Management Director

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JON O RIORDAN

Vancouver, BC V6H 4C1 Canada

M.A EDINBURGH, M.A. & PH.D. UBC

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SEQUEL ASSOCIATE AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER

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1964 Masters Degree Geography. University of Edinburgh

Education &

Professional: 1966 Masters Degree Geography Climatology and Hydrology

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

1969 Ph. D Geography. Water Resources Management

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Ph. D. Topic Efficiency of Irrigation in Okanagan Valley

1978/79 Courses in Economics, Urban Planning, Environmental Law

University of London and London School of Economics

1983-85 Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council

Executive &

Institutional: 1989-94 Canadian Council of Resource and Environmental Ministries (Secretariat)

1997-2004 Fraser Basin Council

2003 -2004 Member of FORREX Board

2001-2004 Chair of Deputy Ministers Committee on Economy and Environment

2004 -2006 Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra Board

2005-2009 Capital Regional District Round Table on the Environment

2008 Director, Whistler Centre for Sustainability

2008 Director, Adaptation to Climate Change Team Advisory Board, Simon Fraser University

Experience:

Associate and Advisory Board member, Sequel IRM Inc. Member of Sequel Team in undertaking an

Current

Integrated Resource Management approach to water and waste management in communities in British

Columbia with a more detailed example in the Capital Regional District.

Policy Advisor to Simon Fraser University s Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) and principal

2007-2008 author of Biodiversity and Climate Change in British Columbia, published in November 2008.

Research Director, BC Pacific Salmon Forum. The Forum was established by the Premier to advise

2005 -

on sustainable management of both wild and farmed salmon, and to use peer reviewed science to build

public trust in salmon resource governance in BC.

Adjunct Professor, School of Community & Regional Planning, University of British Columbia

2004-

Presented courses in planning, sustainability and governance specializing on key sustainability issues

including land use planning, urban sustainability and climate change and assessing the inadequacy of

current government processes to deal with these challenges

Advisor, Gaining Ground Sustainability Urban Development Summit. This summit brought professionals

from across North America to assess the challenge of Whole City Change considering how cities can

operate as ecological systems, build their economies and address issues associated with climate

change and development but keeping within nature s limits

Advisor, POLIS Institute at the University of Victoria specializing in water and watershed governance

with an interest in ecological governance principles whereby governments would manage watersheds

in accordance with eco-system based principles and whole systems thinking.

Research Director to the BC Pacific Salmon Forum established by the Premier to build public trust in

sustainable management of farmed and wild salmon in BC. The role has required strategic advice to the

Forum on managing a two year multi million research project in the Broughton Archipelago and

engaging all the leading scientists in industry, conservation groups and First Nations in a collaborative

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science agenda.

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Sustainable resource Management. Established ministry as a composite

2001-2004

of nine different agencies responsible for:

Completing Land and Resource Management Plans for Central Coast, North Coast, Queen

Charlotte/Haida Gwaii; Morice; Sea-to-Sky and Lillooet.

Implementing land use plans at sub-regional land in support of sustainable forestry; sustainable tourism;

sustainable aquaculture and agriculture, oil and gas development in the Muskwa-Ketchika management

area and mining access to mineral development lands

Establishing Land Information BC as the basis for a single integrated system for all land resource

information in the Province consisting of the following layers:

- Base maps: Terrestrial Resource Information Maps (TRIM)

- Integrated Registry for a sub-surface and surface tenures Crown lands

- Integrated Cadastre for all roads and subdivisions on Crown and private lands

- Integrated Data Warehouse for all resource information on Crown lands across the province,

available by web access

- Data Support- Special GIS information services for all resource agencies provided through Service

Level Agreements

Developing a Crown land Management Framework to determine the highest and best uses of Crown

lands and potential compensation when single purpose land uses are supported such as Protected

Areas and Treaty Settlement Lands

Establishing an inventory and management regime for contaminated sites on Crown lands where the

province has potential or actual liability for clean-up.

Negotiating economic protocol agreements with many First Nations associated with land and resource

management plans; economic opportunities in shellfish aquaculture, tourism and forestry or in

wilderness tourism.

Lead provincial government representative on the Fraser Basin Council, a not-for-profit Society with a

charter to advance sustainability throughout the Fraser basin.

Assistant Deputy Minister Regional Operations, BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks

1994-2000

Responsible for administering seven regional offices and ministry policy for conservation and protection of

environment. Led negotiations for the province in resolving the dispute at Apex Ski Resort with the

Penticton Indian Band. Also led negotiation for the remediation fund of $30m to clean up the Britannia

site on Howe Sound.

Assistant Deputy Minister Environmental Policy, BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks

1989-1994

Responsible for administering Departments in water resources; waste management; pesticide control; fish

and wildlife; air resources and contaminated sites. Introduced major legislation for waste management,

recycling and integrated pesticide use, comprehensive water policy for the Province.

Director, Policy, Planning and Environmental Assessment, BC Ministry of Environment

1982-1988

Responsible for corporate environmental policy, environmental input to Province s Environmental

Assessment Process and land use planning.

Director, Strategic Planning, BC Ministry of Environment

1980-1982

Responsible for initiating and implementing watershed planning in British Columbia with pilot project in

Nicola Valley, Fraser River and Kootenay Rivers.

Director, Resource Management, Environment and Land Use Secretariat, Province of British Columbia

1973-1978

In 1973, the provincial government established a professional secretariat to the Environment and Land

Use Committee of Cabinet. The Committee was established under the Environment and Land Use Act in

1991 to provide advice and decisions to full cabinet on conflicting issues in land and resource

management in British Columbia. As director, I initiated the Provincial Government s policy for

Environmental Assessment of major projects and establish compensation agreements with BC Hydro

associated with the creation of Peace and Columbia River hydro projects.

Water Resource Planner, Federal Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa and Vancouver

1969-1973

Federal Co-chair of Federal-Provincial Comprehensive Okanagan Basin Study, a four year study of water

supply, water quality and governance of water resources for the Okanagan Valley. The program

concluded with recommendations to increase water conservation; significantly reduce nutrient loading to

Okanagan Lake; increase investment in sport fisheries and promote a single water authority across three

regional districts for integrated basin management.

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