POLI 3332
Environmental Policy
Winter 2021
Topics
- The second class of each week – the –
- Introductions
- Questions and Answers
- Environmentalism and Austerity in Canada: Electoral Effects
- “Climate change and a path forward for Canada”
- The Environmental Movement in Canada: Current Challenges
- “David Suzuki wants Canada to embrace renewable energy before it's too late”
- The Current (Post-Staples?) State of Canada’s Resource Industries
- “Rex Murphy: The Biggest Threat To The Resource Sector Is The Government”
- Environmental Law in the Time of Austerity
- “Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction”
- Implementing Environmental Policy in Canada
- “Noront Resources 'poster child' of all that's gone wrong with resource development in Ontario”
- Science and Canadian Environmental Policy
- “Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience”
- The Struggle of the Canadian Federal Government to Institutionalize Sustainable
- Development
- “Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals”
Readings
- Required: VanNijnatten, D.L. 2016. Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics: The Challenges of Austerity and Ambivalence, 4th Edition. Oxford University Press.
- Required: 8. Late Penalties
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Winter 2021
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.