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Mike Beale is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. He served as Practitioner-in-Residence from 2018 to 2021, following a 36-year federal career in environment and energy policy. He held senior roles at Environment and Climate Change Canada, including Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for Environmental Protection (2009–2018) and ADM of the Canadian Wildlife Service (2013–2016).
Education: Mike earned an MA in Economics from University College Dublin and pursued doctoral studies at the University of Western Ontario. His career initially focused on economic analysis of environmental and energy policy before transitioning to regulatory leadership in 2005.
Research interests include regulatory frameworks for climate change, air/water pollution, and chemicals management, alongside the economic dimensions of environmental governance. Key contributions include coal-fired electricity regulations (2012), Multi-Sector Air Pollutant Regulations (2016), and the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (2018). He also led the Western Chorus Frog Emergency Protection Order (2016).
No scientific awards are listed, and no specific grants or advising roles are detailed in the provided text. His professional trajectory emphasizes practical policy development at federal levels rather than academic grants or student supervision.
