Matthew McCandless
- Phone: (204) 958-7729
- Fax: (204) 958-7710
Matt McCandless’s work is primarily focused on water resources, sustainable agriculture, ecosystem goods and services, and climate change adaptation – often combining both policy and technical research. His current topics of interest include ecosystem goods and services valuation and optimization, life-cycle assessment of bioproducts, and climate change and water resources. He also observes regional climate change negotiations and has conducted research in the area of agricultural offsets.
Since joining IISD in 2006, Matt has been the lead researcher on projects involving water policy, hydrological analysis, greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture, valuing environmental externalities generated by agricultural beneficial management practices, evaluating policies for enhancing ecosystem goods and services provision through agriculture, and providing support to the province of Manitoba during regional climate change negotiations. He has made several presentations of his work, as an expert witness and speaker.
Prior to joining IISD, Matt worked as a consulting engineer and managed projects on hydrology, water quality, drainage, environmental assessment, wastewater treatment systems, municipal water and wastewater distribution and collection, and prepared related regulatory applications. Working with several First Nations in northern Manitoba, Matt investigated the hydrologic and environmental impacts of large-scale hydroelectric development. During his graduate research, Matt studied rural electrification with small-scale hydroelectric projects in Indo-Tibetan tribal villages in the state of Uttarakhand, India. He is registered as a professional engineer in the province of Manitoba.
Affiliations
- Canadian Water Resources Association
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Manitoba
- Soil and Water Conservation Association (USA)
Education
- Master of Natural Resources Management (2007): Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba
- Bachelor of Engineering (2001): Biological/Environmental Engineering, Dalhousie University.
Languages
English, French, some knowledge of Hindi
Publications
Water Quality Trading in the Lake Winnipeg Basin: A multi-level trading system architecture.
Paper: Vivek Voora, Matthew McCandless, Dimple Roy, Bryan Oborne, Henry David Venema, 2010Full Cost Accounting for Agriculture (Final Report) – Valuing public benefits accruing from agricultural beneficial management practices: An impact pathway analysis for Tobacco Creek, Manitoba
Paper: Matthew McCandless, Henry David Venema, Stephan Barg, Bryan Oborne, 2008
