Barry Robinson
Ecojustice Staff Lawyer: Barry Robinson
“Working for Ecojustice in Alberta is about leveling the playing field. Oil and gas interests dominate this province and the environment needs a voice.”
Barry Robinson joined in 2008 as the first staff lawyer of Ecojustice’s Alberta office. His work has focused on addressing the impact of oil and gas activities on rural landowners and the environment, and the improvement of water allocation and licensing in Alberta.
- Barry Robinson, staff lawyer
Since joining the Ecojustice legal team, Barry has maintained a dynamic and effective docket of case work. His early victories include winning cases for the proper reclamation of abandoned oil and gas wells, the release of the groundbreaking report Share the Water, and launching the ultimately successful prosecution against Syncrude over the deaths of 1,600 ducks in its tar sands tailings pond.
He has a bachelor’s degree in forestry from the University of Toronto, and a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University and a law degree from the University of Victoria.
Before joining Ecojustice, Barry worked in the energy and environmental law practice groups of Calgary’s Macleod Dixon LLP. He also worked for nine years as a planning manager with Procter & Gamble Cellulose Ltd. (now Weyerhaeuser Canada) and was a consultant on waste minimization, hazardous waste handling, and environmental certification for Willow Root Environmental Ltd.
When not at work, Barry takes every opportunity to enjoy the Alberta wilderness with his family.
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