Dr. Roger A. Petry is a Professor of Philosophy at Luther College at the University of Regina in the Department of Philosophy and Classics. He is a Rhodes Scholar and has obtained degrees in philosophy and mathematics from the University of Regina, philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) and philosophical theology from the University of Oxford, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. awarded in 2008 through the Canadian Plains Studies Program at the University of Regina. His doctoral thesis contrasts university innovation for sustainable development in relation to commercialization and open source licensing strategies. He is co-coordinator of the Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in Saskatchewan (RCE Saskatchewan), one of over 180 RCEs recognized globally by the United Nations University (UNU) to help advance the U.N. Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from 2005-2014 and and now the UNESCO Global Action Programme on ESD, and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030). He was appointed Regional Advisor for RCEs in the Americas by the UNU starting in 2020. He is also the institutional lead on “Responsible Consumption and Production” for the International Association of Universities (IAU) Thematic Cluster on Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goal #12. He grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan and is married with two children.
Bridging the Water Adaptation Gap 