of the Millennium Development Goals. We work collaboratively with international organizations and governments on applied food security and nutrition intervention projects.

Courses

FNH 355 — International Nutrition
FNH 490 sec 003 — Advanced International Nutrition
ASTU 400D – An Examination of Post-Conflict Societies
FNH 490 sec 004 – Food Science Applications to Address Nutrient Deficiencies in Developing Countries

Current and Recent Projects:

Development of a National Policy on Micronutrient Supplementation Programs as part of the National Policy on the Prevention and Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies in Cambodia (WHO consultancy)
Development of a Masters of Science in Nutrition program for the University of Health Sciences in Cambodia.
Baseline survey for the Joint Programme for Children, Food Security and Nutrition in Cambodia. (WHO consultancy)
Assessment of the causes of malnutrition in Ngoma District, Rwanda. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of food security, infant and young child feeding practices and food intake in 40 villages. A partnership with the Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Rwanda.
International Nutrition and Food Security Initiative (TLEF grant funded). A stream is being developed that will provide UBC students with a unique undergraduate experience that will include international service learning, fieldwork, or research options in the first undergraduate program in International Nutrition in North America.
Vitamin A and iron status of women and children pre and post interventions involving increasing homestead food production and nutrition education. With Helen Keller International, Cambodia.
Implementation of the Baby Friendly Community Initiative in Samlaut, Cambodia. A project designed to reduce infant and child morbidity and mortality through improved feeding practices in cooperation with the MJP Foundation and the Ministry of Health, Cambodia.
Maternal, infant and child feeding practices and food intake among the Batwa (community of potters), Rwanda. An assessment of current practices to provide baseline information for community based nutrition program for HDI Rwanda.
Food Choices, Nutrition Knowledge and Food Security of Maasai Women in Rural Kenya. Assessment as the basis for recommendation for a school meal program and other nutrition interventions.

For a complete biography, visit http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/faculty-members/member/Judy%20McLean

September 28 – John Rubayi

Rwandan Community of BC (bio in progress)

October 5 – Erin Baines

An assistant professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, I teach in Women’s and

Gender Studies and Political Science. For the past five years, most of my work has been in northern Uganda.

My areas of interest are gender, youth and armed conflict; civilian protection and humanitarianism; and, transitional

justice and social reconstruction. I welcome new graduate students interested in these areas.

An assistant professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, I teach in Women’s and Gender Studies and Political Science. For the past five years, most of my work has been in northern Uganda.
My areas of interest are gender, youth and armed conflict; civilian protection and humanitarianism; and, transitional justice and social reconstruction. I welcome new graduate students interested in these areas.

November 2 – Alex Budden, Consul General of the United Kingdom

ALEX BUDDEN

BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL, VANCOUVER

Alex joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a member of the Diplomatic Service in August 1991. This followed a period of employment in the British police service and study at Bristol University in the United Kingdom where he received a BSc in Sociology & Criminology.

Alex has served in a range of departments in London and countries around the world. In London he has worked on Arms Control & Disarmament issues focussing on Chemical & Biological Weapons controls and was Head of the Political Section in the Afghanistan Emergency Unit following 9/11. He then moved on to head up a section in the Counter Terrorism Department.

Overseas he has served as Attaché in Russia and Saudi Arabia and Vice Consul in Nepal. Following that he was head of a joint Foreign Office and Department for International Development Unit in Croatia covering the Balkans.

Alex’s last posting was as Political Counsellor in Kenya. He was there for three years including during the recent political crisis and violence following 2007 Presidential Elections.

He took up his position as British Consul General in Vancouver in July 2008 and will be the British government’s representative in British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon and the North West Territories until he leaves. His wife and two children join him in Vancouver.

November 30 – Stephen Owen, Vice-President External, Community & Legal Relations

Biography

A former Member of Parliament of Canada for Vancouver Quadra, Stephen Owen was appointed Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations of The University of British Columbia on August 15, 2007.

Stephen Owen was first elected to Parliament in November 2000, and re-elected in June 2004 and January 2006. In government, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Receiver General for Canada, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of Sport.

Prior to his election to Parliament, Stephen Owen was the David Lam Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria; Commissioner and Vice President of the Law Commission of Canada; Deputy Attorney General, Commissioner of Resources and Environment, Ombudsman and Executive Director for Legal Services Society of British Columbia; and a practicing lawyer.

Stephen Owen has advised numerous governments and international institutions in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe on issues of human rights, governance, conflict resolution and environmental sustainability. He has investigated security force killings in apartheid South Africa, Northern Ireland/Gibraltar, Somalia, Kosovo and Cambodia.

As Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations at UBC, Stephen Owen’s responsibilities include government relations, University legal counsel, public affairs and communications, University community engagement, the Robson Square Campus, the Learning Exchange and 2010 Olympics.

Stephen Owen received a J.D. from UBC, a LL.M. from UCL, University of London, and a M.B.A. from the University of Geneva.

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Curriculum Vitae

July 2009

Education

J.D. University of British Columbia (1972)
LL.M. University College, University of London (1974)
M.B.A. International Management Institute, University of Geneva (1986)

Employment

Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations, University of British Columbia (appointed August 2007)
Member of Parliament, Vancouver Quadra (Elected November 2000, June 2004, January 2006)
Official Opposition Critic for Democratic Reform (2006 – 2007)
Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of Sport (2004-2006)
Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Receiver General for Canada (2003 – 2004)
Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2002-2003)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (2001)
David Lam Professor of Law & Public Policy and Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution, University of Victoria (1997-2000)
Commissioner, Law Commission of Canada (1997-2000)
Deputy Attorney General of British Columbia (1995-1997)
Commissioner of Resources & Environment of British Columbia (1992-1995)
President, International Ombudsman Institute (1988 – 1992)
Ombudsman of British Columbia (1986-1992)
Executive Director, Legal Services Society of British Columbia (1982-1986)
Public law practice, Vancouver (1977-1982)
Teacher, Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO), Nigeria (1975-1977)
Private law practice, Owen Bird, Vancouver (1972-1975)

Other Professional Activities

Head of Parliamentary Delegation to Taiwan (2006)
Head of Government Delegation to Japan and China on Pacific Gateway (2005)
Chair, Ethics & Education Committee, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (2004-2006)
Member:
House of Commons Committees: Justice and Human Rights; Health; Non-Medicinal Use of Drugs; and Prime Minister’s Task Force on Urban Issues (2001)
Special Legislative Committee to review the nomination of Justice Rothstein to Supreme Court of Canada (2006)
Selection Committee for nominees for federal Director of Public Prosecutions (2007)
Awarded John Tait Award of Excellence in Public Law, Canadian Bar Association (2001)
Senior Expert, IGAD Secretariat for Sudan peace negotiations, Nairobi (2000)
Advisor, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), War-Affected Children in Northern Uganda civil war (2000)
Project Director, Review of Consultative and Decision-making processes in the Pacific Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2000)
Chair, South African Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel, Pretoria (2000)
Advisor, Israel Palestine Centre for Research and Information on Final Status Peace Negotiations (2000)
Special Legal Advisor, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal (1999-2000)
Advisor to African Regional Ombudsman Conference, Namibia (1999)
Mediator, Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Offshore Boundary Dispute (1999)
Mediator, British Columbia Crown Counsel Terms of Employment (1999)
Moderator, Peace Building Policy, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Zimbabwe (1999)
Chair, Attorney General’s Independent Review Committee into Organized Crime (1998)
Canadian Representative, Trilateral Review Committee for North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (1998)
Board of Directors, Cambodian Development Resource Institute, Phnom Penh (1997-2001)
Advisor, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Latvia (1997)
Advisor, International Development Resource Centre (IDRC), Peru (1997)
Director, Ecotrust Canada (1996-2000)
Co-chair, National Judicial Workload Committee (1996-1999)
Appointed Queen’s Counsel (1994)
Consultant, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): Sri Lanka (2001), Uganda (2000), Philippines (2000), Brazil (2000, 1999), Cuba (1998), Viet Nam (1997), Cambodia (1997, 1996, 1995), Ethiopia (1996), Thailand (1999, 1998, 1995, 1994, 1993)
Special Legal Advisor, Canadian Department of National Defence, Somalia (1993)
Adjunct Professor of Resource & Environmental Law, University of British Columbia (1993-1995)
Commissioner, Public Inquiry into Prosecutorial Discretion in British Columbia (1990)
Canadian Election Monitoring Team, Nicaragua (1990)
Legal Advisor, Amnesty International: South Africa (1997, 1991), Yugoslavia (1990), UK/Gibraltar (1988), USA (1986, 1984)

International Projects

Head of Canadian Government delegation to the 19th Governing Council of U.N. Human Settlements Programme, Nairobi (2003) to negotiate award of World Urban Forum to Vancouver (2006)
Head of Canadian civil society delegation to Sri Lanka to advance discussions on principled approaches to conflict resolution with Sri Lankan stakeholders (September 2001)
Canadian Government Delegate, 26th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS in New York (June 2001)
Canadian Government Delegate to India to review immigration policy (2001)
Consultant to Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for the design of peace talks to end the civil war in Sudan (2000)
Consultant to CIDA to assess peace building opportunities in Northern Uganda (2000)
Chair and Chief Facilitator for South African Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel, Pretoria (2000)
Consultant to (CIDA) to evaluate multiparty negotiation process for watershed conflicts in the Philippines (2000)
Advisor to Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information on design of final status peace negotiation process (2000)
Consultant to CIDA and the International Development & Research Centre (IDRC) on the development of a Southeast Asia Conflict Resolution Centre, Thailand (1999/2000)
Consultant to CIDA on the design of a multiparty negotiation process to address watershed management conflicts, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1999/2000)
Canadian Representative on Trilateral Review Committee for North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (1998)
Consultant to CIDA advising the National Assembly of Cuba on creation of an Ombuds/public complaint system (1998)
Consultant to CIDA advising the Law Committee of the National Assembly of Viet Nam on creation of an Ombudsman office (1997/98)
Consultant to the IDRC project on rural poverty and environmental degradation in Latin America Peru (1997)
Legal Advisor to Amnesty International on the prosecutions of politically motivated murder cases, South Africa (1997)
Consultant to CIDA advising Ethiopian Parliament on creation of human rights commission (1996/1997)
Consultant to CIDA on dispute resolution, human rights and legal institutions in Cambodia (1995/1997)
Consultant to CIDA on development and operation of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at Khon Kaen University, Thailand (1994/1996)
Consultant to CIDA advising Justice and Human Rights Committee of Thai Parliament on Ombudsman legislation, Bangkok (1993)
Special Legal Advisor to first Board of Inquiry into Actions of Canadian Airborne Regiment, on site in Somalia (1993)
Mission Leader for Amnesty International investigation into security force killings and torture in South Africa (results published in South Africa: State of Fear, Amnesty International, London, September 1992) (1991/1992)
Legal Advisor to Amnesty International on police killings of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Yugoslavia (1990)
Member of Canadian election monitoring team, Nicaragua (1990)
Legal Advisor to Amnesty International at IRA Inquest, Gibraltar (1988/89)
Legal Advisor to Amnesty International at nuclear treason trials, Kansas City, USA (1986)
“The Norwegian Business News Industry”, Chair of management consultant team, International Management Institute, Geneva, for Norges Handel og Sjofartstidente A/s, Oslo (1986)
“Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer in Hungary”, Chair of Industry Study Report, International Management Institute, Geneva (1986)
Legal Advisor to Amnesty International at Indian fishing trials, Oregon, USA (1984)
Teacher, Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO), Nigeria (1975/1977)

National and International Presentations and Papers

Keynote presentation on Millennium Development Goals and Cities, New School University of New York, (September 2005)
Presentation to “Right to Play” Forum on use of sport for peace and development, Athens (August 2004)
Keynote address to U.S. Association of General Counsel annual meeting on business and security from terrorism, Washington, DC (October 2001)
Keynote presentation to Roundtable on Peace and National Reconciliation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (September 2001)
Keynote speaker at the 10th Anniversary of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver (June 2001)
Moderator at the Joint Conference of the Canadian Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (CACOLE) and the International Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (AICOLE), Quebec City (June 2001)
Presentation on Civil Society and Governance in International Law to “The New Diplomacy” Like-Minded Countries and Non-Governmental Organizations Conference in Amman, Jordan (April 2001)
Presentation on Conflict Resolution in Southeast Asia to American Bar Association ADR Conference, San Francisco (April 2000)
Presentation to CBC national forum: “The Canadian Courts and Public Opinion”, Vancouver (March 2000)
Chair of Joint Meeting of Law Commission of Canada and British Columbia Treaty Commission on future of Aboriginal treaty negotiations, Vancouver (March 2000)
Presentation to Israel Palestine Centre for Research and Information on design of final status peace negotiations, at Harvard University (March 2000)
Presentation on Standards of Fairness to African Regional Ombudsman Conference, Windhoek, Namibia (October 1999)
Keynote presentation of paper to Southeast Asian Regional Forum on Peaceful Conflict Resolution and Good Governance, Khon Kaen, Thailand (September 1999)
Presentation on Ombudsman Principles, Conflict Resolution, Santo Andre, Brazil (August 1999)
Presentation on Deep-Rooted Conflict to Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Montreal (August 1999)
Chair, Academic Roundtable on Public Participation in Governance, Law Commission of Canada, University of Toronto (May 1999)
Presentation to ERA, National Conference on Governance, Accountability and Human Rights, Toronto (April 1999)
Presentation to Department of Foreign Affairs Workshop on Transborder Water Conflicts, Ottawa (April 1999)
Chair, Public Forum on Residential School Abuse, Law Commission of Canada, Yellowknife (February 1999)
Moderator, Peace Building Policy, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Zimbabwe (January 1999)
Presentation to National Security Council of Thailand on Conflict Management, Bangkok (September 1998)
Presentation on Cross-Cultural Conflict to International Bar Association meeting, Vancouver (September 1998)
Presentation of Independent Review on North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation to North American Ministers of the Environment, Merida, Mexico (June 1998)
Presentation of paper and Moderator of session on environmental conflict resolution, American Bar Association Conference on Dispute Resolution in the Global Market Place, Washington, DC (April 1998)
Presentation of paper on the Judicial-Executive Relationship to roundtable of Provincial Court Chief Judges, Canadian Judicial Council, and Deputy Attorneys General, Victoria (April 1998)
Keynote opening presentation, UNDP Conference on Human Rights Commissions & Ombudsmen in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Riga, Latvia. (June 1997)
Presentation to Justice Committee of Ethiopian House of Representatives on human rights issues (December 1996)
Presentation to Human Rights Commission of Cambodian National Assembly on Ombudsman structures and land use conflicts (December 1996)
Lecture on International Conflict Resolution, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Phnom Penh (December 1996)
11th Commonwealth Law Conference, keynote speaker at closing plenary, Vancouver (August 1996)
10th International Conference, The Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law, Chair of Panel on the Role of Prosecutors and Lawyers – Independence vs. Accountability, Whistler, BC (August 1996)
Making Peace and Sharing Power, National Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Dispute Resolution, plenary presentation, Victoria, BC (May 1996)
Conflict Resolution in Cambodia, keynote presentation to multi-party workshop, Cambodian Development Research Institute, Phnom Penh (December 1995)
Conflict Resolution in North East Thailand, keynote presentation to conference, Institute for Dispute Resolution, Khon Kaen University (June 1995)
“Managing for Sustainability: The Integration of Economic, Social and Environmental Policy”, presentation of paper to international workshop, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa (May 1995)
Presentation of Faculty Seminar on Sustainable Development and Conflict Resolution to Project On Negotiation, Harvard Law School (April 1995)
Presentation on Sustainable Development of Canadian Forests to Intergroup on Conservation and Sustainable Development, European Parliament, Strasbourg (April 1995)
American Visitor Program: One-month mission sponsored by US State Department on Environmental and Trade Issues, (Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, El Paso, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Portland) (February 1995)
“Land Use Planning: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges”, presentation of paper to International Symposium, Faculty of Law, City University of Hong Kong (December 1994)
“Nature Has No Borders”, keynote address to Conference on the Protection and Management of Northern Cascades Eco System, University of Washington, Seattle (March 1994)
“Conflict and Integration in Canada”, presentation of paper to Annual Conference of Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries, Grainau, Germany (February 1994)
“Trade and Environment”, presentation and debate, Club de Bruxelles, Belgium (February 1994)
Presentation to the Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Thai Parliament on Ombudsman legislation, Bangkok (November 1993)
“The Role of NGO’s in North America”, presentation to North American Institute, Santa Fe (November 1993)
“Crossing Paths”, closing keynote address to International Association of Public Participation Professionals, AGM, Kananaskis, Alberta (August 1993)
“Sustainable Development in Canada’s Forestry”, presentation of paper to The Cambridge Lectures, Queens College, Cambridge (July 1993)
Co-Chair, Fifth International Ombudsman Conference, Vienna (October 1992)
World Congress on Adventure Travel and Eco-Tourism, opening address, Whistler, BC (September 1992)
International Symposium on Labour and the Environment in a Global Economy, plenary speech, Vancouver (June 1992)
International Symposium on Geographic Information Systems, opening address, Vancouver (February 1992)
“The Ombudsman Institution: A Concept for Democracy, Worldwide”, paper presented to International Congress, National Human Rights Commission, Mexico City (November 1991)
“ADR and the Ombudsman”, presentation to Canadian Ombudsman Conference, Winnipeg (September 1991)
National Symposium on Women, the Law and the Administration of Justice, moderator of “Gender and the Legal Process”, Vancouver (June 1991)
“The Ombudsman and the Judiciary”, presentation to International Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 1991)
“The Need and Structure for A Federal Ombudsman’s Office”, presentation to Minister of Justice’s Policy Seminar, Ottawa (May 1991)
“Government Information Practices”, presentation to Canadian Access and Privacy Association Conference, Ottawa (April 1991)
Keynote presentation as President of International Ombudsman Institute to Symposium on the Role of the Ombudsman in the Caribbean, University of West Indies, Barbados (November 1989)
“Prospective on Ombudsmanship”, presentation to Canadian Ombudsman Conference, Quebec City (October 1989)
“The Law and AIDS Control: Confidentiality”, presentation to Second International AIDS Symposium, Vancouver (November 1988)
“Protecting the Integrity of the Ombudsman Process”, plenary presentation to Fourth International Ombudsman Conference, Canberra (October 1988)
“Adjusting to the Consequences of State Action”, presentation to Law Reform Commission of Canada and University of Toronto Law Faculty, Administrative Law Symposium, Toronto (September 1988)
“Global Issues: Conflict and Conflict Resolution”, presentation to Summer Institute on Global Education, Simon Fraser University (July 1988)
“Transformations in Justice: Exploring the Alternatives”, plenary presentation to Attorney General’s Conference on Access to Justice, Toronto (June 1988)
“A Preventative Approach: Systemic Investigations”, presentation to Canadian Ombudsman Conference, Edmonton (September 1987)
“Charter Challenges and Legal Aid”, presentation to CBA National Convention, Edmonton (August 1986)
“Right to Counsel”, moderator, International Bar Association Symposium on Legal Aid, Halifax (August 1985)
“Coming to Grips with Diversity”, presentation to North American Association of Family and Conciliation Courts AGM re Multiculturalism and the Courts, Vancouver (May 1985)

Publications

“Good Governance and Conflict Management”, Stephen Owen and Alex Grzybowski, Institute for Dispute Resolution, University of Victoria (Fall 2000)
“British Columbia Crown Counsel Association and Provincial Government Mediation: Mediator’s Final Report”, Stephen Owen, December 31, 1999.
“Laying the Foundations of the Executive-Judicial Relationship,” S. Owen in Setting Judicial Compensation: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective, Law Commission of Canada, April 1999.
“Land Use Planning in the Nineties: CORE Lessons”, S. Owen in Environments: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Chad Day, Peter W. Williams & Steve Litke (eds.), The Heritage Resource Centre, Vol. 25, No. 2 & 3, 1998, p. 14.
“Shared Decision Making – A Case Study”, S. Owen in Connecting Policy to Practice in Human Services, B Wharf and B. McKenzie (eds.) Oxford University Press, Summer 1998.
Report of the Organized Crime Independent Review Committee, S. Owen (Chair), R. Stewart, R. Bergman, Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia, September, 1998.
Four-year Review of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, S. Owen, L. Bendesky, B. Bramble, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, June 1998.
“Managing for Sustainability”, S. Owen in The Cornerstone of Development: Integrating Environmental, Social, and Economic Policies, Schnurr and Holtz (eds.), Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 1998.
“Forest Management in British Columbia: The Transition to Sustainability” S. Owen and D.Greer in Harold Coward (ed.) Pacific Values: Tensions between Traditional and Modern Approaches to the Environment, State University of New York Press, July 1998.
As Commissioner of Resources and Environment for British Columbia, (I992-1995), 16 Public Reports on regional land use plans; public participation and dispute resolution; and British Columbia’s Sustainability Strategy, Queen’s Printer, July 1995.
“Participation and Sustainability”, S. Owen in Trans-Border Citizens, R. Dobell and M. Neufeld (eds.), The North American Institute, 1994, p. 45.
“Participation and Sustainability: The Imperatives of Resource & Environmental Management”, S. Owen in Law and Process in Environmental Management, Steven A. Kennett (ed.), 1993, p. 335, Canadian Institute of Resource Law, Calgary.
Discretion to Prosecute Inquiry Vol I & 11, Queen’s Printer, British Columbia, November 1990 (Stephen Owen, Public Inquiry Commissioner).
“The Ombudsman: Essential Elements and Common Challenges”, S. Owen in The Ombudsman: Diversity and Development, L. Reif (ed.), 1993, p.1, International Ombudsman Institute.
“Proposal for a Canadian Federal Ombudsman”, S. Owen in The Ombudsman Journal, L. Reif (ed.), November 10, 1992, p. 5, International Ombudsman Institute.
“The Expanding Role of the Ombudsman in the Administrative State”, S. Owen, University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. XL, Number 3, 1989, p. 670.
“Current Ombudsman Issues: An International Perspective”, S. Owen in The Ombudsman: Caribbean and International Perspectives, P. Emmanuel (ed.), November 1989, p. 93, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of West Indies, Barbados.
“The Ombudsman and Systems Solutions to Unfairness in Public Administration”, S. Owen in Ombudsman Journal Special Issue (1967-87), R.Ivany (ed.), p. 70, International Ombudsman Institute.
As Ombudsman for British Columbia (1986-1992), Public Reports No. 5 to 28: Major investigations and systemic studies into government administration and lawfulness including workers compensation, criminal record checks, liquor licensing, medical practitioner licensing, B.C. Hydro and Power, access to abortion services, B.C. Parole Board, coastal zone management, police complaint process, youth detention centres, sewage regulation, forest management, child welfare, regulation of financial institutions, access to information and privacy.
Special Enterprise Zones, S. Owen, International Management Institute, Geneva, February 1986.
Provision of Legal Aid Services in Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, January 1985 (co-author).
Public Report of the Hughes Task Force on Public Legal Services, August 1984, British Columbia (co-author).

Perspectives on Peace: An Examination of Post-Conflict Societies