EIS is proud to present our 2024 AGM speaker Ben Parfitt!
Ben is a long-time journalist who first started covering forestry and environmental issues in British Columbia as a reporter with the Vancouver Sun in the late 1980s and early '90s. He has written or co-written two books on forestry - Forestopia: A Practical Guide to the New Forest Economy (with Michael M'Gonigle) and Forest Follies: Adventures and Misadventures in the Great Canadian Forest. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his journalism. For 20 years, he worked as a public policy analyst for The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, where his focus was natural resources, including forests, water, natural gas, agriculture and mining. In 2024 he retired from the CCPA and is currently working part-time as a journalist with The Tyee.
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