Timothy Hodges

Biography

Timothy J. Hodges is Professor of Practice in Global Governance at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) where his work focuses on environmental global governance, and the negotiation and implementation of international sustainable development treaties by Indigenous Peoples, governments, and stakeholders.

Concurrently, he is Principal at Timothy J Hodges & Associates -- an international consultancy providing confidential strategic advisory services to governments, private non-profit organizations, industry, and Indigenous Peoples organizations. He also currently serves as Mentor for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Africa, Caribbean, and the Pacific “Youth Empowerment and Training Initiative.”

Timothy is a former career Canadian diplomat, with 35 years of experience in environmental, economic, sustainable development and trade policy issues including, for example, in the UN General Assembly, UN Permanent Forum, G8, WTO, APEC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UNESCO, OECD, Organization of American States, NAFTA, APEC and the Arctic Council. He also served as Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the United Nations treaty on Access and Benefit-sharing of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge. Additionally, Timothy is past President of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO).

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