My work generates aviation regulatory intelligence and policy insights, with a specialised focus on the economic and legal regulation of commercial air transport. I have experience with deep academic analysis and targeted government policy work, resulting in reports for the Department of Finance Canada and the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel.

I currently serve as a Government of Canada nominee on the Board of Directors at the Winnipeg Airports Authority, where I have been Chair of the Governance Committee since 2024. A Full Professor at the University of Winnipeg in the Faculty of Business and Economics, I have also held volunteer leadership roles with the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and served as a Director/Trustee for Tourism Dunedin in New Zealand.

My career spans market research experience at Longwoods International in Toronto to international academic leadership at the Otago Business School in New Zealand. My goal is to bridge academic rigour and analysis with the practical management of fiduciary and regulatory risk.

Selected Regulatory Briefings

Duval, D.T and Schiff, A. (2015) An Assessment of Foreign Investment Limits on Air Service Provision in Canada. Commissioned by the Secretariat of the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel (Transport Canada).
Duval, D.T. (2017) Airport regulation in New Zealand: an overview. Prepared for the Department of Finance, Government of Canada.

Public Engagement & Panels

CAC 2025

Moderator, "The future of the Canadian Aviation Market", 2024

Panelist, "Has Canada Got Its Aviation Access Settings Right?", 2019

Panel Chair, "Canada's Aviation Policy Under Review", 2016

Sample Academic Research & Publications

Aeropolitics in a post-COVID–19 world. Journal of Air Transport Management, J. Macilree (fomer Principal Adviser, Air Services, Minister of Transport, Government of New Zealand) and D.T. Duval.
Canada: air transport governance. Research Handbook on Air Transport Leadership and Governance, D.T Duval.
The governance of international civil aviation. Handbook of Tourism Governance, D.T. Duval and J. Macilree.
Book cover: Tourism and Transport: Modes, Networks, Flows, authored by David Timothy Duval.
Book cover: Air Transport in the Asia Pacific, edited by David Timothy Duval.
Book cover: Student's Guide to Writing Dissertations and Theses in Tourism, authored by Tim Coles, David Timothy Duval and Gareth Shaw.