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Michael Harcourt

Mike Harcourt was chair of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee for Cities and Communities which handed in its report in June 2006.  He co-chaired the National Advisory Committee on the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum, which was held in Vancouver in June 2006.

Between 1996 and 2004, Mike was appointed by the Prime Minister to serve as a member of the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy on the Executive Committee and Chaired the Urban Sustainability Program. He has also served as a Federally appointed B.C. Treaty Commissioner, Honorary Chair of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities, Co-Chair of the International Panel of Advisors, consultant to Translink B.C. and is honorary co-chair at the Advisory Council on Sustainability’s – Sustainability Advisory Board at U.B.C.

Michael Harcourt served as British Columbia’s Premier from 1991 -1996; as Mayor of Vancouver, 3 terms from 1980 – 1986; and elected 4 terms as Vancouver Alderman, 1972 – 1980.

Mr. Harcourt received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2005 and was awarded the Canadian Urban Institute’s Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.  In 2007, he was the Walter Bean Visiting Professor on the Environment at the University of Waterloo. University of British Columbia will be awarding him with the Alumni Achievement Award of Distinction for contributions to B.C., Canada and the world.

Mr. Harcourt authored the following books:  Mike Harcourt: A Measure of Defiance; Plan B: One Man’s Journey from Tragedy to Triumph (with John Lekich); and City Making in Paradise (with Ken Cameron and Sean Rossiter).

Mr. Harcourt has a B.A. and a L.L.B. from the University of British Columbia. He has an Honourary Doctor of Laws from Royal Roads University.