Past Events
Speaker Series 2010-11
Sept 9 Oren Perez, Bar Ilan University: "Private Environmental Governance as Ensemble Regulation: A Critical Exploration of Sustainable Business Indexes and the New Ensemble Politics" Ensemble regulation 2010
Oct 20 Peter Wells, Lang Michener LLP | Lawyers - Patent & Trade Mark Agent: "Back to the Future: Using 19th Century Jurisprudence to Assess Damages in Environmental Cases" Back to the future.pdf
Dec 1 Scott Pasternak, Toronto Environment Office: "Empowering Local Government to Tackle Climate Change"
Jan 19 Maneesha Deckha, University of Victoria: "Diversifying the Property Debate: Toward A Postcolonial Feminist Approach to the Legal Status of Nonhuman Animals"
February 3rd Sara Seck, University of Western Ontario "Environment, Human Rights and (Extra)territorial regulation"
March 16 Chris Tollefson, University of Victoria and Neil Craik, University of Waterloo: "New Governance Arrangements and the Environment: A Three-Dimensional Approach."
Speaker Series 2009-10
Sept 30 Jutta Brunnée: “Common but Differentiated Responsibilities to Combat Climate Change: Principle and Practice."
Oct 28 Nathalie Chalifour: “Feminist Perspectives on Carbon Taxes”
Dec 2 Kristin Bartenstein: « Le traitement différencié en droit international de l’environnement : le mécanisme et son potentiel »
Jan 20 Robert Gibson "Sustainability and the Future of Environmental Assessment" Powerpoint
Feb 10 Graham Mayeda, Larry Chartrand and Gloria Morrison “Protesting Mining in Ontario: Legal Aspects of Resistance by Environmental Groups and First Nations.”
Conferences
Charles Caccia: Contributions to Environmental Policy and Sustainability, May 13-14, 2010
This workshop brought together Canadian experts in the field of sustainability and environmental policy and honoured the memory of the Honourable Charles Caccia (1930-2008). This group of experts analyzed and assessed Mr. Caccia’s contribution to Canadian public policy, paying particular attention to the strengths/limitations of parliamentary institutions in environmental governance. The workshop was made possible thanks to a SSHRC grant awarded to Prof. Benidickson as well as additional funding provided by the Research Grants and Ethics Services at the University of Ottawa.
Climate Law in Developing Countries Post-2012: North and South Perspectives, September 26-28, 2008.
This conference, hosted by the Faculty of Law and the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law , opened with keynote speakers the Honourable Charles Gonthier, former Justice at the Supreme Court of Canada, and Professor William Rees. Attributed as the founder of the ecological footprint analysis, Prof. Rees’ teaching and research focuses on the public policy and planning implications of global environmental trends and the necessary ecological conditions for sustainable socioeconomic development. “Climate change,” he stated, “is a collective problem requiring collective solutions.” The conference was also supported by the Canadian International Development Agency, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the International Development Research Centre, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Osgoode Hall Law School as well as Macleod Dixon, Heenan Blaikie and Bennett Jones. The conference drew approximately 150 participants from more than 25 countries, the majority of them developing ones. Many of the papers stemming from the conference will be available in a forthcoming publication by Edward Elgar.
Seventh Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, October 22-24, 2006.
The University of Ottawa hosted over 250 delegates from thirty-three countries at The Seventh Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation. The theme of this year's conference was: moving from theory to practice. The conference program presented research that examines the role of fiscal and other economic instruments in helping society transition to environmentally sustainable, just and prosperous economies.
Incorporating Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SIA) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into Environmental Assessment, Conference: October 23 and 24, 2006.
A unique, first-time feature of the 2006 [Ontario Association of Impact Assessment] AGM will be a "Career Resource Booth" that will be on display for all to browse during conference. The booth will exhibit a "resume bank," providing the opportunity for employers from government and the private sector to review the submitted CVs and find aspiring students and enthusiastic employees with an interest and/or background in environmental and social impact assessment. The career booth will provide a precedent for years to come, as OAIA furthers the promotion of environmental research and educational outreach by linking students directly with potential employers.
To learn more about the conferencet: www.oaia.on.ca
Workshops
Human Rights in the Canadian Mining Sector, Nov 20th 2009 and Public Meeting on Human Rights in the Canadian Mining Sector, Nov 21st, 2009.
Talks
Confronting the Tar Sands, Feb 13,
The Tar Sands is the largest industrial project on the planet. Downstream is the First Nations community of Fort Chipewyan, where residents have experienced worrisome health abnormalities. Two First Nations leaders from Fort Chipewyan (Chief Allan Adam, Athabasca Chipewan First Nation and George Poitras, spokesman, Mikisew Cree First Nation) came to Ottawa to tell their story, and share their accounts of health issues, and the wider environmental impact of the Tar Sands, Canada's fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.