Curriculum Vitae

• An Analysis of Partial Takings and Contributory Value in the Context of Various Court Decisions; Appraisal Institute; The Appraisal Journal – Spring 2019. (Reprinted in the Canadian Property Valuation Magazine, Volume 63, Book 4, 2019) https://www.aicanada.ca/article/an-analysis-of-partial-takings-and- contributory-value-in-the-context-of-various-court-decisions/
• A Forensic Appraiser’s Perspective: Government Overpaid for Land Relying on Unauthorized Appraisal; Appraisal Institute of Canada; Canadian Property Valuation – Volume 63, Book 1, https://www.aicanada.ca/article/a-forensic-appraisers-perspective-government-overpaid-for-land- relying-on-unauthorized-appraisal/
• Long-Term Leases: Rent Reset Analysis; Appraisal Institute; The Appraisal Journal – Winter (Reprinted in the Canadian Property Valuation Magazine, Volume 65, Book 1, 2021.) https://www.aicanada.ca/article/long-term-leases-rent-reset-analysis/
• Arbitration and Appraisal: Rent Reset Issues; 03(01) December 2023, 1-16, Journal of Policy and Governance, DOI: https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg030201
• Sterilization of Homeowners’ Land a De Facto Taking Without Compensation, Right of Way, March/April 2024, https://www.irwaonline.org/members/publications/archives-2015-present/

• Instructor: University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business (Real Estate Division)
• Participated in the review and editing of the chapters on Highest and Best Use Analysis and Appraisal Review, The Appraisal of Real Estate, 14th ed., © 2013, Appraisal Institute.
• Participated in the review and editing of the entire pending 3rd edition of Real Estate Valuation in Litigation (renamed Real Property Valuation in Condemnation)  published in 2018 by the Appraisal Institute.
• Participated in the review and editing of all six chapters of the Income Capitalization Approach for the 15th edition of The Appraisal of Real Estate scheduled for publication in 2019 by the Appraisal Institute.
• Participated in the review and editing of the following profession development courses offered by the Real Estate Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, in partnership with the Appraisal Institute of Canada:

– CPD 103: Agricultural Valuation

– CPD 113: Request for Proposals (RFPs) – Winning Strategies

– CPD 114: Valuation for Financial Reporting – Real Property Appraisal and IFRS

– CPD 115: Appraisal Review

– CPD 122: Expropriation Valuation

– CPD 123: Adjustment Support in the Direct Comparison Approach

Interviews:

• Government Land Flips, Mississauga Times; April 2000
• Appraisal Standards; for the Rutherford Report; 1993; Volume 2; Number 1
• Focus on Valuations/Appraisers; for the Law Times; 1993; April 26 – May 2
• Failure, fraud dog real estate syndications; for The Financial Post; 1990

Presentations:

• Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP now known as CUSPAP) – (speaking engagements at several chapter meetings of the Ontario Association Appraisal Institute of Canada)
• Appraisal Review (part of Ontario Association Appraisal Institute of Canada professional development seminars)
• Quality Control (part of Ontario Association Appraisal Institute of Canada professional development seminars)
• Expropriation & Condemnation: The Larger Parcel (October 2002 for the Ontario
  Expropriation Association)
• Appraisal Review From An Underwriting Perspective (October 2002 for the Royal Bank of Canada)
• Case Study: Reviewing Expropriation Appraisals and Set-off for Betterment (for Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation)
• Case Study: Valuation of Expropriated School Block (December 2005 for the Dufferin/Peel Catholic School Board)
• Case Study: Office Building Valuation and Tenant Occupancy Cost Analysis (2007 for Ontario Realty Corporation)
• Appraisal Review Webinar CPD 115 (June 2009 on behalf of University of British Columbia)
• Expropriation Valuation Webinar CPD 122 (November 2012 on behalf of University of British Columbia) 

• Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) – 2005 – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK)
• Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) – 1991 – Counselors of Real Estate (resigned in 2016 as a member in good standing)
• Member Appraisal Institute (MAI) – 1986 – American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
• Senior Real Estate Analyst (SREA) – 1986, and Senior Real Property Appraiser (SRPA) & Senior Residential Appraiser (SRA) – 1984 – Society of Real Estate Appraisers
• Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (P.App. & AACI) – 1984 – Appraisal Institute of Canada
• Real Estate Broker – Certificate Program (390 contact hours) – 1994 – Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA)
• General Review Specialist (AI-GRS) – 2018 – Appraisal Institute
• Member – IC&I Council of the Canadian Real Estate Association
• Expert Testimony: Qualified as an expert witness: Supreme Court of Ontario, Ontario Municipal Board, and Ontario Court (General Division)
• Arbitration Act – Experienced Real Estate Arbitrator

• Appraisal of Medical Office Buildings
• Legal Research and Writing (36 hours)
• Contract and Torts (56 hours)
• Evidence and Litigation Process (42 hours)
• Site Planning and Development (42 hours)
• Analysis and Critique of Current Fraud Cases (50 hours)
• Litigation Practice and Procedures 2 (42 hours)
• Basics of Environmental Law (3-credit College Course)
• Oil, Gas and Mineral Rights (3-credit College Course)
• Evidence (3-credit College Course)
• Intentional and Negligence Torts (3-credit College Course)
• Basics of Civil Litigation (3-credit College Course)
• Land Use and Zoning (Digital Badge)
• Introduction to Sustainable Development (42 hours)
• Introduction to Research (42 hours)
• Artificial Intelligence (21 hours)

Peer Reviewer (2014) 
Appraisal Institute of Canada

Member (2002-2004) 
General Experience Sub-Committee of the Appraisal Institute

President (1996)
Western New York/Ontario Chapter – Appraisal Institute

Member (1995-1996)
Licensing Education Committee – Ontario Real Estate Association

President (1990-1994)
Ontario Chapter – Appraisal Institute (formed by the merger of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and the Society of Real Estate Appraisers)

Board Member (1993-1994)
General Appraisal Board Experience Subcommittee on Experience Rating – Appraisal Institute

Adjudicating Committee (1992-1994)
Professional Practice Committee of – Appraisal Institute of Canada

Ad-Hoc Committee (1991-1993)
Involved in revisions to the Code of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct and Standards of  Professional Practice of the Appraisal Institute of Canada

Nat’l. Standards Committee (1993)
Member of the National Standards Committee (formerly an Ad-Hoc Committee) – Appraisal  Institute of Canada

Admissions Committee (1990-1991)
Chairman Ontario Chapter – American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers

Investigative Member (1990-1991)
Professional Practice Committee – Appraisal Institute of Canada

Member (1990)
Professional Development Committee of – Appraisal Institute of Canada

Vice-President (1989)
Ontario Chapter – American Society of Appraisers

Assistant Regional Member (1989)
Ethics Administration and Review & Counseling Divisions – Appraisal Institute

Rent Reset (Valuation and Arbitration)

• California – rebuttal witness in ground lease dispute
• Yonge Street, City of Toronto –property lease
• False Creek, Vancouver – advisor to 13 Leasehold Strata Corporations
• Newmarket, Ontario – property lease

Expropriation (Appraisals and Reviews)

• Partial Takings and Appraisal Reviews, Highway 10, Mississauga, Peel District School Board

Hotels, Motels & Resorts

• Hotel, City of Barrie (litigation)

Industrial Buildings & Complexes

• Vaughan (30,000 sf) (litigation)

Commercial Properties & Complexes

• Shopping Centre, City of Vaughan

Land

• Peel District School Board and City of Mississauga – Sole appraiser/arbitrator in land exchanges
• Abandoned CP 34-mile spur line from Streetsville in Mississauga to Orangeville, acquired by Town of Orangeville

• Blasting Quarry Operations: Land Use Compatibility Issues and Potential Property Value Impacts, Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, December 2022 jelp02-03-01-sevelka-m00310.pdf (grassrootsjournals.org)
• Sterilization of Homeowners’ Land and Loss of Property Value Occasioned by Aggregate Extraction in Ontario: A De Facto Taking Without Compensation; 03(01) (June 2023), 1-22 – Journal of Policy and Governance Journals | Grassroots Journals
• Flyrock: The “Hits” Just Keep On Coming; Journal of Policy & Governance; 05(01), (June 2025), 1-15. http://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050101
• Critical Limitations of the 1980 Bureau of Mines Siskind et al. Study (RI 8507), 05(02), (December 2025), 88-130. http://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050204
• Adverse Effects: Thirteen Homeowners Near A Blasting Quarry Bought Out by Quarry Owner, Journal of Natural Resources, 6(1) (April 2023): 224-248. nr-06-01-10-sevelka-m00333y.pdf (grassrootsjournals.org)
• Property Value Impacts Occasioned By Aggregate Extraction Operations, Volume 67 ǀ Book 1 / 1 ǀ 2023, https://www.aicanada.ca/article/property-value-impacts-occasioned-by-aggregate-extraction- operations/
• Sterilization of Homeowners’ Land and Loss of Property Value Occasioned by Aggregate Extraction in Ontario: A De Facto Taking Without Compensation; 03(01) (June 2023), 1-22 – Journal of Policy and Governance Journals | Grassroots Journals
• Flyrock Throw Calculations: Unscientific and Unreliable – The “Hits” Just Keep on Coming; Journal of Environmental Law & Policy; 03(02) (August 2023), 1-26 – https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp03.02.01
• Ontario Aggregate Industry and Ministry of Natural Resources Continue to Ignore or Trivialize the Notoriously Dangerous and Potentially Deadly Consequences of Flyrock from Blasting (Detonation of Explosives); Journal of Policy & Governance; 04(02) (December 2024), 1-33, DOI: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2210-421X
• Sustainable Land Use Planning in Ontario: Protecting Against Aggregate Extraction Operations; Journal of Natural Resources; 8(1) (April 2025), 82-137 – Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.080104
• Niagara-On-The-Lake Sues Quarry Owner Over Alleged Environmental Violations: Potential Impacts On Local Property Owners; Journal of Environmental Law & Policy; 05(01) (April 2025), 70-86. DOI: 33002/jelp050103
• Navigating valuation challenges and disclosure requirements for Pits and Quarries; Canadian Property Valuation, Appraisal Institute of Canada; Canadian Property Valuation – Volume 69, Book 1, CPV1-25- Pits-and-Quarries_English.pdf
• Flyrock: The “Hits” Just Keep On Coming; Journal of Policy & Governance; 05(01), (June 2025), 1-15. http://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050101
• Critical Limitations of the 1980 Bureau of Mines Siskind et al. Study (RI 8507), 05(02), (December 2025), 88-130. http://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050204
• Systemic Underreporting of Flyrock: The Unpredictable and Inevitable By-Product of Blasting Rock, scheduled for publication in the June 2026 issue of the Journal of Policy & Governance.

• Planners Oblivious to Municipal Legal Precedents Not in Conflict with Provincial Legislation (PowerPoint November 24, 2024, Gravel Watch, Ontario)
• Flyrock: An Inevitable By-Product of Quarry Blasting Operations & Property Value Impacts (PowerPoint September 2023, City of Piqua, Ohio)
• Flyrock (City of Burlington Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee – Public (September 18, 2023) ashx (escribemeetings.com)
• Impact of Blasting Quarry Operations on the Environment (Grassroots Institute Summer 2023 Field School Presentation (PowerPoint September 2023)

• Environmental, Legal and Social Implications of Aggregate Extraction (Mining) Operations, ISBN: 978-1- 7778455-82, TGI Books / The Grassroots Institute, © Tony Sevelka & The Grassroots, Published February 2024, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, DOI: 33002/enrlaw-04

Professional Achievement Award

• The C. McCutcheon Award is granted to outstanding volunteers of the AIC (Appraisal Institute of Canada) who are long-standing committee volunteers and have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the AIC and to the appraisal profession as a whole. Tony Sevelka, P. App., is the 2024 recipient of the W.C. McCutcheon Award.

Community Advocate Award – Watershed Guardian Awards (Ontario Headwaters Institute, 2026)

Recognized for leadership in evidence-based public advocacy on aggregate impacts, watershed protection, and land-use planning. Awarded for sustained contributions to community education, technical analysis, and environmental stewardship in support of Ontario’s headwater systems.

Flyrock—widely recognized as the ultimate adverse effect of blasting—is an unavoidable by-product of breaking rock with explosives. 

Flyrock means any debris, including but not limited to rocks or gravel; vegetation or tree trunks; construction materials or equipment; or soil, mud or water; propelled by a blast and that is actually or potentially hazardous to persons, animals, aquatic life, or property, whether located onsite or offsite and regardless of travel distance (Sevelka, 2026).

Despite its significance, flyrock often goes undisclosed or remains the aggregate industry’s least-discussed hazard. For decades, operators and explosives engineers have treated flyrock as a routine operational issue rather than a public-safety concern, and the industry has been remarkably successful at keeping the full extent of flyrock incidents—and their consequences—out of public view, aided by a lack of effective regulatory oversight and the absence of a standardized definition of flyrock.

This hidden risk is exposed through evidence-based quantitative analysis, case-law monitoring, news-release tracking, and by documenting the real-world impacts of blasting operations on communities, ecosystems, and public safety.