As of December 2013, approximately 5,200 building managers and owners in the commercial building sector in the United States have decided to retrofit their buildings and seek qualification for the Energy Star rating ...

The imperative for climate change planning in Canada to drive down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has compelled municipalities to develop and implement community energy plans. Today, more than 200 communities across Canada, ...

Strategic litigation in the context of promoting human rights requires the identification of legal cases that have the capacity to set precedents for long term social justice objectives. Strategic litigation is typically ...

This Major Research paper asks the questions: What would an ecologically sustainable, system-thinking based vision for planning and development in the Caribbean look like? And how can systems dynamics modelling help to ...

The globalization of the garment industry has encouraged transnational companies to further externalize their cost of production on workers and the environment around the world. Producing countries are engaging in what ...

This Major Research Paper provides a comparative study of non-profit housing in Ontario and the Netherlands. As Ontario and Canada as a whole are currently experiencing a re-examination of the role of non-profit housing, ...

This research paper describes a feasibility study of a possible business model to be supported by Canadian civil society organizations (CSO), Canadian social enterprises, seniors’ facility centers and alternative food ...

The GTA has experienced population growth in the past decade, and the majority of this growth is attributed to immigration. As municipalities push for more sustainable ways to travel, it is crucial that it is done in a ...

This research paper sets the groundwork for an explanation of the global food system using complexity science as the theoretical framework to recount the story of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), its origin (Solanum ...