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Anthony (Tony) Hodge

Tony Hodge is President of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), London UK and a Professor of Mining and Sustainability, Queen’s University Kingston. Prior to his appointment at Queen’s University, he taught at Royal Roads University in their graduate program on environment and management. He also held an adjunct position with the School of Public Policy at the University of Victoria. His projects have ranged across a rich variety of assignments related to mining, aboriginal relations, nuclear waste management, water resources, energy policy, and the distribution of benefits from resource developments.

For the past decade he has been an Associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (Winnipeg) and is past President of the Mineral Economics and Management Society (MEMS). From 1989 – 1992, Anthony was President of Friends of the Earth Canada. He served on the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) from 1992-1996. Since 1997 he has been President of the consultancy that bears his name Anthony Hodge Consultants Inc. Through 2001 and 2002 he led the North American component of a global multi-interest review of practices mining/mineral industry (MMSD – North America).

As part of this work he championed development of the Seven Questions to Sustainability – How to Assess the Contribution of Mining and Mineral Activities. Anthony has written, spoken, and taught extensively on the issue of applied sustainability, particularly in terms of practical application in the mining industry.

He received his BA of Science and MA of Science degrees from the University of British Columbia (Geological Engineering). He was awarded his PhD (interdisciplinary) in 1995 from McGill University as a result of work that focused on reporting on progress toward sustainability.