James Magnus-Johnston

James is the Director of the Centre for Resilience at Canadian Mennonite University, where he teaches in the fields of business, political studies, and economics. He also serves on the board of the Assiniboine Credit Union, and is a Co-founder of Fools + Horses, a Winnipeg-based coffee company. He is currently undertaking a PhD at McGill University in the Leadership for the Ecozoic program.

BACKGROUND

James has worked in finance, in public policy, and in communications as an editor and translator in Asia. He completed his MPhil in Economics at Cambridge University, where he studied the growth requirement of the global banking system. He was named one of Manitoba's "Future 40 Under 40" in 2015.

CURRENT INTERESTS

James integrates leading-edge practices from ecological economics and social innovation into mainstream business and policy. Through his work in the Centre for Resilience (a co-working lab and experiential learning hub at CMU) James uses problem-based pedagogies to supplement university education in applied business settings.

PUBLICATIONS

He wrote a chapter for "A Future Beyond Growth," (Washington & Twomey, ed; 2016), an academic work outlining best practices for ecological and economic resilience. He also recently co-authored an analysis of the "Energy East" pipeline for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

In 2014, he edited and co-wrote "Winnipeg's Great Transition: Ideas and Actions for a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient City," and led a number of community-based organizations in their response to the Manitoba government's "Green Plan." He has also written a number of short articles for CASSE's Daly News and Resilience.org. For more on these publications see magnusjohnston.ca.