Mike Harcourt speaks at the Downtown: Let's Get Started Rally in Prince George, BC, on Saturday, September 27, 2008.

Michael Harcourt - Keynote Speaker

Mike Harcourt is a former premier of British Columbia, mayor of Vancouver and city councillor.

He was chair of Prime Minister Harpers Advisory Committee for Cities and Communities and he co-chaired the National Advisory Committee on the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum, which was held in Vancouver in June 2006.

Between 1996 and 2004, Mike was appointed by the Prime Minister to serve as a member of the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy where he served on the Executive Committee and Chaired the Urban Sustainability Program. He served as a Federally appointed B.C. Treaty Commissioner. He is Honorary Chair of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities, and Co-Chair of the International Panel of Advisors. 2007. He serves as a consultant to Translink B.C. He is honorary co-chair at the Advisory Council on Sustainabilitys - Sustainability Advisory Board at U.B.C.

Mr. Harcourt is a passionate believer in the power of cities and communities to improve the human condition. A near fatal accident in 2002 only strengthened his resolve to contribute to the transformation of cities and communities around the world through the principles of sustainability, particularly in relation to social inclusion in the broadest sense.
In 2005, Mike Harcourt was honored to receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service and in 2006 was awarded the Canadian Urban Institutes Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2007 he was the Walter Bean Visiting Professor on the Environment at the University of Waterloo. University of British Columbia will be awarding him with the Alumni Achievement Award of Distinction for contributions to B.C., Canada and the world.

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