Laura is the president & CEO of the Resilience Institute. She holds a master of laws with distinction in climate change law & policy, master degree in intercultural & international communications & is a graduate of the Oxford Adaptation Academy. Laura is also a founding member of Canadian Women’s Bobsleigh and the team’s first manager. She’s a Focal Point of the UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme & was a National Rapporteur for the Climate Change Litigation Initiative. Awards include Dean’s Excellence Award at Strathclyde University Law School, & the American Sociological Association's Jane Goodall Fellowship.Lynes, L.S. (2021). "Climate change law and colonialism: the rights of nature and a hypothetical case for bison person in Canada". In The Transformation of Environmental Law and Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800889378.00019Climate Change Litigation in Canada: Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects. 2021 | book-chapter. Part of ISBN: 978-3-030-46882-8DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46882-8_8Lynes, L.S. The Rights of Nature: the Indigenous Way. The Geographer. Winter 2018 Edition. Pages 12-13.: https://rsgs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RSGS-The-Geographer-Winter-2018.pdfLynes, L.S. The Rights of Nature and the duty to consult in Canada, Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, pp 353-362. Volume 37 Issue 3, Nov 2018. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IAQVWB9HK2ITVIWDNXDH/full?target=10.1080/02646811.2018.1556975 Balvanera,P., Calderón-Contreras,R., Castro,A., Felipe-Lucia, M., ...Lynes, L.S. (2017).Interconnected place-based social–ecological research can inform global sustainability,Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 29, Pages 1-7,ISSN 1877-3435, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.09.005.