Past Events

The challenges presented by governing fast-growing cities in the face of a changing climate demand a new approach to decision-making. Understanding ecology-human society interactions is increasingly important for managing the growth and development of cities.

RAY COPES, Chief, Environmental and Occupational Health, Public Health Ontario, Associate Professor, DLSPH, University of Toronto, Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia

Through the proliferation of plastics and chemical pollution more generally, petrochemicals constitute forms of social, material, and biological writing.

Climate change has the potential to impact operations and the long-term sustainability of organizations across the economy. Thought leaders, investors and regulators are shining the light on climate change and asking more questions about how organizations are identifying climate-related risks and opportunities.

Conventional public policy analysis, rooted in a naïve and dated version of economics, minimizes or dismisses the risks of extreme events, in both climate change and financial crises.

Did you fly in a jet recently? Worldwide pollution and carbon emissions are significantly created by transportation. The demand for mobility of people and goods is growing, but our current modes of transport – such as aircraft, cars, trucks and asphalt highways – are fossil-fuel-dependent and unsustainable.

On July 26th, the Supreme Court ruled that the Crown fulfilled its duty to consult and dismissed the claim of the Chippewas of the Thames to halt the reversal of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline. The pipeline runs directly under one hundred waterways including Deshkaan Ziibi, the Thames River.

This event will seek to address these questions and more by making the links between blockchain and its potential – yet promising – application to carbon markets.

Despite being a vast nation of mountains, forests, and ice, Canada is truly an urban society. Over 82 per cent of Canadians now live in cities, and according to statistics collated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Canada is among the top fifty urbanized nations on the planet.

The development of effective risk reduction strategies for aquatic pollutants requires a comprehensive understanding of toxic impacts on biota and communities. Classical toxicological studies conducted in a lab or mesocosm setting are effective for characterizing pollutant impacts on biota in a controlled, simplified environment.