Canada and the Green Transition: Perspectives on the Way Forward

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Debora L. VanNijnatten

 

 

Part 1: Setting the Context

 

Chapter 1. What do we mean by a ‘just transition’?

Tamara Krawchenko, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, tamarakrawchenko@uvic.ca

Kara Shaw, Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, shawk@uvic.ca

Clifford Atleo, Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, clifford_atleo@sfu.ca

Megan Gordan, Environmental and Climate Change Canada, Megan.Gordon@ec.gc.ca

 

Chapter 2. Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and the Way Forward

Miguel Sioui, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, msioui@wlu.ca

 

Chapter 3. Canadian Public Opinion and the Green Transition

Stephen Bird, Political Science, Clarkson University, sbird@clarkson.edu

 

Chapter 4. Environmental Activism and Strategies for the Green Transition

Andrea Olive, Department of Political Science and Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environmental Science, University of Toronto – Mississauga, andrea.olive@utoronto.ca

 

Chapter 5. Sustainability Transitions through Multi-Sector Collaboration

Barry Colbert, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, bcolbert@wlu.ca

Elizabeth Kurucz, Lang School of Business, University of Guelph, ekurucz@uoguelph.ca

 

 

Part 2 : Environmental Governance: How Does it Work?

 

Chapter 6. Environmental Justice and Law in Canada

Dayna Scott, Research Chair in Environmental Law and Justice, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, dscott@osgoode.yorku.ca

 

Chapter 7. Inside the Federal Government – Mobilizing Policy Tools for the Green Transition

Trevor Swerdfager, Practitioner-in-Residence, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, trevor.swerdfager@uwaterloo.ca

 

Chapter 8. Sustainability Approaches in Northern Indigenous Communities

Bonita Beatty, Political Science and Indigenous Studies, University of Saskatchewan, bonita.beatty@usask.ca

Gary Merasty, Peter Ballantyne Group of Companies and University of Saskatchewan, gam344@mail.usask.ca

 

Chapter 9. The Provinces, Federalism and Intergovernmental Environmental Engagement

Brendan Boyd, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science, McEwan University, Alberta, boydb26@macewan.ca

 

Chapter 10. The Growing Role of Urban Governments and Populations in Canada

Laura Tozer, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto,  laura.tozer@utoronto.ca

 

Chapter 11. Environmental Aspirations and the Canada-U.S Relationship

Mark McWhinney, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, markmcwhinney13@gmail.com

Debora VanNijnatten, Department of Political Science and North American Studies, and Balsillie School of International Affairs, dvannijnatten@wlu.ca

 

Chapter 12. Canada and International Engagement

Sarah Norton, PhD Candidate Balsillie School of International Affairs, snorton@balsillieschool.ca

 

 

Part 3: Cases

Chapter 13. Northern Energy Transitions

Greg Poelzer, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, greg.poelzer@usask.ca

Bram Noble, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan, b.noble@usask.ca

Fatma Ahmed, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, fatma.ahmed@usask.ca

 

Chapter 14. Pathways for Sustainable Energy Transitions in Southern Canada

Mark Winfield, Sustainable Energy Initiative, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, marksw@yorku.ca

 

Chapter 15. Sustainable Water Governance

Carolyn Johns, Department of Politics and Public Administration, X University (formerly Ryerson), cjohns@ryerson.ca

 

Chapter 16. Biodiversity and Protected Areas

Christopher Lemieux, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, clemieux@wlu.ca

Daniel Kraus, Wildlife Conservation Society-Canada; Resources and Sustainability, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, School of Environment, dkraus@wcs.org

Brooklyn Rushton, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, rush3498@mylaurier.ca

Tatyana Feiner, M.A. Student, Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, fein6860@mylaurier.ca

 

Chapter 17. Greening Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems

Peter Andree, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, PeterAndree@CUNET.CARLETON.CA

Ryan Katz-Rosene, Political Studies, University of Ottawa, rkatzros@uottawa.ca

 

Chapter 18. Sustainable Forestry and Indigenous Communities in Canada?

Sara Teitelbaum, Département de sociologie, Université de Montréal, sara.teitelbaum@umontreal.ca

 

Conclusion

Co-authored by contributors.

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