Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
2nd Annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
Speaker: Anna Johnston, West Coast Environmental Law
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 7:15-8:45 pm
Place: Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue
For additional information click or contact melp@dal.ca
Dr. Meinhard Doelle, beloved colleague, friend, and environmental law scholar, May 25, 1964 to September 17, 2022.
The first annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture in honour of our former colleague was held November 28, 2023.
Professor Doelle鈥檚聽contributions to Canadian and international environmental law and policy, and to education of the next generation, were extensive. His research spanned a wide range of topics, including climate change, energy law, invasive species, environmental assessment, decarbonization of shipping, and public participation in environmental decision-making. His many books included 鈥淭he Next Generation of Impact Assessment: A Critical Appraisal of the Canadian Impact Assessment Act鈥�, 鈥淩esearch Handbook on Climate Change Law and Loss & Damage鈥�, 鈥淧romoting Compliance in an Evolving Climate Regime鈥�, 鈥淭he Federal Environmental Assessment Process, a Guide and Critique", and "From Hot Air to Action: Climate Change, Compliance and the Future of International Environmental Law鈥�. His co-authored casebook 鈥淓nvironmental Law: Cases and Materials鈥� in multiple updated editions provided a foundation to students across the country.
Professor Doelle taught many courses at the Schulich School of Law over the years, including environmental law, energy law, climate law, and contract law.聽He served as the Associate Dean (Research) from 2012 to 2017, and the Associate Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute from 2004 to 2012 and the Director from 2013 to 2016.聽He served as Associate Dean, Graduate Studies from 2021. He was also involved in interdisciplinary teaching outside the law school, most notably at the College of Sustainability, where he co-taught a course on Humanity in the Natural World.
This lecture series intends to inspire the next generation of H漫画 students, whether in law or sustainability, to learn more about the possibilities of environmental law for contributing solutions to local, national and global sustainability challenges facing people and planet.
3rd Annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
Hybrid Event
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 7:15-8:45 pm
Place: TBD
Speaker: Adebayo Majekolagbe, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Lecture Title: 鈥淭he Problem of Illegitimacy in Climate Law鈥�
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Adebayo Majekolagbe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law. He has over a decade of post-call legal experience, and has appeared at all levels of the Nigerian judicial system. He holds Master of Laws degrees from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and H漫画 University, Canada. He also holds a PhD from the Schulich School of Law, H漫画 University. Adebayo is a fellow of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, H漫画 University and a member of the International Association for Impact Assessment, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment, and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network. He has won several awards including SSHRC鈥檚 Vanier Award, Killam Trust鈥檚 Killam Award and others. His work on Just Transition and Impact Assessment was recognized at SSHRC鈥檚 鈥淩eal Insight. Real Impact. Real Purpose鈥� showcase on Parliament Hill in 2023. Adebayo has researched and published on numerous topics relating to just transition, impact assessment, sustainability and climate change law and human rights. He also teaches courses at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law including climate change law, environmental law, and constitutional law.
Co-sponsored by:
Marine & Environmental Law Institute
College of Sustainability
For more information contact MELAW@dal.ca
2nd Annual Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture
Hybrid Event
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 7:15-8:45 pm
Place: Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue
Lecture Title: 鈥淔ostering Sustainability Takes a Village: The Collaborative, Relational, Future-Oriented Potential of Impact Assessment鈥�
Speaker: Anna Johnston, BA, LLM, is a public interest environmental lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, where her work focuses on environmental impact assessment, cumulative effects, and constitutional, biodiversity and climate law. She is a member of the Minister鈥檚 Advisory Council on Impact Assessment, co-chairs the Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network, and has authored numerous reports, papers and book chapters on impact assessment and the constitutional division of powers. She has appeared before superior and appellate courts in BC and Alberta, as well as the SupremeCourt of Canada.
Co-sponsored by:
Marine & Environmental Law Institute
College of Sustainability
To attend virtually email sustlife@dal.ca for the Zoom link
For more information see the or contact MELAW@dal.ca
Click for the video link.