> Jaccard receives Academic of the Year honor
Jaccard receives Academic of the Year honor
Contact:
Mark Jaccard, 778.782.4219; jaccard@sfu.ca
Robert Clift, CUFA, 604.817.1649
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
Mark Jaccard, 778.782.4219; jaccard@sfu.ca
Robert Clift, CUFA, 604.817.1649
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
March 19, 2008
Simon Fraser University professor Mark Jaccard is being honored by the Confederation of University Faculty Associations (CUFA) for his “tireless work” in persuading governments about the need to enact effective climate change policies.
Jaccard is the recipient of CUFA B.C.’s 2008 Academic of the Year award. The award is presented annually to recognize faculty members at B.C. public universities who use their research and scholarly work to make contributions to the wider community.
Recognized as Canada’s leading expert on environmental policy, Jaccard has spent more than two decades focusing on the development of sustainable energy systems and the environmental policies necessary for Canada to curb greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change concerns.
He is a member of the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy and was recently appointed as a special advisor to the Premier’s Climate Action Team.
According to CUFA, Jaccard’s “measured but forceful approach to his academic work” is exemplified by the list of organizations and individuals he has worked with over the years, including the Royal Society of Canada, the C.D. Howe Institute, the David Suzuki Foundation and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is also co-author of Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge (2007), written with the Globe and Mail’s Jeffrey Simpson.
The award citation credits Jaccard for challenging conventional wisdom and political fashions in his quest for knowledge, and notes that he “raised eyebrows” in the environmental movement with his Donner prize-winning 2005 book Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy.
It also points to criticism in some business circles for Jaccard’s role as one of the architects of B.C.’s new carbon tax - a move he steadfastly argues is necessary in the bid to reduce emissions.
Jaccard, who will receive the CUFA award at a dinner at the Law Courts Inn in Vancouver on March 26, also received an SFU Outstanding Alumni Award (presented Feb. 19) for his academic contributions.
Another 2007 SFU Outstanding Alumni Award recipient - University of Victoria professor Elaine Gallagher - will join Jaccard on March 26 to receive CUFA B.C.’s 2008 Career Achievement award for her two decades of research on fall prevention among seniors.
CUFA B.C. represents more than 4,300 university professors, instructors and academic staff at universities in B.C.
Jaccard is the recipient of CUFA B.C.’s 2008 Academic of the Year award. The award is presented annually to recognize faculty members at B.C. public universities who use their research and scholarly work to make contributions to the wider community.
Recognized as Canada’s leading expert on environmental policy, Jaccard has spent more than two decades focusing on the development of sustainable energy systems and the environmental policies necessary for Canada to curb greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change concerns.
He is a member of the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy and was recently appointed as a special advisor to the Premier’s Climate Action Team.
According to CUFA, Jaccard’s “measured but forceful approach to his academic work” is exemplified by the list of organizations and individuals he has worked with over the years, including the Royal Society of Canada, the C.D. Howe Institute, the David Suzuki Foundation and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is also co-author of Hot Air: Meeting Canada’s Climate Change Challenge (2007), written with the Globe and Mail’s Jeffrey Simpson.
The award citation credits Jaccard for challenging conventional wisdom and political fashions in his quest for knowledge, and notes that he “raised eyebrows” in the environmental movement with his Donner prize-winning 2005 book Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy.
It also points to criticism in some business circles for Jaccard’s role as one of the architects of B.C.’s new carbon tax - a move he steadfastly argues is necessary in the bid to reduce emissions.
Jaccard, who will receive the CUFA award at a dinner at the Law Courts Inn in Vancouver on March 26, also received an SFU Outstanding Alumni Award (presented Feb. 19) for his academic contributions.
Another 2007 SFU Outstanding Alumni Award recipient - University of Victoria professor Elaine Gallagher - will join Jaccard on March 26 to receive CUFA B.C.’s 2008 Career Achievement award for her two decades of research on fall prevention among seniors.
CUFA B.C. represents more than 4,300 university professors, instructors and academic staff at universities in B.C.