Curriculum vitae

OBJECTIVE:

Educator and Scholar in Organizational Communications and Theory, Voluntary Governance and Market Theory

PROFILE

Professional with a distinguished blend of research, strategic and teaching skills; possess unique knowledge-base combining insight into leading ideas in organizational dynamics, governance and management, organizational communications, and public engagement; ten years experience teaching; three years as researcher in a think tank with an international consultancy business; highly motivated and gifted educator and dedicated life-long learning; a record of exceptional accomplishment in all fields of endeavour
 
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. in Communication Studies
Graduate Program in Communications
McGill University, Montreal, QC
 
M.A. in History
Dept. of History
 
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies
(Communications & History)
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
 
CURRENT INTERESTS

I'm currently working on a book tentatively titled: Voluntary Governance: a Roadmap. It explores the historical backdrop and theoretical requirements for thinking through a form of governance rooted in personal liberty and the cooperative web of market exchange. I’ve recently completed a book, soon to be available on the publications page in PDF format, entitled Acting Human; Communication Cost. It breaks new ground in communication theory through the application of the Austrian School of economics concept of praxeology to communication as a distinct form of human action.
More generally, I'm focused on complex organizational dynamics – e.g. networks, distributed leadership, self-organizing systems, open method of coordination, and the vitally important and creative role of markets – with emphasis on the distinct communications dimensions of successful governance.
 
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
 
Professor – Current

Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC
(A post-secondary educational institution serving primarily mid-career professionals, providing a learner-focused education for enhanced leadership and governance skills)
Teaching several classes, graduate and undergraduate, in organizational communication and culture and knowledge management

Researcher

Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Toronto, ON
Founded, in 1947, as a national professional service organization for senior public servants, IPAC has evolved into an international consultancy and think tank on issues of public management and governance.
 
Principal

Rhizome Consultancy, Toronto, ON
(Community impact assessment and public consultation service for the private sector, facilitating community involvement in, and approval of, new projects mitigating local resistance and avoiding costly court and regulatory challenges)
 
Instructor

Saint Mary’s University, Dept. of Sociology, Halifax, NS

Lecturer
Wilfrid Laurier University, Communications Program, Waterloo, ON

Assistant
York University, Social Science Department, Toronto, ON

Assistant
Concordia University, Department of History, Montreal, QC

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS
 
REPORTS
 
Author, Democratic Regulation and Public Participation in Science-Based Decision-Making, commissioned by Health Canada, Federal Government of Canada, 2006
 
Author, Review of the Citizen Engagement Periodical Literature, commissioned by the Canada School of Public Service, Federal Government of Canada, 2005
 
Author, Thinking Regulation: A Roadmap to the Recent Periodical Literature, commissioned by the Privy Council Office, Federal Government of Canada, 2003.
 
SCHOLARLY

Author, "Paul Piccone as Libertarian? A Canadian Proof and Rothbardian Critique," The Independent Review, forthcoming, 16(4), spring 2012.

Author, Acting Human; Communication Costs (Vancouver: Creative Commons, 2011).

Author, "Markets, Poverty and the Snapshot Fallacy," Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, March, 17th, 2011
 
Co-author, “The Road to NGO: The Transformation of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1985-1995,” in Professionalism and Public Service: Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kernaghan, (eds.) David Siegel and Ken Rasmussen (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008).
 
Primary author, The Top Ten Topics in Public Administration Scholarship: An International Perspective. (Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada – New Directions Series #19, 2006)
 
Lead editor, authored introduction, Dreaming of the Regulatory Village; Speaking of the Regulatory State (Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada – New Directions Series #18, 2006)
 
Co-author, “Towards a New Accountability: ‘Governance Dialogue’,” 25th Anniversary Journal, (CCAF-FCVI, 2005)
 
Co-editor and co-author case studies, author literature review essay, Reinventing Service: Processes and Prospects for Municipal Alternative Service Delivery (Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada and the Governance Network – New Directions Series #14, 2004)
 
Primary editor, Making Connections: Municipal Governance Priorities Today (Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada – New Directions Series #13, 2004)
 
Author, “Liberty Avenue,” Desideratum: A Journal of Cultural Studies, Fall, 1997
 
Author, “Whither the Municipality? Defining the Municipal in Confederal Municipalism,” Anarchist Studies, 2(1), Spring 1994.
 
Author, “Individuals, Communities and Federalism,” Telos, 93, Fall 1992
 
Author, “Notes on Pumping up the Volume in Communication Studies,” Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 17, 1992
 
Author, “Beyond the Crises: Proposal for a New Confederation,” in Political Arrangements: Power and the City, (ed.) H. Lustiger-Thaler (Montreal: Black Rose, 1992.)
 
Author, “Toronto’s Neighbourhood Association Movement, In Light of the Artificial Negativity Thesis,” in Culture and Social Change, (eds.) C. Leys and M. Mendell (Montreal: Black Rose, 1992.)
 
Author, “Hannah Arendt’s Vision of the European Council Phenomenon,” Dialectical Anthropology, 16(1), 1991
 
Author, “Techniques and Technologies: In Defense of an Analytical Distinction,” Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, 12(1-2), 1988.
 
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
 
Scholarly blog, Governance Dialogue
 
Researched and did all intellectual work in the conception, creation and maintenance of specialty web site on regulatory innovation: Smarttape Centre
 
Performed conceptual research, created and maintained specialty web site on citizen engagement: Centre for Governance Dialogue
 
PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED):
 
Presenter, “The role of scientific expertise in regulation,” C.R.U.I.S.E. (Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science and Environment) Conference on Multi-Level Regulatory Governance in Canada, Oct. 27-28, 2004, Ottawa, ON Canada
 
Presenter, “IPAC in UNPAN: Networking for Information and Knowledge.” The E-Information Management Workshop, United Nations Public Administration Network, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 21-25, 2003.
 
Presenter, “Metropolitan Toronto and Municipal Confederation: Self-Constitution on the Precarious Frontier” Canadian Sociology Association, Learned Societies, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada June 1, 1992.
 
Presenter, “Whither the Municipality? Defining the Municipal in Confederal Municipalism,” Fourth Annual International Conference of the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 13, 1992.

POPULAR

Author, "A Libertarian Take on Vancouver’s Hockey Riot." Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada, June, 17th, 2011
 
Author, “Voluntary Governance,” Libertarian Standard, Nov. 2010.

Author, “In support of Democratic Renewal,” Public Sector Magazine, 16(3), 2005
 
Guest editor, Public Sector Magazine, Special Issue on Regulatory Innovation, 15(2), 2004
 
Author, “Braithwaite’s Pyramid: Scholars Debate the New Role of the Public Servant in Regulation,” Public Sector Magazine, 15(2), 2004
 
Author, “The Trouble with Normal,” Kick It Over, 30, Fall 1992
 
Author, “Avoiding Marginality,” Left Green Perspectives, 27, January 1992
 
Author, “Let’s Separate Together,” City Magazine, 11(4), Summer 1990.
 

EVENTS
 
Organizer, “International Brainstorm on the Future of the Regulatory State,” Toronto, ON Canada, December, 2004 – participants included academics and practitioners from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America
 
OTHER INTERESTS
 
Co-founder, Lacan Salon, Vancouver-based study and discussion group exploring the work of French Psychoanalytical theorist, Jacques Lacan