Albert Koehl

 

Albert Koehl joined Ecojustice’s legal staff in 2001, and lends the organization his wealth of experience pushing for global social justice. 

 

Before signing-on at Ecojustice, Albert spent six years working as an environmental prosecutor for the Ontario government. He also served in Guatemala as a United Nations investigator and volunteer human rights observer.

 

In addition to his extensive environmental background, Albert is also experienced in poverty law and worked with two Toronto community legal clinics. He is a founding member of a group that advocates for children that have been denied their legal right to go to school because of their parents’ ambiguous immigration status. Albert was nominated for The Law Society of Upper Canada's Lincoln Alexander Award for his volunteer work. 

 

Albert’s work has focused on protecting migratory birds through enforcement activities, challenging the federal government over massive subsidies to oil and gas companies, revitalizing provincial laws for parks protection, and tackling climate change through initiatives on transportation and energy production.

 

Fluent in four languages — English, French, German and Spanish — Albert enjoys living in multicultural Toronto. He is a frequent contributor to newspapers and journals on topics ranging from mining in developing countries to cycling in Canada.