F. Michael Cleland
Michael Cleland is Nexen Executive in Residence for the Canada West Foundation and has extensive experience in energy and environment policy.
He is formerly President and CEO of the Canadian Gas Association. Prior to joining CGA, he was Senior Vice President Government Affairs for the Canadian Electricity Association. Before joining CEA, he was Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Energy Sector in the Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), formerly Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) and before that, Director General of the Energy Policy Branch. From 1987 to January 1990, he was Assistant Director, Resource Policy Division in the Department of Finance.
Before joining the federal government in 1987, Mr. Cleland worked in Nova Scotia where he was a principal in the firm of Cleland, Dunsmuir Consulting Ltd., lecturer in business/government relations at the school of Public Administration at Dalhousie University and academic editor of Plan Canada, the journal of the Canadian Institute of Planners. From 1982 to 1985, he was Associate Director of the Centre for Development Projects at Dalhousie University where he was responsible for various management training projects in Zimbabwe and the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Prior to joining Dalhousie University, he occupied a number of positions at the Nova Scotia Departments of Development and Municipal Affairs.
Mr. Cleland was born in Quesnel, British Columbia, and educated at the University of British Columbia (BA in political science 1972) and Queens (MPL urban and regional planning 1974).
Michael Cleland is currently leading an initiative under the Powering Up for the Future Project entitled Let’s Talk Energy, an electronic discussion forum intended to encourage debate and commentary about Canada’s considerations for a Canadian Energy Strategy.
Visit www.letstalkenergy.ca for more information.
Presentations by Michael Cleland
Natural Gas: A Foundation for Integrated Community Energy Solutions
Canadian Energy Strategy: A Real Possibility or Just a Pipedream?