Glenn is a lawyer, engineer, grain farmer, and lifelong resident of Saskatchewan.

Glenn studied engineering and law at the University of Saskatchewan and articled with Bill Wardell, K.C., he was called to the bar in 2021. He worked for nearly 20 years in resource extraction as a mechanical engineer, beginning his career working for Husky Oil in SK/AB in the 1990s but he spent the bulk of his engineering career working at uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan. Glenn shifted his focus to law to actively advocate for the environment and issues of social justice.

Glenn is an active member of the National Farmers Union, Climate Justice Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Association for Environmental Law, SaskEV, the Saskatchewan Renewable Energy Coalition, the Saskatchewan Drag Racing Association, and the Saskatchewan Coalition for Sustainable Development. Glenn is a former director of SaskEV, the Saskatchewan Environmental Society, and SaskBarley.

Glenn lives with his wife on a farm near Vanscoy, SK. He practices regenerative agriculture techniques on his farm and has been striving to reduce the emissions intensity of grain grown on the farm by incorporating minimum input, minimum tillage, intercropping, and green cover farming practices. Glenn first installed renewable energy on the farm in 2008 and he and his family have been driving EVs since 2018. Glenn also completed a home insulation retrofit in 2018 and turned off his natural gas to the farm in 2008, electing to heat with geothermal energy since then. Glenn estimates that their family and farm emissions have been reduced by more than 50% compared to 2006.

He passionately advocates for a sustainable economy, equality, and strengthening our democracy. Glenn has run as a candidate in numerous provincial and federal elections and is committed to reconciliation and actively defends human rights related to equality. Glenn is the lead counsel on two climate litigation actions proceeding through the Court of King’s Bench here in Saskatchewan.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Administrative Law
• Civil Litigation
• Corporate/Commercial Law
• Corporate Governance
• Employment Law
• Energy and Mining
• Environmental Law
• Environmental Social Governance (ESG)
• Farm Law
• Regulatory Compliance Management and Risk Management

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Engineering and Risk Management

• Experience with Hazard and Operability analysis for new projects and capital expansion projects
• Operations management experience at remote industrial locations, including ore processing, solids waste management, and water treatment
• Technical analysis and problem solving related to debottlenecking
  and quality improvement
• Presided over successful startup and ramp up at a high-grade uranium milling facility while fostering a safe production culture

Corporate Governance

• Experience developing productive boards and organizational governance, policies, and procedures

Environmental Social Governance (ESG)

• Experience with reviewing environmental impact statements, human resource development agreements, and impact management agreements
• Committed to meaningful consultation with impact communities to help achieve alignment on ESG issues
• Dedicated to sustainable development, evidence-based policy change, and activism to lead and accelerate the transition to an economy of efficiency and environmental protection

Administrative Law

• Familiar with property maintenance and crop insurance appeal boards
• Experience challenging decisions of various administrative decision makers for clients

Civil Litigation and dispute resolution

• General civil and commercial litigation, estate litigation, environmental, and human rights protection
• Contract interpretation and enforcement
• Saskatchewan farm experience and litigation related to grain contracts, farm leases, equipment loans and repair

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Current

• Volunteer organizer with Climate Justice Saskatoon (2017 – present)
• Founding shareholder of the SES Solar Cooperative in Saskatoon, SK (2015 – present)

Past

• Director of the Saskatchewan Environmental Society (2021 – 2025)
• Director of SaskEV electric car advocacy group in Saskatoon, SK (2020-2024)
• Director of SaskBarley, Saskatchewan barley producer crop commission (2020-2023)
• Lobbying for the National Farmers Union with Environment and Climate Change Canada (Ottawa: November 2023)
• Vice President of Policy for the National Farmers Union of Canada (2023)
• Appeared before the House of Commons standing committee on Agriculture (Oct 3, 2022)
• Attended COP26 international climate conference in Glasgow, UK, on behalf of the National Farmers Union (November 2021)
• Participated in the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act constitutional reference hearings at the SKCA (2019) and SCC (2021): organized intervention, prepared affidavit for the National Farmers Union
• Trumpet player in Warman Community Concert and Diamond Jazz Band (2015-2020)
• Project leader for Outdoor Adventure with 4-H Canada via Vanscoy Multiple 4-H club (2010-2019)
• Guest speaker at numerous high schools and university lectures about energy policy, electrification, climate, social justice issues, and the politics of sustainable development

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan
• Member, APEGS

BAR ADMISSIONS & EDUCATION

• Saskatchewan Bar, 2021
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan, P. Eng., 2005
• Juris Doctor, University of Saskatchewan, 2020
• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2001
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 1998
• 1A Professional Driver, 2016
  

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

• Recipient of the Lorrie and David Schoenfeld Award in Environmental Law for academic achievement in Environmental Law May 2019