Edited by Debora L. VanNijnatten
The only ground-up, contributed text for courses in Canadian Environmental Politics, VanNijnatten et al. is a comprehensive overview of the core fields, issues, and controversies central to the field of environmental politics and policy in Canada. With expert voices from a variety of
fields-including policy development and analysis, environmental law, environmental science and policy, and Indigenous-led approaches to sustainable development and nation-to-nation environmental policy-Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics is the definitive introduction to environmental policy
and politics in Canada, with a renewed focus on encouraging students to apply their knowledge to real-world contexts.
Debora L. VanNijnatten and Douglas Macdonald: Introduction: Canada and the Green Transition: Perspectives, Processes, and Policies
PART I Setting the Context
1. Tamara Krawchenko, Megan Gordon, Clifford Gordon Atleo (Niis Na'yaa/Kam'ayaam/Chachim'multhnii) and Karena Shaw: What is
a <"Just Transition>"?
2. Miguel Sioui: Indigenous Knowledge and the Way Forward
3. Stephen Bird: Canadian Public Opinion and the Green Transition
4. Andrea Olive: Environmental Activism and Strategies for the Green Transition
5. Barry Colbert and Elizabeth Kurucz: Sustainability
Transitions through Multi-Sector Collaboration
PART II Environmental Governance in Canada
6. Trevor Swerdfager and Debora VanNijnatten: A Primer on Environmental Governance in Canada
7. Dayna Nadine Scott: Environmental Law for a Just Transition
8. Trevor Swerdfager: Inside
the Federal Government-Mobilizing Policy Tools for the Green Transition
9. Brendan Boyd: The Green Transition, Federalism, and Policy Durability
10. Laura Tozer: The Urban Politics of Climate and Energy Transitions
11. Mark McWhinney and Debora VanNijnatten: Canada-U.S. Interdependence
and the Green Transition in North America
12. Sarah Norton: Canada, the Global Green Transition, and Climate Leadership
PART III Cases
13. Fatma Ahmed, Greg Poelzer, and Bram Noble: Meaningful Participation and Energy Transitions in the North
14. Mark Winfield: Assessing
Ottawa's Paths to Net-Zero through an Energy Sustainable Lens
15. Carolyn M. Johns: Canada's Blue-Green Transition: Where is Water Policy?
16. Christopher J. Lemieux, Daniel Kraus, Brooklyn Rushton and Tatyana Feiner: Canadian Biodiversity Policy in the <"Last, Best Chance to Save Nature>"
Decade
17. Peter Andrée and Ryan Katz-Rosene: Sustainability Transitions Across the Agri-Food Landscape in Canada
18. Sara Teitelbaum: Exploring Green Transition Pathways in the Forestry Sector in Canada
Debora VanNijnatten, Tamara Krawchenko, Kara Shaw, Clifford Atleo, Megan Gordan,
Miguel Sioui, Stephen Bird, Andrea Olive, Barry Colbert, Elizabeth Kurucz, Dayna Scott, Trevor Swerdfager, Brendan Boyd, Laura Tozer, Mark McWhinney, Sarah Norton, Greg Polzer, Bram Noble, Fatma Ahmad, Mark Winfield, Carolyn Johns, Christopher Lemieux, Daniel Kraus, Brooklyn Rushton, Tatyana Feiner,
Peter Andrée, Ryan Katz-Rosene, and Sara Teitelbaum: Conclusion
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Debora L. VanNijnatten is associate professor and chair of political science at Wilfred Laurier University and Coordinator of the North American Studies Program. She is the author of several refereed articles on environmental policy, cross-border relations, air quality and climate change
policy.
