Drew Yewchuk
PhD Student
BA (Alberta), JD (Calgary), LLM (UBC)
- Email: dyewchuk@student.ubc.ca
Profile
Drew was a staff lawyer with the University of Calgary's Public Interest Law Clinic from 2018-2022. His work focuses on access to information law, administrative secrecy, species at risk, resource law, and environmental liabilities. His Alberta law specific writing can be found on the University of Calgary law blog.
Supervisor: Stepan Wood
Publications
A Study in Executive Branch Noncompliance with Law : Government Secrecy, Endangered Species protection, and the Whitebark Pine (2024, LLM Thesis).
Drew Yewchuk, Shaun Fluker, & Martin Olszynski, “A Made-in-Alberta Failure: Unfunded Oil and Gas Closure Liability” (2023) 16:1 School of Public Policy Research Papers.
Martin Olszynski, Andrew Leach, & Drew Yewchuk, “Not Fit for Purpose: Oil Sands Mines and Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program” (2023) 16:36 School of Public Policy Research Papers.
Stories from the Species at Risk Act: The Wolverine in Canada from 2003-2022.
Organization Affiliations
- Allard School of Law
Research Interests
- Administrative law and regulatory governance
- Environmental law, natural resources, and climate change
- Jurisprudence, legal theory, and critical studies
- Law and social justice
How do law on the publicity or secrecy of government records change government decision making about environmental protection?