From: Stephen Wright, Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science and Christopher Yip, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Date: January 23, 2026
Re: Announcing the Advisory Committee for the Director, Lawson Climate Institute

The following Advisory Search Committee has been established to recommend a Director for the Lawson Climate Institute (https://lci.utoronto.ca/):

Co-Chairs:
Professor Stephen Wright, Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science
Professor Christopher Yip, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

Teaching Staff:
Professor Kenneth Corts, Rotman School of Management
Professor Miriam Diamond, Department of Earth Sciences
Professor Steve Easterbrook, Director, School of the Environment
Professor William Gough, Interim Vice-Principal (Academic) & Dean, University of Toronto Mississauga
Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou, Chair, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering
Professor Stephan Heblich, Department of Economics
Professor Carl Mitchell, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
Professor M. Murphy, School of the Environment and Women and Gender Studies Institute
Professor Nidhi Subramanyam, Department of Geography and Planning 

Students:
Rein Maynard, Undergraduate student
Iyesha Rupasinha Arachchige, Undergraduate student

The Advisory Committee will be assisted by Perrett Laver in conducting an international search for a Director of the Institute. The committee welcomes feedback from interested persons via the following survey link, which will be open until end of day on Sunday, February 8th. Perrett Laver will be collecting the feedback, which will be anonymized before consideration by the Advisory Committee.