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Jim MacNeill, O.C., BA’49, BE’58, LLD’88

More than an environmentalist, Dr. Jim MacNeill was the chief architect and lead author of the World Commission on Environment and Development s highly influential report, Our Common Future, which called for an urgent global transition to sustainable forms of development. As an advisor on the first generation of environmental concerns in the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, he authored the first major book published in Canada on environmental management. Later, as Deputy Minister of the federal Ministry of Urban Affairs, he played a major role in shaping Canadas approach to urban policy. In 1995, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.