The Future of the Alberta Economy

Senator Black was appointed to the Senate on January 25, 2013, and serves on the Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce and the Committee on Transport and Communications.

Senator Black is Senior Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2002.

Deeply involved in his community, Senator Black was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005 in recognition of his many contributions. He has served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary, Chair of the Michaëlle Jean Foundation, is Governor Emeritus of the Banff Centre, and was Founder of Lake Crest School in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Senator Black was founding president of the Energy Policy Institute of Canada, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the development of a Canadian energy framework.