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Harvey Shear is Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He teaches undergraduate courses on world freshwater resources, ecology and economy, and the Great Lakes, and he is co-instructor for the Environment-Geography internship program. Shear has published numerous scientific papers on aquatic ecology and management, on ecological and sustainability indicators for the Great Lakes, and on the hydrology and nutrient regime in Lake Chapala, Mexico’s largest lake. He also developed a set of sustainability indicators for the Town of Oakville as part of its Environmental Strategic Plan, which are also used in the Town’s State of Environment Report.