A native of Nova Scotia, Matthew recently graduated from St. Francis Xavier University ’10 with a BA in Political Science and International Development. Born in Vancouver, BC, Matthew has lived on two of the three coasts in Canada. While at StFX, Matthew took an interest in many facets of policy and climate change. It was a term paper on the Canadian business and Kyoto that sparked Matthew’s interest on the subject of politics of climate change and he has not looked back. In 2009, as Coady Youth Associate in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Matthew spent 4-months working with Families South Africa on numerous human rights projects. In March of 2010, Matthew received the ECO Canada Student Ambassador Award for environmental research (The Local Low-Carbon Economy). Matthew has also represented the Atlantic region at the Canadian Water Innovation Lab 2010 in Exshaw, AB. His research interests are the influence of business on national and international climate/environmental policy, community-based approached to development, adaptive governance, and decentralized power generation. He also loves the outdoors and being active. Matthew is pumped for his return to the rainbow nation with what looks to be a very talented group for COP-17 in Durban!
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others”
[Nelson Mandela]
