Participated in IUCN-CEL ESG meetings with co-chairs Klaus Bosselman and Brendan Mackie (June 27 - July 1, 2003), Urbino, Italy.
Member of the Ethics Specialist Group of the Commission of Environmental Law of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), 2003
Invited to Participate in the meeting "The Earth Charter in Action" Urbino Consultation, June 16-19, 2002, Urbino, Italy.
Invited to Participate at the Rockerfeller Pocantico Centre, NY, April 5-7, 2002 to discuss policy implications of the Earth Charter, and its status as a Global Ethic.
NSRC and SSHRC Grant Review, 2001
Appointed to Participate in the "Earth Charter Education Online Forum" University for Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica, October 1-15, 2001.
At the request of David Sullivan, Esq. (Birmingham, AL) I prepared a case study of legal problems encountered by the residents of Titusville, AL in their action against BFI. My formulation of the reasons why this was not just a simple zoning dispute, but a blatant case of environmental racism, was used by Sullivan and Williams to overturn the previous decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama, and admit the case had been argued for the "public good" (Westra, 2001) and therefore the attorneys for the plaintiffs were awarded $2.3 million dollars in fees.
1999 NATO, Principal Investigator, Advanced Scientific Research Workshop.
In December 1998 the WHO convened a meeting of the "Global Ecological Integrity Project" at their Rome office. After several days of interaction between our scientists and ethicists and their own, in 1999 a document was produced, "Ecological Integrity and Sustainable Development: Cornerstones of Public Health" (http://www.who.it).
1992 - 1999 SSHRC Principal Investigator: organized focus groups and panels, convened meetings of international scholars in university settings, world bank and other international conference venues, administered funds and facilitated research into publications.
1996 Consultant to the Ontario Government, The Ontario Women's Directorate: Pay Equity (Green Paper, November 1985) A Comparative Study of Professional Guidelines and Codes of Ethics
1993 Consultant to the Canadian Consulate General (Detroit, Michigan): Environment Services Resource Guide with Madelyn Webb of Webb Associates
1998-2001 President, Westra Accounting Limited

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