Oliver M. Brandes is an economist and lawyer by training and a trans-disciplinarian by design. He serves as Co-Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, based at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies, where he leads the POLIS Water Sustainability Project.
As Research Lead and Project Manager at the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, Rosie’s work includes doing applied research and communicating new thinking on water governance, law, and policy.
Laura Brandes leads the Water Sustainability Project’s communications, outreach, and knowledge mobilization activities.
Natasha Overduin is the Program Manager for the British Columbia Water Governance Program at the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER).
As Events and Special Projects Coordinator at the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, Mabel is primarily responsible for supporting and developing the B.C.
Dr. Jon O’Riordan joined the Water Sustainability Project as a strategic water policy advisor in 2007, where he focuses on provincial water policy reform and the ecological governance of water management.
Dr. Kelly Bannister is Co-Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and heads the Water Ethics and Cross Cultural Values Initiative at the POLIS Water Sustainability Project.
Stephanie began work at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) in 2018.
Meena is a third-year law student primarily interested in Indigenous and environmental law issues.
Sarah is a third-year law student at the University of Victoria.
Caleigh Aalders is a Victoria-raised University of Victoria student in her third year of a double major in English Literature and Environmental Studies.
The POLIS Water Sustainability Project is a focused initiative of the University of Victoria’s POLIS Project on Ecological Governance.
We are housed at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies as one of its ongoing interdisciplinary projects.