Stephen O. Andersen protecting the stratospheric ozone layer. At EPA he rose to Deputy Director for Stratospheric Ozone Protection and then transferred to the Climate Protection Partnerships Division, where he was Director of Strategic Climate Projects until his retirement from government in 2009. The timing of Andersen’s arrival at EPA was fortuitous. 1987 proved to be a watershed moment in the effort to stop ozone depletion, which increased risks of skin cancer and threatened to wipe out crops and ecosystems, among many adverse impacts. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was agreed on 16 September 1987 and created a
The Montreal School the texts. The Montreal School The Montreal School, as its name suggests, is a school of thought in the field of organizational communication. It was initiated by James R. Taylor and colleagues in the Department of Communication at the Université de Montréal. It origin can be traced back to the introduction in 1987 of a new doctoral program bringing together three major French-language universities in Montreal, the Université de Montréal, the Université du Québec à Montréal, and Concordia University. The Montreal School has had, and continues to have, a global resonance in Europe ) as well as on the American