Leslie King

Environment and Sustainabiity

Royal Roads University

leslie.king@royalroads.ca

Victoria , British Columbia V9B 5Y2

Leslie A. King is Vice-President Academic at Vancouver Island University. She was Professor and Founding Dean of the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources at the University of Manitoba in 2003. In 1995, Dr. King held the position of Founding Chair of Environmental Studies at UNBC where she designed and administered both undergraduate and graduate programs and served as Chair of the Northwest Region for UNBC to create their first stand-alone regional campus. In 1991-92 Dr. King was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Zimbabwe and has filled academic positions at Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, St. Lawrence University, the University of Vermont, and the University of Northern British Columbia. At the University of Vermont, Dr. King took a leadership role in developing both undergraduate and graduate (masters and PhD) environmental programs.

Dr. King is a graduate of York University, and The London School of Economics where she earned her Master of Environmental Studies and PhD respectively. Dr. King serves on a range of national and international organizations, pursuing her research interest in sustainable healthy communities and the institutional dimensions of global environmental change, as well as a commitment to interdisciplinary research and programming.