NRTEE Chair Glen Murray Toronto, Ontario

Biography

Glen Murray, from Toronto, Ontario, is a partner at Navigator Limited as well as a Visiting Scholar & Urban Policy Coordinator at the University of Toronto. He is former Mayor of Winnipeg, best known for his vision to build culturally dynamic urban centres.

His vision for a New Deal for Cities started with the formation of the C5 – a coalition of five Canadian cities. It was during that time that he became the first Chair of the Big City Mayors Caucus 2002.

Mr. Murray is a member of the Task Force on Creativity and the Public Service for the Government of Canada. Between 1989 and 1992, he was a partner in Envirofit Inc. an innovative environmental consulting firm. He is a business partner in the consulting firm The Glen Murray Group which works with clients in public and private sector with Canada’s art and culture community on urban strategies for Canadian cities.

He is the recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee medal and is a honourary member of the Royal Architectural Society. Mr. Murray was appointed Chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy in March 2005.

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