Prof. A. P. Lino Grima

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University of Toronto
Centre for Environment
University of Toronto
Centre for Environment, Geography and UTM
Retired Professor

Mailing Address

54 Woodington Ave.
Toronto, Ontario M4C 3J5
Canada

Contact Information

Phone: (416) 461-5390
Fax: (416) 978-3884
lino.grima@utoronto.ca

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1970.
M.A., University of Toronto, 1967.
Dip. Ed., University of London, 1965.
B.A., University of Manchester, 1961.

Expertise and Research Interests

I am a semi-retired faculty member at Centre for Environment [CFE]. During the last 35 years I have taught and carried out research in environmental and natural resource management with special emphasis on policy instruments. I have worked in Malta, Canada, Sudan, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados, teaching and consulting on municipal water policy, environmental assessment, environmental curriculum design, risk management, environmental management and environmental/natural resource economics.

In 1970-72 I taught Economics at the University of Malta and Geography/Statistics at the Malta College of Art, Science and Technology (later incorporated into the University of Malta). In 1972 I joined the University of Toronto as a faculty member in Geography and the Institute for Environmental studies [IES]. At IES I served two terms as Associate Director with special responsibility for the interdisciplinary collaborative M.A./M.Sc. program in Environmental Studies. I co-designed the interdisciplinary major in Environmental Management at the Mississauga Campus (UTM) and was the Faculty Advisor for this program for 24 years.

My consulting experience includes projects with many organisations including Environment Canada, Environment Ontario, City of Toronto, UN Economic and Social Council, CIDA, IDRC, IJC, Canada/US Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, TV Ontario, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, the Walkerton Commission, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

My scholarly output includes over 70 journal papers, chapters in books and research reports. I have authored, edited or collaborated in five books and three short monographs. I have made over two hundred presentations at conferences, workshops and panels, in addition to guest lectures in about 50 universities in four continents. I have supervised 28 Master and Ph.D. students and co-supervised/served on graduate exam committees at York U, McMaster U, University of the West Indies and INRS-Eau.

Other Expertise

Completed research projects include:
Reduction of flood damages
Economic perspectives on climate variability and change
Climate impact assessment in the Great Lakes region
Risk perspectives on environmental assessment/Risk communication
Great Lakes ecosystem rehabilitation
Resilience in Great Lakes water levels management
Municipal water supply and wastewater management
Efficiency in the use of water
Residential water demand forecasting and management
Water valuation: adaptation approaches and lessons for Canada
Sustainable development courses in Canadian Universities' curricula

In addition to my committee work at the University of Toronto, I served on many outside committees and working groups related to environmental policy issues including:

Chair, Education Sector, Metro Toronto Remedial Action Plan (RAP); Member of the RAP Public Advisory Committee.
Member of the Ontario Public Advisory Committee [OPAC]
Chair, Scholarships Committee, Canadian Water Resources Association.
Vice-Chair, Board of Technical Experts of the US/Canada Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
Board of Directors, Canadian Water Resources Association, Ontario Division.
Water Efficiency Strategy for Ontario.
Steering Committee for Environmental Audit of the Portlands, (Crombie) Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront.
Great Lakes Program Advisory Committee, SUNY-Buffalo.
Advisor to environmental organisations such as the Sierra Club, Great Lakes United, Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science, Toronto Committee for Safe Sewage, Toronto Citizens for a Safe Environment, and Canadian Environmental Law Association.

External examiner at The University of the West Indies for the postgraduate programs in Economics (Sustainable Development) (St Augustine) and Environmental Studies (Cave Hill).
Member, U of T Environmental Protection Advisory Committee, Universityof Toronto.
Member, City of Toronto Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan (WWFMMP) Steering Committee and the WWFMMP Implementation Advisory Committee.
Associate Editor, J. of Great Lakes Research.
Associate Editor, Canadian Water Resources J.
Member, Awards for Excellence Panel of Judges, Toronto & Region RAP, Waterfront Regeneration Trust.
Walkerton Inquiry, expert peer reviewer.
City of Toronto Water Efficiency Plan.
Member, Toronto East York Local Health Committee (City of Toronto)

Future Research

See under Research Interests and Other Expertise above

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Climate Change, Climatology, Economics, Environmental Education, Environmental Management, Environmental Planning Or Policy, Environmental Sciences, Fish and Fisheries, Geography, Natural Resource Economics, Natural Resources Management, Planning Or Policy Studies, Pollution Control, Sustainable Development, USA, Great Lakes, Water Resources Management or Planning.

Additional Terms:

Citizen Participation in Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Water Resources, Economic Incentives for Pollution Control, Environmental Curriculum Design, Environmental Education, Fishery Resource Allocation, Great Lakes, Impacts of Climate Change, Risk Communication, Risk Management, Sustainable Development, User-pays Systems, Water Demand Management, Water Policy.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Maltese: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Italian: (Functional, None, Basic)

Memberships

Canadian Environmental Law Association
Canadian Water Resources Association
Friends of the Don - East
Great Lakes United
Sierra Club

Previous Positions

1995, Visiting Faculty, University of Hanoi, Centre for Resources and Environment
1994, Visiting Professor, National Institute of Science & Forecasting, Hanoi
1991-1994, Associate Director, University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies, Institute for Environmental Studies
1988, Visiting Faculty, Banff Centre School of Management
1986, Visiting Faculty, Banff Centre School of Management
1985-1986, Associate Director, University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies, Institute for Environmental Studies
1979, Visiting Associate Professor, University of Khartoum, Institute for Environmental Science
1972-1977, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
1970-1972, Lecturer, University of Malta

Publications

  • Lino Grima (2006) "Will Canada's Well Run Dry?", idea&s (the arts & science review), 3 (1), 42-43
  • A.P.Lino Grima, with Olivia Wong Wai Yin., "Water valuation in agriculture: approaches and lessons for Canada" Report for Environment Canada, 125 pp. + appendices., Aug 2005
  • A.P.Lino Grima, S.Horton, S.Kant, Introduction: Natural Capital, Poverty and Development, Environment, Development and Sustainability, special issue on Natural Capital, Poverty and Development, S.Horton, S.Kant, A.P.L. Grima and A.Fenech (eds.), 5(3-4), 297 - 314, 2003
  • S.Horton, S.Kant, A.P.Lino Grima, A.Fenech (eds.), Natural Capital, Poverty and Development, Environment, Development, and Sustainability, 5(3-4), vii, 297 - 510, 2003
  • A.P. Lino Grima, Canada - US International Joint Commission: International Water Resources Management, in R.E. Munn (ed.), Encyclopaedia on Global Environmental Change, Wiley, 4, 2001
  • A.P. Lino Grima, Effluent Charges, Encyclopaedia on Global Environmental Change R.E Munn (ed.), Wiley, 4, 2001
  • A. P. Lino Grima, State of the Environment Reporting, in R.E. Munn(ed.), Encyclopaedia on Global Environmental Change, Wiley, 4, 2001
  • A.P.Lino Grima, Demand Management, in R.E. Munn (ed.), Encyclopaedia on Global Environmental Change, Wiley, 4, 2001
  • A.P.Lino Grima, in R.E. Munn (ed.) Economic Growth vs Environmental Protection: The Flight to the Economic Market, Emerging Environmental Issues in Ontario, 30-32, November 1999
  • A.P.Lino Grima, Public Participation in Environmental Assessment Follow-ups, in R.E.Munn and P. Wheaton (eds.) Proceedings Environmental Assessment Follow Up and Monitoring Workshop , IES Monograph # 14, 39-46, November 1997
  • 'Ten Years of Remedial Action Plans (RAPs): Reflections and Suggestions' in Commentary on the Status of RAPs, Journal of Great lakes Research, 23(2), 232-233, 1997
  • Enhancing Resilience in Great Lakes Water Levels Management, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 44, 97-111, 1993
  • A.P. Grima, C.D. Fowle and R.E. Munn (Eds.), Risk Perspectives on Environmental Impact Assessment, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, EM-9, 164 total, 1989
  • C.D. Fowle, A.P. Grima and R.E. Munn (Eds.), Information Needs for Risk Management, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, EM-8, 318 total, 1988
  • Enhancing Resiliency in Great Lakes Water Levels Management. Report to the Water Resources Management and Planning Branch, Ontario Region, Environment Canada, 75 total, 1988
  • The Empirical Basis for Municipal Water Rates Modification, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 9(3), 22-39, 1984
  • The Empirical Basis for Municipal Water Rates Modification, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 9(4), 62, 1984
  • Residential Water Demand: Alternative Choices for Management, Department of Geography Research Publication No. 7, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, XV, 211, 1972

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