James P. Bruce

M.A. Physics (Meteorology), University of Toronto
Honorary Doctorate- D.Sc., McMaster University
Honorary Doctorate- Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo

In Jim Bruce’s early professional life, he established the flood warning system for Province of Ontario and undertook research and teaching at the University of Toronto in Hydrometeorology.  He was appointed in 1967 as first Director of the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, and subsequently Director General, Inland Waters Directorate for Canada. He was part of the Canadian team which negotiated the 1972 and 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements (Canada-U.S.A.) and served as Canadian co-chair of the Science Advisory Board and later the Great Lakes Water Quality Board of the International Joint Commission. He also chaired the Prairie Provinces Water Board and the Mackenzie River Basin Committees.  Jim Bruce moved in 1980 to the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of the Atmospheric Environment Service.  After leaving the federal government, he served as Director of Technical Cooperation and Acting Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva. He is author of several books and numerous papers and presentations on climate, water, natural disasters and related issues and has been awarded honorary doctorates from McMaster and Waterloo Universities.

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