José has also taught environmental policy at Simon Fraser University and the Center for Environment at the University of Toronto. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology transfer, training and education, climate change and energy policy. In 2006, José was appointed by Dr. Hermann Scheer to become one of the chairs of the World Council for Renewable Energy. He serves as President of the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance, a board member of the Windfall Ecology Centre, as well as a Canadian correspondent for the global Renewables Status Reports, published by Worldwatch Institute on behalf of Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.