David Richard Boyd

Environmental Lawyer

David R. Boyd is one of Canada’s leading environmental lawyers. He is a Trudeau Scholar at the University of British Columbia, an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University, and a Research Associate at the University of Victoria. Boyd has advised the governments of both Canada and Sweden on environmental issues and is the co-chair of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Team along with Mayor Gregor Robertson. 
 
Boyd’s current research focuses on the effects of enshrining the constitutional right to live in a healthy environment, a right now recognized in at least 100 nations. His most recent book is Dodging the Toxic Bullet: How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards. His previous works include David Suzuki’s Green Guide, Prescription for a Healthy Canada: Towards a National Environmental Health Strategy, Sustainability Within a Generation: A New Vision for Canada and the award-winning Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy.