The Team

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Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Sr. Legal International Advisor

Full Professor of Law at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, and International Advisor of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3). She also serves as C-EENRG and LCIL Fellow at the University of Cambridge and Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL).

Wayne Garnons-Williams

Prof. Wayne Garnons-Williams
Sr. Legal Expert

Senior Lawyer and Principal Director of Garwill Law Professional Corp. that offers litigation, ADR and corporate commercial services with a particular interest in Aboriginal law, Customs, Excise and International Trade law. Wayne enjoys resolving challenging civil litigation and corporate commercial law problems that have a mix of Aboriginal law and Trade law concepts.

Tara Atleo

Ms. Tara Atleo
Research Assistant 

Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waterloo at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development in the Faculty of Environment. Tara hahuuła Atleo is from the Ahousaht First Nation.

Elaina

Ms. Elaina Cox
Research Assistant 

Masters student at the University of Waterloo for Sustainability Management and graduate from the University of Guelph for a BA in Environmental Governance and minors in Political Science and GIS Analysis. Her interests include Indigenous rights, conservation management and environmental politics.

 

Ms. Aminah Beg
Research Assistant 

Master of Development Practice (University of Waterloo)

 

 

Eva Wu

Ms. Eva Wu
Research Assistant 

Bachelors of Civil Law and Juris Doctor candidate (McGill University), graduated Honours Bachelors of Science, Environment (McGill University). Legal Research Group Member for the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). Former managing director at the Arctic Youth Network, Top 25 under 25 Environmentalist (The Starfish Canada). Interests include sustainable development, Arctic affairs, trade and just transitions. 

Odeeth Lara-Morales

Dr. Odeeth Lara-Morales
Research Assistant 

Associate Fellow for the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and a Project Officer with the United Nations Association in Canada. Odeeth is a Nahua Indigenous descendant from Mexico and her interests include Indigenous rights and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

Alexandra Harrington

Dr. Alexandra Harrington
Sr. Legal International Advisor

Fulbright Research Chair in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International AffairsLead Counsel, Peace, Justice and Governance for the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). She is also a Professor at the University of Albany School of Law

Cecilia Campero

Dr. Cecilia Campero 
Research Assistant 

Cecilia’s research interests are in environmental politics, Indigenous studies, and equity and justice dimensions of environmental and resource issues. She is an Associate Researcher at the University of Waterloo, at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development in the Faculty of Environment.

Darlene

Ms. Darlene Coyle
Research Assistant  

Masters of Sustainability Management at the University of Waterloo at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development in the Faculty of Environment. Her research interests include natural resource management, land-use conflicts, and equitable decision-making.