Team
Dr. Alison Shaw
Executive Director, Â鶹ÊÓƵClimate Innovation & ACT - Action on Climate Team [On leave]
Dr. Shaw has over two decades of experience leading cross-cutting climate change and sustainability science and policy research, and in mobilizing knowledge, developing tools, and creating partnerships. She has worked as a scholar, a science-policy strategist, and a sustainability consultant and organizational coach. As Founder of FlipSide Sustainability, a consulting and coaching company, Shaw applied her research background to co-create with clients’ leading-edge practices at international, national, regional and local scales.
Interested in learning more about ACT and getting involved with the Natural Solutions Iinitiative? Please contact Michelle Sawka, Associate Director michelle_sawka@sfu.ca.
Advisory Board and Team Members
Deborah Harford
Senior Advisor, ACT Co-founder
Acting Executive Director, Â鶹ÊÓƵClimate Innovation
Dr. Nancy Olewiler
Advisory Board, ACT Co-founder
Dr. Stewart Cohen
Advisory Board
Michelle Sawka
Associate Director
Skye Vallance
Program Manager
Justine Townsend
Post-doctoral Fellow
Gurvaani Dhani
Research Assistant
Past Contributors
Alexandra White
Andrew Marriott
Andrew Palmer
Anwen Rees
Carley Termeer
Dr. Chaeri Kim
Chloe Repka
Dan Straker
Ella Champion
Elina Blomley
Emily Burkholder
Emma Squires
Georgia Henshaw
Hasini Basnayake
Jay Maloney
Jack Satzewich
Jeff Carr
Johann Zerbe
Jordan Brears
Kacia Tolsma
Kate Earle
Lauren Vincent
Miriam Moore
Odessa Cohen
Paige Hunter
Tatum Askew
Yousif Samarrai