For nearly 20 years, Bruce Lourie has set himself apart as one of Canada’s pioneering leaders in the environmental sector, collaborating with businesses, NGOs and governments to solve issues relating to green energy, conservation, philanthropy and environmental hazards.
Lourie is president of the Ivey Foundation, a private charitable foundation in Canada, and a director of the Independent Electricity System Operator. He is also director of Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Canadians for Clean Prosperity. Lourie founded a number of for-profit and non-profit organizations including The Summerhill Group, the Sustainability Network and the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network.
Committed to connecting environmental issues to human health, Lourie initiated the campaign to shutdown coal-fired power plants in Ontario—the single largest climate action in North America. He also helped convene the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, one of the world’s largest conservation initiatives.
Lourie co-authored two best-selling books, including the internationally acclaimed Slow Death by Rubber Duck, and has been recognized as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Canada and an honorary director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.