March 13, 2009:

The Woods Institute Leopold Leadership Program is an important tool in promoting environmental research by building leadership, communication, and consultation skills of participants.

As reported by Stanford University’s news service, the Fisheries Economics Research Unit at UBC is very pleased that Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila has been named as a Leopold fellow for 2009.  Congratulations Rashid!

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An archived PDF of the Stanford news report can be found here.