Gordon LaxerUniversity of Alberta | UAlberta · Department of Sociology
Gordon Laxer
PhD
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Introduction
Author: "After the Sands. Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians" (2015), a finalist for John W. Dafoe prize in non-fiction books: https://douglas mcintyre.com/products/9781771621007. Author: "Open for Business. The Roots of Foreign Ownership in Canada", Oxford Univ Press Canada, awarded 1992 John Porter prize. Working on book & research reports re how Big Foreign Oil has captured Canadian energy & climate policy & threaten democ'y. Founding Director Parkland Institute at Univ of Alberta.
Additional affiliations
July 1982 - June 2013
Education
September 1975 - August 1981
University of Toronto
Field of study
- Sociology / Political Economy