Special Appointments and Committees:

• Appointed to the Public Review Panel on the Federal Moratorium on B.C. Offshore Oil and Gas by the Minister of Natural Resources Canada (2003)
• Appointed to the National Energy Board by federal Order-in-Council (1997)
• Research Co-ordinator, Environment Canada Fraser River Action Plan (1991)
• Member of the Steering Committee, Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Management of Pulp Mill Effluents in B.C. (1991)
• Environment Canada representative to the Water Quality Objectives Sub-committee, Standing Committee on Water Quality Plan, Fraser River Estuary Management Program, Canada-B.C. Agreement (1986-91)
• Canadian co-chairperson of two International Joint Commission Flathead River committees (Water Quality and Quantity and Water Quality Criteria).  Directed bilateral scientific committees in evaluating the current state of water quality and quantity in the Flathead River and predicting the transboundary water impacts of a proposed coal mine, including impacts of forest harvesting, road building, and coal mining (1985-88)
• Team member and Acting Director, University of British Columbia-Universidad Nacional del Altiplano interuniversity project on water and aquatic resource management in Lake Titicaca, Peru; project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency
  (1981-83)