Patrick is an Assistant Professor of water and resource economics in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at the University of Saskatchewan. He is also a member of the interdisciplinary Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) and the Global Water Futures research program where he contributes his economics expertise into ongoing work modelling Canada’s water future. His research focuses on environmental resource valuation and the integration of these values into economic analysis. Before returning to academia, Patrick worked for several years as a consultant conducting economic analyses working with municipal, provincial, and federal governments in Canada as well as the World Bank.