Mike Wilson

Mike is Executive Director of Smart Prosperity Institute –  a national environment-economy research and policy network based out of the University of Ottawa focused on innovative market-based approaches to building a prosperous and environmentally-sustainable economy. Smart Prosperity Institute works across a range of policy issues, including the role of markets and market-oriented policies in encouraging more sustainable communities. Raised in New Brunswick, Mike began his career as a lawyer in Toronto, left to become senior policy adviser to the federal Environment Minister, and then went on to hold a series of increasingly senior roles in the Government of Canada working at the intersection of the environment, economy and innovation.