OUR TEAM

Sarah Winterton
Education and Outreach Director
Environmental Defence

Sarah Winterton is the Education and Outreach Director for Environmental Defence. Sarah joined Environmental Defence in 2003, and has been campaigning in the environmental sector since 1985. Some of the campaigns she has worked on at Environmental Defence include the southern Ontario Greenbelt, Ontario’s Clean Water Act, Toxic Nation, Environmental Priorities Outfront, and the international Blue Flag program. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Sustainability Network and the Executive Board of the Foundation for Environmental Education, based in Copenhagen. Her new priority is working with the United Steelworkers on the Blue Green Canada campaign.

Charles Campbell
Department Head - Research, Public Policy and Bargaining Support
United Steel Workers Canada

Bio coming soon

Bill Thompson
Project Coordinator - Hamilton, Ontario
Blue Green Canada

Bill Thompson is a former worker in the manufacturing industry who has lived in Hamilton since 1968. He led an effort to form a worker co-operative to save the jobs of his fellow workers when his employer went bankrupt. Bill went on to work for a member of the Provincial Legislature and after serving as an assistant to a Cabinet Minister, he was recruited to pioneer the innovative Labour Adjustment Program of the Ontario Government. Bill served with the AAP for 19 years assisting workers and employers manage changes in the labour market before joining Blue Green Canada and Environmental Defence. Bill has a BA from Knox College and done post graduate studies at McMaster University.

Keith Brooks
Research Coordinator
Blue Green Canada

With a BSc in Environmental Sciences and a Masters of Environmental Studies, Keith combines insights from political economy, cultural theory and systems thinking with a solid grounding in the science of pollution. After many years as an environmental consultant, Keith returned to university to pursue his Master's degree where his interdisciplinary work led him to explore the inter-linkages between the culture, economy and the environment, and the drivers of change in our complex world. Following a brief stint at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Keith was hired to undertake research activities and manage Blue Green Canada's website.