Martin Olszynski

Martin Olszynski joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary in 2013, following several years of public service in environmental and natural resources law and policy. From 2007 to 2013, he was counsel with the federal Department of Justice, practicing law in the legal services unit at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. During this period, he also spent time on secondment to the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Division at Environment Canada.

Martin holds a B.Sc. (Biology) and an LL.B., both from the University of Saskatchewan, and an LL.M. (specialization in environmental law) from the University of California at Berkeley. Following law school, Martin clerked for the Hon. Justice Denis Pelletier of the Federal Court of Appeal (2006). Prior to joining the University of Calgary, he was a part-time professor with the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, where he taught environmental law.

Martin’s primary teaching and research interests are in environmental, natural resources, and water law and policy. He is also interested in the continuous development of related core areas of law, including constitutional, administrative, tort and regulatory law. His articles have been published in various journals, including the Dalhousie Law Journal, the Queen’s Law Journal, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and the Canadian Bar Review, as well as both of Canada’s environmental law journals, the Journal of Environmental Law and Practice and McGill’s Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy. He has also appeared as a witness in environmental hearings before both the House of Commons and the Senate.

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