CURRICULUM VITAE

Laura Westra

LAST UPDATE: February 20, 2017

222 Barrhill Road Osgoode Hall Law SchoolMaple, Ontario, York UniversityL6A 1L2 4700 Keele StreetCanada Toronto, Ontario

M3J 1P3 Canada

TEL: (905)303-8181 (Home)FAX: (905)303-8211Email: lwestra@interlog.comWeb: www.ecointegrity.net

Citizenship: Canadian

Education and Degrees:

2005 Ph.D. in Law. Osgoode Hall Law School Thesis Title: "Ecoviolence and the Law: Supranational Normative Foundations of Ecocrime”. Supervisor: Prof. Craig Scott. Areas of Specialization: International Human Rights, International Environmental Law.

2001 Professor Emerita, University of Windsor, Philosophy Department.

1983 Ph.D. (Philosophy) University of Toronto Thesis Title: Truth and Existence in Thomas Aquinas; Supervisor: Fr. Joseph Owens, Professor Emeritus; Areas of Specialization: Ethics, Philosophy of the Environment, Bioethics, Business Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Ancient and Hellenistic Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Critical Thinking.

1978 Master of Arts (Philosophy), University of Toronto.

1977 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Philosophy), York University

Academic Experience:

2016-2017   Visiting Professor - University of Parma, Parma ,Italy, International Environmental Law

Sept.-Dec., 2015

Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, International Environmental Law

May 23-23, 2015

Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Visiting Professor

May 11-20, 2015

Faculty of Law, University of Milano (Bicocca)

Sept.-Dec., 2014

Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Child Law; International Environmental Law; “Refugees as Asylum Seekers”

Jan.-Apr.2011-2014

Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Environmental Law

Oct. 26-Nov.1, 2013

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Jurisprudence, University of Trento, Trento Italy

Oct. 14-Oct. 25, 2013

Oct. 15-Nov.1, 2012

April 21 – June 23, 2011

EECO510 – Worldview, Ethics, and the Environment, RoyalRoads University, Victoria, BC.

Jan 10, 2011

Faculty of Law, Università di Milano (Bicocca), " International Law: Cases and Issues"

2008-2009 Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa. Dr Bradford Morse,(SSHRC Grant - "Indigenous Rights and the Impact of Environmental Degradation on Public Health"

July 5, 2008 University of Montreal (CERIUM - Centre D'Etudes  et  de Recherches Internationales) Summer School: Law to the Planet's Rescue: Twelve International Jurists  Give You a global View; "Human Rights and the Environment"

2007-2008 Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa, Supervisor Dr. Bradford Morse, "Indigenous Peoples' Rights"

2005-May 2006

Writer / Researcher for the Walpole Island First Nation (Chief Dean Jacobs) and Ms. Kate Kempton (Olthuis, Kleer and Townshend, 229 College St., Toronto, Ont.), a position paper, "Emission Trading and Environmental Credits under International and Domestic Law ".

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2004 Adjunct Professor, Social Science, York University

2003-2004 Osgoode Hall Law School, Graduate Student, Doctor of Jurisprudence Candidate; School of Social Science, Tutorial Leader, "Business and Society" (Fall and Winter Terms).

2002-2003 Osgoode Hall Law School, Graduate Student, Doctor of Jurisprudence Candidate; School of Social Science, Tutorial Leader, "Business and Society" (Fall and Winter Terms).

2002 Research Assistant: Prof. Shelly Gavigan, for the Judgments of Mme. L'Heureux-Dube, Supreme Court of Canada.

2001-2002 Osgoode Hall Law School, Graduate Student, Doctor of Jurisprudence Candidate; School of Social Studies: Tutorial Leader: "Business and Society" (Fall and Winter Terms).

2000-2001 Osgoode Hall Law School, Graduate Student, Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.); Atkinson College Philosophy Department: Theory of Argumentation/Fallacies.

1999-2000 Barbara B. and Bertram J. Cohn, Professor in Environmental Studies, Sarah Lawrence College. Environmental Ethics; Institutionalized Violence and Environmental Racism; Health Care and Global Ethics.

1998-99 Professor, University of Windsor, Environmental Ethics, Technology. Human Values, Ancient Philosophy: Thales to Plato.

1997-98 Professor, University of Windsor, Environmental Ethics, Bipethics, Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle to Plotinus; Political Philosophy: Institutional Violence.

1994-96 Associate Professor, University of Windsor, Canada. Technology and Human Values; Environmental Ethics, Bioethics; Business Ethics; Political Philosophy: Institutional Violence; Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle to Plotinus; Graduate Courses: Philosophy of the Environment; Political Philosophy: War, Terrorism and Environmental Racism.

1993-94 Associate Professor, University of Windsor, Canada: Ancient Philosophy (Thales to Plato) (Aristotle to Plotinus), Business Ethics, Technology and Human Values, Contemporary Moral Problems (Bioethics), Environmental Ethics.

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1992-93 Associate Professor, University of Windsor, Canada: Ancient Philosophy (Thales to Plato) (Aristotle to Plotinus), Bioethics, Business Ethics, Environmental Philosophy (graduate course).

1991-92 Associate Professor, University of Windsor, Canada: Contemporary Moral Problems, Ancient Philosophy (Aristotle to Plotinus), Business Ethics, Technology and Human Values, Environmental Ethics.

1990-91 Associate Professor, University of Windsor, Canada: Contemporary Moral Problems, Introductory Logic, Ancient Philosophy, Business Ethics.

1989-90 Associate Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL: "Basic Reasoning, Ancient/Medieval Philosophy, Social Ethics, Bioethics, Environmental Ethics.

1989 Assistant Professor, Summer Session, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH: Business Ethics, Medical Ethics.

1988-89 Assistant Professor, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH: Introduction to Logic, Business Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Heidegger (graduate course).

1987-88 Assistant Professor, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH: Introduction to Philosophy, Business Ethics, Introduction to Logic, Medical Ethics.

1987 Sexual Ethics in Health Care (for The Aged, Handicapped, and Chronically III), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.

1986-87 Research Associate/Assistant Professor, Office of the Provost, Clemson University, Clemson, SC: Ethical and Legal Aspect of Inter-Basin Water Transfers: A Philosophical Analysis, for the Strom Thurmond Institute and the South Carolina Water Resources Project.

1986 Research, Designed and taught a short course on Ethics for Emergency Care Personnel for the Ambulance and Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Systems. Humber Community College, Toronto, Ontario.

1986 Assistant Professor, Summer Session, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Business Ethics, Sexual Ethics.

1985-86 Assistant Professor, Clemson University, Clemson, SC:

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Introduction to Philosophy, and Business and Environmental Ethics, Sexual Ethics, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy.

1985 Assistant Professor, Summer Session, Lakehead University, Ontario, Introduction to Philosophy, and Business and Environmental Ethics.

1984-85 Assistant Professor, Lakehead University, Ontario, Greek and Medieval Philosophy, Introduction to Philosophy, Business and Environmental Ethics, Engineering Ethics, Bioethics, Sexual Ethics.

1984 Lecturer, Summer Session, University of Saskatchewan: Informal Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, and Business and Environmental Ethics.

1983-84 Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Informal Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, and Business and Environmental Ethics.

1983 Co-Instructor, Mysticism and the Paranormal, University of Toronto, Erindale Campus.

1983 Instructor, Life After Life and the Paranormal, Seneca College.

1982-83 Teaching Assistant, Philosophy of Human Sexuality.

1981-82 Instructor, Philosophy of Human Sexuality.

1980-81 Instructor, Body and Mind, Mysticism.

1979-80 Teaching Assistant, Philosophy of Human Sexuality.

1978-79 Teaching Assistant, Introduction of Philosophy.

Languages: English, French, Italian (mother tongue), Greek, Latin

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Books:

38. On Hunger, (in press)

37. The Role of Integrity in the Governance of the Commons, L. Westra, J. Gray & F. Gottwald, eds., Springer Press, 2017 (in Press)

36. The Common Good and Environmental governance for the Support of Life, L. Westra, ed., Cambridge Scholars Press, 2016

35. The Common Good and Ecological Integrity: Human rights and the support of life, L. Westra, J. Gray and A. D’Aloia, eds., Earthscan (Routledge), London, UK, 2016

34. Ecological Integrity and Global Governance (Science, Ethics and the Law), Earthscan (Routledge), London, UK, 2016

33. Towards a Refugee Oriented Right of Asylum, L. Westra, S. Juss, T. Scovazzi, Ashgate, London, UK, 2015

32. Ecological Systems Integrity: Governance, Law and Human Rights, L. Westra, J. Gray and V. Karageorgou, eds. Earthscan (Routledge), London, UK, 2015

31. Child Law (Children’s Rights & Collective Obligations), Springer, Berlin, 2014

30. Revolt Against Authority (Social Movements and the Victims of Legal Violence), Brill Leyden, The Netherlands, 2014

29. The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity and Social Movements, Laura Westra and Mirian Vilela eds., Earthscan (Routledge), London, UK 2014

28. Confronting Ecological and Economic Collapse: Ecological Integrity in Law and Human Rights, Laura Westra, Prudence Taylor and Agnes Michelot, eds. Earthscan (Routledge), London, UK , 2013

27. The Supranational Corporation: Moving Beyond the Multinationals, 2013, Brill, Leyden, The Netherlands

26 "Faces" of State Terrorism, Brill, Leyden, The Netherlands, 2012

25 Human Health and Ecological Integrity (Ethics, Law and Human Rights), L. Westra, C. Soskolne and D. Spady, eds., 2012

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24. Human Rights: the "Commons" and the Collective, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, BC (2011)

23. Globalisation and Ecological Integrity in Science and International Law, Laura Westra, Klaus Bosselmann and Colin Soskolne eds., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 

22. Globalization, Violence and Word Governance, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands (May 2011)

21. Democracy, Ecological Integrity and International Law, J. Ron Engel, Laura Westra, and Klaus Bosselmann eds, Cambridge Scholars Press, London, UK (June 2010)

20. Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees, Earthscan Publishers, London, UK, July 2009

19. Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity (15th Anniversary Collection of the Global Ecological Integrity Group), Earthscan, July 2008, Laura Westra, Klaus Bosselmann and Richard Westra, Editors.

18. Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - International and Domestic Law Perspectives, Earthscan Publishers, London, UK, 2007

17. Sustaining Life On Earth: Environmental and Human Health Through Global Governance, 2007. Editor in Chief: Colin L. Soskolne, Co-Editors: Laura Westra, Louis J. Kotzé; Brendan Mackey; William E. Rees; and Richard Westra, Lexington Books, Maryland, USA

16. Environmental Justice And The Rights Of Unborn And Future Generations - Law, Environmental Harm And The Right To Health, 2006, Earthscan Publications, UK.

15. Ecoviolence and The Law (Supranational Normative Foundations of Ecocrime), 2004, Transnational Publishers, Inc., Ardsley, N.Y.

14. Thinking About the Environment: Our Debt to the Classical and Medieval Past. 2002; eds. Thomas Robinson and Laura Westra, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD.

13. Just Ecological Integrity: The Ethics of Maintaining Planetary Life. 2002, Peter Miller and Laura Westra eds., with Foreword by Steven Rockefeller, Rowman Littlefield, Lanham, MD.

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12. Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice.2001 2nd ed. eds., Laura Westra and Bill Lawson, Rowman Littlefield, Lanham, MD.

11. Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health. L. Westra, Philippe Crabbe, Alan Holland and L. Ryczkowski, Eds. NATO Scientific Publications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 2000.

10. Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment. Conservation and Health. D. Pimentel, L. Westra and R. Noss co-eds, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2000.

9. The Business of Consumption: Environmental Ethics and the Global Economy. L. Westra and P. Werhane, co-eds., Rowman Littlefield, Publishers Inc., Lanham, MD., 1998.

8. Living in Integrity: Toward a Global Ethic to Restore a Fragmented Earth. Rowman Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1998.

7. Ecological Sustainabilitv and Integrity: Concepts and Approaches. J. Lemons, L. Westra & Robert Goodland, co-editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1997.

6. The Greeks and the Environment. L. Westra & T.M. Robinson, coeditors, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, MD. (1997).

5. Technology and Values, a collection of readings; co-editors Kristin Shrader-Frechette and Laura Westra; with Introduction to Ethics by Louis Pojman. Rowman Littlefield, Publishers Inc., Lanham, MD, 1997.

4. Perspectives on Ecological Integrity, a collection of papers, one of which by L. Westra, plus Introduction: Co-Editor, Dr. John Lemons (Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1995 (Product of SSHRC Grant, "The Integrity Project").

3. Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice. Rowman, Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Series on Social and Political Philosophy, editor, J. Sterba; a collection of essays, edited with introduction by Laura Westra; co-editor Peter Wenz, (1995).

2. An Environmental Proposal for Ethics: The Principle of Integrity. 1994. Series on Social and Political Philosophy, ed., J. Sterba, Rowman and

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Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, MD. (Second printing, July 1994).

1. Freedom in Plotinus (Enneads 6.8). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston,N.Y., approximately 230 pp.; 1990.

Book Reviews:

11. Only One Chance, by Philippe Grandjean, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, for Amazon.

10. The Spirit of the Soil, by Paul Thompson (1995), Routledge, London, UK: for Ecosystem Health. Vol. 5, No. 1, March 1999, pp. 63-63.

9. Diritto per la Natura. by Mariachiara Tallacchini, Torino, Italy, G. Giappicchelli (1996); for Environmental ethics. Spring 1999, Vol. 21, pp. 101 -103.

8. Ecology. Policy and Politics, by John O'Neill, for Ecological Economics. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1997.

7. If You Poison Us. Uranium and Native Americans, by Peter H. Eichstaedt, for The Western Historical Quarterly. Utah State University, 1994, 1995.

6. A Critique of Applied Ethics, by a. Edel, E. Flower, and F.W. O'Connor, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1994; for The Canadian Philosophical Review. University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1995.

5. Revolution for Nature, by K.M. Meyer - Abich, The White Horse Press, Cambridge, UK, 1993; for Environmental Values Journal.

4. Upstream/Downstream. Issues in Environmental Ethics, ed. D. Scherer, Temple University Press, for Teaching Philosophy Journal. December 1992, 15:4; pp. 401-405.

3. Etica e Ambiente. by Sergio Bartolommei, Guerini Associates, Milano, 1989, Winter 1991, Vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 367-369.

2. Land Degradation and Society, by Blaikie, Piers, and Brookfield for Ethics. Russell Hardin, ed., University of Chicago, Vol. 98, 1990, 1 p.

1. Review of Death Can Be Beautiful by Ken A. Bryson, for Dialogue. Canadian Philosophical Review. University of Waterloo, Vol. XXII, No. 1, March 1984.

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Published Papers: [(R) - Refereed Papers in Journals; (C) Chapters in Books; (CP) Conference Proceedings]

89. “Development and the Rights of the Child to Heath in Conflict”, Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, Vol.42, No.1 (in press)

88. "Future Generations' Rights: Linking Intergenerational and Intragenerational Rights in Ecojustice" 2011, in Climate Change and Environmental Ethics, Ved. P. Nanda. editor, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, US,  pp.171-202;

87. "Life, Health and the Environment: The Denied Connection" in Human Health and Ecological Integrity (Ethcis, Law and Human Rights), ,2012, L. Westra, C. Soskolne and D. Spady eds., Earthscan, London, UK (in press).

86. “Ecology and the Law: Democracy, Globalization and the Greek Roots of Ecological Problems”, in Democracy, Ecological Integrity and International Law, R. Engel, L. Westra & K. Bosselmann eds., Cambridge Scholars Pub., UK, pp.8-25.

85. "Climate Change and the Human Right to Water", 2010, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Vol.1,No.2, September 2010, pp161-188;

84. "Collective Human Rights: Public Health v. Structural and ecological Violence (The Example of Ecuador v. Colombia)" 2010 in ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol.16:2, pp.557-572;

83. “Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity: the Right to Food”, in Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change -Science, Policy and Ethics, Willey and Blackwell Publishers, (in press) (R)

82. “Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity and the Right to Health”, in Transnational Law and contemporary Problems Journal, University of Iowa, College of Law,Vol.18,No.1, Winter 2009 (R)

81. "Ecological Integrity: Its History, Its Future and the Development of the Global Ecological Integrity Group", in Reconciling Human Existence with Ecological Integrity, L. Westra, K. Bosselmann and R. Westra eds., Earthscan, London, UK, Chapter 1

80. "The Child's Right to Health and the Role of the World's Health Organization", in Sustaining Life on Earth, Environmental and Human Health Through Global Governance, Colin Soskolne ed. with L. Westra,

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Louis Kotze, Brendan Mackey, William Rees and Richard Westra, Lexington Books, 2007,Lanham, MD, 397-412

79. "On Hazardous Waste" ,Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics, 2nd ed.P. Werhance and R. Freeman eds. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2004.

78. "Environment and Environmental Ethics", Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics, 2nd ed. P. Werhane and R. Freeman eds, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.

77. "Ecological Integrity”, Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics, Carl Mitcham, ed. Macmillan Reference USA, NY, 2004.

76. "Virtue Ethics as Foundational for a Global Ethic", in Virtue Ethics and the Environment, P. Cafaro ed. Rowman Littlefield,Lanham, MD. 2004 (R). pp.79-92

75. “Environmental Rights and Human Rights: The Final Enclosure Movement”, 2004 for Human Rights volume (Series Global Governance and the Search for Justice); R. Brownsword ed., Hart Publishing, U.K. pp.107-120 (R)

74. "The Earth Charter: from Global Ethic to International Law" in Environmental Ethics Louis Pojman ed. 4th Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont,CA 2004. pp.590-596; pp.624-640

73. “The Ethics of Integrity and the Law in Global Governance”, 2003, Davis Law Review, University of California at Davis. Volume 37, number 1, pgs 127 to 143 (R).

72. “When Consumption does Violence: Can There Be Sustainability and Environmental Justice in a Resource – limited World”, 2003, with Wm. E. Rees in Just Sustainabilities, J. Agyeman, R. Evans and R.D. Bullard eds., Earthscan Publications Limited, London, UK. 99-124 (R).

71. "Natural Law in Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas", 2002, in Thinking About the Environment: Our Debt to the Classical and Medieval Past, co-editor Thomas Robinson, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD pp. 123-130 (C).

70. "Introduction" to Just Ecological Integrity. 2002, co-author Peter Miller, Rowman Littlefield, Lanham MD., XV-XXII (C).

69. "La Integridad Ecologica y las Metas del Proyecto de Integridad Global" with P. Miller. Wm. Rees, J.R. Karr, and R. Ulanowicz; tr. Leticia

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Garcia; in Los Caminos de la Etica Ambiental II. 2003 ed. Teresa Kwiatowska; Plaza y Valdez Pub., Mexico .

68. "De Aldo Leopold al Proyecto de Tierras Salvaies: Las Eticas de la Integridad" in Los Caminos de la Etica Ambiental II. 2003 ed. Teresa Kwiatowska; Plaza y Valdez Pub., Mexico.

67. "The Ethics of Ecological Integrity and Ecosystem Health: The Interface", in Managing for Healthy Ecosystems. D. Rapport, W. Lasley, D. Rolston, O. Nielsen, C. Qualset and A. Damania eds. California CRC/Lewis Press, August 2002.

66. "Plotinian Roots of Ecology: Post-Normal Science and Environmental Ethics", in Neoplatonism and Contemporary Thought. Part Two, SUNY Press, Albany, NY, pp. 29-50, 2002, R.B. Harris, ed.

65. "Freedom and Providence in Plotinus," in Neoplatonic Studies, edited by Michael F. Wagner, Neoplatonism and Nature. SUNY Press, Albany, NY 2002, pp. 125-148.

64. "When Consumption Does Violence: Can There Substainability and Environmental Justice in Resource-Limited World?", co-author with William Rees, in Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World. Julyan Agyeman, Ed., Earthscan, London, 2001 (R)

63. "Ecological Integrity and the Aims of the Global Integrity Project", with Peter Miller, Wm. Rees, James R. Karr and Robert Ulanowicz, 2000; in Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment. Conservation and Health, eds. D. Pimentel, L. Westra, and R. Noss, Island Press, Washington, DC. pp.4-19

62. "Institutionalized Environmental Violence and Human Rights", in Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment. Conservation and Health. D. Pimentel, L. Westra, and R. Noss, eds. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2000; pp279-294 (R)

61. "The Ethics of Integrity and The Earth Charter: Global Ethics and Global Laws", in Forum on Our Global Challenges (Proceedings), Abelardo Brenes Castro ed., University for Peace, 2001.

60. "Peter Miller, Forestry and the Ethics of Integrity", Business and Professional Ethics Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2000.

59. "From Aldo Leopold to The Wildlands Project; The Ethics of Integrity" in Environmental Ethics. E. Hargrove, ed., University of North Texas at Denton, 2000.(R)

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58. "The Disvalue of Contingent Valuation and the Accounting Expectation Gap", for Environmental Values. White Horse Press, Lancaster, UK 2000 (R) No 9, pp. 153-171.

57. "Advocacy as a Moral Obligation" in Reflections, ed. Peter List, University of Oregon, Corvallis, OR, 2000.

56. "The Global Integrity Project and the Ethics of Integrity", in P. Crabbe, Ryckzkowski, Holland and Westra, Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2000, 23-26. (C)

55. "Animal Rights, Human Rights: The Perspective from the Ethics of Integrity", Progress in Reduction. Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation. 3rd World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Health Sciences, Elsevier, UK, 1999, M. Balls A-M von Zellerand M. E. Hala eds. pp. 1571-1574. (CP)

54. "The Ethics of Integrity in the Land Ethic: Meeting Human Needs for the Land and its Resources", Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD, 1998; pp.

53. "Integrating the Social Contract and the Ecological Approach" a response to Paul Shrivastava, for Business Ethics Quarterly, special issue, 2000, ed. Patricia Werhane. (R) pp. 45-52.

52. "Environmental Racism and the First Nation People of Canada: Terrorism at Oka", in Journal of Social Philosophy. January 1999, Blackwell Publishers. (R)

51. "Development and Environmental Racism: The Case of Ken Sara Wiwa and the Ogoni," in Race. Gender and Class. New York, Special Edition 1997. (R)

50. Leopold's Land Ethic and the Ethics of Integrity," for Reflections, (Publication of the Program for Ethics), Science and the Environment. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.

49. "Biotechnology and Transgenics in Agriculture and Aquaculture: The Perspective from Ecosystem Integrity," 1998, Environmental Values. Vol. 7(1) White Horse Press, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.(R)

48. "Post-Normal Science, The Precautionary Principle and the Ethics of Integrity". Foundations of Science 2(1997), 237-262. (R)

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47. "Why Norton's Approach is Insufficient for Environmental Ethics", in Environmental Ethics. Fall 1997, Vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 279-297. (R)

46. "Environment and Environmental Ethics", entry for the Blackwell Dictionary on Business Ethics, edited by the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics, University of Virginia, (1,000 words), 2-3 ms pp. (C)

45. "Environmental Racism and the First Nation People of Canada: Terrorism at Oka", Canadian Studies in Applied Ethics, co-eds. W. Cragg and A. Wellington, Broadview Press, Toronto, 1 997. (C)

44. "Commentary on Environmental Justice and Stella Capek's Paper" for the Human Ecology Review. Special Issue on "Environmental Justice," ed. Scott Wright, University of Utah. (R)

43. "Aristotelian Roots of Ecology: Causality, Complex Systems Theory and Integrity," for Roots of Ecology in Ancient Greek Thought. L. Westra and T. Robinson eds., Rowman Littlefield, Lanham, MD 1997. (C)

42. "Plato, The Good, and the Failure of Liberal Democracy" for Plato's Political Philosophy and Contemporary Democratic Theory eds. T.M. Robinson and C. Boudouris, University of Athens Press, Athens, 1997. (C)

41. "Environmental Justice: A Moral Obligation" in Human Ecology Review. Winter/Spring 1996, Vol. 2, No. 2, 132-136. (R)

40. "Ecosystem Integrity and the 'Fish Wars,'" in Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health. Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1996, pp. 1-8. (R)

39. "The Canadian Fish Wars" for Wild Earth. Richmond, Vt., Summer 1996, pp. 66-69. (R)

38. "Environmental Ethics and the Corporation" for a Special Issue of Business Ethics Quarterly. October 1995 issue, pp. 661-673. (R)

37. "Integrity, Health and Sustainability: Environmentalism Without Racism", in The Science of the Total Environment. 1996, Elsevier Publishing, Oxford, U.K., pp. 57-76. (R)

36. "Ecosystem Integrity and sustainability: The Foundational Value of the Wild," in Westra, L. and Lemons, J., co-eds., Perspectives on Ecological Integrity. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1995, pp. 12-33. (C)

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35. "The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Al. and BFI," in Westra, L. and Wenz, P., Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice. Rowman Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1995, pp. 113-134. (C)

34. "Paul Shepard's "The Wild" and Biocentric Holism: A Convergence of Ends", in the Company of Others. ("Essays in Honour of Paul Shepard"), ed. Max Oehlschlaeger, Kivaki Press, Durango, Col., 1995, pp. 127-138. (C)

33. "Ecosystem Integrity and Agenda 21: Science, Sustainability and Public Policy," Proceeding of the Earth Ethics Conference on Agenda 21. United Nations, New York, Jan. 1994. (CP)

32. "On Risky Business", a Review Article for Business Ethics Quarterly, an article discussing Risky Business by E. Draper, Jan. 1994, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 97-110. (R)

31. "The Ethics of Environmental Holism and the Democratic State: Are They in Conflict?” Environmental Values. U.K. Lancaster, Summer 1993, pp. 125-136. (R)

30. "A Transgenic Dinner? Ethical and Social Issues in Biotechnology and Agriculture", in The Journal of Social Philosophy, ed. Peter French, San Antonio, Vol. 24, No. 3, Winter 1993; pp. 215-232. (R)

29. "Agribusiness in LDC's: Ecology, Sustainability, Biotechnology and Traditional Land Ethics," in International Perspectives on Business Ethics, ed. W.M. Hoffman, J.B. Kamm, R.E. Frederick, and E.S. Petry, Jr., Greenwood Publishing Co., 1993, pp. 242-254. (C)

28. "Dr. Frankenstein and Today's Professional Biotechnologist: A Failed Analogy?" in Between the Species. California Sate U. at Hayward, S. Sapontzis, ed., 1992, pp. 216-221. (R)

27. "Towards 'Integrity1 in the Great Lakes: A Feminist Perspective", in APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. Special Issue, guest editor Prof. Karen Warren and Prof. Nancy Tuana, 1991. (R)

26. "Towards the Integrity of the Earth," Proceedings of the Earth Ethics Forum. Tampa, Fla., May 1991. (CP)

25. "Knowing the Self in Plato, Plotinus and Avicenna," in Neoplatonism and Islamic Thought. SUNY Press, New York (1991), pp. 89-110. (C)

24. "Agricultural Practices, Ecology and Ethics in the Third World", in

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Journal of Agricultural Ethics. University of Guelph (1991), pp. 60-77. Vol. 4, No. 1. (R)

23. "Perinatal Medicine and Genetic Engineering: Some Ethical Considerations", in Problemi di Bioetica. II Sedicesimo Publ., Firenze, Italy (1991), ed. Brunetto Chiarelli. (R)

22. "On Water," Proceedings of the Binational Conference of International Water Management (May 1988, Centre for Canadian American Studies), 1990, University of Windsor Press, pp. 32-48. (CP)

21. "The Principle of Integrity and The Economy of the Earth." in The Corporation Ethics and the Environment (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990, Quorum Books, W. Michael Hoffman et. al. ed), pp. 227-240. (C)

20. Terrorism, Self-Defense and Whistleblowing" in The Journal of Social Philosophy, ed. Peter French, Spring Issue, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 46-58. (R)

19. “Respect, 'Dignity, and Integrity' An Environmental Proposal for Ethics” in Epistemologia. XII (1989), pp. 91-124, A. Agazzi, ed., Genova, Italy. (R)

18. "Ecology and Animals: Is There a Joint Ethic of Respect?" in Environmental Ethics. Athens, GA, Fall, 1989, Vol. 11, pp. 215-230. (R)

17. "Whose 'Loyal Agent'? Towards an Ethic of Accounting" reprinted in Contemporary Moral Controversies in Business. A. Pablo lannone, ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1989, pp. 299-307. (C)

16. "Freedom, Existence and Existentialism" in Maritain Studies. John Knasas, ed., University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 243-251. (C)

15. "Animal Ethics, Biocentric Environmental Ethics and Feminism" a response to R. Kalechofsky; in Between the Species. California State University, Hayward, S. F. Sapontzis, ed.(R)

14. "The McAlpine Case: 'Public Servant' or 'Government Servant'?" in Philosophy in Context. Cleveland State University, J. DeMarco, ed., 1987, Vol. 17, pp. 26-39. (R)

13. "Some Ethical Aspects of Interbasin Water Transfers, Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, March, 1987, Working paper WP031187.

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12. "Schrader-Frechette, Risk Assessment and the Is-Ought Fallacy" in the Agrarian. Proceedings of the "Perspectives on Risk" Conference, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1987. (CP)

11. "The Origin of the Work of Art: Truth in Existence and the Scholastic Tradition," in Analecta Husserliana. Vol. 23, published by the World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dorchecht, Holland; 1988, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 379-391. (C)

10. "The Soul's Ascent Towards the One in Proclus' Elements of Theology: Is It Plotinian?" in Proclus and His Influence. Editions du Grand Midi, Zurich, Switzerland, 1987; ISBN 2-88093, 310 pp. 9. (C)

9. "On War and Innocence," in Dialogue, the Journal of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Michael Macdonald, ed., Winter, 1986, XXV (4), pp. 735-740. (R)

8. "The Religious Dimension of the Question of Individual Immortality of the Thinking of William James," accepted by Faith and Philosophy. Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers. W. Alston, ed., Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer, 1986, pp. 285-297. (R)

7. "Love and Beauty in Plotinus and Ficino." Proceedings of the Conference on Marsillo Ficino. University of Toronto, Italian Studies. Dove Press, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, May, 1986, pp. 175-188. (CP)

6. "Whose Loyal Agent? Towards an Ethic of Accounting," in Journal ofBusiness Ethics. Alex Michalos, ed., Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1986; D. ReidelPublishing Company, pp. 119-128. (R)

5. "Knowing Un-Truth and the Truth of Non-Being in Thomas Aquinas and Jacques Maritain," in Maritain: A Philosopher in the World. University of Ottawa Press, Jean-Louis Allard, ed., 1985, pp. 113-126. (C)

4. "Truth and Existence in Thomas Aquinas De Veritate I. I." Doctor Communis (Pontifica Accademia di San Tommaso), Organ of the Vatican, Vatican City, Italy, pp. 3-12. (R)

3. "Let It Be: Heidegger and the Future," in Environmental Ethics. E. Hargrove, ed., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Winter, 1985, Vol. 7, pp. 341-350. (R)

2. "The Noetic Ascent to the One in Plotinus and to God in Thomas Aquinas: A Textual Comparison," in New Scholasticism. Notre Dame

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Press, Dr. R. Mclnerny, ed., Winter, 1984, pp. 99-126. (R)

1. "Ratio e Intellectus in San Tommaso D'Aquino," in the Atti delCongresso di Metafisica e Scienze dell'Uomo, 1980, Rome, Italy, pp.67-77. (CP)

Invited Papers Presented:

88. “Environmental Justice and Ecological Refugees”, for ICEF, International Court of the Environment Foundation, Global Environmental Governance, May 20, 2010, Roma, Italy

87. “Governance for Ecological Integrity? A Distant, but Necessary Goal”, for the 4th Annual Keeping Nature Alive Symposium, 15-18 September, 2009 Libertyville, IL, USA

86. “Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity: The Right to Food”, for the conference  (OECD funded) ON Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global climate Change: Science, Policy and Ethics, Madison WI University of Wisconsin, July 1, 2009

85. "The Rights of Unborn and Future Generations", for the Climate Change Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 20-24, 2008

84. "Ecological Refugees: Beyond the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees" for the Fondazione Lanza, Padova, Italy October.26-28, 2008

83. "Ecology and the Law: Globalization and the Greek Roots of Ecological Problems", Keynote presentation for the Conference "Ecology and Ethics in the Age of Globalization", org. Prof. L Bargeliotis, August 8, 2008.

82. "The Rights of Unborn and Future Generations" University of Iowa Boyd School of Law, Iowa City, Feb.14, 2008

81. "Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" for the World Bank, Washington, DC, Book Launch, Jan.4, 2008

80. Arctic Peoples and Climate Change - The Case of Nunavut" for the Conference on Public Health and Vulnerabilities, Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 5,2007

79. "Arctic Peoples and Biodiversity: The Interface Between Climate Change and Traditional Ecological Knowledge - The Case of Nunavut"

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presented at the Brandeis Law School, Louisville, KY, Conference on Law, Ethics and the Natural Sciences, Oct.27, 2007

78. "Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn and Future Generations", Keynote for the European Summer University, St. Jean d'Angely,France, August 30,2007

77. "From Environmental Justice to Ecojustice",4th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, PACE University, Oct. 16-20, New York.

76. "Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn and Future Generations", Keynote Presentation August 25,2006,at the Conference on Globalization, Environmental Ethics and Environmental Justice, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI.

75. "Future Generations Rights and the Rights of the First Generation" paper presented at the Conference for Fetal Vulnerability, Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland, June 2, 2006.

74. "Science's Responsibility to Future Generations:Linking Intergenerational and Intragnerational Rights in Ecojustice", for the World Science Forum - Budapest, "2005: Knwoledge,Ethics and Responsibility",Hungarian Academy of Sciences and UNESCO, Nov. 10-12,2005.

73. "The Good Life in Aristotle" for the International Association for GreekPhilosophy,Athens and Spetsis, June 28,2004.

72. "The Rights of Children to Health and the Environment" for the GlobalDevelopment Ethics,University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen,Scotland,Apr.16,2004.

71. “Ecoviolence and the Law” for the University of Miami BioethicsProgram,Miami,Fla, March 27,2004.

70. “Integrity in International and Supranational Law” for the University of California at Davis, Faculty of Law, April, 2003.

69. "Cosmopolitanism in International Law: Human Rights and the Environment", invited by K. Boudouris, International Association for Greek Philosophy, 14th International Conference, "Polls and Cosmopolis: Problems of the Global Era", Samos, Greece, Aug. 3, 2002.

68. "International Law and the Earth Charter", Science for Peace

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Conference. Toronto, Ont. May 30, 2002.

67. "Environmental Ethics, International Law and then Earth Charter", invited by B. Chiarelli, Universita di Firenze (Atlas Project Meeting), Firenze, Italy, June 20, 2002.

66. "The Earth Charter: From Soft Law to International Law" for the Earth Charter Ethics Seminar, at the Pocantico Centre of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York; Apr. 5-7, 2002, Program on Ecology, Justice and Faith (PEJF) and the center for Respect of Life and Environment (CRLE), co-organizer J. Ronald Engel, Hasting Center Project on Nature/Polis/Ethics.

65. "Environment, Health and Global Justice" for the Honours Program on Sustainability, University of Rhode Island Speakers Series, Nov. 6, 2001.

64. "Human Rights, Natural Law, and the African Charter" for the Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Dialogue among Civilizations Meeting, Oct. 27, 2001, SUNY Binghamton, NY.

63. "On Terrorism", Panel on Terrorism, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Sept. 25, 2001.

62. "Ecological Integrity and Health Care: Lessons from Walkerton", for the Centre for Health Care Ethics Speaker Series, Lakehead University, Sept. 19, 2001.

61. "Environmental Ethics, Health and Global Justice", University of Southern Georgia, Savannah, GA. March 26, 2001.

60. "The Ethics of Integrity and The Earth Charter: Global Ethics and Global Laws" for the University of Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 7, 2000, Maurice Strong, Rector., for the "Forum on Our Global Challenges:, Nov. 6-10, 2000.

59. "Ecoviolence and Health" for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, May 30, 2000.

58. "The Disvalue of Contingent Valuation" for the Philosophy Dept., University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK, May 25, 2000; May 26, 2000 "Ecoviolence and Microintegrity: Motivation and Conspiracy".

57. "The Disvalue of Contingent Valuation" for Graduate Students, Philosophy Department, Marquette University, Conference, Business Ethics: Corporate Responsibility", Feb. 11, 2000 Milwaukee, Wl.

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56. "Conflicts between Human Rights and Animal Rights: the Perspective from the Ethics of Integrity", for the 3rd World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences", sponsored by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Bologna, Italy, 29 August -September 2, 1999.

55. "The Ethics of Ecological Integrity and Ecosystem Health: The Interface", for a Session on "The Global Ecological Integrity Project: Understanding and Implementing Ecosystem Health", for the International Congress on Ecosystem Health, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, Aug. 15-20, 1999.

54. "Peter Miller, Forestry and the Ethics of Integrity", Learned Societies' Meeting, Sherbrook, Que., June 6, 1999.

53. "The Business of Consumption and The Ethics of Integrity: Marx, Capitalism and Environmentalism," for Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, Mar. 8, 1999.

52. Workshop on "Global Ecological Integrity and Human Health," workshop convened by the World Health Organization, Rome office, Dec. 2-5, 1998.

51. "The Ethics of Integrity", for The Environmental Studies Institute for Biology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universitat Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 1998.

50. Invited participation in Ideas Matter Series on Aldo Leopold. Nov. 5, "The Ethics of Integrity," Nov. 6, "Institutionalized Environmental Violence, and Teaching Philosophy 301 "Aristotelian Concepts of Nature and the Environment".

49. "The Ethics of Integrity," for the Department of National Defense," (Canada), Ottawa, Nov. 1998.

48. "On Environmental Racism" for the Guelph University Students Union, Guelph, ON, October 6, 1998.

47. "The Ethics of Integrity and Human Health," keynote address for a workshop on "The Ethics of Human Health and Ecosystem Health: Toward an Inclusive Understanding," McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Oct. 3, 1998.

46. "Limit and Causality in Aristotle, and the Earth Charter", invited by the University of Athens, Conference on Philosophy and Ecology: Greek

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Philosophy and the Environment. Samos, Greece, 23-28 August, 1998.

45. "The Faces of Environmental Racism and The Supreme Court of Alabama", invited by the University of Ottawa, The "Institute for the Economy and the Environment" March 26, 1998.

44. "Overconsumption and Environmental Racism", presented at the meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 9, 1997, Toronto, Ontario.

43. “The Link Between the Ethics of Integrity and the "New Science" of Giambattista Vico", presented to the Vico Studies Association, Vatolla, Italy, Julyl, 1997.

42. Comment on paper by Alan Holland, at Keele University (UK) meeting for Members of the Editorial Board of Environmental Values Journal (UK), to help determine its future course, Apr. 17-18, 1997.

41. Comment on Paul Shrivastava, at the 1997 Ruffin Lectures Meeting, "Environmental Challenges to Business," The Garden School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 4-6, 1997 (funded & honorarium).

40. "The Precautionary Principle, The Ethics of Integrity and the New Earth Charter" for the conference on Environmental Justice: Global Ethics for the 21st Century. The University of Melbourne, Australia (partially funded), Oct. 1-3, 1997.

39. "The Ethics of Integrity and Global Environmental Problems," for the International Studies Association, National Meeting, Toronto, Mar. 18-22, 1997.

38. "Environmental Problems and Regulations from the Perspective of Ecological Integrity," for the Conference on Business and Professional Ethics, October 1997, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.

37. "Environmental Racism: The Case of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni for Conference on Risk Assessment and Public Policy, Washington, D.C., Mar. 6-8, 1997; organized by K. Shrader-Frechette.

36. "Development and Environmental Racism: The Case of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni," for 6th Annual Conference of Social Investment Conference. Nov. 15, 1996, Park Plaza, Toronto.

35. "Why We Need An Environmental Assessment of Technology," for the 9th International Conference on "Technology, Economic Development

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and Sustainability," University of Pueblo, Mexico (partly funded) Oct. 30, 1996.

34. "The Integrity Perspective and The Atlas Project," for the Italian Ecology Association, Sept. 14, 1996, Napoli, Italy.

33. Graduate Seminar on L. Westra's work at the Faculty of Environmental and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Invited By Dr. James Kay, Jan. 19, 1996.

32. "The Ethics of Integrity and Sustainability," invited address, Workshop on "Sustainability" at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Nov. 15-17, 1995 (fully funded).

31. "The Society of American Foresters' Land Ethics Canon: The Perspective from Integrity," invited address at the American Foresters Annual Meeting, Portland, Maine, Nov. 1, 1995 (fully funded).

30. "Plotinus and Ecology1 for the meeting on Metaphysics and Environmental Ethics, the University of the Atlantic, Boca Raton, Fla. Convened by Don Marietta and Lester Embree, May 29, 1995 (partially funded).

29. "Is a Biocentric Ethic Racist" For the Round Table on Deep Ecology and the First Nation People of Canada, convened by P. Penz at the Learned Societies meeting, June 5, 1995, Montreal, Que. (partially funded).

28. "The Ethics of Integrity and the Question of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Aquaculture. Conference on "Ethics and Biotechnology", The University of Turkku, Finland, Aug. 12, 1995 (fully funded).

27. "The Ethics of Ecosystem Integrity: Health, Sustainability and the Fish Wars," for the 4th International Conference on Aquatic Ecosystem Health, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, May 17, 1995.

26. "The Role of the Ethics Newsletter; The International Society for Environmental Ethics" for the 6th Annual National Conference on Ethics in America, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 23, 1995 (partially funded).

25. The Corporation and the African Environment", Symposium; "The Black Experience Today", for Black History Month, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Feb. 4, 1995 (partially funded).

24. "The Ethics of Integrity: Implications for Epidemiology," for the

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International Society for Environmental Epidemiologists, Raleigh, N.C. (funded). Sept. 16-18, 1994. Supported by the World Health Organization, Roma, Italy.

23. "On Integrity," Author's Seminar for the World Bank-Environmental Planning, Washington, DC, March 3, 1994.

22. "Ethical and Legal Aspects of Agenda 21," for the Ethics Committee, IUCN, Jan. 20, 1994, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21. "Ecosystem Integrity: Toward an Understanding of the Interface Between Science and Sustainability in Agenda 21", Conference-United Nations Program on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, Jan. 13-14, 1994.

20. "The Role of Environmental Ethics" session on Environmental Ethics, Science and Society, Nov. 12, 1992 12th Annual Meeting of SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry". Cincinnati, Ohio).

19. "Establishing an Institutional Code of Environmental Ethics", for the Environmental System Associates, and Paul Smith College of Arts and Sciences, Conference topic: "Environmental Ethics: Implications for Natural Resources Management", Nov. 8, 1992, Dickinson, N.Y., (funded and honorarium).

18. "The Goal of Environmental Integrity in International Agriculture", for the International Symposium (500 Years) of the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca Mexico, Oct. 12-16, 1992 (funded).

17. "Integrity and Sustainability in the International Setting" (funded by the Brazilian Government) for the University of Porto Alegre, Brazil, International Conference on Environmental Ethics, prior to ECO 92. Its finding will be incorporated in the statements presented in Rio for the Earth Charter.

16. "The Goal of Integrity and the Practice of democracy", for the International Symposium in Preparation for ECO 92: sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, Brazil, May 25-29, 1992 (funded).

15. "Integrity and Sustainable Development in the Great Lakes Setting", University of Ottawa, program on Environmental Ethics; Organizer, Dr. A. Friend, Economics, Jan. 14, 1992.

14. "The Integrity of Creation" for Conference, Environmental Rights in Conflict. Apr. 18-21, 1991, Little Rock, University of Arkansas (funded

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by W. Rockefeller Foundation and the Arkansas Humanities Council).

13. "Respecting the Integrity of the Earth: The Need for New Values in Environmental Ethics," lecture in a series entitled "Technology, Ethics & Value Conflicts: Creating an Ethical Discipline for Engineers," at the University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Charlottesville, VA, Nov. 1, 1990 (funded and honorarium).

12. "Integrity and Sustainable Development", Oct. 28, 1990, for the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, in the occasion of Tropical Forest Week (funded and honorarium).

11. "Freedom, Creativity, and the One," for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Central Meeting of American Philosophical Society, New Orleans, LA, April 26, 1990.

10. "Universals in Practical Ethics," for the Round Table on Christianity and Culture" XVIII World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 22, 1988.

9. "Freedom, Existence and Existentialism," for the American Maritain Society. Montreal, Canada, October 29, 1987.

8. "Environmental Ethics and Risk Assessment" for the Interdisciplinary Conference on Risk Assessment, with support of the College of Agricultural Sciences (Integrated Pest Management), the Agricultural Literacy Program, and the Strom Thurmond Institute, at Clemson University, February 13, 1986.

7. "The Ascent of the Soul to the One in Proclus: Is It Plotinian?" for the Conference on Proclus and His Influence, at Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland (Prof. Fernand Brunner, Org.), September 1985.

6. "Ethics in the Care of the Elderly" for the Joint Convention on Aging (organized by the Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged and the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging), Niagara Falls, NY, September 9, 1985.

5. Case Study presented: "Native Rights and Economic Development, A Comparative Case Study," May 28, 1985.

4. "The Social Self in Plotinus, Avicenna and Aquinas," for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy at the Conference on Aristotle and Islamic Philosophy, in honour of Joseph Owens, Baruch College, New York, October 27, 1984.

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3. "Love and Beauty in Plotinus and Ficino," for the Conference on Marsilio Ficino sponsored by the Italian Department, University of Toronto, October 12, 1983.

2. "The Social Self in Plotinus, Avicenna and Aquinas," for the Kalamazoo Medieval Forum (session on Mediterranean Thought in the Middle Ages), Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 10, 1984.

1. "Plotinus1 Doctrine of Nature," for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the Western APA Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 28, 1984.

Papers Presented at Conferences:

173. “Ecology and the Law: Democracy, Globalization and the Greek Roots of Ecological Problems”, for the GEIG Annual Conference, University of Firenze, Fienze, Italy, June 25, 2009

172. "Climate and Ecological Refugees: Beyond the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees", for the IUCN Academy of International Law, Faculty of Law, Ottawa, September 27, 2008

171. "Ecological Integrity and the Law: From Science to Human Rights and the Question of ecological Refugees" for the GEIG Conference in Berlin, Humboldt University, July 16, 2008

170. "Ecological Refugees and Indigenous Peoples Rights", for the GEIG Annual Conference, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, July 16, 2008

169. "Arctic Peoples and Climate Change: the case of Nunavut" presented at the GEIG Annual Meeting, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, June 30,2007

168. "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Ecofootprint Crime and the 'Biological/Ecological Model'" American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, US, Environmental Justice Session.

167. "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Ecofootprint Crime and the 'Biological/Ecological Model'", the Law Union of Canada, March 25, 2006 Panel presentation with Kate Kempton and Chief Dean Jacobs (First Nation of Walpole Island).

166. Neoliberal Globalization and the Rights of the First Generation and the Future" for the Collegium Ramazzini Conference on "2005- Living with

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Chemistry", Bologna,Italy,Sept. 19,2005.

165. "Neoliberal Globalization v. Human Rights and the Rights of the Child" for the Conference on Globalization and HUman Rights, University of Windsor, Windsor,Ont.,Aug. 6,2005

164. "Future Generations Rights:Linking Intergenerational and Intragenerational Rights in Ecojustice" for the Venice Meeting of the Global Ecological Integrity Group and the IUCN-CEL, June 29-July 3, 2005,Venice,Italy.

163. “Trade, Economics and Human Rights” for CANSEE 2003, Conference on “Sustainability: Making Genuine Progress”, Oct. 18, 2003 Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper Alberta.

162. “Cosmopolitanism in Kant and The Stoics”, World Congress of Philosophy, Istanbul, Turkey, August 17, 2003.

161. “Integrity, Health and Supranational Governance” for the Joint Meeting of Earth Charter and the Conference “Global Ecological Integrity, Human Rights, and Human Responsibilities: Intersections Between International Law and Public Health”, June 27 – July 1, 2003 (with the participation of the WHO).

160. “Environmental Rights and Human Rights: a Juridical Search for Justice”, Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield, UK, April 29-May 1, 2003.

159. "From Environmental Ethics to International Law" Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Aug. 28, 2002.

158. "Obligations in International Human Rights Issues", for the American Society for Value Inquiry, at the Eastern Division meeting of the APA, Dec. 28, 2001.

157. "Globalization and Sustainable Development: Human Rights Violations and 'Ecocrimes'", for The "Third" World and the International Order: Law. Politics and Globalization". Osgoode Hall Law School, October 13, 2001.

156. "Global Change and Justice: Ecocrimes and Current Health Issues for the Global Change Open Science Conference. Amsterdam The Netherlands, July 10-13,2001.

155. "A Critique of, Democracy. Risk and Community, by Richard Hiskes", APA Central Division, May 2-5, 2001 Minneapolis, MN (In Authors Meet

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Critics Session).

154. "Institutionalized Violence Against Citizens in Nation States" for the 13th Annual Conference of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, October 29th, 2000, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

153. "Natural Law and the Laws of Nature in Ancient and Medieval Though for the 2000 SAGP, Global, Ancient and Medieval Conference in Binghamton, NY. Oct. 26-29.

152. “Ecoviolence, Health and Microintegrity: Motivation and Conspiracy" at the AAS, Washington, DC, Feb. 18, 2000, in a session: "Climate Change and Human Health", org. E. Pimentel and L. Westra.

151. Commentary on Don Brown's "Climate Change, Risk and Ethical Responsibility of the United Stated to Reduce its Emissions of Greenhouse Gases", at the APA Eastern Meeting, Dec. 29, 1999, Boston.

150. "Aldo Leopold and The Ethics of Integrity" for ISEE, APA Central Division, May 7, 1999, New Orleans, LA.

149. "Biotechnology, Transgenics and Microintegrity" for ISEE, APA Central Division, May 6, 1999 New Orleans, LA.

148. "The Disvalue of Contingent Valuation and the Accounting Expectation Gap," for RAPA, March 25-27, 1999, Washington, DC.

147. "The Integration of Philosophy and Science in the Ethics of Integrity: for the AAAS Meeting, Annaheim, CA, Jan. 21-26, 1999. Session on "Integration and Synthesis as Scientific Method: Environmental Science and Philosophy".

146. "Freedom and the Good in Aristotle: A Critique of Nussbaum and Sen," for The Global Ancient, Medieval, Islamic Conference, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, Oct. 23-25, 1998.

145. "The Abortion Issue: A Nonanthropocentric Perspective" for the Society for Animal Ethics, Animal Philosophical Association, Eastern Meeting, Washington, DC; Dec. 27-30, 1998.

144. "Institutionalized Environmental Violence: Human Rights and Disintegrity," July 21, 1998, Firenze, Italy, Symposium on "Ecological Integrity Moving from Principles to Practice," for INTECOL.

143. "The Ethics of Integrity" for the meeting of the International Joint

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Commission on "Ecological Integrity", Windsor, Ont., June 16-18, 1998.

142. "Institutionalized Environmental Violence and Human Rights" for the "Human Rights" Section, for Paideia. XXth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, USA, Aug. 10-16, 1998.

141. "Environmental Violence and the Ethic of Integrity", for INTECOL (International Ecological Congress ), Firenze, Italy, July 21st, 1998.

140. "A Response from the Ethics of Integrity", commentary to Bruce Morito, at The American Philosophical Association meeting, May 7, 1998, Chicago, USA.

139. "Integrity, Sustainability and the Earth Charter", presented at the 14 th Annual Conference of the North American Society for Social Philosophy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., July 20, 1997.

138. "Health and Integrity: The Interface", presented at 1997 SSHRC Focus Group Meeting of the Global Integrity Project. June 22, 1997, Cortona, Italy.

137. "The Ethics of Integrity and The New Earth Charter" at a session on "Science and Society," Feb. 18, 1997. American Association for the Advancement of Science (ANSIE 1997), Seattle, Washington.

136. "Environmental Risks and Rights: The Failure of Liberal Democracy" for the North American Society for Social Philosophy, in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association Meetings, Eastern Division, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 27-30, 1996.

135. "Plato, The 'Good' and the Failure of Liberal Democracy," for the Conference on "Plato, the 'Good' and Democracy: A Dialogue" University of Athens, and the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Athens, Greece, July 5, 1996.

134. "Development and Environmental Impact Assessment: The Case of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni," Conference on "Ethics, Development and Global Values," University of Aberdeen, Scotland, June 25-28, 1996.

133. "Environment, Technology and Human Rights in Africa: The Case of the Ogonis," Conference on "Philosophy, Politics and Development in Africa," June 8, 1996, SUNY Binghamton, New York.

132. . "Human Health and Ecosystem Health: Integrity's Causal Link" for the ECOSUMMIT '96, Copenhagen, Denmark, August. 21, 1996.

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131. Speaker on Panel discussion "Sustainable Lifestyles and Underlying Attitudes" and "Does Philosophy Matter?" for conference on "Challenges to Sustainable Development", organized by the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility" (INES), Aug. 22-25. Aug. 23 panel organized by Dr. EricHoi and Dr. Brad Marden.

130. "Why We Need an Environmental Assessment of Technology" for a joint meeting of IAIA and ISEE, organized by Robert Goodland, The World Bank, in Estoril, Portugal, June 21-23, 1996.

129. Commenting on "Environmental Impact of Contagious Illness: Is Coercion Justified?" by Mary Mahowald and Dr. L. Freedman Ross, for the ISEE, APA Central Meetings, Chicago, III.

128. "The Link Between Environmental Integrity and Human Health", for the AAS Meetings, Baltimore, Feb. 9, 1996; Section: Science and Society; Session Topic: "Intersection of Environment Health, Professional Ethics and Law", org. by Dr. Colin Soskolne and L. Westra.

127. "Environmental Racism and the First People of Canada: Terrorism at Oka," for the Ontario Philosophy Association, Windsor, Ont. Oct. 27, 1995.

126. "Plotinus and Ecology" for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Neoplatonic Studies, Institute for Global Studies, University of Binghamton, Oct. 20-22, 1955.

125. "Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice", for the Conference on Surviving Globalization: Economic. Social and Environmental Dimensions. Westminster Institute, London, Ont. May 26, 1995.

124. The Ethics of Ecological Integrity" co-author Dr. John Lemons (Biology) for the International Society of the Philosophy of Logic and Science. Firenze, Italy, Aug. 19-21, 1995.

123. "The Ethics of Integrity and the Canadian "Fish Wars," for the American Institute of Biological Sciences annual meeting, San Diego, CA, Aug. 7, 1995. Session organized by ISEE.

122. "The Global Dimensions of Environmental Equity: Environmentalism without Racism" for the 6th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Business Society (IABS), Vienna, Austria, June 26-29, 1995.

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121. "Plotinian Roots in Ecology and Post-Normal Science" for the International Society for the Study of Neoplatonism. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, May 1995.

120. "Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, AL a Case Study" APA Central Division, April 28, 1995, for ISEE. Chicago, II.

119. "Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama and BFI, A Case Study", for the 11th International Social Philosophy Conference. August 6, 1994, Las Vegas, NV.

118. Chairing Session on the History of Philosophy (Ancient Philosophy), at the Eastern EPA, Dec. 29, 1994, Boston, BA.

117. "Integrity and Sustainability: The Foundational Value of the Wild," for the Ecological Society of America, meeting in conjunction with AIBS, Aug. 8, 1994, Knoxville, TN.

116. "Integrity and Sustainability: The Foundational Value of the Wild," for the International Conference on Ecosystem Health, Ottawa, Ont., June 23, 1994.

115. "Priorities in Ethics and the Public Service," for the Conference in Ethics in the Public Service. June 15-18, 1994, Stockholm, Sweden. FA Institute for Research in Business and Work Life Issues.

114. "The Problem with Ecofeminism: A Holistic Perspective," for the 11th International Social Philosophy Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Aug. 4-7, 1994.

113. "The Faces of Environmental Racism," conference on Multiculturalism, Religion and Global Issues, Cornell University, April 9-10, 1994

112. "Are Animal Ethicists Speciesist?" April 1, 1994, APA Pacific, Los Angeles, CA, meeting of the ISEE.

111. "Biodiversity, Food Production and Ethics," AAAS meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 21, 1994.

110. "Ecosystem Integrity and Sustainability: Toward an Understanding of the Foundational Value of Wilderness1, for the Fifth World Wilderness Congress, Tromso, Norway, Sept. 24-Oct. 1, 1993.

109. "International Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture", for the World Congress of Philosophy. Moscow, Russia, Aug. 23-25, 1993.

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108. "Human Rights in the Third World, Global Sustainability and Environmental Racism." for The Tenth International Social Philosophy Conference. Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 18, 1993.

107. "Ecosystem Integrity Reexamined" (co-author, James Kay, University of Waterloo), for the Society of Conservation Biologists Annual Meeting, at the University of Tempe, Tempe, AZ, June 11, 1993.

106. "A Transgenic Dinner? Social and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology and Agriculture1, VII Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. Valencia, Spain, May 22, 1993.

105. "The Ethics of Integrity," for Globescope 1993 (Binational Conference on the environment and sustainability in the Great Lakes Basin), Dearborn, Ml, March 18, 1993.

104. "Human Rights in the Third World and Global Sustainability," for the Society for the Study of Global Cultural Studies (IGCS), conference on "Human Rights, Ethics, and Justice: Multicultural Perspectives," April 18, 1993, NY.

103. Panel Participant, "The Ethical Implications of the United Nations "Environmental Summit", at the Eastern APA, Chair Holmes Rolston, III, panelists J. Baird Callicott, Joan Martin Brown, UNEP, L. Westra, Dec. 27-30, 1992, Boston, MA.

102. "A Transgenic Dinner1? Social and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology Agriculture", for the Entomology Society of America. Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Dec. 9, 1992.

101. "Freedom in Plotinus and Augustine, a Response to Mary Clark", for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy meeting on Ancient, Medieval and Islamic Ontologies, Ethics, Aesthetics, at Columbia University, Middle East Institute, Oct. 23-25, 1992.

100. Chair and Commentator for three papers on Environmental topics, session of Business and the Environment, for the Annual meeting of the Society for Business Ethics. Las Vegas, NY, Aug. 7, 1992.

99. "A Transgenic Dinner1? Social and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology Agriculture", for the Society for Social Philosophy meeting, Davidson College, North Carolina, July 31, 1992.

98. "The Ethics of Environmental Holism and the Democratic State: Are They in Conflict?" for the second Annual Conference on Public Service

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Ethics, Siena, Italy, June 9-11, 1992.

97. "Environmental Ethics in the Great Lakes Setting: Integrity and Democracy", for IAGLR, Great Lakes Researchers Meeting, Waterloo University, Waterloo, Ont., June 2, 1992.

96. "The Goals of Peace and Environmental Ethics in the International Setting", for the Meeting of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Central APA, April 24, 1992.

95. "Agribusiness in Less Developed Countries: Ecology, Sustainability, Biotechnology and Traditional Land Ethics", for the Ninth Business Ethics Conference, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, March 30, 1992.

94. "Integrity and Creation", Panel Discussion on "The Integrity of Creation and The Fate of The Earth", San Diego, CA. Mar. 27, 1992, at the American Catholic Philosophical Association" meeting, San Diego, CA., March 27, 1992.

93. "Integrity and Sustainability in the International Setting" for the AAAS, Chicago, II Feb. 6-11, 1991 [Co-organisers Prof. John Carroll, Forest Resources, University of New Hampshire & Laura Westra, University of Windsor]

92. "The Role and Function of the Code of Ethics: The Case of the APS," for the Conference on Professional Ethics. Jan. 30, 1992, Gainesville, Fla.

91. Commentator for the Society for Animal Ethics, in conjunction with the APA Eastern Meetings, New York, Dec. 27-30, 1991, on "Moral Issues associated with bioengineered species - stewardship, abuse, and sustainability."

90. "The Contribution of African Traditional Land Ethics", for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Baruch College, NY Oct. 28, 1991.

89. “Democracy and Environmentalism: Are They in Conflict?" For Interface '91. Southerntech, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 18, 1991.

88. "The Ethics of Biocentric Holism: a Defense" Plenary Session, for The Mountains/Plains Conference on Nature and Value. Fort Collins, Co.,Oct. 10, 1991.

87. "The Accountant as a Professional", for the Society of Business Ethics (in conjunction with the Academy of Management), Eden Roc Hotel, Aug. 9, 1991, Miami, FLA.

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86. "The Ecosystem Approach and Sustainable Development: Is there a Conflict?" For the IAGLR 34th Conference on Great Lakes Research, SUNY Buffalo, JuneS, 1991.

85. Commentator on "Are Environmentalists confused?" by D. Thompson, CPA Meeting, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., May 29th, 1991.

84. Commentator on "Intrisinc Value?" by Tom Regan, CPA Meeting, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, May 29th, (organized by ISEE), 1991.

83. Commentator on "Perspectives on Integrity" Panel Discussion; discussants B. Callicott, P. Miller, Wm. Desmond, APA Central, April 26, 1991 (meeting of ISEE).

82. "The Role and Function of Professional Codes of Ethics: A Proposal for a Code for The American Phytopathological Society," Aug. 18, 1991, St. Louis, MO.

81. "Agricultural Practices, Ecology and Ethics in the Third World," coauthors, K.L. Bowen and B.K. Behe, Earth Ethics Forum. May 10-12, 1991 (see above).

80. "On Integrity," San Leo College, Tampa, FLA. for the Earth Ethics Forum '91. May 10-12, 1991.

79. "Commentary on "Demons, Doxastic Voluntarism, and Aquinas' Account of Faith," by S. MacDonald, for the Eastern American Philosophical Association, Boston, MA, December 27, 1990.

78. "The Ethics of Biocentric Holism: An Aristotelian Defense," for the SAGP/SSIPS Program, SUNY, Baruch College, New York, October 27, 1990.

77. "Ethical Consideration on Genetic Engineering," for Interface 1990. Southern Tech, Atlanta, GA., October 19, 1990.

76. "Business Ethics: A Perspective from Islam," for EBEN (European Business Ethics Network), Milano, Italy (co-authored with Dr. J. Harris, College of Business, Auburn University, AL) October 3, 1990.

75. "L'Un et la liberte chez Plotin," Conference on "Le Neoplatonisme, et Le Platonisme" Beaulieu-sur-mer, September 28, 1990, under The auspices of L'lnstitut de France.

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74. "Towards Integrity" in the Great Lakes Region: A Feminist Perspective," for the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Conference on Political Theory and Action. 15 September 1990, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

73. "The Principle of Integrity and The Economy of the Earth." "First International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policies," Fondazione Lanza, at Borca di Cadore, Italy, August 30 - September 1, 1990.

72. "Towards Integrity in the Great Lakes Region" for the Moral Philosophy in the Public Domain conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 8, 1990.

71. "Gender Discrimination and International Development" for the Canadian Philosophical Association, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 26, 1990, Commentary on the paper by Sheldon Wein.

70. "Perinatal Medicine: Some Ethical Considerations and Genetic Engineering," delivered at conference held by Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 24-26, 1990.

69. "Endangered Earth: U.S. 'National Vision' and Canadian 'Survival'," Conference on Environmental Strategies and Visions cosponsored by International Society for Environmental Ethics and the Canadian Society for Practical Ethics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 26, 1990.

68. "Beyond Maclntyre: The Categorical Imperatives of Integrity," presented at APA Eastern Division Meetings, Atlanta, GA, December 27-30, 1989.

67. "Towards Integrity in The Great Lakes Region," Biennial Conference of Canadian Studies (ACSUS), November 20, 1989, San Francisco, CA.

66. "The Principle of Integrity and The Economy of the Earth" for the Conference on Business and the Environment. Bentley College, Waltham, MA., October 27, 1989.

65. "The Principle of Integrity and The Economy of the Earth." Participation - panel discussion on Environmental Ethics, October 20, 1989, Interface '89. Conference on Technology and the Humanities, Atlanta, GA.

64. Commentary on Michel Despland "Le Platonisme Chretien: I1 education du desir," Canadian Philosophical Association meeting in conjunction with the Learned Societies, Quebec, P.Q., May 28, 1989.

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63. "Integrity in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem," for The Society for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology in conjunction with the Learned Societies, Quebec, P.Q., May 28, 1989.

62. "Ecology and Animals: Is There A Joint Ethic of Respect?" at the Canadian Philosophical Association meeting in conjunction with the Learned Societies, Quebec, P.Q.; May 30, 1989.

61. "Terrorism, Self-Defense and Whistleblowing" for The Society for Christian Philosophers. William and Lee College (Lexington, VA), April 22, 1989.

60. "Ecology and Animals: Is There a Joint Ethic of Respect?" Society for Animals and Ethics. Eastern American Philosophical Association meeting, Washington, D.C., December 29, 1988.

59. "On Water," for The Great Lakes: Living with North America's Inland Waters symposium, Milwaukee, Wl, November 10, 1988.

58. "The Good, Freedom and Creativity," Seventh Annual SSIPS/SAGP Conference, Baruch College, New York, October 29, 1988.

57. "Technology and Humanities: Do Their Close Links Impede the Possibility of An Ethic for Both Environment and Animals?" 12th Annual Humanities and Technology Conference. Interface 88. Southern College of Technology, Marietta, Georgia, October 21, 1988.

56. "Christianity and Practical Universals" for the Round Table on Christianity and Cultural Universals. XVIII World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, UK, August 22, 1988.

55. "The Philosophical Understanding of Human Beings for an Ecologically Sound Ethic," at the XVII I World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, UK, August 21-27, 1988.

54. "Virtue and Freedom in Plotinus" for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies. XVIII World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, UK, August 24, 1988.

53. Roundtable discussion on "Applied Ethics & Traditional Ethics," for The Canadian Philosophical Association in conjunction with the Learned Societies' meeting, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 30, 1988.

52. "Ethical Issues in Water Policy (Canada/U.S.)," a panel discussion at Conference on Societal Impact of International Water Management at

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the Centre for Canadian-American Studies. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 1988.

51. "Providence and Freedom in Plotinus," for the Society of Christian Philosophers, Eastern Regional Meeting, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, April 15-17, 1988.

50. Commentary on paper to be read for the Society for Animals and Ethics in conjunction with the APA Eastern Meetings, New York, NY, U.S.A., December 29, 1987.

49. "Providence and the One in Plotinus," for The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Baruch College, CUNY, NY, U.S.A., October 24, 1987.

48. "Comparable Worth and the 'Standard Setters': A Question of Professional Ethics," for the Society for Women in Philosophy. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, September 19, 1987.

47. "The Cambridge Neoplatonists' for the Society of Christian Philosophers. Dayton, OH, U.S.A., April 11, 1987.

46. "Causality of Plotinus' Concept of Freedom," for The Metaphysical Society of America. Fordham University, New York, NY, U.S.A., March 13, 1987.

45. "Freedom and the Greeks," for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. Baruch College, New York City, NY, U.S.A October 25, 1986.

44. "Heidegger, Aristotle and Aquinas: Truth in Existence," for the Canadian Philosophical Association in conjunction with the meeting of the Learned Societies, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 26-29, 1986.

43. "On War and Innocence," to be read at the International Conference of the Philosophers for the Prevention of Nuclear Omnicide. St. Louis, MO, U.S.A., May 4, 1986, inconjunction with the American Philosophical Association meeting, May 1986.

42. "The Ontological Argument: Some Possible Implications," Society of Christian Philosophers. Richmond, VA, U.S.A., April 25, 1986.

41. "Shrader-Frechette, Risk Assessment and the Is-Ought Fallacy," for the Social Philosophy (Prof. R. Ginsberg), November 9, 1985, at the Inter-American Congress of Philosophy, Guadalajara, Mexico.

40. "Life, Death and the Ontological Argument," for the International St.

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Anselm Conference at Villanova. PA, U.S.A., September 21, 1985.

39. Whose Loyal Agent? Towards an Ethic of Accounting," for the Society of Business Ethics. Loyola University of Chicago, July 22,1985 As part of a panel with Michael J. Barrett, Professor of Accounting, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dr. Norm Bowie, Director of the Center for the Study Values at the University of Delaware.

38. "Some Ethical Issues in Connection With Radioactive Wastes and Native People in Northern Saskatchewan," for Canadian Waters a National Symposium. May 20, 1985, Royal York, Toronto, Ontario.

37. "On the Actus Essendi," Kalamazoo Medieval Forum. Kalamazoo, Ml, U.S.A., May 6-10, 1985.

36. "On Innocence," for the Society of Christian Philosophers. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, U.S.A., March 29, 1985.

35. "Truth in Existence: Heidegger and Aquinas," for the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA), University of Mayaquez, Puerto Rico, February 14-18, 1985.

34. "The McAlpine Case: 'Public Servant1 or 'Government Servant1? for the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, February 1, 1985.

33. "Love and Beauty in Plotinus and Ficino," for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the American Philosophical Association meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A., December 27-30, 1984.

32. "The Key Lake Mine Spill: An Ethical Assessment" for the Interfaith Program for Public Awareness of Nuclear Issues. Toronto, Ontario, November 2, 1984.

31. "The Key Lake Mine Spill: An Ethical Assessment" for the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (Ontario Branch), Toronto, Ontario, October 13, 1984.

30. Commentary on "A Pragmatic Theory of Value" by Alex Michalos, for The Society of Business Ethics. De Paul University, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., July 23, 1984.

29. "Let It Be: Heidegger and the Future," for the Canadian Philosophical Association in conjunction with the meeting of the Learned Societies. Guelph, Ontario, June 10-13, 1984.

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28. "Reasoning About War: Wollaston's Reply to Nagel and Hare," for the meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers. Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A., March 10, 1984.

27. Commentary on "Simplicity, Analogy and Plain Religious Lives," by John Kingfarlow, for the Western Philosophical Association. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 23, 1983.

26. Truth, Existence and Criterion of Knowledge in Thomas Aquinas," for the World Congress of Philosophy. Montreal, Quebec, August 21-27, 1983.

25. "Some Neoplatonic Aspects of Karl Rahner1 s Thinking," for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Ml, U.S.A., May 8, 1983.

24. "AI-Kindi's Proof for the Existence of God," for the Plymouth Medieval Forum. Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, U.S.A., April 22, 1983.

23. "The Religious Aspects of James1 Doctrine of Immortality, for the Society of Christian Philosophers. Dayton, OH, U.S. A. April 6, 1983.

22. Chairing and participating in panel discussion on Environmental Ethics, "The Role of the Philosopher," for the Occupational Ethics Group. Toronto, March 5, 1983.

21. "Knowing the Self in Plato and Plotinus," for the Conference on Islam and Neoplatonism. Baruch College, New York, NY, U.S.A., November 14, 1982.

20. "Un-Truth and the Truth of Non-Being in Thomas Aquinas and Jacques Maritain," for the Jacques Maritain Congress. Ottawa, Ontario, October 7, 1982.

19. "Truth and Existence in Thomas Aquinas (De Veritate 1.1)," for the 7th International Medieval Congress, in Louvain-la-Neuyve, Belgium, September 1, 1982.

18. "Freedom and the One: A Plotinian Paradox (VI.8)," for the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Ml, U.S.A., May 7, 1982.

17. Commentary on "The Ethical Significance of the Face," Patrick Burke, for the American Catholic Philosophical Association, Houston, TX, U.S.A., April 17, 1982.

16. "Freedom and the One: A Plotinian Paradox," for the Society of

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Christian Philosophers. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, U.S.A., April 2, 1982.

15. Commentary on "Dewey, Dualisms, Plato, and Death," by John Peterman for the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. University of Delaware, U.S.A., March 5, 1982.

14. "Freedom, Necessity and the One of Plotinus," for the Ancient Philosophy Workshop at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, February 20, 1982.

13. "The Soul's Noetic Ascent to the One in Plotinus and to God in Thomas Aquinas: A Textual Comparison" for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the American Philosophical Association Congress. Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., December 18, 1981.

12. "The Rights of Future Generations, Utilitarianism and Heidegger," read at the 10th Inter-American Congress of Philosophy. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A., October 19, 1981.

11. "The Question of Immortality and the Doctrines of William James." Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology in conjunction with the Learned Societies Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 1, 1981.

10. Commentary on Fr. Dewan's paper on "Forum and Soul in Thomas Aquinas," for the Canadian Philosophical Association Congress in conjunction with the Learned Societies Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 30, 1981.

9. "Man's Noetic Ascent to God in Thomas Aquinas," at Medieval Forum. Plymouth State College, NH, U.S.A., April 24, 1981.

8. Commentary on paper by Charles Griswold of Howard University (Washington, D.C.) entitled "Self Knowledge and the 'Idea' of the Soul in Plato's Phaedrus," for the American Catholic Philosophical Association in St. Louis, MO, U.S.A., April 4, 1981.

7. "Philosophy and Science: Heidegger, Humanism and the Rights of Future Generations," for the Upper Canada Branch of the Canadian Society for the History of Philosophy of Science and Technology. Toronto. March 30, 1981.

6. "The Proof for the Existence of God in Ibn-Sina: A Critical Evaluation," for the American Oriental Society. New York, NY, U.S.A., March 17, 1981.

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5. "Ratio e Intellectus in San Tommaso d'Aquino," for the Congresso Internazionale di Metafisica e Scienze dell'Uomo, in conjunction with the International Society of St. Thomas Aquinas, in Bergamo, Italy, September 5, 1980.

4. "Heidegger and Feminism," for the Canadian Philosophical Association in conjunction with the meeting of the Learned Societies, Montreal, Quebec, June 5, 1980.

3. "The 'Ratio Anselmi1 in the Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard of Thomas Aquinas," on the occasion of the Medieval Forum of Plymouth State College. Plymouth, NH, U.S.A., April 19, 1980.

2. "Intellectus and Its Role in the Ascent to God in Thomas Aquinas," for the Upper Canada Branch of the Society for Science and Philosophy at York University, Toronto, Ontario, April 5, 1980.

1. "Paternalism, Medical Paternalism and Feminism," for the Society of Women in Philosophy at York University, Glendon College, Toronto, Canada, September 29, 1979.

Meetings and Conferences:

52. "Symposium on Global Ecological Integrity: Sustainability andHealth". The overall theme of the Canadian Conference on International Health (CCIH) was: "Global Change and Health: Who are the Vulnerable". Laura Westra presented on “Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the Case of Nunavut”. November 1, 2007

52. "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Ecofootprint Crime and the 'Biological/Ecological Integrity Model", presented at the Conference of the Global Ecological Integrity Group: 14 Years Later, Samos, Greece; in Conjunction with the IUCN-CEL Ethics Specialist Group meeting.

51. Co-Organizer  with Colin Soskolne (University of Alberta) and Richard Westra(South Korea), conference on "Global Ecological Governance for Eco-Justice and Public Health",in conjunction with a meeting of the IUCN-CEL ESG, Montreal, Quebec, July ll-13,2004.

50. Co-Organizer with Colin Soskolne (U. of Alberta), June 27 – July 1, 2003, “Global Ecological Integrity, Human Rights, and Human Responsibilities: Intersections Between International Law and Public Health”, conference in conjunction with the Earth Charter in Action, Urbino, Italy.

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49. Organizer Conference in Firenze, Italy, Aug. 17-20, 2000, "Thinking About the Environment: Our Debt to the Classical and Medieval Past". Sponsored by Prof. Brunetto Chiarelli, Istituto di Antropoloogia Universita di Firenze, Sarah Lawrence College and ISEE Program Co-Chair, Prof. T. Robinson, University of Toronto.

48. Organizer Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica "Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity and Health in the New Millennium" Sponsored by the Organization for Tropical Studies (Duke University) Sarah Lawrence College and ISEE, June 24-29, 2000. Program Co-Chair, James Sterba, Notre Dame University.

47. Co-organizer with David Pimentel, session on "Climate Change and Human Health" for the AAAS, Washington, DC, February 18, 2000.

46. Director, NATO Workshop on Implementing Global and Regional Ecological Integrity. June 26, July 1, 1999, Szente University, (Budapest), Hungary. Co-directors, Philip Crabbe (IREE University of Ottawa), and Dr. Lech Ryszkowski (University of Poznan, Poland).

45. Organizer of Round Table on "Defining, Monitoring and Protecting Ecological Integrity and Health" at the International Conference on Ecosystem Health. University of California, Sacramento, Aug. 20-25, 1999.

44. Co-organizer with Robert Ulanowicz of the "Global Ecological Integrity" Session at the INTECOL meeting, Firenze, Italy, July 21, 1998 (12 speakers).

43. Organizer and conveyer, Second Focus Group meeting of the Global Integrity Project (SSHRC Grant 1997 meeting), July 20-25, 1997, Cortona and Firenze, Italy. Co-organizer, University of Firenze, Institute of Anthropology.

42. Co-organizer with Ecologist James Karr, session on "Ecological Integrity: Moving From Principles to Practice," AAAS, February 18, 1997, Seattle, Washington.

41. Organizer, First Focus Group Meeting of SSHRC Group (1996-1999) on "Global Ecological Integrity" in conjunction with the meeting of the IUCN, Montreal, Quebec, Oct. 17-20, 1996.

40. Organizer, Joint Session of ISEE and the Society for Business Ethics, in Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 8-10, a special session on "Business Law, Environment and the Concept of Place"; speakers Mark Sagoff

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and Eric Freyfogle, Chair and comments, L. Westra.

39. Organizer, Session of ISEE together with IAIA at the letter's annual meeting in Estoril, Portugal, June 21-23, 1996. Co-organizer Dr. Robert Goodland, The World Bank, on "Impact Assessment Strategies for Sustainability: The Interface Between Ethics and the Environment" speakers to include, James Karr, James Kay, Robert Goodland, Philip Crabbe, Alan Holland, Michael Jacobs.

38. Organizer, Global Dimensions of Integrity: a conference of Environmental Ethics/Bioethics, Cortona, Italy, August 26-29, 1995; cosponsored IREE, University of Ottawa; University of Firenze, Istituto di Antropologia, Dr. B. Chiarelli.

37. Organizer, Session of ISEE, in conjunction with the American Institute for Biological Sciences. Knoxville, TN, August 8, 1994.

36. Organizer, meeting of the ISEE in conjunction with the "Society for Ethics in the Public Service", on the topic of "The Environment and Government Priorities", Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-18, 1994.

35. Focus Group No. 5 (SSHRC Grant 1993-95), "Integrity and the Corporation." Dominant Themes: Business Ethics, Codes of Ethics and Environmental Initiatives; Centre for Business Ethics, Bentley College, March 4-6, 1994, Waltham, Mass.

34. IUCN Meeting, Jan 20-21, 1994, Workshop 1: A New Ethic and a New Covenant, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

33. Focus Group No. 4 (SSHRC Grant 1993-95), "Integrity and Public Policy." Dominant themes: regulations, legislation; in conjunction with the International EMECS Conference on Enclosed Coastal Seas, Nov. 11, 1993, Baltimore, MD.

32. Chairing and Organizing a Round Table at the World Congress of Philosophy, Moscow, Russia; on "Environmental Ethics and Sustainability"; and a meeting of the ISEE, with submitted papers, Aug. 23-25, 1993.

31. Focus Group No. 3 (SSHRC Grant 1993-95), "Integrity and Ecosystem Health." Dominant theme: health; University of Guelph, School of Veterinary Medicine, June 28-29, 1993.

30. Invited participant, day meeting, Environmental Management Systems (EMS), Curriculum proposal between the Canada Standards Assoc. (CSA) and Universities, York University, Administrative Studies, April

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28, 1993.

29. Chairing Session on "Environmental Pluralism and Environmental Monism," APA Central, April 24th, 1993, Chicago, III.

28. Organizer, session for APA Central Division, discussion panel on Environmental Ethics Cases. Chicago, III., April 22, 1993. Chair, P. Werhane, panelists: Bryan Norton, L. Westra, Karen Warren, Brad Marden.

27. Focus Group No. 2 (SSHRC Grant 1992-93), "Integrity and Agriculture." Dominant theme: sustainability; in conjunction with the Entomology Society of America. Baltimore, MD, Nov. 14, 1992.

26. "Ecofeminism and Environmental Violence", Panel discussion session organized and chaired for the International Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence. Montreal. Quebec. July 14. 1992. Discussants: Michael Fox, Queen's; Mary Mahowald, University of Chicago, School of Medicine (Bioethics); Marti Kheel, University of California, Oakland; David Rothenberg, Harvard University, MA. Chair and Comment: L. Westra.

25. Participant, "Wingspread" Conference, Milwaukee, Wl, June 7-8, 1992 (Donner Foundation Grant), topic "Great Lakes Goverance".

24. Focus Group No. 1 (SSHRC Grant, 1992-93), "Scientific Aspects of Integrity" (Dominant Theme: Ecosystems), in conjunction with IAGLAR, University of Waterloo, June 2, 1992.

23. Organize and Co-Chair with John Abbarno, President, American Society for Value Inquiry, a session on Value and Advocacy, APA Eastern Meeting, New York, Dec. 27-30, 1991 (Speakers: Tom Regan, Mark Sagoff, Kristin Shrader-Frechette).

22. Panel discussion on "Agriculture and Environmental Ethics" for the Binational Symposium on Pollution Prevention. Traverse City, Ml organized by EPA, Environment Canada and IJC (funded), Sept. 1991.

21. Organize and Chair American Philosophical meeting (Central), Chicago, IL April 27-30, 1991, for the International Society for Environmental Ethics on the theme "The Integrity of Creation: Some Perspectives on Integrity".

20. Introductory talk about ISEE, invited, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting (AAAS), February 14-19, Washington, D.C. (1991).

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19. Secretary for North America and English-Speaking Countries Conference in Roma and Firenze, Italy on the theme "Neoplatonismo e Rinascimento": Organizer, Professor Pietro Prini, proceedings published by the Accademia dei Lincei and the Enciclopedia Italiana, planned for December 12-15, 1990.

18. Participant, International Conference on Evaluating Risks to Human Health Associated with Exposure to Toxic Chemicalsin the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem, hosted by the Great Lakes Program of (GLP) SUNY at Buffalo, NY, September 30-October 3, 1989.

17. Co-organizer and Chair for Environmental Panel of Conference on U.S./Canada Perspectives on Trade. Economy and the Environment (funded), University of Toledo (sponsored by the College of Business and the Canadian Consulate), September 29, 1989.

16. Invited (funded) participation in International 'Workshop on "Evaluating Risks to Human Health Associated with Exposure to Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem" (in connection with Grant, SUNY, Buffalo, NY), in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario, April 15-17, 1989.

15. Organizing a session for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the XVIII World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 24-27, 1988.

14. Co-Organizing (with Dr. J. Brittain, Agriculture) an Interdisciplinary Conference on Risk Assessment with the support of the College of Agricultural Sciences (Integrated Pest Management), the Agricultural Literacy Program, and the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University, February 13, 1986. Main invited speaker, Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette.

13. Chairing a session on October 12, 1985 for the Jacques Maritain Society meeting in Atlanta, Georgia; sponsored by Emory and Mercer Universities.

12. Organizing and participating in a workshop on "Native Rights" in conjunction with the meeting of the Learned Societies for the Canadian Philosophical Association in Montreal, May 28, 1985.

11. Speaking at a Workshop on "Ethical Issues in the Care of the Elderly" at Grandview Lodge Home for the Aged for the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay, April 4, 1985.

10. Organizing a conference on Occupational Ethics at Lakehead

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University on "Ethical Issues in the Northern Environment," sponsored by the President, Dr. R. Rosehart, Professor G. Weller, Dean of Arts, the School of Forestry and (Business and Nursing) Engineering, 1985.

9. Chairing a meeting of the International Society for Neoplatonic at theCnadian Philosophical Association in conjunction with the meeting of the Learned Societies. Guelph, Ontario, June 12, 1984.

8. Chairing and organizing a Workshop on Euthanasia at the Canadian Philosophical Association in conjunction with the meeting of the Learned Societies. Guelph, Ontario, June 12, 1984.

7. Chairing and organizing a session for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the Canadian Philosophical Association Meeting in conjunction with the Learned Societies. Guelph, Ontario, June 10-13, 1984.

6. Chairing and organizing a session for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies in conjunction with the meeting of Christian Philosophers. Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A., March 10, 1984.

5. Chairing and organizing a conference on Occupational Ethics at the University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Sponsored by the Vice President of the University, Dr. Blaine Holmlund, and the College of Arts, Commerce, Engineering and Nursing, March 3, 1984.

4. Chairing and organizing Round Table, "Plotin et la Culture," for the World Congress of Philosophy. Montreal, Quebec, August 21-27, 1983.

3. Chairing and organizing three sessions for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies at the Villanova Medieval Conference. Villanova, PA, U.S.A., September 23-25, 1983.

2. Chairing and organizing a symposium on Engineering Ethics. Conference on Business Ethics. DePaul University, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., July 25, 1983.

1. Chairing and organizing Neo-Platonic Session in conjunction with the Canadian Philosophical Association and the Learned Societies Conference. Ottawa, Ontario, June 7, 1982.

Business Experience:

President, Westra Travel and Office Services Limited (Primarily accountantsand income tax consultants), Toronto, Ontario, since 1967.

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Academic Awards and Distinctions:

June 13, 2009

Premio Delle Muse (Urania), Palazzo della Signoria, Firenze, Italy

2000-01 Harley D. Hallett Graduate Fellowship to pursue and LL.M. degree at Osgoode Law Hall Graduate School, York University, Toronto, Ontario.

1984 Nominated by McGill-Queen's University Press in an Ontario Arts' Council Writer's Grant (November)

1983 Georgia Paxton Young Memorial Fellowship (August)

1982-83 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

1981-82 University of Toronto Open Fellowship

1982 Georgia Paxton Young Memorial Fellowship (June)

1981 Georgia Paxton Young Memorial Fellowship (June)

1980 Georgia Paxton Young Memorial Fellowship (May)

1980-81 University of Toronto Open Fellowship

1978-79 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

1977-78 Best Student in Philosophy Award, York University

Consulting:

2005May 30 - June 28

Volunteer at the WHO/INT, Geneva, Switzerland. For Children and Adolescent Health (CAH) with Dr. Marcus Stahlhofer.To prepare a "Desk Review of Public Health Law in the Context of Child Health in Selected Countries" ( S. Africa, Nigeria,Ghana, Cambodia and Bolivia); to provide research basis for a possible development of model legislation for child health and survival

2004-06 Health Canada: Health Policy Research Program. Governance Instruments and Child Health: Informing Canadian Policy. Spady DW, Soskolne CL, Buka I, Ries N, Nemer L, Bertollini R and Osornio-Vargas AR, Laura Westra Legal Consultant. (August 1, 2004  January 31, 2006).

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2004-06 SSHRC Thematic Grant,,"Controlling Ecoviolence:LinkingConsumption and the Loss of Ecological Integrity to PopulationHealth,Ecojustice and International Law", PI William Rees, Co-PI Colin Soskolne and Laura Westra. Collaborator; Post-Doctoral Fellow.

2004 Participated in IUCN-CEL ESG meetings with co-chairs Klaus Bosselman and Brendan Mackie, (July 11 – 13, 2004), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2003 Participated in IUCN-CEL ESG meetings with co-chairs Klaus Bosselman and Brendan Mackie (June 27 – July 1, 2003), Urbino, Italy.

2003 Member of the Ethics Specialist Group of the Commission of Environmental Law of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

2002 Invited to Participate in the meeting "The Earth Charter in Action" Urbino Consultation, June 16-19, 2002, Urbino, Italy.

2002April 5-7

Invited to Participate at the Rockefeller Pocantico Centre, NY, to discuss policy implications of the Earth Charter, and its status as a Global Ethic.

2001December

Appointed to Participate in the "Earth Charter Education Online Forum" University for Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica, October 1-15.

1998 Consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), on the Impacts of the "Global Ecological Integrity Project" on public health. A Monograph was Produced "Ecological Integrity and Sustainable Development: Cornerstones of Public Health", C. Soskolne and R. Bertollini eds. (1999).

Fall 1993 Consultant to the Canadian Consulate General (Detroit, Michigan), to prepare an Environment Services Resource Guide, with Madelyn Webb of Webb Associates, $9,173.60 U.S. Funds.

Fall 1986 Consultant to the Ontario Government, The Ontario Women's Directorate, on the subject of Pay Equity (Green Paper, November 1985) -A Comparative Study of Professional Guidelines and Codes of Ethics. $3,275.

Grants Received:

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2004-06 SSHRC Thematic Grant,,"Controlling Ecoviolence:LinkingConsumption and the Loss of Ecological Integrity to PopulationHealth,Ecojustice and International Law", PI William Rees, Co-PI Colin Soskolne and Laura Westra (collaborator and post-doctoral fellow).

2003 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($17,750.00) to pursue a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.

2002 The Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship ($3,000.00) to pursue a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.

2002 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($17,750.00) to pursue a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.

2001 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($17,750.00) to pursue a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.

2001 The Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship ($6,000.00) to pursue a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.

2000 The Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship ($6,000.00) to pursue a Master of Laws Degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.

1999 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health", Budapest, Hungary, June 28-30, 1999; Co-Director Dr. L. Ryszkowski, Polish Academy ofSciences, Poznan, Poland. ($25,000.00).

1997 University of Windsor Vice-President Grant to travel to the University of Melbourne, Australia. (October) ($1,000.00). 1997 Federal Seed grant for two students. (Summer) ($1,785). 1996-99 SSHRC grant "Global Ecological Integrity: The Relations Between the Wild, Health, Sustainability and Ethics".($115,500.00).

1996 University of Windsor Vice-President Grant to travel to Athens, Greece. ($1,000).

1996 Federal Seed Students' Grant (Summer) ($1,530).

1995 Windsor University Research Grant, for Summer activities and conference on "Global Dimensions of Integrity", and to seek additional SSHRC funding. ($2,800.00).

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1995 Dean of Graduate Studies Funding to help with organization of Conference on "Global Dimensions of Integrity", Firenze, Italy, Aug. 26-29, 1995. $500.00.

1994 Federal Government Students' Seed Grant (Summer) ($2,083).

1993 Federal Government Students' Seed Grant (Summer) ($2,768).

1993-95 SSHRC Thematic Grant ($69,220), Thematic Grant (Integrity project total 1992-1995 $94,220).

1993 Association of Universities and Colleges, Ottawa. To travel to Moscow, Russia for the XIX World Congress of Philosophy; to chair Roundtable and to read a paper ($1,636.00).

1993 University of Windsor Vice-President Grant ($1,000.00) to travel to Russia XIX World Congress of Philosophy.

1992 Dean of Arts funding to help with copy-editing expenses manuscript required for SSHRC Grant, ($500.00).

1992 SSHRC Travel Grant for Toluca, Mexico Conference ($604.00) for paper to be presented October 12-16, 1992.

1992 Support Grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa to travel to Brazil (May 24-29, 1992) ($1,479.00).

1992 SSHRC Thematic Grant to work on "The Ethical Implications of Integrity" (Environmental Ethics) through focus groups, etc. ($25,000.00).

1991 Recipient, Windsor University Research Grant, to complete and edit The Principle of Integrity: a New Proposal for Ethics ($2,000.00); to seek SSHRC grant on "Integrity".

1990 Recipient, Auburn University Humanities Endowment Fund ($1,800.00); support for publishing expenses for book entitled Freedom in Plotinus.

1990 Recipient, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C. ($5,000.00); support for summer work to complete a manuscript entitled "Endangered Earth: U.S. Vision' or Canadian 'Survival?".

1989 Recipient, Canadian Embassy Grant for U S./Canadian Research, Environmental Ethics, Summer, 1989 ($3,000.00).

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1985-86 Recipient, Clemson University Research Grant, “The Role of Freedom in the Philosophy of Plotinus” ($1,200.00 approximately).

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Service to the Profession:

2009 – 2010

Member, Editorial Board, Journal for Human Rights and the Environment, Elgar Publishing, London, UK

2006 Appointed as Co-Chair (Melinda Janki, Chair) of the IUCN-CEL Group on Indigenous Rights.

2001 Appointed as Senior Associate at the York Centre for Applied Sustainability (for a term to expire June 30, 2004), York University, Toronto, Ont.

2001 Senior Visiting Scholar for the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Ont.

2001 Member Editorial Board, Journal of Ecosystem Health, University of Guelph, Canada.

1998 –2001

Book Review Editor, Journal of Ecosystem Health. Editor, David Rapport, University of Guelph, Canada.

1997 Member Editorial Board Ethics and the Environment. University of Georgia, Athens.

1996 Reviewer for the National Science Foundation (USA) "Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences".

1994 Reviewer of "Engineering, Ethics and the Environment" for Chapman and Hall Publishers, by P. Aarne Vesilind, Duke University.

1994 October Issue of Business Ethics Quarterly, invited Co-Editor with Editor Patricia Werhane, on the joint topics "Business and the Environment".

1994 Reviewer, Routledge, Publishers (UK), "Terrorism, Security and Nationality, An Introductory Study in Applied Political Philosophy." by P. Gilbert.

1993 Referee, Ancient Philosophy. University of Pittsburgh, R. Polansky, ed.

1993 Appointment to IUCN Commission of Environmental Strategy and Planning.

1992 Referee, Environmental Ethics. University of North Texas Press, Denton TX, ed. E. Hargrove.

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1991 Member Editorial Board, Environmental Values. Journal, U.K. The White House Press, Andrew Johnson MA, DPhil., Ed., 10High St., Cambridge, CBS 8NR.

1990-91 Helping to design and draft a professional code of ethics for the American Psychopathology Society, in cooperation with Dr. Stowell. PACE Consulting, San Diego, and the APS Public Responsibility Committee, involving consideration of andcomparisons among several existing related and unrelated codes.

1990 Member Editorial Board, Problemi di Bioetica. Institute di Antropologia, Universita di Firenze, Italy, (from no. 11, 1991).

Professional Affiliations and Activities:

1997 Member, International Society for Ecosystem Health

1993 Member, International Association for Impact Assessment

1993 Member, American Institute for Biological Sciences

1993 Member, Ecological Society of America

1990 Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1990 Secretary, International Society for Environmental Ethics

1987-88 Special Coordinator, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, World Congress of Philosophy

1988 Member, Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals

1986 Member, Society for Women in Philosophy

1986 Member, Society for Philosophy and Technology

1985 Member Steering Committee, Canadian Society for Christian Philosophers

1983-85 Vice-Co-Chairperson and Member of Steering Committee, Occupational Ethics Group

1983 Member, Society for Business Ethics

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1982-83 Special Coordinator, International Society of Neoplatonic Studies, World Congress of Philosophy

1982-83 Secretary-Treasurer and Member of Steering Committee, Occupational Ethics Group

1981 -82 Director of Canada, International Society of Neoplatonic Studies

1981 Member, Society of Christian Philosophers

1981 Director of Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (Ontario Branch)

1979 Member, Jacques Maritain Association

1979 Member, International St. Thomas Aquinas

1978-82 Member, American Oriental Society

1976 Member, American Philosophical Association

1976 Member, American Catholic Philosophical Association

1978 Member, Society for the Study of Ancient Greek Philosophy

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