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Dr. Krantzberg is Professor and Program lead for the Master’s of Engineering and Public Policy in the School of Engineering Practice and Technology at McMaster University offering Canada’s first Master’s Degree in Engineering and Public Policy. Gail completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in environmental science and freshwaters. She worked for the Ontario Ministry of Environment from 1988 to 2001, as Coordinator of Great Lakes Programs, and Senior Policy Advisor on Great Lakes. Gail is the Canadian Lead Researcher for the Global Centre for Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters. She is a former Board member of the Great Lakes Observing system, president of the International of Great Lakes Research, Board Member of the Canadian Water Foundation, Board member of Georgian Bay Forever, member of the International Joint Commission’s Water Quality Board, Sediment Priority Action Committee, Indicators Implementation Task Force, and Council of Great Lakes Research Managers. Dr. Krantzberg was the Director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of the International Joint Commission from 2001 to 2005. In 2007 she was appointed as an adjunct faculty member of the United Nations University Institute for Water and Environmental Health and participated in the twinning of the Laurentian and African Great Lakes (principally Lake Victoria). She is currently the Canadian CoChair of the IJC’s Science Advisory Board. Gail has co-authored and edited 9 books and more than 200 scientific and policy articles on issues pertaining to ecosystem quality and sustainability and is a frequent speaker to media and the public. Her research interests include investigating Great Lakes governance capacity, analyzing interjurisdictional co-management arrangements internationally for application to the Great Lakes regime, and methods to better integrate science and engineering in policy formulation and decision making.

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Employment (3)

McMaster University: Hamilton, ontario, CA

2005-07-01 to present | Professor, Program Lead MEPP (booth school of engineering practise and technology)
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International Joint Commission: windsor, ontario, CA

2000-07-04 to 2005-06-02 | Director (Great Lakes Regional Office)
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Ontario Ministry of Environment: toronto, ontario, CA

1988-09-02 to 2001-06-01 | scientist, senior policy advisor (Great Lakes programs)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Ontario Ministry of Environment: toronto, ontario, CA

1987-07-01 to 1988-06-30 | PostDoc (Great Lakes Section)
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University of Toronto: Toronto, ontario, CA

1983-09-01 to 1987-07-03 | Ph.D. ecotoxicology (botany)
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University of Toronto: Toronto, ontario, CA

1979-09-01 to 1982-09-02 | M.Sc. limnology (Botany)
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Works (12)

A traditional ecological knowledge summit

Open Access Government
2024-10-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Gail Krantzberg
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Global centre for climate change impacts on transboundary waters

Open Access Government
2024-07-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Gail Krantzberg; Andrew D Gronewold
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Twenty-First Century Science Calls for Twenty-First Century Groundwater Use Law: A Retrospective Analysis of Transboundary Governance Weaknesses and Future Implications in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin

Water
2021-06-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Khafi Weekes; Gail Krantzberg
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Evolving Institutional Arrangements for Use of an Ecosystem Approach in Restoring Great Lakes Areas of Concern

Sustainability
2021-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter J. Alsip; John H. Hartig; Gail Krantzberg; Kathleen C. Williams; Julia Wondolleck
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Early Lessons of COVID-19 for Governance of the North American Great Lakes and the Baltic Sea

World
2020-12-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Savitri Jetoo; Gail Krantzberg
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Thirty-five years of restoring Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Gradual progress, hopeful future

Journal of Great Lakes Research
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: John H. Hartig; Gail Krantzberg; Peter Alsip
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Feasible policy development and implementation for the destruction of endocrine disruptors in wastewater

Science of The Total Environment
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: G. Krantzberg; P. Hartley
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Scenario analysis: An integrative and effective method for bridging disciplines and achieving a thriving Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin

Journal of Great Lakes Research
2015 | Journal article
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The Great Lakes Futures Project: Principles and policy recommendations for making the lakes great

Journal of Great Lakes Research
2015 | Journal article
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Thriving and prosperous: How we rallied to confront collective challenges

Journal of Great Lakes Research
2015 | Journal article
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A review: Building the resilience of Great Lakes beneficial uses to climate change

Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology
2014-10 | Journal article
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Sediment bioassay research and development

1990 | Book
Contributors: Gail Krantzberg
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Climatic change. (1)