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Workers’ Environmental Rights in Canada: Legislative Chart
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), 2019-10)
The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) , with the support of Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces in Canada (ACW), released a report that explores ...
Evaluating government plans and actions to reduce GHG emissions in Canada: Federal progress to June 2016
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 16-Jul)
The first in a series of three preliminary working papers about Canadian climate change policy. Provides detailed summaries of federal policy statements.
Greening Work In A Chilly Climate: W3 International Panel 2011 - Video 3 - Climate justice, green jobs, and sustainable production
(Work in a Warming World (W3), 2011-11-17)
Marc Lee of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives argues that BC needs to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to near zero by mid-century at the latest, which will require a new, green industrial revolution that ...
Trudeau needs unions to achieve his ambitious climate agenda
(The Hill Times, 2016-02-01)
This 1-page opinion piece by Professor Carla Lipsig Mumme appeared in The Hill Times, February 1, 2016. Post COP21, it argues for the role of unions and workers in the formation of climate policy in Canada.
Dark Politics: Climate Change and Labour Transitions in an Unstable World - Video
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-11-26)
This International Panel was held on Nov 26, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the context of the Trump election in the U.S., Brexit, and a rise of right wing populism internationally. It addresses the question – ...
Darker Politics: Democracies, Labour Rights and Climate Change - Video
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2017-05-26)
This video, available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0Cv53fV_Y is a recording of an ACW public event on Friday, May 26 2017, held at Innis Town Hall Theatre, University of Toronto, Toronto. Speakers ...
Making the Green Economy Work: Toward a just transition for Canadian Workers
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2017-11)
Presentation by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, at ACW All Team Meeting at York University, Toronto in November 2017. Summarizes the numbers of jobs in the fossil fuel industry by ...
Heating Up, Backing Down: Evaluating recent climate policy developments in Canada (Presentation)
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018-11-10)
Presentation notes by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, Canadian Centre for Policy Analysis, to the ACW All-Team Meeting, York University, Toronto, November 10, 2018.
Roadmap to a Canadian Just Transition Act: A path to a clean and inclusive economy
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2021-04)
The Roadmap provides an overview of the international research and best practices, and provides a framework and principles for Just Transition. It proposes specific components of model legislation, with an Appendix explaining ...
Dark Politics: Climate Change and Labour Transitions in an Unstable World - Brochure
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-11-26)
This brochure outlines the agenda of an International Panel held on Nov 26, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the context of the Trump election in the U.S., Brexit, and a rise of right wing populism internationally, ...