about the authors

Murray Fulton is a professor in the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics (formerly Agricultural Economics) at the University of Saskatchewan. Murray’s research interests include industrial organization, agricultural industry analysis and co-operative theory. Murray is the Principal Investigator for the KIS project.

Richard Gray is a professor in the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics (formerly Agricultural Economics) at the University of Saskatchewan. Richard’s research interests include innovation policy and health economics. Richard is currently the leader of the Canadian Agricultural Innovation Research Network and President of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.


Lynette Keyowski holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from the Agricultural Economics department at the University of Saskatchewan. Lynette has a diverse background in agriculture including a term as Executive Director with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Lynette joined the KIS project in September 2007.

Kathy Lang holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Saskatchewan. Her graduate thesis work applied cognition theory and the principal-agent problem to the financial problems experienced by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in the late 1990s. Kathy is currently the Program Coordinator for the KIS project.
Doug McKell has been the Executive Director for the Soil Conservation Council of Canada since 2002. Doug has diverse roots in the agriculture industry and still owns cropland at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Doug has traveled extensively throughout the United States, South American and Australia, which has exposed him to various aspects of soil conservation and producer efforts to combat soil degradation. Doug and his wife Judy still reside on their farm at Indian Head.

Rose Olfert is a professor in the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics (formerly Agricultural Economics) at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research interests include rural economic restructuring, rural/regional economics, and public policy. Rose is also the Director for the Canada Rural Economy Research Lab (C-RERL).