Urooj Malik, Ph.D., is an experienced university educator, international development specialist, and course developer with more than four decades of professional practice and graduate teaching in Canada and Asia. He has previously taught at University Canada West, Mindanao State University – Main Campus and De La Salle University, and is currently a sessional faculty member at Acsenda School of Management and Western Community College in Canada, and also an Adjunct and Visiting Professor at the University of the Philippines – Los Baños (UPLB) and UP Open University (UPOU).

With academic qualifications from Europe and North America, he holds a Ph.D.in Sustainable Development Management, combined with an MS in Mineral and Energy Economics and a BS in Natural Resources Management, Urooj brings deep practitioner experience from 25 years at the Asian Development Bank (rising to Country Director for Cambodia and Director of the Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Division for Southeast Asia), Chairman and CEO of a non-profit social enterprise in Mindanao, Philippines, and subsequent advisory work for the World Bank, European Union, United Nations, and Indigenous communities.

His teaching and research connect theory with direct policy and field experience in sustainability, climate change, environmental and social impact assessment, governance, sustainable finance, and Indigenization. He has designed stackable micro credentials in sustainable finance for the Doctor of Sustainability Program at UPOU, founded and chaired the Sustainability Committee at University Canada West, supervised graduate research, and developed teaching materials on Canadian Indigenous Peoples. His approach emphasizes clear communication, practitioner cases, active engagement, equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as the adaptation of learning to students’ professional and cultural context.

Areas of Specialization

• Sustainability & Sustainable Finance: Sustainability and finance, ESG integration, climate change, environmental policy, payments for ecosystem services, and sustainable business models.
• International Development & Public Policy: Development policy, political economy, regional governance, public policy and governance training, and peacebuilding in conflict-affected areas.
• Online Teaching & Course Development: Online and hybrid graduate and undergraduate teaching, curriculum design, stackable micro credentials, customized learning resources, and student-centred approaches.
• Indigenous Perspectives & Indigenization: Indigenous community–corporate partnerships, Indigenization of curricula, teaching materials on Canadian Indigenous Peoples, and community-based sustainability.
• Environmental & Natural Resource Management:1 Environmental and social impact assessment (World Bank/IFC/ADB frameworks), watershed management, energy–environment linkages, and natural resource economics.
• Leadership, Ethics & Conflict Resolution: Business ethics, CSR, values-based leadership, and development-for-peace frameworks.

A detailed CV is available upon request.
Contact: urooj.s.malik@gmail.com | +1 (604) 789-4586 (Canada)