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Members
Torontonians interested in serving as members of the Community Environmental Assessment Team (CEAT) attended one of two information sessions held in September 2005 prior to completing and submitting their applications. Members were selected by the CEAT nominating panel, made up of Deputy Mayor Bussin and Councillors Carroll, Pitfield and Giambrone. Interviews, for selection of a maximum of 25 members, were held during December 2005. Ultimately, 22 names were recommended to the Works Committee in January 2006 and approved by Toronto City Council in February 2006. At this same meeting, Council also appointed the CEAT Chair and Vice-Chair.

CEAT Member Agreement  (Each member completed this form.)

CEAT members:

Philip A. Knox, Chair 
Philip Knox is a management consultant with over 20 years of experience helping organizations through technical evaluations of a variety of solutions enabling business automation requirements. His work involves management, strategy, human resource development, coaching, organizational/technical analysis and design and project management, helping organizations evaluate technical requirements necessary to run their business, including setting request for proposal criteria, consultant selection/evaluation in systems integration projects and vendor comparisons, along with project management. As a volunteer, Philip is actively involved in the community, focusing on quality of life, health/environmental issues and the arts. He is past co-Chair of the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (ABTP) - Neighbourhood Liaison Committee, worked with the Ministry of the Environment and the City on the environmental assessment for the ABTP, and has been active with many resident associations in identifying, researching and educating communities on environmental challenges. Philip is excited about working with public, City and Provincial groups on addressing the challenge of our residual waste.

Lee Doran, Vice Chair
Lee Doran, an environmental consultant specializing in environmental impact assessment, at increasing and expanding levels of responsibility since 1970, has degrees from McGill University (B.Sc (General Honours) 1965; M.Sc, 1967) and is Past President of the Ontario Association for Impact Assessment.  Lee has worked on environmental assessments in markets around the world and helped manage the technical EA team for the County of Wellington/City of Guelph (Ontario) landfill site selection process. He believes that stakeholder engagement is integral to state-of-the-art impact assessment and provides an essential ‘driver’ for successful project implementation, as well.  Lee is hopeful that Toronto’s Community Environmental Assessment Team can assist the City in finding an effective and practical management system for its residual waste stream in a timely manner.

Jennifer Agnolin, Member
Jennifer Agnolin, a recent law school graduate currently articling with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), received an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo in 2001 with double majors in Environment and Resources Studies and Political Science and a certificate of specialization in environmental assessment. While at Waterloo, she researched many aspects of EA practice including strategic level EA, harmonization, and sustainability factors in various pieces of EA legislation. She also interned with Alternatives Journal, writing short articles on a range of national and international environmental matters. Jennifer received her law degree from Dalhousie University in 2005 and a certificate of specialization from Dalhousie’s Marine and Environmental Law Program. While at Dalhousie, Jennifer was Editor-in-Chief of the Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, worked as a pro bono student for the World Wildlife Fund and spent a term at the Dalhousie Legal Aid Clinic.

Tanya Atkinson, Member
Tanya Atkinson is an environmental professional with over a decade of experience working with governmental agencies, international NGOs, a United Nations agency, and research centres.  She has an M.A. Degree in environmental studies from the University of Toronto (1995), with her research thesis on the topic of hotel waste generation and composition in Toronto.

In 1996, she undertook a follow-up of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Halton Region Landfill after ten years of operation, investigating and comparing to those impacts predicted during the EIA. Subsequently, she has developed her career in the environmental field working in various research and policy development government positions around the world including five years of working in the United Arab Emirates at the government environmental agency on the development of EIA procedures and environmental management regulatory system for the country and evaluation of environmental impacts of new industrial and infrastructure projects.

Tanya is a Councillor and the newsletter editor of the Ontario Society of Environmental Management (OSEM); she is also a member of the Ontario Association for Impact Assessment (OAIA) Toronto Events Committee. Tanya is proud to be a member of CEAT, which was established to guide the City of Toronto’s environmental assessment of its residual solid waste management system.

Dan Boulos, Member
Dan Boulos is Production Assistant in a finance company specializing in student loans. He brings his experience in coaching; problem solving and group work to the team. He has an honours degree in Business & Society from York University. As a student, Dan studied the varying relationships between different sectors of the society, with special detail given to their impacts on the environment. This program inspired him to think of new ideas that communities can adopt to maintain a level of sustainability, while not sacrificing their integrity and prosperity. These ideas, coupled with a life-long love for the outdoors, have encouraged him to continue to participate by becoming part of the decision-making process.

Karen Buck, B. Ed., Member
Karen has been involved in City of Toronto waste management issues since 1987. Her household in the Beaches diverts over 95% of its waste from disposal and has been doing so for the past 15 years.  Karen is a Master Composter and, before implementation of the Green Bin organics collection program, she avidly composted in her backyard to minimize household waste. Karen co-managed and co-authored the Rosseau Compost Pilot Project, a paper published in the Journal of Environmental Systems.

She is one of many community leaders with Citizens for a Safe Environment which advocates for better waste management and better wastewater/water treatment. Karen is also one of the few that are left, who has participated in the longest running City of Toronto Environmental Assessment (Environmental Assessment on Ashbridge Bay Treatment Plant), which started in 1990 and is still not approved, but reached a mediated legal agreement that averted a hearing.

Health promotion, environmental protection and education are the principles that motivate Karen to be an involved member of the public on waste issues. She has been a member of the local Health Community Advisory Board, Board of Health Environmental Sub-committee and was involved in the promotion of waste management ideas and activities for the Toronto Board of Education. She co-authored a Teacher’s Manual on waste management entitled the “Garbageless Lunch” and for 11 years, supervised a composting program at Kew Beach School.

Most recently, Karen was a member of the New and Emerging Technologies Policies and Practices Advisory Group that recommended the City begin this EA process. She gave input on improving Ontario’s Environmental Assessment process and is looking forward to working with everyone to produce the best ever Terms of Reference so that the City of Toronto can embark on the second phase of the Environmental Assessment process.

Chris Caners, Member
Chris Caners is currently employed at the Sustainability Office at the University of Toronto. Chris has experience in the analysis and evaluation of energy conversion technologies, including fuel cells. He has also worked on various projects involving alternative fuels such as wastewater treatment biogas, renewably generated hydrogen and municipal solid waste. Over the past five years, Chris has had the opportunity to work with many community-based institutions, including the Canadian Unified Students’ Environmental Network. He is very excited to be a part of the Community Environmental Assessment Team, which he hopes will result in the implementation of the most effective and appropriate plan for the City of Toronto’s residual waste.

Heather Ducharme, Member
Heather has been working in the environmental field since 1996, primarily as a field technician on projects ranging from wetland restoration to wildlife research. She holds a Bachelor’s of Arts and Sciences (McMaster, 1997) and a Master’s of Environmental Studies (York, 2002). Most recently she spent three years as a technical team leader on a contaminated site remediation project in the Arctic, where she witnessed first-hand the long-term impacts of inappropriate waste disposal. This experience inspired her to look for opportunities to make change further “up the pipeline,” that is, earlier on in the waste management process. She is pleased to be participating on this Community Environmental Assessment Team for the City of Toronto, her new home, and looks forward to learning a great deal more about garbage, municipal politics and other fascinating topics.

Isabelle Faucher, Member
Isabelle Faucher has a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science and International Development Studies from the University of Toronto at Scarborough. She has just over two years experience working in communication and research with non-governmental organizations, including the Canadian Environmental Network and the Canadian Environmental Law Association. Isabelle recently completed a Masters of Arts degree in Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto, during which she pursued an interest in sustainable and integrated waste management. Just recently, she has taken on a position at Stewardship Ontario, the Industry Funding Organization representing the companies that introduce packaging and printed paper into the Ontario consumer marketplace and who contribute 50% of Ontario’s municipal Blue Box waste diversion programs. In this position, she is providing support to the Efficiency and Effectiveness Fund, whose mandate is to assist Ontario municipalities in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of their Blue Box recycling program. As a volunteer, Isabelle was involved in planning Toronto’s environmental film festival, Planet in Focus, and Ottawa’s One World Film Festival. She was also involved with Toronto-based environmental groups such as EnerACT and OneTonneToronto. Originally from Quebec City, Isabelle has lived in Toronto for nine years and in addition to English, she is fluent in French and Spanish.

Brenda Heyer, Member (on sabbatical)
Brenda Heyer is an environmentalist who has developed her skills in public education and community outreach. She has worked on projects such as waste management, cosmetic pesticide reduction, parkland conservation, and air quality. Brenda worked with the City of Edmonton’s Waste Management Public Education Branch as a program specialist, which has led to an in-depth understanding of waste programs and public education. Here, Brenda was also part of a Community Reuse Team and was involved with researching Reuse Programs in municipalities throughout North America, to classify how Edmonton might incorporate reuse on a larger scale. During her career she has also worked with the Sierra Club of Canada, Prairie Chapter and the Clean Air Strategic Alliance. Brenda graduated from York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies in 1996 with a concentration on Urban Settlements and Human Populations. She returned to Ontario from Alberta in November 2004, and is pleased to join other members around the community table to reach a sustainable goal for Toronto’s residual wastes.

Yuri Huminilowycz, Member
Yuri Huminilowycz is a senior associate with a Toronto-based land use and environmental consulting firm. He has more than 30 years experience in urban planning, environmental assessment, real estate asset management, finance, mediation and conflict resolution. Yuri’s past experience includes over 25 years of employment with the former Ontario Hydro and its successor Hydro One, with senior positions in real estate, business planning, corporate strategy, business development and telecom. Yuri has a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Urban Planning, is a Registered Professional Planner and is trained in alternative dispute resolution mediation.

Yuri is a long time resident of Toronto and considers waste management to be a major issue facing current and future generations. He supports the citizen involved approach the City has adopted for its environmental assessment and hopes he can contribute his skills and energy to the project.

Mohammed Jeewa, Member
Mohammed Jeewa is an educator, who over the past nine years has taught primary and junior grades for the Toronto District School Board. He started as an Occasional Teacher, where he experienced the uniqueness of Toronto’s various communities. He is interested in finding ways to present science and mathematics concepts in more engaging and interesting ways. Mohammed earned his Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from York University (1995) and his Bachelor of Education (concurrently in 1995). In the early 1990’s, he worked in the retail sector and as a camp counselor for the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Program. He believes that equity and consultation are important factors in arriving at sound decisions and values, life-long learning and civic engagement. Mohammed will strive to learn from the ideas and experiences of the public, consultants and provincial groups and listen to various perspectives as the CEAT committee examines ideas and solutions to manage our residual waste and recyclables.

Edward Lee, Member
Edward Lee brings his enthusiasm for the betterment of the environment and discipline of financial management to the service of the CEAT of the City of Toronto. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin with B.B.A.-Finance and B.Sc.-Economics.  For over 20 years, he developed conceptual/practical framework for annual budget preparation and performance measurement in banking, IT and various industries. Outside his profession, he participated actively in civic activities, especially education and the environment, serving in the advisory council of the Curriculum Implementation Plan of the Toronto School Board and the Don Valley Task Force. Edward loves travel, from the Alaska interior to tropical forests, from the Great Wall to the birthplace of the Renaissance and truly enjoys and admires the diversity of cultures and the natural environment. Edward finds it an honour to contribute his part, however minuscule, to help preserve the natural environment, starting with our own backyard.

Elaine Lepage, Member
Elaine Lepage attended the Task Force 2010 initiatives in 2001 and in 2003 became Co-chair of the New & Emerging Technologies Policies & Practices (NETP&P) Advisory Group established from the TF2010 recommendations. She participated in a Trade Mission to Holland in 2004 with other Canadian environmental stakeholders to view their facilities. As a member of the NETP&P, it was important to report back on what would work on Canadian soil as Dutch facilities had a range of new, efficient technologies.  In 2005, her employer, Canadian Pacific Railway, recognized her dedication and continual communication with friends, fellow employees and her townhouse complex on issues regarding Toronto’s recycling/garbage. For going above and beyond her job, she won the CPR Environmental Excellence Award for 2004 and was further nominated for the overall American Association of Railroads John H. Chafee Environmental Excellence Award presented in Washington DC in May of 2005. jElaine continually engages in crafty ways of reducing and recycling materials and continues to steward others for their input and commitment towards this goal. Her commitment for the 22 months on the NETP&P continues on with this next step to ensure that the communication and knowledge gained will help the process.

Alasdair Love, Member
Alasdair Love is studying Environmental Studies at York University and during the summers, he works as a gardener for the City of Toronto. Alasdair studied commercial composting at Olds College in Alberta.  Prior to university, Alasdair worked for the City of Toronto as a vermicomposter at Metro Hall, where he helped rehabilitate the commercial vermicomposting operation and instituted the semi-annual compost giveaways. Since then, he has worked for the Ontario provincial government as a building profile analyst, exploring opportunities to reduce energy use and waste generation within government and as composting project manager for the Generous Helpings Kitchen initiative of the Ontario Association of Food Banks.  His volunteer work has focused on food security; he has experience in all aspects of food production from seed to plate, back to seed again. He has worked with Field to Table and is currently the Maloca Community Garden coordinator at York University. Alasdair is very excited to be part of the CEAT and is confident the Team can find a long lasting solution to Toronto's residual waste challenge.

Nesamoni Lysander, Member

Mike Moselhy, Member
Mike Moselhy served as a Census Commissioner with Statistics Canada in 2000 following his retirement in 1999 from 25 years of public service with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE).

In 1973, when Mike joined the MOE, he established a new Spectroscopy Laboratory for multi-elemental analysis of environmental materials and supervised research. During his tenure at the Ministry, he was part of a team that established a Hazardous Contaminants Program in 1982. Until his retirement, Mike served as a Senior Research Advisor and a Senior Policy Advisor for several key MOE programmes.

Highlights of his MOE career include the development and promulgation of two regulations (Ontario Reg. 717\94 and 718\94) for phasing out ozone-depleting solvents and sterilants to conform with the UN Montreal Protocol; participating in the development of the Ontario Drive Clean Program; Membership in Ontario Hydro Pilot Emission Reduction Trading project; Participation in the Ontario Round Table on the Environment & Economy; Membership in Environment Canada Ozone-Depleting Substances Team; and an appointment to the United Nations International Working Group on Laboratory Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances.

Mike has co-authored numerous scientific papers and reports. He received the 1990 MOE Excellence in Research Award, and the 1995 Citation from the United Nations Environmental Programme in the 1994/95 Assessment of the Scientific, Environmental, Technological and Economic Aspects of the Ozone Layer.

Prior to MOE, Mike was employed as an Assistant Professor at the following institutions: Assiut University in Egypt, Baghdad University in Iraq, and at Toronto's York University in the Post-Doctorate and Adjunct Faculty at the Centre for Research in Experimental Space Science. In 1964, Mike received a PhD Chemistry degree and Russian Language diploma from Moscow State University, and training at the USSR Academy of Science. In addition to English, Mike speaks some French and is fluent in Arabic and Russian.

Jon Neuert, B. Arch, MRAIC, OAA, AIA, LEED.  Member,
Jon Neuert is a practicing architect and president of Baird Sampson Neuert Architects. He has over 16 years of professional experience, working on notable projects with a central environmental mandate including the design and construction of Thomas L. Wells – Toronto District School Board’s first ‘model green school’ and projects that have received federal grants for energy efficiency and conservation measures. Currently, he is working on an integrated research facility at the University of Guelph where animal waste is converted for the production of bio-energy. He is committed to solutions to the City’s waste stream that will help to re-establish Toronto as a leader in environmental design solutions. Jon’s is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional.

Kathleen D.V. Reil, Member
Kathleen Reil is the president of a management consulting and social research firm. She has a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. (abd), specializing in research methodology, and social and environmental policy analysis. Throughout twenty years of work in the environmental field, she has led environmental projects, facilitated multi-stakeholder negotiations, and developed policy, processes, guidelines and procedures for social impact assessment and public consultation. In addition, she has trained environmental practitioners, lectured at universities, and authored publications in the environmental field. Multi-stakeholder consultation and community involvement have been a hallmark of her environmental impact assessment work. She is an experienced practitioner and technical reviewer in the field of environmental impact assessment with involvement in projects at the municipal, provincial, federal and international levels. Her work regularly involves the translation of highly technical, scientific information into ‘plain language.’ She has reviewed over 100 individual EAs, 150 Class EAs, acted as an expert witness in front of the Consolidated Hearing Board and acted as project manager or director on a number of waste-related EAs in Ontario. Kathleen has volunteered for various social agencies, professional organizations and non-governmental organizations. She believes her extensive experience in the management of commercial, industrial, institutional, residential, biomedical and hazardous waste and her knowledge of various environmental decision-making processes and regulations will be an asset to the CEAT and the City of Toronto in addressing the issue of residual waste.

Susan Williams, Member
Susan Williams works as a Data Management Technician at Elections Ontario, an organization that is part of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She is also completing a part-time Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Toronto. Susan has professional experience in the areas of data and project management, business process analysis and education. In the community and at home, Susan has focused on environmental issues since grade school. Most currently, she is a member of the board of directors of the Toronto based NGO recreate, a non-profit organization whose goal is to support Toronto’s waste reduction initiatives by diverting usable, non-recyclable materials that are normally landfilled are sent to an art reuse centre. Artists, designers and the general public can obtain materials such as wood, textiles, etc. for a small fee or at no cost. Susan is excited about being a member of CEAT and hopes that the committee will be very successful in helping the City of Toronto reach its 2010 waste diversion goals.

Hanna Ziada, Member
Hanna Ziada is an engineering student in her last year of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto. She graduated in May 2006. As part of her degree, she completed a 16-month Mechanical Engineering internship where she analyzed mechanical failures. This experience, combined with her education, gives her analytical and problem-solving skills that she hopes to contribute to the CEAT.  During her time at the University of Toronto, she was very involved in community groups ranging from being faculty representative for her class to being involved with the University’s women in Science and Engineering division.

Hanna moved to Canada in 1998 from Switzerland, bringing with her an avid interest in environmental issues. Alongside her studies, she is working part-time at the University of Toronto’s Sustainability Office on its Biodiesel Project. Her interest in CEAT was sparked by a course on Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment  she completed in the fall of 2005. Hanna is excited to be a part of the CEAT and looks forward to the work ahead.