Professor Thomas Henley

Education

B.A.(Hons.) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1972
M.N.R.M. Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1974

Experience

Professor Thomas Henley has extensive experience in northern and regional development, environmental assessment, and sustainable development. Professor Henley offers courses in the following areas: Sustainable Development of Natural Resources; Research Methods ; the Northern Field Seminar; Resources and Environmental Management Policy; Natural Resources and Environmental Management in Northern Manitoba; and Directed Readings. He is currently a member of the Ecological Reserves Advisory Committee, Department of Conservation, and a member of the Manitoba Hydro Spirit of the Earth Advisory Panel as well as the University of Manitoba Sustainable Development Steering Committee.

Professor Henley has represented the Institute at the Senate of the University of Manitoba, Board of Graduate Studies, Dean's Council, and served as Chair of the University Hazardous Waste Management and the University Disciplinary Committees. He is a past member of the City of Winnipeg Mayor's Environmental Advisory Committee (MEAC) as well as the Board of Trustees, Fort Whyte Centre. He was the recipient of the Presidents Outreach Award in 1980. Professor Henley served as Chairman of the Northern Manitoba Sustainable Economic Development Commission 1990-1992, as a member of the North Central Transmission Line Panel 1991-1992, and as a member of the Manitoba Endangered Species Advisory Board 1995-1997. Professor Henley was Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, Friends of the Saskatchewan River Basin, a Western Canada NGO working with people locally on watershed stewardship.  He has also worked on international projects in the resources and environmental management field in Russia, India, and Germany. 

Research Interests

Professor Henley's primary research interest focuses upon development in its many forms including public consultation, mining, First Nations, hydroelectric development, and the implementation of sustainability initiatives at the regional and local level. A secondary field of interest is the role of non-governmental organizations in the management and planning of natural resources and environmental decision-making. He also has an ongoing and active involvement with NGO's, First Nations, and with industry across Canada.

Selected Publications

• Henley, T. 2004. Book Review. Ecoscience Journal
• Henley, T., S. Newton, and H. Fast. 2002. "Sustainable Development for Canada's Arctic and Subarctic Communities: A Backcasting Approach to Churchill, Manitoba". Arctic, 55(3), 281-290
• B. Mitchell (ed.) 2004. "Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty, pp 483-484

Professional Activities

• Developing a Youth Strategy for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
• Member, Board of Trustees, Fort Whyte Centre
• Member, Friends FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin
• Member, Spirit of the Earth Advisory Panel, Manitoba Hydro
• Member, Ecological Reserves Advisory Committee to the Minister of Natural Resources
• Technical Advisor, First Nations
• Member, University of Manitoba Sustainable Development Steering Committee