About James
James Magnus-Johnston has studied and taught in the field of ecological economics and social entrepreneurship for over a decade. He is a PhD researcher at McGill University, and an Instructor at Canadian Mennonite University.
He previously researched how the debt-based money system influences social and ecological dynamics; now he's studying the roles that emotional processing and eco-anxiety play in fostering (or preventing) necessary social change. See "Ecological Existential Dread: We Need to Talk About Our Feelings." |
Current Initiatives
- PhD researcher, McGill University, in the Natural Resource Science department's Leadership for the Ecozoic program
- Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE)
- Instructor, Canadian Mennonite University / Co-director, CMU Centre for Resilience
- Board Director, Assiniboine Credit Union
- Strategic Advisor, CAST Inc. (Creative Applications for Sustainable Technologies)
- Strategic Advisor, Manoverboard Design
Background
- Co-founder, Fools + Horses Coffee
- Co-chair, Transition Winnipeg
- Board Director, Green Action Centre / Compost Winnipeg
- Financial Counselor and Estate Manager, LC Taylor, Trustee in Bankruptcy
- Policy and communications positions with lawmakers and advocacy organizations, including the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
- Worked in the communications industry as an editor and translator in Asia
- Named one of Manitoba's "Future 40 Under 40" (2015)
Education
- PhD (in progress), McGill University, studying the role of emotional processing in fostering social change
- MPhil, Cambridge University, where I studied the dynamics of the global banking system and its impact on the environment
- BA in Political Studies (Hons), Theatre (Hons; Gold Medal), and Rhetoric & Communications, University of Winnipeg