The Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE) held its 2013 biennial conference from October 31-November 2, 2013 at York University. The theme of the conference was "Sustaining the Commons: Ideas and Actions for a Green Economy." The "commons" is homage to the late Elinor Ostrom, an ecological economist and Nobel Laureate who pioneered work on
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The project aimed to build, execute, and measure the effectiveness of a community-based energy conservation program targeted at current community power initiative participants, and to share those findings and subsequent recommendations with government, community and energy agencies, and organizations throughout southern Ontario. Through this Metcalf Green Prosperity Challenge, the outcome was for the community to
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The purpose of the research project is to explore the links between consumer adoption of innovations in energy services and sustainability transitions in Ontario's energy sector. It focuses on the question of how pro-environmental decisions and behaviours are conceptualized and encouraged, and how these relate to system innovation for a sustainability transition in Ontario's energy
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The Joint Clean Climate Transport Research Partnership (JCCTRP) is a new interdisicplinary and transdisciplinary research partnership focusing on issues related to transport and climate policy in Quebec, California, Ontario and Vermont. Partner organizations include universities, private research institutions, businesses and community/non-profit organizations in Quebec, California, Ontario and Vermont. The ultimate goal is to identify technical, economic and
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The NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network (NESTNet) is a five-year, $5M pan-Canadian network of 15 universities and 26 industry and government partners focused on the future of energy storage. The project explores different types of energy storage, including flywheels, lithium-ion batteries and compressed air, to determine how best to integrate these technologies into electricity grids. Researchers
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The project revolved around the emerging world of net zero community policy, planning and implementation in an Ontario municipal context. Specifically, the project aimed to: 1. Assess and compare innovative policies and procedures that are being used by Ontario municipalities to integrate growth planning with climate and energy planning. 2. Assess the factors that support
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The project implemented a complete and practical training and research platform for clean energy technologies where project partners adapted and demonstrated a clean Canadian technology in Algeria. The technology was related to the optimization of solar charging stations backed up with energy storage for elective vehicle transportation, efficient lighting and electric bikes. The project developed
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This outreach project is a result of the PI's two previous SSHRC funded projects that focused on women food chain workers from Mexico to Canada. The original research resulted in two books, an edited anthology on Women Working the NAFTA Food Chain (1990) and Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato Trail (1st
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Statistics Canada The workshop examined the conceptual basis, methodology, data requirements and availability for estimating Canada ecological footprint. It aimed to critically review the conceptual foundation, assumption and methodology of Canadian ecological footprint. Researcher: PI: Peter Victor Project Theme: Resource Management
Natural Sciences and Humanities Research Council (NSERC) The research aimed to provide an improved understanding of fire activity under climate change and fire suspension as well as to contribute to a more informed decision making-processes for sustainable development in forest management. Researcher: PI: Justin Podur Project Theme: Resource Management