Gordon has over 35 years of experience. As a landscape architecture and planning consultant for 25 years, Gordon worked throughout eastern Canada, in Botswana, and in Valdez, Alaska. As the Director of Planning with the Department of Municipal Affairs for the province of Nova Scotia, Gordon developed the Municipal Flood Line Mapping Project, which to date has attracted over $12 million for the creation of specifications and guidance for fluvial and coastal flood line mapping incorporating climate change considerations and the creation of flood line maps. In addition, he motivated and led the introduction of mandatory minimum planning requirements for municipalities, which is considered the most significant change to planning legislation in the Nova Scotia in over 20 years. He was also the lead author for the Coastal Protection Action Plan. Gordon is currently consulting on climate change adaptation and strategic land use planning.