Mark Raymond, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, is a former Interim Dean and Associate Dean at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University in Halifax and is the current chairperson for the department of economics. He obtained his Ph.D. in resource and environmental economics from the University of Guelph. He has completed multiple resource and environmental-based research projects for governments, the private sector, and NGOs. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in economics. Prof. Raymond’s unique course list includes fishery economics, natural resource economics, environmental economics, and global economy. He has served as an expert witness on several occasions and is a former Professor of the Year in both the EMBA and MBA programs.