Dr. Peter Victor

Dr. Peter Victor is Professor of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto. He was Dean of the Faculty until June 2001.

He has served on numerous advisory committees and boards. Currently he is Vice-President of the Council of the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science, Chair of Environment Canada's Science and Technology Advisory Board and a Director of the Canada Prize Awards Foundation. He is also a member of the Seeds Foundation, the Environmental Committee of the Laidlaw Foundation, and the ITER Environmental Committee.

He was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Sciences and Standards Division with the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy and continues to be involved with research and consulting in the private sector. He was the founding President of the Canadian Society of Ecological Economics and for many years was a principal in an environmental economics consulting company.

His research has focussed on ecological economics, sustainability, environmental policy, and other public policies. He participated in a recent study for the Ontario Medical Association on the economic costs of smog. Currently he is working on modelling the interactions among the economy, environment, poverty and unemployment as well as advising the City of Toronto on strategies for emissions trading.