Bill Charles

Bill Charles, Q.C., Professor Emeritus, formally a full time member of the Faculty of Law and Dean (1979-85) is still active in the environmental area.

Currently serving as special council to the Nova Scotia Law Reform Commission, he has been actively involved in the preparation of a Discussion Paper on Contaminated sites in Nova Scotia (March/09). Professor Charles taught environmental law at the law school in the 90s and has had considerable experience with the Environmental Impact Assessment process in the last fifteen years. This experience includes among other assignment serving as the Nova Scotia representative on a Joint Federal/Provincial Assessment Panel dealing with Remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds (2006-2007), Chair of a Provincial assessment panel to evaluate strip mining (coal) in Stellarton, NS and Chair of an assessment panel to evaluate a proposal to construct an incinerator to burn garbage in the Metro/Halifax area.