University of Calgary

Arlene Kwasniak

Submitted by jwhamilt on Fri, 2012-04-13 14:45.
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Academic Appointment: 

Professor

Administrative Position: 

Associate Dean (Research)
Graduate Program Director

Degrees / Qualifications: 

M.A. (Detroit, MI), LL.B. (Alta.), LL.M. (Lewis & Clark)
Member of the Alberta Bar.

Contact Information: 

Office: MFH4312
Telephone: 403.220.2638
Email: akwasnia@ucalgary.ca

Affiliations: 

Natural resources, energy and envionmental law research group

Biography: 

Prior to joining the University of Calgary in 2003, Arlene's law practice was with the Environmental Law Centre (Edmonton, Alberta) for 11 years, the last two as Executive Director. There she developed keen interests in water law and policy, municipal law and policy, legal issues concerning inter-jurisdictional management and ecosystem approaches, law and sustainability, and private conservancy instruments.

Teaching: 

Arlene teaches Law 583: Water Law and Law 573: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Arlene won the Howard Tidswell Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence for 2010/2011.

Research / Scholarly Activities: 

Arlene's research interests are in water law and policy, municipal law and policy, legal issues concerning inter-jurisdictional management and ecosystem approaches, law and sustainability, and private conservancy instruments. Arlene's books include Alberta Public Rangeland Law and Policy, A Conservation Easement Guide to Alberta, Reconciling Political and Ecosystem Borders: A Legal Map and Alberta Wetlands: A Law and Policy Guide.

Publications: 
Publications
ABlawg posts: 
ABlawg Postings
Committee Service: 

In 2011-2012, in addition to serving as the Associate Dean (Research) and Graduate Program Director (2011-2014), Arlene coordinates ABlawg, the Faculty of Law's Blog on Developments in Alberta Law, chairs the Graduate Studies Committee and serves on the Faculty's Planning Committee. She is also a member of the EVDS Council and the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute of Resoruces Law (CIRL).

Professional Service: 

Arlene has served on the Alberta Water Council, Wetlands Team, which developed new wetland policy proposal in 2007, and on the Alberta Water Management Review Committee, which was instrumental in developing new water legislation for the province, and the federal Regulatory Advisory Committee constituted under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to advise the federal Environment Minister on matters concerning environmental assessment in Canada.