Making the Most of Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Process DATE: October 26th – 27th, 2011 LOCATION: Ontario Science Centre, Toronto OVERVIEW: Ontario’s economy and population are projected to continue growing strongly over the next two decades. This growth, along with climate change, will place increasing pressures on water and air quality as well as natural heritage resources,…
Refocusing Federal Environmental Assessment Policy DATE: October 14th – 15th, 2014 LOCATION: Tabaret Hall – University Of Ottawa OVERVIEW: With the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act undergoing Parliamentary review this year, it is time to take stock, identify what is working well and what needs to be improved in federal environmental practice. At this year’s Annual Conference,…
Environmental Assessment at a Crossroads DATE: October 21st – 22nd, 2009 LOCATION: Ontario Science Centre, Ontario OVERVIEW: Environmental Assessment at a Crossroads was designed to convey that environmental assessment professionals find themselves in an operating environment of unusual uncertainty. The factors contributing to this uncertainty include: how to consider climate change in EA; the pressure to…
Going Green DATE:November 19th – 20th, 2008 LOCATION: Carleton University, Ottawa OVERVIEW: The theme of the 2008 Conference was “Going Green”. Participants at the conference stressed the need for EA practitioners to encourage behavioural change to bring about improvements in the quality of our lives. They also discussed a range of tools to improve EA, including:…