Blaney McMurtry LLP Barristers & Solicitors

Janet practices within the firm’s Municipal, Planning Expropriation & Environmental and Real Estate Groups.

Janet Bobechko is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in environmental law and is recognized by L’Expert as a repeatedly recognized practitioner in environmental law. Her practice involves all aspects of environmental law with a particular emphasis on environmental compliance issues arising from federal, provincial and municipal regulatory regimes.

Janet has experience dealing with all types of environmental issues relating to day to day manufacturing issues. She provides assistance regarding air approvals, waste management issues, importation of new substances into Canada, spills and the resulting regulatory and civil actions.

As a member of the Canadian Brownfields Network National Advisory Panel, and a member of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Brownfield Stakeholder Group, Janet continues her active involvement in developing strategies for clean-up of contaminated sites, including Brownfield Development, and environmental indemnity and insurance issues.

Janet acted as counsel for a Ministry of Environment Provincial Officer at the Walkerton Water Inquiry and related proceedings and has continued to have an active practice relating to issues arising from the Safe Drinking Water Act including the recent sale of a private water distribution line.

Janet is familiar with all aspects of the Environmental Protection Act and its recent amendments including Bill 133 regarding absolute liability for spills.

Janet also provides advice to Boards of Directors regarding environmental compliance and due diligence as well as corporate reporting strategies.

Memberships

• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Canadian Brownfield Network, Advisory Panel inaugural member - August 2004 to Present
• "Tech in the City” Fundraising Campaign Cabinet - George Brown College - 2004/05
• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, repeatedly recommended practitioner in Environmental Law, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, rated as BV® for Environmental Law for legal ability and general ethical standards, 2002 to present
• Co-Chair Brownfields Committee, Ontario Environmental Industry Association – May 2004 to present
• Instructor, George Brown College, Construction Law, Winter Semester, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Contributing Editor, Environmental Law Journal, published by Federated Press, 2000 to present
• Member, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) - National Environmental and Energy and Resources Law Section, 1991 to present
• Committee member - Legislation and Law Reform, 1993 to 1999
  "An Overview of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act” - Fall 1994, co-author of submission for House of Commons review of CEPA for CBA-National Environmental Law Society, Legislation and Law Reform Committee
• Ontario Bar Association, 1991 to present
• Executive Member at Large, Environmental Law Section, 1991 to present – Regional Coordinator, 2004 to 2006
• Vice Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1996 to 2000
• Chair, Bill 133 Committee October 2004 to 2007
• Submission to Standing Committee on Bill 133, May 16, 2005
• Committee member, Brownfield Legislation, 2001 to present
• Chair, Policy & Practice Committee, 1995 to 1997
• Committee member, Lender Liability, 1995 to present
• Committee member - Government Relations, 1994 to 1998
• Committee member - Environmental Auditors and Site Assessors Accreditation, 1994 to 1998
• Committee member - Environmental Mediation and Arbitration, 1994 to 1998
• Chair of Committee - Bill 7, Amendments to the Municipal Act, August 1993
• Committee member - Waste Management Act, 1992
• Committee member - Bill 26, Environmental Bill of Rights, submissions to Minister of Environment & Energy, November 1992
• Ontario Environmental Industry Association, Member, 2001 to present
• Air and Waste Management Association, Member, 2001 to present
• Congress for the New Urbanism - Environmental Task force, Member, 2001 to present
• Canadian Environmental Defence Fund, Director, 1993, 1996 to 2003
• Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association, Member, 1992 to 2003
• Urban Development Institute - Contaminated Sites Committee member, 1996 to 2004
• Women's College Hospital Research Ethics Committee Board member, 1997 to 1999
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2001 to 2004

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Presentation: Speaker, 6th Annual Commercial Real Estate Leases Course, January 19-20, 2009
• Presentation: Speaker, 3rd Brownfields Course - Federated Press, October 6-7, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, YCEC Spring Working Weekend: Green & Sustainable Building Practices, “Brownfields: Opportunity v. Challenge”, June 6-8, 2008
• Presentation: Chair & Speaker, “Dealing with Industrial Brownfields:  The New Rules” - Environmental Laws Governing Contaminated Land (April 21, 2008), The 2008 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2008), April 21-22, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, “Bill 133: Spills, Management and Compliance” - Implications for Environmental Managers and EMS (April 22, 2008), The 2008 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2008), April 21-22, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, “What do Technical Consultants Reports Really Mean?”, Ontario Bar Association, February 4, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, “Brownfield Liability”, Federated Press Financing and Funding for Brownfields course, December 10-11, 2007
• Presentation: Speaker, “Environmental Concerns in Leasing”, Federated Press Commercial Real Estate course, December 10-11, 2007
• Presentation: Organizer and Speaker, “New Standards-New Risks: Implications of Changing Environmental Standards”, Canadian Brownfields 2007, Montreal, QC, October 19-20, 2007
• Presentation: Chair & Speaker, “Dealing with Industrial Brownfields: The New Rules” - Environmental Laws Governing Contaminated Land (April 16, 2007), The 2007 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2007), April 16 & 17, 2007
• Presentation: Chair & Speaker, “Bill 133:  Spills, Management and Compliance” - Implications for Environmental Managers and EMS (April 17, 2007), The 2007 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2007), April 16 & 17, 2007
• Presentation: Speaker, “Environmental Concerns in Leasing: Commercial Real Estate Leases”, Federated Press, March 27, 2007
• Presentation: Speaker, Bill 133: Spills Management & Compliance conference, “Implications for Environmental Managers and Environmental Management Systems”, November 29, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Ontario Bar Association conference, “To RSC or not to RSC: Tips and Traps About Records of Site Condition and the Environmental Site Registry”, October 30, 2006
• Presentation: Moderator, Canadian Brownfields 2006, “Financing the New Real Estate Frontier: The Arrival of New Players Sparks Redefinition of Roles, Innovation and Re-evaluation of Traditional Views”, October 26-27, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Insight Information - Public Sector Risk Mitigation, “Reducing Brownfield Exposure - As the Population and Liabilities Spread”, October 16-17, 2006
• Presentation: Chair and Speaker, CANECT 2006, The 15th Canadian Environmental Conference and Tradeshow, May1-2, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Eco Canada 2006: Opportunities, Strategies, Growth, Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), January 26-27, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Dead, Gone, but the Fight Goes On…Or Does It?, Ontario Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section, January 23 or 24, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Action Niagara, The Economics of Smart Growth, Canadian Urban Institute, December 14, 2005
• Presentation: Chair and Speaker, Environmental Law and Regulation in Ontario, Canadian Institute, November 30, 2005
• Presentation: Presenter, Environmental Law Section, Back with a Vengeance – Part II, Ontario Bar Association, November 25, 2005
• Presentation: Panel Chair, Canadian Brownfields 2005: Developing Livable Communities, Canadian Urban Institute, October 13-14, 2005
• Presentation: Speaker, 14th Annual Technical Conference & AGM “Update and Integrate”, Canadian Environmental Auditing Association, October 5-7, 2005
• Presentation: Chair, Environmental Liability and Bill 133: What You Need to Know; Ontario Bar Association and Law Society of Upper Canada, September 9, 2005
• Presentation: Panelist, 2005 Reurbanization Conference “re. THINK, re. INVEST, re. URBANIZE: Seizing Opportunity in Urban Development”, The Region of Waterloo, June 23, 2005
• Presentation: Chair and Presenter, Contaminated Land: The New Rules; 13th Annual Canadian Environmental Conference and Tradeshow 2005, May 11, 2005
• Presentation: Lambda Alpha International, Simcoe Chapter Meeting, Update on Brownfields Development: The Legal and the Practical, April 19, 2005
• Presentation: Dirty Business Environmental Issues Impacting Shopping Centres; Canadian Shopping Centres Law Conference, Dirty Business - March 3, 2005
• Presentation: The Canadian Institute - Selling Contaminated Real Estate: A Step-by-Step Guide – December 9, 2004
• Presentation: Ontario Bar Association – Tidying Up Your Deals! Addressing Contamination in Land Transactions – The New Brownfield Rules – What They Mean for Transactions - November 4, 2004
• Presentation: Thunder Bay Law Association - 2004 – What’s New in Environmental Law - October 29, 2004
• Presentation (Panel Chair): Canadian Urban Institute - Brownfield 2004: Turning Up the Heat! – October 21-22, 2004
• Paper: Federated Press - Preventing Liability and Minimizing Risk in the Public Sector, Contaminated Sites - Minimizing Liability – October 12-14, 2004
• Presentation (Co-Chair and Presenter): 12th Annual Canadian Environmental Conference: Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario - May, 2004
• Presentation: Lessons Learned: Legal Issues Encountered by Livestock Producers, Integrated Solutions to Manure Management II, International Conference, London, Ontario - March, 2004
• Presentation: Ontario Bar Association Institute - 2004 - Real Property Section Environmental Law Considerations - What’s New, Toronto, Ontario - January, 2004
• Assisting organizing Brownfield Trade Mission with Ontario Export Inc. to Chicago, Illinois - January, 2004
• Presentation: Environmental Director & Officer Liability Overview, Toronto, Ontario - December, 2003
• Presentation: Leadership Development in Construction Law - Level 1, The Construction Institute - Site Owner Liabilities - Environmental Law, Toronto, Ontario - November, 2003
• Panel Chair: Innovation in Finance & Risk Management, Canadian Urban Institute’s Brownfields 2003 Conference, Toronto, Ontario - October, 2003
• Presentation: Fiduciaries Be Aware: New Environmental Responsibilities, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Toronto, Ontario - October, 2003.
• Presentation: (Co-Chair and Presenter) Environmental Due Diligence: What You Need to Know, Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001 Seminar, Toronto, Ontario - September, 2003
• Chair: What’s New in Environmental Enforcement and Investigation, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, Ontario - June 2003.
• Presentation (Co-Chair and Presenter): 11th Annual Environmental Management Compliance and Engineering Conference 2003; Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario - May 2003.
• Article: Fiduciaries Be Aware: New Environmental Responsibilities, Ontario Bar Association, Deadbeat Newsletter - March 2003
• Presentation: 5th Annual Estates and Trusts Forum: Bill 56, The Brownfield Statute Law Amendment At, Fiduciaries Be Aware, The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ontario - November 2002.
• Presentation (Co-Chair & Presenter): 10th Annual Environmental Management, Compliance and Engineering, 2002: Dealing with Industrial Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario - April 2002.
• Presentation: Contaminated Site Solutions, Turning Contaminated Lands into Profit Centres, Insight, Calgary, Alberta – January, 2002
• Presentation: The Use and Abuse of Privilege - Ontario Bar Association – November, 2001
• Presentation: Bill 56 Brownfields Statute Law Amendment Act, Dealing with On-Site Contamination, Seminar, Toronto, Ontario – November, 2001
• Presentation (Co-chair & Presenter): Environmental Management, Compliance and Engineering, 2001: Contaminated Site Management & Development of Brownfields, Toronto, Ontario – April, 2001
• Presentation (Co-Chair & Presenter): Environmental Management & Compliance 2000: Environmental Detective Work: Site Assessments and SSRA’s, The Law and Contaminated Site Liability, Toronto, Ontario – April, 2000
• Presentation: Environmental Management & Compliance 1999: Environmental, Due Diligence and Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1999
• Presentation: CBAO - National Environmental Law Issues, Toronto, Ontario – March, 1998
• Presentation: Environmental Compliance 1998, “Why Bother with Remediation: The Law & The Liabilities – April, 1998
• Lecturer, Advanced Environmental Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, “Director & Officer Liability”, Toronto, Ontario – November, 1997
• Developed and chaired Environmental Training Session for federal Crown Corporation client covering all aspects of federal, provincial and municipal law, Toronto, Ontario – January, 1997
• Chair, CBAO, Continuing Legal Education in Environmental Law: Conflict of Interest. How to Avoid “Contaminating” the Lawyer/Client Relationship, Toronto, Ontario – October, 1996
  Co-chair, CBAO-CLE Annual Institute, Changing Environments: A Practical Guide to Recent Developments – January, 1996
• Presentation: New Approaches to Old Problems: Settling Environmental Disputes: What Do Mediation and Arbitration Offer? CBAO-CLE Annual Institute, Toronto, Ontario – January, 1996
• Conducting environmental training seminars for client account managers for advanced credit workshop and corporate banking of a major financial institution – 1995 to present
• Chair, Ministry of Economic Trade and Development training session on Environmental Issues in the Marketplace, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1995
• Presentation: The Ontario Environmental Regime, The Canadian Institute, Environmental Law Regulation and Management, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1995
• Presentation: CBAO, PCBs and the Swan Hills facility, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1995
  Chapter, “Legislative and Regulatory Trends for 1994-95” for the Canadian Environmental Directory 1994-95, published by Canadian Almanac & Directory Publishing
  Service Station & Garage Management Magazine, monthly column on environmental issues, Southam Business Communications – 1995-96
• Presentation: Environmental Director and Officer Liability", Credit Union Executives Society of Ontario, Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario Spring 1994
• Presentation: “Environmental Concerns for Municipal Taxation”, Annual Municipal Assessors Conference of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario - June 1994
• Presentation: “Environmental Issues and Contaminated Land”, Appraisal Institute of Canada, Toronto, Ontario -Fall 1993
• Frequent Guest Lecturer on Environmental Law - Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario - 1991 -1998

Janet practices within the firm’s Municipal, Planning Expropriation & Environmental and Real Estate Groups.

Janet Bobechko is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in environmental law and is recognized by L’Expert as a repeatedly recognized practitioner in environmental law. Her practice involves all aspects of environmental law with a particular emphasis on environmental compliance issues arising from federal, provincial and municipal regulatory regimes.

Janet has experience dealing with all types of environmental issues relating to day to day manufacturing issues. She provides assistance regarding air approvals, waste management issues, importation of new substances into Canada, spills and the resulting regulatory and civil actions.

As a member of the Canadian Brownfields Network National Advisory Panel, and a member of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Brownfield Stakeholder Group, Janet continues her active involvement in developing strategies for clean-up of contaminated sites, including Brownfield Development, and environmental indemnity and insurance issues.

Janet acted as counsel for a Ministry of Environment Provincial Officer at the Walkerton Water Inquiry and related proceedings and has continued to have an active practice relating to issues arising from the Safe Drinking Water Act including the recent sale of a private water distribution line.

Janet is familiar with all aspects of the Environmental Protection Act and its recent amendments including Bill 133 regarding absolute liability for spills.

Janet also provides advice to Boards of Directors regarding environmental compliance and due diligence as well as corporate reporting strategies.

Memberships

• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Canadian Brownfield Network, Advisory Panel inaugural member - August 2004 to Present
• "Tech in the City” Fundraising Campaign Cabinet - George Brown College - 2004/05
• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, repeatedly recommended practitioner in Environmental Law, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, rated as BV® for Environmental Law for legal ability and general ethical standards, 2002 to present
• Co-Chair Brownfields Committee, Ontario Environmental Industry Association – May 2004 to present
• Instructor, George Brown College, Construction Law, Winter Semester, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Contributing Editor, Environmental Law Journal, published by Federated Press, 2000 to present
• Member, Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) - National Environmental and Energy and Resources Law Section, 1991 to present
• Committee member - Legislation and Law Reform, 1993 to 1999
  "An Overview of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act” - Fall 1994, co-author of submission for House of Commons review of CEPA for CBA-National Environmental Law Society, Legislation and Law Reform Committee
• Ontario Bar Association, 1991 to present
• Executive Member at Large, Environmental Law Section, 1991 to present – Regional Coordinator, 2004 to 2006
• Vice Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1996 to 2000
• Chair, Bill 133 Committee October 2004 to 2007
• Submission to Standing Committee on Bill 133, May 16, 2005
• Committee member, Brownfield Legislation, 2001 to present
• Chair, Policy & Practice Committee, 1995 to 1997
• Committee member, Lender Liability, 1995 to present
• Committee member - Government Relations, 1994 to 1998
• Committee member - Environmental Auditors and Site Assessors Accreditation, 1994 to 1998
• Committee member - Environmental Mediation and Arbitration, 1994 to 1998
• Chair of Committee - Bill 7, Amendments to the Municipal Act, August 1993
• Committee member - Waste Management Act, 1992
• Committee member - Bill 26, Environmental Bill of Rights, submissions to Minister of Environment & Energy, November 1992
• Ontario Environmental Industry Association, Member, 2001 to present
• Air and Waste Management Association, Member, 2001 to present
• Congress for the New Urbanism - Environmental Task force, Member, 2001 to present
• Canadian Environmental Defence Fund, Director, 1993, 1996 to 2003
• Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association, Member, 1992 to 2003
• Urban Development Institute - Contaminated Sites Committee member, 1996 to 2004
• Women's College Hospital Research Ethics Committee Board member, 1997 to 1999
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 2001 to 2004

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Presentation: Speaker, 6th Annual Commercial Real Estate Leases Course, January 19-20, 2009
• Presentation: Speaker, 3rd Brownfields Course - Federated Press, October 6-7, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, YCEC Spring Working Weekend: Green & Sustainable Building Practices, “Brownfields: Opportunity v. Challenge”, June 6-8, 2008
• Presentation: Chair & Speaker, “Dealing with Industrial Brownfields:  The New Rules” - Environmental Laws Governing Contaminated Land (April 21, 2008), The 2008 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2008), April 21-22, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, “Bill 133: Spills, Management and Compliance” - Implications for Environmental Managers and EMS (April 22, 2008), The 2008 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2008), April 21-22, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, “What do Technical Consultants Reports Really Mean?”, Ontario Bar Association, February 4, 2008
• Presentation: Speaker, “Brownfield Liability”, Federated Press Financing and Funding for Brownfields course, December 10-11, 2007
• Presentation: Speaker, “Environmental Concerns in Leasing”, Federated Press Commercial Real Estate course, December 10-11, 2007
• Presentation: Organizer and Speaker, “New Standards-New Risks: Implications of Changing Environmental Standards”, Canadian Brownfields 2007, Montreal, QC, October 19-20, 2007
• Presentation: Chair & Speaker, “Dealing with Industrial Brownfields: The New Rules” - Environmental Laws Governing Contaminated Land (April 16, 2007), The 2007 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2007), April 16 & 17, 2007
• Presentation: Chair & Speaker, “Bill 133:  Spills, Management and Compliance” - Implications for Environmental Managers and EMS (April 17, 2007), The 2007 Canadian Environmental Conference and Trade Show (CANECT 2007), April 16 & 17, 2007
• Presentation: Speaker, “Environmental Concerns in Leasing: Commercial Real Estate Leases”, Federated Press, March 27, 2007
• Presentation: Speaker, Bill 133: Spills Management & Compliance conference, “Implications for Environmental Managers and Environmental Management Systems”, November 29, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Ontario Bar Association conference, “To RSC or not to RSC: Tips and Traps About Records of Site Condition and the Environmental Site Registry”, October 30, 2006
• Presentation: Moderator, Canadian Brownfields 2006, “Financing the New Real Estate Frontier: The Arrival of New Players Sparks Redefinition of Roles, Innovation and Re-evaluation of Traditional Views”, October 26-27, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Insight Information - Public Sector Risk Mitigation, “Reducing Brownfield Exposure - As the Population and Liabilities Spread”, October 16-17, 2006
• Presentation: Chair and Speaker, CANECT 2006, The 15th Canadian Environmental Conference and Tradeshow, May1-2, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Eco Canada 2006: Opportunities, Strategies, Growth, Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), January 26-27, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Dead, Gone, but the Fight Goes On…Or Does It?, Ontario Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section, January 23 or 24, 2006
• Presentation: Speaker, Action Niagara, The Economics of Smart Growth, Canadian Urban Institute, December 14, 2005
• Presentation: Chair and Speaker, Environmental Law and Regulation in Ontario, Canadian Institute, November 30, 2005
• Presentation: Presenter, Environmental Law Section, Back with a Vengeance – Part II, Ontario Bar Association, November 25, 2005
• Presentation: Panel Chair, Canadian Brownfields 2005: Developing Livable Communities, Canadian Urban Institute, October 13-14, 2005
• Presentation: Speaker, 14th Annual Technical Conference & AGM “Update and Integrate”, Canadian Environmental Auditing Association, October 5-7, 2005
• Presentation: Chair, Environmental Liability and Bill 133: What You Need to Know; Ontario Bar Association and Law Society of Upper Canada, September 9, 2005
• Presentation: Panelist, 2005 Reurbanization Conference “re. THINK, re. INVEST, re. URBANIZE: Seizing Opportunity in Urban Development”, The Region of Waterloo, June 23, 2005
• Presentation: Chair and Presenter, Contaminated Land: The New Rules; 13th Annual Canadian Environmental Conference and Tradeshow 2005, May 11, 2005
• Presentation: Lambda Alpha International, Simcoe Chapter Meeting, Update on Brownfields Development: The Legal and the Practical, April 19, 2005
• Presentation: Dirty Business Environmental Issues Impacting Shopping Centres; Canadian Shopping Centres Law Conference, Dirty Business - March 3, 2005
• Presentation: The Canadian Institute - Selling Contaminated Real Estate: A Step-by-Step Guide – December 9, 2004
• Presentation: Ontario Bar Association – Tidying Up Your Deals! Addressing Contamination in Land Transactions – The New Brownfield Rules – What They Mean for Transactions - November 4, 2004
• Presentation: Thunder Bay Law Association - 2004 – What’s New in Environmental Law - October 29, 2004
• Presentation (Panel Chair): Canadian Urban Institute - Brownfield 2004: Turning Up the Heat! – October 21-22, 2004
• Paper: Federated Press - Preventing Liability and Minimizing Risk in the Public Sector, Contaminated Sites - Minimizing Liability – October 12-14, 2004
• Presentation (Co-Chair and Presenter): 12th Annual Canadian Environmental Conference: Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario - May, 2004
• Presentation: Lessons Learned: Legal Issues Encountered by Livestock Producers, Integrated Solutions to Manure Management II, International Conference, London, Ontario - March, 2004
• Presentation: Ontario Bar Association Institute - 2004 - Real Property Section Environmental Law Considerations - What’s New, Toronto, Ontario - January, 2004
• Assisting organizing Brownfield Trade Mission with Ontario Export Inc. to Chicago, Illinois - January, 2004
• Presentation: Environmental Director & Officer Liability Overview, Toronto, Ontario - December, 2003
• Presentation: Leadership Development in Construction Law - Level 1, The Construction Institute - Site Owner Liabilities - Environmental Law, Toronto, Ontario - November, 2003
• Panel Chair: Innovation in Finance & Risk Management, Canadian Urban Institute’s Brownfields 2003 Conference, Toronto, Ontario - October, 2003
• Presentation: Fiduciaries Be Aware: New Environmental Responsibilities, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Toronto, Ontario - October, 2003.
• Presentation: (Co-Chair and Presenter) Environmental Due Diligence: What You Need to Know, Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001 Seminar, Toronto, Ontario - September, 2003
• Chair: What’s New in Environmental Enforcement and Investigation, Ontario Bar Association, Toronto, Ontario - June 2003.
• Presentation (Co-Chair and Presenter): 11th Annual Environmental Management Compliance and Engineering Conference 2003; Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario - May 2003.
• Article: Fiduciaries Be Aware: New Environmental Responsibilities, Ontario Bar Association, Deadbeat Newsletter - March 2003
• Presentation: 5th Annual Estates and Trusts Forum: Bill 56, The Brownfield Statute Law Amendment At, Fiduciaries Be Aware, The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ontario - November 2002.
• Presentation (Co-Chair & Presenter): 10th Annual Environmental Management, Compliance and Engineering, 2002: Dealing with Industrial Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario - April 2002.
• Presentation: Contaminated Site Solutions, Turning Contaminated Lands into Profit Centres, Insight, Calgary, Alberta – January, 2002
• Presentation: The Use and Abuse of Privilege - Ontario Bar Association – November, 2001
• Presentation: Bill 56 Brownfields Statute Law Amendment Act, Dealing with On-Site Contamination, Seminar, Toronto, Ontario – November, 2001
• Presentation (Co-chair & Presenter): Environmental Management, Compliance and Engineering, 2001: Contaminated Site Management & Development of Brownfields, Toronto, Ontario – April, 2001
• Presentation (Co-Chair & Presenter): Environmental Management & Compliance 2000: Environmental Detective Work: Site Assessments and SSRA’s, The Law and Contaminated Site Liability, Toronto, Ontario – April, 2000
• Presentation: Environmental Management & Compliance 1999: Environmental, Due Diligence and Contaminated Land, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1999
• Presentation: CBAO - National Environmental Law Issues, Toronto, Ontario – March, 1998
• Presentation: Environmental Compliance 1998, “Why Bother with Remediation: The Law & The Liabilities – April, 1998
• Lecturer, Advanced Environmental Law, Law Society of Upper Canada, “Director & Officer Liability”, Toronto, Ontario – November, 1997
• Developed and chaired Environmental Training Session for federal Crown Corporation client covering all aspects of federal, provincial and municipal law, Toronto, Ontario – January, 1997
• Chair, CBAO, Continuing Legal Education in Environmental Law: Conflict of Interest. How to Avoid “Contaminating” the Lawyer/Client Relationship, Toronto, Ontario – October, 1996
  Co-chair, CBAO-CLE Annual Institute, Changing Environments: A Practical Guide to Recent Developments – January, 1996
• Presentation: New Approaches to Old Problems: Settling Environmental Disputes: What Do Mediation and Arbitration Offer? CBAO-CLE Annual Institute, Toronto, Ontario – January, 1996
• Conducting environmental training seminars for client account managers for advanced credit workshop and corporate banking of a major financial institution – 1995 to present
• Chair, Ministry of Economic Trade and Development training session on Environmental Issues in the Marketplace, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1995
• Presentation: The Ontario Environmental Regime, The Canadian Institute, Environmental Law Regulation and Management, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1995
• Presentation: CBAO, PCBs and the Swan Hills facility, Toronto, Ontario – April, 1995
  Chapter, “Legislative and Regulatory Trends for 1994-95” for the Canadian Environmental Directory 1994-95, published by Canadian Almanac & Directory Publishing
  Service Station & Garage Management Magazine, monthly column on environmental issues, Southam Business Communications – 1995-96
• Presentation: Environmental Director and Officer Liability", Credit Union Executives Society of Ontario, Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario Spring 1994
• Presentation: “Environmental Concerns for Municipal Taxation”, Annual Municipal Assessors Conference of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario - June 1994
• Presentation: “Environmental Issues and Contaminated Land”, Appraisal Institute of Canada, Toronto, Ontario -Fall 1993
• Frequent Guest Lecturer on Environmental Law - Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario - 1991 -1998