About Ross
Academic and scientific background
York University's CV for Ross Baker records an H.B.Sc. with Distinction in astronomy, mathematics and physics, a B.Ed., and an M.Sc. in physics and astronomy. It describes graduate research in geophysics and identifies him as a PhD candidate studying the geodynamo. The record establishes PhD candidacy and leaves doctorate completion unspecified.
Relevance to Council
Baker brings scientific, teaching and institutional-governance experience to Council’s technically complex infrastructure, environmental, energy and transportation decisions. His current published responses provide the policy record summarized below.
Primary policy focus
- Fiscal restraint and savings: support departmental savings identification, review of the inflation-adjusted 2011 budget, and public disclosure of spending and financial records.
- Public safety and law enforcement: support additional police capacity and a coordinated approach involving treatment, mental health, housing and enforcement.
- Climate and energy: oppose net-zero policy measures while supporting practical efficiency measures such as downward-directed street lighting.
His published responses also address development-charge review, affordable-housing incentives, utilities and attracting investment.
Contact Ross Baker
Sources
- Official City of Owen Sound registered candidates page (opens in a new tab)
- Ross Baker CV, York University (opens in a new tab)
- York University YFile research profile (opens in a new tab)
- AGU/Wiley publication, Paleomagnetic Intensity Data as a Time Sequence (opens in a new tab)
- York/Glendon Environmental and Health Studies 2016–2017 calendar (opens in a new tab)
- Owen Sound Current finalized candidate list (opens in a new tab)
- Ross Baker, 2026 COST questionnaire response (opens in a new tab)
- Climate Action Team Owen Sound questionnaire responses, published by The Sustainability Project (opens in a new tab)