Biography

Bob Bromley was born in Yellowknife, the first son of public health nurse, Barbara Bromley and hardware merchant, Peter Bromley.  After graduating from Sir John Franklin High School, Bob attended universities in Calgary, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Corvallis, Oregon to attain his BSc, MSc, and PhD.  He returned to Yellowknife to work as the bird biologist for the Government of the Northwest Territories for 15 years.  During this period he worked to support amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit legal take of waterfowl during the spring hunt and he partnered with universities and other agencies to establish and operate a wildlife research station in the Central Arctic. 

In 1997, Mr. Bromley left the government to begin his sustainable communities consulting business in Yellowknife, while maintaining an interest in the extended family business started by his parents and grandparents a generation before.  His most recent work was a long-term sustainable community partnership with the community of Whati, Ecology North and other agencies and organizations to produce and begin implementing the first comprehensive Community Energy Plan in the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Bromley has an extensive history of volunteering and community service.  In 1971, he co-founded Ecology North, a charitable, homegrown environmental organization in the Northwest Territories, one that is still going strong today.  For 9 years he was an instructor with the Strings Across the Sky Charitable Foundation fiddle program across the NWT and is currently an instructor with the Aurora Fiddle Society in Yellowknife. Mr. Bromley was a member of the Aurora Institute's Research Advisory Council for several terms, served on the City of Yellowknife's Community Energy Plan Steering Committee, and currently participates on the Tuktuk Nogait National Park Management Board.   
 
Mr. Bromley and his wife Marianne live in Yellowknife on colourful Ragged Ass Road, where they remain active members of the community.  Bob is blessed with the rare treat of having his entire extended family - mother, two brothers and a sister, and their children’s’ families - all still living in Yellowknife.