Education, writing and other work

EDUCATION

Forest Technician Diploma – Maritime College of Forest Technology, 2000

LLB – Dalhousie law school, 2006

Certificate in Environmental Law, Dalhousie law school, 2006

Certificate in Public International Law, Queen’s University’s International Study Centre, at Herstmonceux Castle in the UK, 2006

Online Certificate in Understanding Forest Carbon Management, Michigan State University Forest Carbon and Climate Program, 2020

LLM in Environmental and Natural Resources Law – Lewis & Clark Law School, 2023, magna cum laude

WRITING

Protest in the Age of Code Red, Bar Talk Magazine, December 2022, CBA British Columbia – Protest in the Age of Code Red (cbabc.org)

Climate Crime at the ICC – Environmental Justice through the Looking Glass – Patrick Canning, January 13, 2022, Lewis & Clark Law School, Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law Blog, online: Climate Crime at the ICC – Environmental Justice through the Looking Glass – Patrick Canning • Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law • Lewis & Clark (lclark.edu)

Climate Justice Desserts: The UNGA is the Climate Justice Forum to Address the Prosecution of Heads of State for Climate Crime, Patrick Canning, April 20, 2022, Lewis & Clark Law School, Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law Blog, online: Climate Justice Desserts: The UNGA is the Climate Justice Forum to Address the Prosecution of Heads of State for Climate Crime – Patrick Canning • Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law • Lewis & Clark (lclark.edu)

I Could Turn You to Stone: Indigenous Blockades in an Age of Climate Change, International Indigenous Policy Journal,  Vol. 9 No. 3 (2018): Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship /, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2018.9.3.7

In 2018 I also started Canada’s first climate law blog: Feel The Heat: Climate law, politics and culture, https://feeltheheat.blog/

TEACHING

From 2016-2018 I taught the following courses on a sessional basis in the criminology department at Vancouver Island University: “First Nations people and the criminal justice system,” “advanced criminal procedure” and “environmental justice and First Nations” – focused on blockades, injunctions and activism.

In 2022 I worked full time as an Environmental Law Centre Lawyer & Clinical Education Program Associate at the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria – teaching the clinic course at the ELC in the Faculty of Law, and supervising student projects.