Acting on Climate Change: Extending the Dialogue Among Canadians
Acknowledging that the policies and actions we proposed in Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars are limited to our fields of expertise, we circulated our position paper to a spectrum of First Nations, business associations, non-governmental organizations, labour groups, institutions, organizations and private citizens, to expand the discussion.
The collection of texts, Acting on Climate Change: Extending the Dialogue Among Canadians, presents contributions stemming from these interactions. We invited some contributions, while others were offered to us. Sustainable Canada Dialogues and its partners did not lead or endorse the contributions; content, images and artwork belong to the respective authors and organizations. Together, the contributions enrich the scope of possible solutions and show that Canada is brimming with ideas, possibilities and the will to act.
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| Section | Title | Author(s) | Organization |
| Indigenous Perspectives | Decolonizing the transition towards a sustainable Canada | Catherine Béland, Michael Ross | First Nations Of Quebec And Labrador Sustainable Development Institute (FNQLSDI) |
| Resonance | Judith DesBrisay | - | |
| Business and Investment | Investing to Facilitate Transition to a Low-carbon Society | François Meloche | - |
| Linking the Roadmap to the UNGC Environmental Principles | Global Compact Network Canada Environment working group | Global Compact Network Canada Environment working group | |
| Climate Investment, Low-Carbon Innovation and Green Industrial Policy | Scott Vaughan | International Institute for Sustainable Development | |
| Canadian Climate Change Policy | A comprehensive look at Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions: Which actions for which reduction targets? | Nathalie Berthélemy | - |
| Building on the Best - Keeping Canada's climate promise | Ian Bruce, Ryan Kadowaki | David Suzuki Foundation | |
| Some Reflections on Climate Change Response Policy | Ralph Torrie | Torrie Smith Associates | |
| Employment and Labour | The Role of Workers in the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy | Erik Bouchard-Boulianne | Centrale des syndicats du Québec |
| Protect the Environment by Doing More Work, Not Less | Lana Payne, Jim Stanford | Unifor | |
| Local Implementation Through Partnerships | At the Crossroads | Philippe Bourke, Cedric Chaperon | Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de l’environnement (RNCREQ) |
| Local Climate Change Knowledge – Solutions for Adaptation and Education in the Fundy Biosphere Reserve | Megan de Graaf | Fundy Biosphere Reserve | |
| Building on Expertise and Innovation by Supporting Businesses and Municipalities | Caroline Sanchez Valero | Réseau environnement | |
| Reinventing Cities | Local Low-Carbon Agenda for National Prosperity | Alex Boston | Trottier Family Foundation, the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian Academy of Engineering |
| Transitioning Cities to 100% Renewable Energy | Michael Small, Claire Havens | Renewable Cities | |
| Renewable Energy Challenges | Distributed Generation Micro-Grid Systems: Advancing Renewable Energy Adoption and the Evolution of Our Electrical Grid | Adam Day, Sean Fleming | Solar Global Solutions |
| Hydropower: energy production par excellence in Canada, but not quite green | Marc Lucotte, Mathieu Canton | Université du Québec à Montréal | |
| Transitioning to a renewable energy economy that respects nature and supports community well-being | David Miller, Susan Evans and Farid Sharifi | World Wildlife Fund - Canada | |
| Towards a sustainable low-carbon electric system: Challenges and opportunities | Philip Raphals, Rick Hendriks | Centre Helios | |
| Science-Based Operationalization | Operationalizing the key policy orientations of Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars | Mohamed Benhaddadi et al. | Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en opérationnalisation du développement durable (CIRODD) |
| On the role of Canada's scientists in transitioning to a low-carbon future | W. R. Peltier et al. | Evidence for Democracy | |
| Social Acceptability: What do people want? | Imagining Canada: An exploration of desired futures from a country-wide visioning approach. | Natalie Richards, Mark Stoddart, Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, Catherine Potvin and the SCD visioning team | McGill University; Memorial University; Cape Breton University, et al. |
| Feed the social animal: engaging Canadians in climate change mitigation and adaptation | Liette Vasseur; Gary Pickering | Brock University | |
| Social Justice Considerations | Council of Canadians comments: White paper on climate change actions in Canada | Andrea Harden-Donahue | Council of Canadians |
| Envisioning a good green life in BC: Lessons from the Climate Justice Project | Marc Lee | - | |
| Youth | Building Political Will for a Low-Carbon, High Prosperity Canada | Paul Kershaw | Generation Squeeze |
| The Role of Education in the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy | Jean Robitaille | Centrale des syndicats du Québec | |
| Perspectives from Youth and Health | Shazeen Suleman | Canadian Commission for UNESCO Youth Advisory Group | |
| Call to Action | Corine Cadoret, Noah Picard Simon and 66 youth from the 2015 Students On Ice Arctic Expedition | Students On Ice |