He teaches business law, a real estate issues course, and real estate finance. Michael is a leader in the Canadian real estate community as a lawyer and as Executive Director of REALpac, the industry association for large public, private and institutional real estate entities (www.realpac.ca). Through REALpac, Michael is researching global best practices for triple bottom line reporting for real estate companies, global best practices in green building design and construction (including a recent trip to Australia to see two world class projects in Melbourne), and approaches to controlling greenhouse gas emissions within the commercial building sector.