Reading Time: < 1 minute (Disponible en français : Résumé – L’agriculture biologique au Canada) In 2017, organic agriculture in Canada was a C$5.4 billion market. This model of agriculture emerged out of a collection of schools of thought and agrarian movements that opposed the industrialization of agriculture… Read More ›
Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
Rebuilding Better: Calls for a Green, Inclusive, Sustainable Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Reading Time: 5 minutes 14 September 2020, 8:55 a.m. (Disponible en français : Reconstruire en mieux : appels en faveur d’une relance économique verte, inclusive et durable après la pandémie de COVID‑19) Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been numerous… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Climate Change: Impact and Policy Implications
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Disponible en français : Résumé – Les changements climatiques : Leurs répercussions et leur incidence sur les politiques) Unprecedented global warming has been observed in recent decades. Around the world, mean air and water temperatures have increased, amounts of snow… Read More ›
Pesticide Registration in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : L’homologation des pesticides au Canada) Pesticides – or pest control products – are substances used to control living organisms that are considered harmful. For this reason, these substances can sometimes pose health and environmental risks. In… Read More ›
It’s Way Too Easy Being Green – European Green Crab
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le crabe vert européen : un virage vert à éviter) Classified as “one of the world’s most successful aquatic invaders” by the Global Invasive Species Database, the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) is native to Europe and… Read More ›
A Human Rights Approach to Climate Change: What Is the State of the Law in Canada?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Les changements climatiques du point de vue des droits de la personne : que dit le droit canadien?) Human rights-based cases challenging governments for insufficient action on climate change are on the rise worldwide. More than… Read More ›
What Has Gone Wrong for the North Atlantic Right Whale?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Qu’est-ce qui a mal tourné pour la baleine noire de l’Atlantique Nord?) The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) reached a turning point in 2017. Between June and September, 12 of the whales were found dead in… Read More ›
Joint Action to Reduce Methane Emissions: Canada and the United States
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Mesure conjointe pour la réduction des émissions de méthane : Le Canada et les États‑Unis) Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a well-known greenhouse gas. However, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada, methane’s impact as a warming… Read More ›
Canada’s Seal Harvest
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : La chasse au phoque au Canada) In Canada, the seal harvest is managed by the federal government as a fishery and not, as is commonly believed, by provincial/territorial governments as a hunting activity. The Minister of… Read More ›
Update – Climate Change: Implications for Canadian Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Mise à jour – Changements climatiques : impacts sur les pêches et l’aquaculture canadiennes en mer) Climate change is increasingly challenging the sustainability of Canada’s $4.2-billion marine fisheries and aquaculture, two industries of particular economic and social… Read More ›