Edgar Gold, CM, AM, QC (born 1934) is an Australian and Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and master mariner. He is one of the leading experts[citation needed] in the areas of international ocean law and marine and environmental policy development.
He is married to psychiatrist Dr. Judith Gold, the first woman to head the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the first Canadian to be elected president of its American counterpart.
He spent sixteen years in the merchant marine and holds an unlimited Master Mariner's Certificate and was in command for several years.
He joined the Faculty of Law of Dalhousie University in 1975 and from 1975 to 1994 was a Professor of Law and from 1986 to 1996 was a Professor of Resource and Environmental Studies. He is a founding member of Dalhousie Law School's Marine and Environmental Law Programme. He was a senior partner in a Canadian law firm for many years where he practiced in the areas of maritime law and oil and gas law.
In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2005, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to maritime law and protection of the environment as a policy developer and adviser, and through academic roles and involvement in international maritime organisations".
Dalhousie University is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus in Saint John, New Brunswick. Dalhousie offers over 200 degree programs in 13 undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties. The university is a member of the U15, a group of research-intensive universities in Canada.
The University of King's College is a public liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Established in 1789, it is the oldest chartered university in Canada, and the oldest English-speaking university in the Commonwealth outside of the United Kingdom. The university is regarded for its Foundation Year Program (FYP), an undergraduate curriculum designed to comprehensively study a variety of intellectual developments—past and present—through great books and ideas. It is also known for its upper-year interdisciplinary programs, particularly in contemporary studies, early modern studies, and the history of science and technology. In addition, the university has a journalism school that attracts students from across the world for its intensive graduate programs in journalism, writing, and publishing.
Sidney Earle Smith was an academic and Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
The Schulich School of Law is the law school of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1883 as Dalhousie Law School, it is the oldest university-based common law school in Canada. It adopted its current name in October 2009 after receiving a $20-million endowment from Canadian businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich.
Elisabeth Veronika Mann Borgese, was an internationally recognized expert on maritime law and policy and the protection of the environment. Called "the mother of the oceans", she received the Order of Canada and awards from the governments of Austria, China, Colombia, Germany, the United Nations and the World Conservation Union.
James Hermiston Aitchison was a Canadian academic and politician and leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
William Black, C.M. is a Canadian business leader.
Richard Ballon Goldbloom, was a Canadian pediatrician, university professor, and the fifth chancellor of Dalhousie University. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at Selwyn House School and Lower Canada College. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1945 and a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1949 from McGill University. He did his post-graduate medical education at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital Boston. From 1964 to 1967, he was an associate professor at McGill University and a physician at the Montreal Children's Hospital. From 1967 to 1985, he was the head of Dalhousie University's Department of Pediatrics. He was the first physician-in-chief and director of research at the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Norman Horrocks OC was Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor at the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University.
Phyllis Ruth Blakeley, was a Canadian historian, biographer and archivist.
Stuart Bruce Kaye is an Australian professor of law and was, until early 2013, Dean of the Law School at the University of Western Australia. He is a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
John Carey Douglas was a Canadian politician.
William Andrew MacKay was a Canadian lawyer and former judge, civil servant, legal academic, and university president.
Andrew Younger is a Canadian politician and journalist, first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009. He represented the district of Dartmouth East first as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and subsequently as an Independent. In 2015, Younger was removed from cabinet and the Liberal caucus after invoking parliamentary privilege in order to avoid giving testimony at a criminal trial.
Galo Carrera Hurtado is serving as an Honorary Consul of Mexico to Canada. He is a research associate for marine affairs at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, a visiting professor at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden, and a Fellow of the International Association of Geodesy. He has authored and coauthored nearly 200 scientific articles and technical reports, and has presented papers and made scholarly addresses at international conferences, seminars and courses on five continents.
Stan Kutcher is a Canadian Senator and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 12 December 2018.
Ingrid R. G Waldron is a Canadian social scientist who is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University and serves as co-chair of the Dalhousie University Black Faculty & Staff Caucus. She co-produced the 2019 film There's Something in the Water with Elliot Page, Ian Daniel and Julia Sanderson, which is based on her book of the same name.
William Lahey is a Canadian lawyer, public servant, and the 25th president and vice-chancellor of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Meinhard Doelle was a German-born Canadian lawyer and university professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. He was the founder and executive director of several environmental law organizations, as well as the drafter of the Environment Act of Nova Scotia.
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