Peter Dinsdale joins Environics Institute Board of Directors

Michael Adams is very pleased to announce that Peter Dinsdale is joining the Environics Institute Board of Directors, effective May 1, 2019.

Peter is a strategic thinker and action-oriented Executive who strives to improve the world around him. In June 2016 Peter became the President and Chief Executive Officer of YMCA Canada where he is working to create the Canada We Want through the YMCA We Need.

Prior to joining YMCA Canada Peter led the Assembly of First Nations as the Chief Executive Officer. Under National Chief Shawn Atleo, Peter co-led a team to conceptualize, design, organize and execute the 2012 Crown-First Nation Gathering and the 2013 meeting between Prime Minister Harper and First Nation representatives which sought to forge a new Treaty relationship with Canada.

Peter holds a B.A. and M.A. from Laurentian University as well as an honorary diploma in Education from Canadore College. Peter serves as a Governor at Carleton University and as a Director at the Pulbic Policy Forum. In 2018 Peter received the Order of Ontario and in 2019 he received an Indspire Award for his work in Public Service.