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Stevenson holds a Bachelor of Administrative Studies and
Diploma of Marketing Management from the British Columbia
Institute of Technology. Before joining the Prince Rupert Port
Authority, he held the position of Director of Marketing for the
North by Northwest Tourism Association. He is currently the
President of Northern British Columbia Tourism, past-
President of Tourism Prince Rupert, and has held various positions with transportation and tourism boards, committees and task forces across the Province of British Columbia.
Michael Uehara
President, King Pacific Lodge
Michael Uehara is the president of King Pacific Lodge which operates in Barnard Harbour in Gitga’at territory. Prior to coming to BC five years ago, he spent 15 years in Japan as a writer and journalist, an ad agency creative director and magazine editor. He was borne in Honolulu, Hawaii and was educated at the University of Washington in sociology. An
American citizen by birth, Uehara has spent 25 years of his life outside the United States living in Thailand, England, Japan and now Canada.
Peter Williams
Professor and Director, Centre for Tourism and Policy Research,
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Williams’s academic and professional research focuses on policy, planning, and management issues in tourism and outdoor recreation. He is particularly interested in the development of strategic policy and planning frameworks which can guide the sustainable use of natural and cultural resources for tourism and outdoor recreation purposes.
Currently his research is concerned with the development of methods for assessing latent demand for natural and cultural resources; the establishment of sound environmental management strategies in tourism businesses; the creation of growth management strategies in tourism regions; and the use of Internet technologies for tourism research purposes.
Dr. Williams is former president and chair of the Canadian and
International chapters of the Travel and Tourism Research
Association, an organization dedicated to encouraging excellence in tourism research. He is also a member of the
International Academy for the Study of Tourism. He serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Travel Research,
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Recreation Research, as well as Festival Management and Event Tourism.
Maureen Woodrow
Executive Officer, International Project Office, Global
Environmental Change and Human Security Project, Carleton
University
Maureen Woodrow is the Executive Officer at the International
Project Office of the Global Environmental Change and
Human Security Project based at Carleton University. She is a sociologist who specializes in rural sustainable community development. Her research includes community level work in northern Alberta, Eastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Cape
Breton and Newfoundland and Labrador and internationally in
Mexico and Wales. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Laval
University with a graduate degree from the University of
Louvain, Belgium and an undergraduate degree from
Memorial University of Newfoundland. She speaks English,
French and Spanish. In the fall of 2000, Woodrow and her husband launched a wholesale and Internet e-commerce artisan business (Stages and Stores, Inc.) combining it with a heritage foundation (Stages and Stores Heritage Foundation) in the small island community of Change Islands off the
Northeast coast of Newfoundland with the dual objective to create much needed employment and to preserve and promote the unique fishing heritage buildings of one of the last picturesque Newfoundland fishing communities.
Thomas Young
Project Manager, Bay of Fundy Product Club
Thomas Young graduated from Simon Fraser University in
1990 with a Master’s Degree specializing in ‘Business and Society’. Upon leaving Simon Fraser, Young formed his own consulting company in Nova Scotia and has worked with communities in Atlantic Canada for twelve years preparing economic development strategies, planning and developing projects, and developing business and marketing plans. The development of the Bay of Fundy region, with a focus on tourism, has been an important part of Young’s work. This has included strategic planning, project identification and assessment, and implementation of a number of major projects. In 1995, Young managed the development of Nova
Scotia’s largest provincial park and in 1997 he prepared a recreational development plan for the first of Nova Scotia’s 29
Protected areas. More recently, Young has been involved in the creation and management of an ongoing Brunswick/Nova
Scotia tourism partnership on the Bay of Fundy.
Steering Committee
Linda Beltrano, Sustainable Tourism Office,
BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
Ann Cowan, Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University
Suzanne Dobson, Centre for Coastal Studies, Simon Fraser University
Patricia Gallaugher, Continuing Studies in Science, Simon Fraser University
Alison Gill, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
Jennifer Penikett, Centre for Coastal Studies, Simon Fraser University
Peter Williams, Centre for Tourism Policy and Research, Simon Fraser University
Laurie Wood, Centre for Coastal Studies, Simon Fraser University
Centre for Coastal Studies,
Simon Fraser University
Aboriginal Business Canada
BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource
Management
Council of Tourism Associations of British
Columbia
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Grant Thornton
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
International Council of Cruise Lines
King Pacific Lodge
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Ocean Management Research Network—
Linking Science and Local Knowledge node
North West CruiseShip Association
Tsimshian Tourism Inc.
Vancouver Port Authority
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Policy Directions for Coastal Tourism
Thursday, December 5
7:00–9:00 pm Reception and Early Registration
Friday, December 6
8:00–8:30 am
8:30–9:00 am
9:00–9:30 am
9:30–11:00 am
Keynote Address
Dialogue One: Policy-Making
11:00–11:30 am Break
11:30 am–1:00 pm Dialogue Two: Partnering for Tourism
1:00–2:00 pm Lunch
2:00–3:30 am
Registration
Welcome and Opening Address
3:30 am–4:00 pm
4:00–5:30 pm
5:30 pm
Dialogue Three: Best Practices/
Industry Structure/Codes of Conduct
Break
Identifying Issues and Challenges
Reception (Teck Gallery)
Saturday, December 7
8:30–9:00 am Synopsis of Previous Day
9:00–10:30 am Dialogue Four: Capacity Building—
Land-Use Resources
10:30–11:00 am Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm Dialogue Five: Capacity Building––
Human Capacity
12:30–1:30 pm
1:30–3:00 pm
Lunch
Case Study: The Cruise Ship Industry
3:00–3:30 pm
3:30–5:00 pm
Break
Identifying Key Policy
Recommendations and Solutions
Alison Gill, Professor, Department of Geography, Simon
Fraser University
Peter Williams, Professor and Director, Centre for Tourism
Policy and Research, Simon Fraser University
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Thursday, December 5 ...............2
Friday, December 6 ....................2
Saturday, December 7 ................4
Presenter Biographies .......................5
Ample time has been allotted for all participants to take part in dialogue and discussions.
Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
1400 Segal Centre
7:00–9:00 pm
Reception and Early Registration
1900 Fletcher Challenge Canada Theatre
8:00–8:30 am
Registration
8:30 am–9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Address
Welcome
Alison Gill, Professor, Department of Geography, Simon
Fraser University
First Nations Welcome
Chief Leonard George, Tsleil Waututh Nation
Opening Address
The Honourable Stan Hagen, Minister, BC Ministry of
Sustainable Resource Management and
Stephen Owen, Secretary of State, Western Economic
Diversification, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
9:00–9:30 am
Keynote Address: Policy Lessons from Australia
Ian McPhail, Deputy Director-General, Environmental
Protection Agency, Queensland, Australia
9:30–11:00 am
Dialogue One: Policy-Making
Creating a regulatory environment supportive of tourism development and sustainability in the coastal zone
Discussion Questions
What impact does the ‘new economy’, characterized by the declining role of governments, have on policy-making for coastal tourism development and sustainability?
What are the environmental, social, and economic costs and benefits of increased government regulation or increased industry self-regulation to First Nations and other local communities?
Thursday–Saturday, December 5–7, 2002 • Simon Fraser University • Vancouver
Mr. Owen has been an advisor to many international and national projects including: war affected children in Northern
Uganda; conflict resolution in Sri Lanka; and Israel-Palestine
Centre for Research Information on final status peace negotiations. Owen has been a special legal advisor to the
Commission for Environmental Co-operation in Montreal, mediator of the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia offshore boundary dispute, and a director of Ecotrust Canada. Owen was awarded the John Tait Award of Excellence in Public Law for 2001 by the
Canadian Bar Association.
Catherine Rigg
PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser
University and Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands Heritage
Tourism Strategy Working Group
Catherine Rigg received a BA Honours Geography with a
Minor in Environmental Studies from McGill University, an MA in Geography from the University of Toronto and is currently a
PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography at Simon
Fraser University.
Her interest in natural resource and environmental management is evident in the diversity of projects that have defined her academic research. In particular, she is interested in determining how the social and natural sciences can be functionally integrated to improve the application of natural resource management strategies. Her research has included examination of the shift toward cooperative organic agriculture in Cuba and evaluation of the application of the principles of ecosystem management in giant sequoia management in the
Sierra Nevada, California. Both projects considered the theory and practice of cooperative (or collaborative) management involving local communities and stakeholders in decisionmaking processes.
Most recently, Rigg’s research has shifted from terrestrial resource management to the conservation of marine ecosystems. Broadly summarized, her doctoral research considers how experience in terrestrial resource and protected areas management can be applied in marine conservation initiatives at the community level. Specifically, she is examining the process of agency and institutional learning, the growing recognition of the value of socio-economic and cultural data, and the promotion of shared-decision making and multistakeholder management frameworks. The management and conservation of resources is an inherently social endeavor defined by a tenuous relationship between science and values and the varying influences of political and economic institutions. As such, her research examines the context in which decisions are made, strategies designed, and projects implemented with an underlying focus on community capacity and local involvement in resource management decisionmaking. This research is being conducted in the communities of Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.
Ultimately, her research is designed to provide alternatives to the divisive, territorial, and competitive conditions that continue to characterize resource management strategies and decision-making across terrestrial and marine systems.
Tino Salud
General Manager, Cruise Services, Port of Seattle
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tino Salud is a graduate of the University of Washington with a BA in Political
Science and a Master of Public Administration. He began his career with the Port of Seattle in 1997 as a Marketing
Representative for the Port’s non-cargo business including cruise, fishing, and recreational boating. Prior to working at the Port, he was a consultant specializing in marketing and strategic planning. One of Salud’s primary responsibilities was the development of homeport cruise business for the Port.
The Port of Seattle’s cruise business has developed from six cruise calls and 6,000 passengers in 1999 to 75 calls and
250,000 passengers in 2002. In 2003, the Port of Seattle will have over 100 calls and 400,000 passengers.
This summer, Salud assumed his current position for the Port with total responsibility for the cruise business. This includes marketing, negotiating and managing agreements, budgeting for and building new facilities to accommodate future growth.
Thomas Sewid
Village Island Tours and Water Taxi
Thomas Sewid is the operator of Village Island Tours & Water
Taxi and the territorial guardian for Mamalalicolla and the
Mamalelaqala Qwe’Qwa’Sot’Em’ People’s territory of the
Kwakwaka’wakw Nation. He has been operating his business for the past 14 years from the abandoned village of his people in Knights Inlet on Village Island. Sewid has seen over one hundred thousand visitors come to the area to explore, camp and walk through the village looking at old totems and big house remains.
Tom Sewid is the regional director for Aboriginal Tourism
British Columbia from Parksville to Bella Bella and in the winter he operates He La Dee Consulting, a company that specializes in being the bridge between industries and First
Nations groups. He is also a consultant to First Nations on how to operate and enter into the tourism industry.
Shaun Stevenson
Manager, Business Development and Communications, Prince
Rupert Port Authority
Stevenson is presently the Manager, Business Development and Communications for the Prince Rupert Port Authority. A key component of Mr. Stevenson’s role with the Port Authority is the development of the cruise industry on the northcoast.
Stevenson began his career with the Port Authority as
Marketing and Communications Officer in 1997.
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Jerome L. McElroy
Professor of Economics, Department of Business Administration and Economics, Saint Mary’s College
Jerome L. McElroy received his BA in Humanities (1961) and
MA in Economics (1965) from St. Louis University, St. Louis,
Missouri USA. He received his PhD in Economics (1972) from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA. He also has Master’s degrees in Philosophy (1962) and Theology
(1969) from St. Louis University.
He has held teaching positions at St. John’s College in Belize,
Central America, the University of the Virgin Islands, St.
Thomas, US Virgin Islands, the University of Notre Dame and
St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana USA. Presently, he is Professor of Economics in the Department of Business
Administration and Economics at Saint Mary’s College.
His research has focused on the development problems of small Caribbean islands, more specifically the economics of tourism, inter-island migration, sustainable small-scale agriculture, the economic impact of coastal zone management, and the problems of planning in small open economies. More recent work has involved applying the destination life cycle model to understand the environmental impact of tourism in small islands, developing an index of tourism penetration for island destinations, and examining the links between tourism development and dependent political status. He has also examined longitudinal patterns of crime in the Caribbean, the link between crime and tourism, and tourist harassment in Barbados. Most recently he has studied the development patterns of small African islands.
Ian McPhail
Deputy Director-General, Queensland Environmental Protection
Agency, Australia
Dr. Ian McPhail has extensive experience in senior roles in
State and Federal Government agencies. Dr. McPhail is currently Deputy Director-General of the Queensland
Environmental Protection Agency in Australia. He came to the
EPA after four-and-a-half years as Chair of the Great Barrier
Reef Marine Park Authority.
As Chair of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Dr.
McPhail was also Head of the Environment Australia Portfolio
Marine Group. In this role, Dr. McPhail led the development of
Australia’s Ocean Policy, which resulted in the creation of the
National Oceans Office.
He is adjunct Professor, Resource Science Faculty, Southern
Cross University and adjunct Professor, School of
Geographical Science, University of Queensland. Dr. McPhail holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Letters (Litt B) and PhD.
Most recently, Dr. McPhail provided an invited personal testimony to the US Commission on Ocean Policy; was an invited attendee at the Pew Oceans Commission meeting on
Oceans Governance—Monterey (January, 2002); guest
10 speaker at Maritime World 2025 Conference—Greenwich
(April 2002), and participated as a panel member in the
Australian Canadian Oceans Research Network (ACORN) and
APEC Integrated Oceans Management Forum—Canberra
(May–June 2002).
Dr. McPhail was a member of the Australian delegation to the
World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg
(August–Sept 2002).
Jon O'Riordan
Deputy Minister of Sustainable Resource Management
In 2001 Jon O’Riordan became deputy minister of the new
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and was instrumental in bringing together elements from more than nine agencies to form the new ministry.
O’Riordan, who holds a PhD in resource management, has a
33-year career which started with the federal and then the provincial government. He joined the federal government in
1968 as a water resource planner with the Inland Waters
Directorate in what is now Environment Canada. In 1973, he began his career in the provincial government as Assistant
Director of the Environmental Land Use Committee
Secretariat. In 1982, he moved to the Ministry of Environment as Director of Planning and Assessment and began a nineteen year career there culminating in his appointment in 1996 as
Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for the Environment and Lands Regions Division.
O’Riordan was born in Scotland and obtained an Honours
Degree in Geography at the University of Edinburgh. After emigrating to Canada, he received a Master’s and Doctoral degree in geography at the University of British Columbia specializing in water resource management.
Stephen Owen
Secretary of State, Western Economic Diversification, Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada
Stephen Owen was elected Member of Parliament representing Vancouver-Quadra in November 2000, and currently serves as the Secretary of State (Western Economic
Diversification, Indian Affairs and Northern Development). He has also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Justice, and is a past member of the House of Commons
Standing Committees on Justice and Human Rights as well as
Health. Owen was also appointed as a member of the Prime
Minister’s Task Force on Urban Issues. He holds Master’s degrees in Law and Business Administration and has in the past held such positions as: Lam Professor of Law & 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 of
British Columbia; Commissioner of Resources & Environment of British Columbia; and Ombudsman of British Columbia.
Thursday–Saturday, December 5–7, 2002 • Simon Fraser University • Vancouver
How can policy-making for coastal tourism account for the unique characteristics of local and First Nations' communities?
What should the role of government be in the formation of policies for coastal tourism?
What are the constraints and barriers affecting effective monitoring and enforcement of coastal tourism?
Moderator
Alison Gill, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser
University
Speakers
Ian McPhail, Deputy Director-General, Environmental
Protection Agency, Queensland, Australia
Jon O’Riordan, Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of
Sustainable Resource Management
Jerome McElroy, Professor, St. Mary’s College and Island
Research Network, US Virgin Islands
Rod Harris, President, Tourism British Columbia
11:00 am Break
11:30 am–1:00 pm Dialogue Two: Partnering for Tourism
Developing tourism partnerships and alliances with coastal communities
Discussion Questions
How can appropriate and effective partnerships between local communities, First Nations, government bodies, and industry be fostered?
What constitutes a good or a bad partnership for coastal tourism development and sustainability?
Moderator
Mary Mahon Jones, CEO, Executive Vice President,
Council of Tourism Associations
Speakers
Jim Barlow, Field Superintendent, Parks Canada
Tom Young, Project Manger, Bay of Fundy Product Club,
New Brunswick
Michael Uehara, Vice President, King Pacific Lodge
Catherine Rigg, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography,
Simon Fraser University and Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte
Islands Heritage Tourism Strategy Working Group
1:00–2:00 pm Lunch
2:00–3:30 pm
Dialogue Three: Best Practices/Industry Structure/
Codes of Conduct
Encouraging sustainable tourism industry practices in coastal environments
Discussion Questions
What value do industry codes of conduct, and certification programs hold for the future of sustainable policies for the development of coastal tourism?
How can compliance to industry best practice be monitored and enforced?
What role should the government play in establishing certification programs and codes of conduct for coastal tourism? What role should industry, communities and
First Nations play in establishing the same?
Moderator
Gordon Goodman, Director of Tourism, BC Ministry of
Sustainable Resource Management
Speakers
David Fennell, Professor, Department of Recreation and
Leisure Studies, Brock University
Linda Huston, Regional Manager, Holland America Line
Westours Inc.
Marilyn Joyce, Advisor, Marine Mammals, Fisheries and
Oceans Canada, Vancouver
3:30 pm Break
4:00–5:30 pm
Identifying Issues and Challenges
Facilitator
Art Hanson, Canadian Oceans Ambassador, International
Institute for Sustainable Development
5:30 pm Reception
Teck Gallery
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Asia Pacific Hall
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
8:30–9:00 am
Synopsis of Previous Day
Art Hanson, Canadian Ocean Ambassador
9:00–10:30 am
Dialogue Four: Capacity Building—Land-Use Resources
Balancing tourism development and other resource–based activities in the coastal zone
Discussion Questions
How do the various and competing land-uses by different industrial and service sectors of the economy interact with those of the tourism industry economically, socially, environmentally?
What are the costs and benefits of increased tourism activity in the coastal zone in lieu of other resource dependent sectors?
To what extent is infrastructure important in strengthening coastal tourism investments? What role should governments play in providing necessary infrastructure for coastal tourism growth?
Moderator
Geoff Holland, Canadian Oceans Ambassador
Speakers
Tom Sewid, Village Island Tours and Water Taxi
Harvey Lemelin, PhD Candidate, Arctic Tourism,
Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
Ric Careless, Executive Director, Wilderness Tourism
Association
10:30 am Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Dialogue Five: Capacity Building––Human Capacity
Strengthening the capacity of coastal communities to participate in tourism opportunities
Discussion Questions
How do we ensure that once a tourism attraction has been established in a location that its presence will lead to economic development and sustainability for First
Nations and other local citizens?
Do the fluctuating trends that accompany tourism demand make capacity building for coastal tourism a viable option? How can communities and First Nations accommodate for this?
Moderator
Paul Kariya, Executive Director, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Speakers
Dick Carson, Regional Director of Oceans, Pacific Region,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Robert Duncan, Campbell River Indian Band
Shaun Stevenson, Prince Rupert Port Authority
Maureen Woodrow, Executive Officer, International Project
Office, Global Environmental Change and Human Security
Project, Carleton University
12:30–1:30 pm Lunch
1:30–3:00 pm
Case Study: The Cruise Ship Industry
Moderator
Warren Gill, Professor, Department of Geography, Simon
Fraser University
Speakers
John Hansen, President, North West Cruise Ship
Association
Speaker: David Eley, President, Cape Decision
International Services
Tom Dow, Vice President Public Affairs, Princess Cruises and Tours
Tino Salud, General Manager, Cruise Services, Port of
Seattle
3:00–3:30 pm Break
3:30–5:00 pm
Identifying Key Policy Recommendations and Solutions
Peter Williams, Professor and Director, Centre for Tourism
Policy and Research, Simon Fraser University
Thursday–Saturday, December 5–7, 2002 • Simon Fraser University • Vancouver
Holland has participated in many international marine policy issues and organizations and has assumed several important international responsibilities. On sustainable environmental issues, he contributed to the UN Conference on the
Environment in 1972, the UN Conference on Environment and
Development in 1992 and the World Summit on Sustainable
Development in 2002. He participated on the Canadian delegation to the Law of the Sea negotiations and led the
Canadian delegation to the London Dumping Convention through its first twenty years, ending as Chairman 1985 to
1990.
In international ocean science affairs he has served in various capacities on numerous committees of the UN Specialized
Agencies. He chaired the first intergovernmental meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System, which led to its establishment in 1993. He was twice elected Chairman of the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
Holland retired from the federal service in 1999 and is presently one of the two Ocean Ambassadors for Canada.
Linda Huston
Regional Manager, Holland America Line Westours and Gray
Line of Alaska
Linda Huston is the Regional Manager for Holland America
Line Westours and Gray Line of Alaska, and splits her time between Seattle, Washington and Juneau, Alaska. She has been with the company for over ten years now and prior to that she was in festival and real estate management.
Huston manages the tour and transportation operations for
Southeast Alaska and the Yukon for Holland America, and oversees and implements the shore excursion contracts that the company has with other lines such as Carnival Cruise Line,
Norwegian Cruise Line, the American West Steamboat
Company and Clipper Cruise Line.
She is an active member of the Alaska Travel Industry
Association, sits on the Travel Trade Committee for Tourism
Yukon, the Tourism Committee for the Juneau Chamber and is the Chair of Juneau’s Alaska Travel Industry Charity Walk that benefits United Way Charities in Southeast.
Marilyn Joyce
Marine Mammal Coordinator for the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans Canada, Pacific Region
Marilyn Joyce has a degree from the University of British
Columbia in zoology. She has been working at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans since 1986 and has held several positions both as a biologist as well as fisheries manager.
Throughout her time at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, she has been engaged in many multi-stakeholder initiatives with a variety of interest groups as well as having responsibility for the management of various marine species including invertebrate, salmon and ground fish.
Currently, Marilyn Joyce is leading a national initiative for the
Pacific region to amend marine mammal regulations under the
Fisheries Act, working with a multi-stakeholder groups on a variety of initiatives.
Paul Kariya
Excecutive Director, Pacific Salmon Foundation
Paul Kariya was appointed the new Executive Director of the
Pacific Salmon Foundation on April 2, 2002, bringing extensive experience to further the goal of salmon conservation, protection, and restoration.
Kariya’s experience in the BC fishery dates back to his childhood in Ucluelet where he helped his father, a commercial fisherman and a founding member of the Ucluelet Fishing
Company, on their troller. With firsthand knowledge of the issues being faced by fishing communities on the West Coast,
Kariya’s professional career has included various positions within the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the
BC Treaty Commission and, most recently, Fisheries Renewal
BC.
Harvey Lemelin
PhD Candidate, Arctic Tourism, Recreation and Leisure Studies,
University of Waterloo
At the completion of his graduate studies in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne in 1997, Harvey Lemelin accepted a job with the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, located in
Churchill, Manitoba. As the Assistant and then Executive
Director of the CNSC, he oversaw the daily operations of a research station located in Canada’s sub-arctic. It was also during this time that he devised a proposal which would examine the perceptions and behaviours of polar bear viewers.
After his proposal was accepted by the University of Waterloo in 2000, he resigned his post as Executive Director and moved to Waterloo to pursue a PhD in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo. Lemelin recently completed a second field season of research in
Churchill, and will be analyzing the data acquired from his field work in the upcoming months. His future goals are to teach and continue to conduct applied field research.
Mary Mahon Jones
Chief Executive Officer, Council of Tourism Associations (COTA)
Mary Mahon Jones has been COTA’s CEO since 1998. With 18 years of experience working as a staff and a Board member for several industry organizations, she has developed strong advocacy and government relations skills. Her work for COTA and the tourism industry has resulted in many successes, including landmark symposiums on transportation and land use that helped focus COTA’s approach to these key issues.
She also represents COTA on the steering committee of the BC
Business Summit, the Coalition of BC Businesses, and
Provinces & Territories Tourism Industry Association, and she leads COTA’s involvement in the annual BC Tourism Industry
Conference.
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John Hansen
President, North West Cruiseship Association
John Hansen joined the North West CruiseShip Association as their president in January 1999. NWCA is an association of the major cruise lines operating in the Pacific North West, British
Columbia and Alaska. The Association was established in
1986, initially to provide security services for passengers boarding ships in Vancouver. While the Association still provides this service, its role has grown to representing the industry on issues of common interest to the member lines, including port development, marine regulations, taxation, fees and other Canadian and US laws and regulations affecting the industry. NWCA is also involved in community relations on behalf of the industry in destination communities, as well as their home ports.
Prior to joining NWCA, John Hansen was Deputy Managing
Director of the Vancouver Board of Trade and World Trade
Center Vancouver for nine years. In that position he was responsible for government relations on behalf of the organization’s 4400 business members. He has worked in both the private and the public sectors. In the private sector he has worked in the oil and gas industry in BC and Alberta and in the steel industry in Ontario. Hansen has also worked for the
Canadian federal government in Ottawa and for the British
Columbia government. For several years he was involved in coastal shipping and ferry operations on the east coast of
Canada.
John Hansen holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto as well as a Masters specializing in transportation economics from the University of British
Columbia. He is involved in a number of community volunteer activities: for example, Outward Bound Western Canada; BC
Children’s Hospital; Association of Professional Economists of
BC; Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Art Hanson
Canadian Oceans Ambassador and Distinguished Fellow and
Senior Scientist, International Institute for Sustainable
Development
Dr. Hanson served as President and CEO of IISD for seven years(1991–1998). He is currently Distinguished Fellow and
Senior Scientist. In June of 2000, Dr. Hanson was named an
Oceans Ambassador by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
He is currently a core faculty member of the Sustainable
Enterprise Academy at York University, a member of the
Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Canadian
Biotechnology Advisory Committee.
Dr. Hanson is a Board member of the China Council for
International Cooperation on Environment and Development, an Advisor to the Volvo Environment Prize, a member of the
Selection Committee for the North American Fund for
Environmental Cooperation and serves on numerous Canadian and international environment and development committees.
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In May 1994 he was appointed by the Prime Minister of
Canada to the National Round Table on Environment and
Economy.
Over the past two decades, Dr. Hanson has initiated a number of major programs in environment and development, especially in Southeast Asia and North America. He has held management and advisory positions with research councils, universities, foundations, international development agencies and banks, and non-governmental organizations.
From 1978 to 1991 he was Professor of Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University (Halifax) and was Director of the
School for Resource and Environmental Studies for a decade.
Prior to that he worked for five years with the Ford Foundation in Indonesia. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan in the field of Fisheries Ecology and Natural Resources, an
MSc in Zoology/Fisheries and a BSc (First Class Hon) in
Zoology from the University of British Columbia.
Rod J. Harris
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tourism British Columbia
Rod Harris has a varied background of marketing expertise following graduation from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce and MBA. He has been employed in a senior capacity with a variety of multinational corporations including British Columbia Packers, Colgate-
Palmolive and John Labatt.
Rod Harris was appointed to his current position as President and Chief Executive Officer with Tourism British Columbia in
May 1997. He is currently a Director on the Boards of the
Canadian Tourism Commission, Pacific Asia Travel Association and the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation.
Geoffrey L. Holland
Canadian Oceans Ambassador, Special Advisor, Oceans,
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Geoffrey Holland received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics and a Master of Science degree in fluid dynamics from London University. He served in the Royal
Navy from 1954 to 1956.
From 1957 to 1966 he worked at the Hydraulic Research
Station, Wallingford, UK before emigrating to Montreal, and working on aerodynamic research with Canadair. In 1968 he joined the federal government service to be responsible for the establishment of a program to monitor the wave activity around the Canadian coasts.
Holland remained with the federal ocean science program for the next 32 years, as it moved through many departments culminating as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. His responsibilities changed from operations to ocean science management and policy leading up to the position of Director
General for Physical and Chemical Ocean Sciences.
Jim Barlow
Field Unit Superintendent, Coastal British Columbia, Parks
Canada
A graduate of Carleton University in Ecology and from the
University of Winnipeg/Manitoba with a Master of Public
Affairs degree, Jim Barlow has dedicated a good part of his career to Parks Canada both as an ecologist/planner and a
Manager. He has worked in a variety of locations such as
Point Pelee National Park as the Superintendent, in Banff
National Park as the Manager of Real Property & Townsite
Administration and now in Victoria as the Field Unit
Superintendent for Coastal British Columbia. As Field Unit
Superintendent, he is responsible for the implementation of the Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy program with BC Parks to establish a new national park in the Strait of Georgia along with a marine conservation area Roundtable.
Ric Careless
Executive Director of the Wilderness Tourism Association
Ric Careless is the Executive Director of the Wilderness
Tourism Association and speaks on behalf of BC’s $2 billion nature tourism industry, which employs 15,000 and is keystone to BC’s overall $10 billion tourism industry. Careless pioneered tourism resource planning in Canada and has developed leading edge management strategies for the zonation of tourism resource areas to support tourism’s social, economic, and ecological requirements.
Careless has been instrumental in protecting a dozen major wilderness areas in British Columbia totaling over 7 million acres, often working on behalf of adventure, guide outfitting, and sport fishing tourism operators. Careless has also worked as an environmental policy advisor to the BC Cabinet, and has been awarded the Order of BC for his success in conserving wild lands. Careless has extensive experience working with governments, industry, local groups and the tourism industry to find solutions that support the protection of nature and encourage sustainable economic development.
Richard (Dick) K. Carson
Regional Director, Oceans, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Dick Carson has lived all of his life on the West Coast of Canada. He graduated in 1972 from the University of British Columbia in Honours
Biochemistry. From 1972 to 1981, he was employed with
Canadian Fish Inspection and Quality Program after which he worked in a variety of Fisheries Management positions.
Currently, Carson is the Regional Director, Oceans for Pacific
Region. His responsibilities include development of the
Pacific Region component of Canada’s Oceans Strategy under
Canada’s Oceans Act, 1997. This includes collaboration among federal and provincial agencies, Integrated Oceans
Management, as well as development of Marine Protected
Areas and Marine Ecosystem Health. The principles of sustainability, ecosystem-based approaches to oceans management, the precautionary principle and a balance of environmental, social, and economic objectives are the essential priorities of the Act.
Collaboration with international partners has led to mutual support among nations to meet global commitments related to the United Nations, APEC and other international bodies.
Thomas M. (Tom) Dow
Vice President of Public Affairs, Princess Cruises and Tours
As Vice President of Public Affairs for Princess Cruises and
Tours, Tom Dow serves as the company’s liaison to federal and state governments, local communities and industry associations. Based in the company’s Seattle office, he works particularly closely with officials in the Pacific Northwest and
Alaska, where Princess is the leading cruise and tour operator.
Dow joined Princess Tours in 1994 as vice president of the hotel division, before moving into his current position in 1996.
An active member of the cruise industry, Dow is involved in numerous professional organizations. He currently serves as a director of the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation, and sits on several committees for the International Council of Cruise
Lines and the North West CruiseShip Association.
Tom Dow is past-president of the Alaska Visitors Association.
He received the organization’s North Star Award in 1990. He has served on the boards of the Alaska Travel Industry
Association, Alaska Tourism Marketing Council, and was chairman and a board member of the Alaska Native Tourism
Council. Prior to joining Princess, he served as Vice President of NANA Development Corporation, an Alaska Native
Corporation, where he was employed in various management positions, starting in 1975. Born in Kearney, Nebraska, Dow is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado.
Robert Duncan
Economic Development Officer, Campbell River Indian Band
Robert Duncan currently is the Economic Development Officer for Campbell River Indian Band. His most recent project was the completion of Discovery Harbour Shopping Centre. Large and spacious, with unique contemporary and traditional designs, it overlooks the spectacular Discovery Passage on
Vancouver Island’s East Coast where Alaska-bound cruise ships slow to accommodate swift tides. The centre is 380,000 square feet of retail and office space boasting four major anchor tenants.
Duncan’s current ventures include the negotiation for a
Destination Casino facility; the Band received an approval in principal in 1998 and is in the final stages of this project.
Future plans include an adjacent waterfront Hotel and
Convention Centre. His vision of a Cruise Ship terminal is fast becoming reality, with the successful trial by Cruise West’s ship
Oceanus in 2001 Duncan and the community are looking forward to another trial with Royal Caribbean International’s ship The Radiance of the Seas in the 2003 fall season.
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Duncan was a successful commercial fisher owner/operator, and was chosen by his peers to represent their aboriginal fishing interests. His active work as a board member of the
Native Brotherhood of BC and the Pacific Salmon Commission led to the establishment and heading of the Kwagiulth
Territorial Fisheries Commission. He has served as Chairman of the Kwagiulth District Council, the political body representing the Northern Vancouver Island First Nations.
Recently he completed a term as a member of the Department of Indian Affairs sponsored Capacity Panel, which looked at ways to build economic development capacity in First Nations communities.
He is a member of the Campbell River Estuary Management
Commission, a director of the Campbell River District
Chamber of Commerce as well as the Museum board. He enjoys soccer, basketball, and traditional activities. He accepts the privileges and responsibilities of a Bighouse Chief, and actively participates in Kwagiulth culture. A member of the
Da’naxda’xw First Nation, father of three, he currently lives in
Campbell River.
W. David Eley
President, Cape Decision International Services
David Eley is a retired Coast Guard commander with 24 years experience in marine transportation management, environmental protection, law enforcement, maritime safety and health, and international affairs. Of note was a two-year tour as Head of the Oil Pollution Coordination Centre of the
United Nations’ International Maritime Organization in
London, UK. In his last Coast Guard tour he served as Captain of the Port for Southeast Alaska. In this position he directed the Coast Guard’s programs in marine environmental protection, commercial vessel safety, maritime security, merchant mariner licensing, accident investigation, marine emergency response, and transportation management for
Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Since retirement in September 1999, Eley has undertaken a number of consultative projects in risk assessment, emergency management, pollution prevention and marine transportation management. His clients in Alaska include the US National
Park Service, the cruise ship industry, Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation, and the Alaska Marine Highway
System. He has been involved in the Alaska Cruise Ship
Initiative from its very beginning. He authored the initial quantitative assessment of large cruise ship wastewater impact, managed the initial voluntary sampling effort in 2000, facilitated the work of the Science Advisory Panel and served as editor to the Science Panel’s comprehensive report to the
Governor on the impact of cruise ship wastewater on Alaska waters.
Eley holds a Master of Science in Public Health
(Environmental Health and Industrial Toxicology) from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
David A. Fennell
Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
Dr. Fennell’s main research focus is ecotourism, which he has explored for many years. As a consequence of his involvement in this area, Dr. Fennell has undertaken research and conducted workshops in many countries around the world. He is the author of Ecotourism: An Introduction, Ecotourism
Programme Planning, and Ecotourism Policy.
He is also the editor-in-chief of the newly formed Journal of Ecotourism.
Other research interests include carrying capacity, tourist movement in space and time, and ecological impacts. He teaches ecotourism and outdoor recreation at Brock University, in
Ontario.
Leonard George
Director, Economic Development Department, Tsliel Waututh
Nation
Leonard George is 56. He is the youngest son of the late Chief
Dan and Amy George, and has four sisters, and one brother.
He has been married to his loving wife Susan for over thirty years, and is proud to have four sons, three daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. He was born and raised in North
Vancouver, and is a proud member of the Tsleil-Waututh
Nation (Slay-Wah-Tuth), Children of Takaya (children of the wolf clan) the Original People of the Burrard Inlet. He is a traditionalist, spiritual leader and economic development visionary.
Leonard George is one of the founding members of the
Vancouver Aboriginal Centre, where he served as the Executive
Director for seven years from 1981 to 1988. This was during the turbulent and tumultuous era of the urban ‘native’ migration to Vancouver. Due to his efforts there has become an established strong and healthy First Nation presence within the city of the ‘people’.
Leonard George served as elected Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh
Nation from 1989 to 2001, a total of twelve years. George came in to serve his people at a time when the Nation was in financial debt and it was at that time that he developed Takaya
Developments Inc., an economic development company that is majority owned by the Nation. The concept of doing business with First Nations and non-First Nations would hence forever be changed for the better. This unique venture broke new ground for doing business on reservation lands.
Takaya Developments has laid a foundation and future for the
Tsleil-Waututh Nation to maintain both core cultural values and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Leonard George is the current Director of the Economic
Development Department for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Chief
Negotiator, Chief Executive Officer of Takaya Developments,
President of Takaya Tours Inc., President of Healing Our Spirit,
President of the First Nations Employment Centre, and
President/Leader of Children of Takaya.
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Thursday–Saturday, December 5–7, 2002 • Simon Fraser University • Vancouver
Alison Gill
Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Alison Gill is a Professor at Simon Fraser University with a joint appointment in the Department of Geography and the
School of Resource and Environmental Management. She holds a BA from Hull University, UK, an MA from the
University of Alberta, and a PhD from the University of
Manitoba. Dr. Gill is the Principal Investigator in the Linking
Science and Local Knowledge Node of OMRN. She has recently completed a 5-year term as the Chair of the
Department of Geography and while on leave this year is more actively re-engaging in her research program.
Alison Gill’s research focuses on community-tourism relationships. She has published extensively on this in the context of the Howe Sound-Whistler area especially focusing on the response of communities to economic growth and change. In collaboration with her colleague, Peter Williams, she was recently awarded a 3-year Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant to examine corporate-community relationships in the tourism sector. Relating to this research interest, Dr. Gill, together with her PhD student, Sue Dobson, has been engaged with DFO,
Oceans Branch in Vancouver in examining the cruise ship industry as well as other aspects of coastal tourism and recreation. In May of this year both participated in the
Australian-Canadian Oceans Research Network (ACORN) conference in Canberra, where they presented a joint paper with Australian colleagues on coastal tourism issues and challenges.
Warren Gill
Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, and
Vice President, University Advancement, Simon Fraser University
A Vancouver native, Warren Gill was educated at the University of British Columbia, where he studied urban geography, earning his doctorate in urban studies in 1981.
Dr. Gill joined the geography department at Simon Fraser
University in 1977 and two years later began working on the establishment of a downtown Vancouver presence for Simon
Fraser University. Dr. Gill has been involved in all stages of the development of the downtown campus, most recently serving as associate vice-president for Simon Fraser University at
Harbour Centre. He is chair of the City Program steering committee, SFU’s urban affairs program and the University’s regional development and transportation committee.
When time permits he teaches courses about the city, transportation, retail and public service location. He has been instrumental in the planning of the new graduate urban studies initiative. The author of articles on coastal shipping, urban lifestyles, transportation policy, the transformation of
Vancouver and regional popular music, his current research focuses on the Alaska cruise industry and transportation demand management. He is a frequent local and national media commentator on urban and transportation issues.
Recipient of the UBC geography alumni’s 2000 distinguished geographer award, he is a member of a number of professional organizations including the Canadian Association of
Geographers, the Association of American Geographers, the
Western Regional Science Association, and the World
Congress on Transport Research. He is an affiliate member of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
Gordon Goodman
Director, Tourism and Recreation Branch, Ministry of Sustainable
Resource Management, and
Executive Director, Business Development, Olympic Bid
Secretariat, Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s
Services
Gordon Goodman has had over 15 years of experience in working in resource management in Alberta and British
Columbia and over five years with tourism both within government and industry. He worked as an international consultant on sustainable tourism and community economic diversification. Currently he is responsible for helping to develop the overall ‘sustainable’ cornerstone, and economic opportunities strategy for the 2010 Winter Olympic Bid.
Hon. Stan Hagen
Minister of Sustainable Resource Management, BC
Stan Hagen was appointed Minister of Sustainable Resource
Management on June 5, 2001. He chairs the Cabinet
Committee on Economy and Environment. Mr. Hagen previously served as Minister of Education from 1990 to 1991; as Minister of Regional and Economic Development from 1989 to 1990; as Minister of Advanced Education, Job Training,
Science and Technology from 1986 to 1989; and as Minister of
State for the Vancouver Island/Coast Region from 1987 to
1991. He was a member of six cabinet committees and chaired the Canadian Council of Ministers of Education. Hagen was instrumental in the creation of Science World and advocated for the Scientists in the Classroom and Passport to Education programs.
He was first elected in 1986 to represent the riding of Comox and was elected in 2001 to the riding of Comox Valley. Hagen moved to the Comox Valley in 1968, where he worked in the construction industry and later started an independent readymix company. Before his re-election to the Legislative
Assembly in 2001, he was general manager of a local paving company. He has an honorary doctorate of laws degree from
Simon Fraser University.
Hagen was West Coast regional chair of the Modified Industry
Labour Adjustment Program, a salmon enhancement and job creation program. He was also a member of the Comox
Strathcona Regional District Economic Development
Commission, treasurer of the Comox Valley Chamber of
Commerce and founding president of the Comox Valley
Community Foundation. He also served as a Comox Valley school trustee from 1972 to 1978.
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