Bob Thomson
Mr. Bob Thomson's Details
Founder and former Managing Director (1994-2000) Fairtrade Canada
Affiliation
Former Managing Director Fairtrade Canada
Location
Canada
bthomson@web.ca
Website
http://degrowth.ca
Publications:
| Authors | Year | Title | Journal or Book | Other | Language | Type | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Developing a Normatively-Grounded Research Agenda for Fair Trade: Examining the Case of Canada | Journal of Business Ethics | English | Academic Journal | Link | ||
| 1995 | Business Lessons Learned: Fair trade and Community Enterprise | ITDG Small Enterprise Journal 10 (4) pp. 6 | English | Journal | Link | ||
| 2010 | Developing a Normatively-Grounded Research Agenda for Fair Trade: Examining the Case of Canada | Journal of Business Ethics 92 (S2) pp. 151-179 | English | Academic Journal | Link |
Primary Expertise - Other activity related to Fair Trade
Research Interest
From 1994 to 2000, Bob Thomson was the founder and Managing Director of TransFair Canada, Canadian affiliate of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), a 17 nation certification body promoting a fair trade label for coffee and other foods/commodities. Bob has a degree in Civil Engineering (U of T 1968) and an M.A. in International Affairs (Carleton 1983). He has lived and worked in Peru, the Caribbean, Paris and Canada and has extensive experience with NGO programme and project evaluations, fair trade producer support, non-profit governance, housing co-operatives and computer assisted communications for civil society.
Countries of Expertise
Canada, Caribbean, Latin America
Additional Information on Expertise
Chair, Bridgehead 1987-1994- IFAT Information System Co-ordinator 1991-1995- Founder and Managing Director, Transfair Canada 1994-2000- Executive Board member, Transfair International 1994-1999