Dr. John Livernois
Professor
Department of Economics and Finance
Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
University of Guelph
Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 52166
Email: live@uoguelph.ca
Website: John Livernois
Dr. Livernois is an internationally recognized expert on the economics of natural resources and the environment, with a focus on benefits and cost assessment, taxation, regulation, and enforcement. He has published in leading journals and has advised public agencies such as the National Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment, the Walkerton Inquiry, the federal Department of Finance and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
Dr. Livernois’ team shall determine the relative benefits and costs to end-user groups (e.g., fisheries managers and commercial fishers), and to society more generally, of adopting the newly developed genomics Toolkits versus continuing use of the current, conventional community assessment methods. In addition, the team shall identify the economic, cultural, and social factors that influence the likelihood of adoption by end-user groups and identify strategies that may mitigate these factors.