Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Subject "Canada"
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Political movement: The role of grassroots activism on the development of wastewater treatment policy in Victoria, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)The City of Victoria has been discharging untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean since 1894 (CRD 2017b; Kines 2020; Meissner 2021). On December 15th, 2020, this practice stopped after the opening of the $775 million ... -
The social acceptance of energy storage in Canada and the United Kingdom: Media and public framing of an energy transition technology
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-26)Growing climate and energy security pressures call for more ambitious deployment of transformative low-carbon energy technologies worldwide. By supporting renewable energy integration and evolving power grids, energy storage ... -
Social Equity Dimensions of Flood Risk Management in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-21)Disproportionate exposure to hazards among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and racial/ethnic minority communities contributes to rising environmental injustices worldwide. Examining the link between race/ethnicity, ... -
Socio-economic Metabolism of Canada: A case study of Biomass and Energy flows from 1990-2011
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)Canada is ranked eighth, both as one of world’s leading producer of food as well as consumer of world’s total primary energy supply. Furthermore, Canada is one of the largest biomass and energy exporter, playing an important ... -
Spatial Patterns of Neighbourhood Crime in Canadian Cities: The Influence of Neighbourhood and City Contexts
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-20)The main goal of this study is to investigate the spatial patterns of police-reported crime rates across select Canadian urban neighbourhoods and to explore their relationships with both neighbourhood- and city-level ... -
Substantive and procedural equity in environmental planning: A case example of planning thermal treatment facilities for municipal solid waste in the Province of Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)Over the last few decades, thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) has been strongly opposed in North America. The reasons for public opposition are complex and could vary from community to community. Typically, ... -
Sustainable Food Security for Local Communities in the Globalized Era: a Comparative Examination of Brazilian and Canadian Case Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-13)In a world where food production is sufficient to feed everyone, more than 850 million people live in conditions of undernourishment, hunger, or starvation. Much of the problem lies in the current dynamics of the global ... -
Taking the Pulse of Canada's Industrial Food System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-31)In the context of catastrophic climate change, reducing climate implications of food systems is a central challenge. Shifting diets away from meat towards protein-rich pulses reduces climate change-related pressures while ... -
“That’s Our Traditional Way as Indigenous Peoples”: Towards a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Community Support of Sustainable Energies in NunatuKavut, Labrador
(MDPI, 2020-07-28)There is a substantial body of literature in North America regarding the social acceptance of renewable energies, particularly wind energy. However, limited research focuses on the experiences of Indigenous Peoples. ... -
Transparency in Federal Policy-Making: the Case of Biotechnology in Animals Intended for Human Consumption
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)This research project examines the degree of transparency of the Canadian Federal Government’s decision-making processes and institutions with respect to the human consumption of animals produced through modern biotechnology ... -
Tweets and transitions: Exploring Twitter-based political discourse regarding energy and electricity in Ontario, Canada
(Elsevier, 2021-02-01)The article explores how Twitter data can inform the study of the socio-political dimensions of sustainability transitions. Twitter is a widely used microblogging platform that allows users to share short comments, media, ... -
Unearthing the power in GMO discourse: An analysis of Canadian agriculture and agrifood debates
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)The overall purpose of this doctoral research project is to add to our knowledge and understanding of power relations embedded in discourses regarding Canadian agriculture and agrifood debates. Power can be obscured by ... -
Unpacking the Intention-Behaviour Gap in Canadian Consumers’ Food Purchasing Decisions
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Canada has a deep-rooted reliance on single-use plastic in the food industry, with little evidence of changing its use of plastic as a durable, convenient, and cost-effective choice of packaging material to process, package, ... -
Validating CloudSat-CPR retrievals for the estimation of snow accumulation in the Canadian Arctic
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)Snow is a critical contributor to our global water and energy budget, with profound impacts for water resource availability, snow albedo feedback and flooding in cold regions. The vast size and remote nature of the Arctic ... -
Validation of precipitation phase estimates from CloudSat-CPR across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Snow is an important component of the global climate system with significant impacts on local weather, fresh water resources, and energy balance in high latitude cold countries. Therefore precise snowfall monitoring is ... -
Water Soft-Path Application in Industrial Systems: A Pulp and Paper Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-29)Freshwater availability, allocation and quality are increasingly becoming a concern in Canada. Canada’s apparent availability of abundant freshwater is not what it was thought to be. With increasing competition for water ...