Selected Recent Publications
Environmental Justice in Canadian Law and Policy
Sophie Thériault, “Aboriginal Peoples’ Consultations in the Mining Sector : a Critical Assessment of Recent Mining Reforms in Québec and Ontario”, in Martin Papillon & André Juneau, eds, Aboriginal Multilevel Governance (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s Press, 2015).
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Promoting Environmental Justice Through Environmental Assessment – the Case of Fort Chipewyan and the Kearl Oil Sands Joint Review Panel” (2010) 21 JELP 31.
Sophie Thériault, « Repenser les fondements du régime minier québécois au regard de l’obligation de la Couronne de consulter et d’accommoder les peuples autochtones » (2010) 6:2 Revue internationale de droit et de politique de développement durable de McGill 217-245.
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, “Social Justice and the Environment”, in Sheila McIntyre & Sanda Rodgers, eds, The Supreme Court of Canada and the Achievement of social Justice: Commitment, Retrenchment or Retreat, (Markham, ON: LexisNexisCanada, 2010) 465-508.
Nathalie J. Chalifour & Gavin Smith, “The Pursuit of Environmental Justice in the McLachlin Court” (2010) 50 Supreme Court LR (Second Series) 509.
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray & Gavin Smith, “Unsustainable Development in Canada: Environmental Assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Environmental Justice in the Tar Sands” (2010) 21 JELP (Special Edition on Environmental Assessment) 65-105.
Environmental Justice and Human Rights
Carla Sbert, “El Salvador's Mining Ban and Mining in Ontario's Ring of Fire from the Lens of Ecological Law” (2019) 43:3 Vermont Law Review 517.
Carla Sbert Carlsson, “Amparos by Indigenous Communities Against Mining Concessions in Mexico: Implications for a Shift to Ecological Law” (2017) X:2 Mexican Law Review 3.
Sophie Thériault, « La justice environnementale au Québec et les droits fondamentaux : analyse des potentiels écologique et distributif des chartes en lien avec la pollution toxique diffuse », dans Un regard québécois sur le droit constitutionnel. Mélanges en l’honneur d’Henri Brun et de Guy Tremblay (Cowansville: Éditions Yvon Blais, 2016) 633-661.
Carla Sbert, “Re-imagining Mining: The Earth Charter as a Guide for Ecological Mining Reform” (2015) 6 IUCN AEL E-Journal 66.
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Environmental Justice and the Charter: Are sections 7 and 15 available to protect against environmental injustices in Canada?” (2015) 28:1 JELP.
Sophie Thériault, “Environmental Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System”, in Anna Grear & Louis J Kotzé, eds, Research Handbook on Human Rights and the Environment (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 309-329.
Sophie Thériault, « Justice environnementale et peuples autochtones : les possibilités et les limites du système interaméricain des droits de la personne » (2015) Revue québécoise de droit international 129 (numéro hors-série).
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Environmental Discrimination and the Charter’s Equality Guarantee: Is Section 15 an Avenue for Environmental Justice? The Case of Drinking Water for First Nations Living on Reserves” (2013) 43 RGD 183-222.
Sophie Thériault (co-éditrice avec David Robitaille, Sylvie Paquerot & Lucie Lamarche), « Justice environnementale et droits humains : comprendre les tensions et explorer les possibilités » (2013) 43 (hors série) Revue générale de droit.
Sophie Thériault & David Robitaille, « Les droits et libertés fondamentaux : vecteurs de droits environnementaux au Québec? Analyse comparative du potentiel écologique des chartes canadienne et québécoise des droits et libertés » dans André Braen, dir, Regards croisés sur les rapports entre les droits fondamentaux et l’environnement : perspectives de la Belgique, du Canada et de la France (Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2013) 107.
Sophie Thériault & David Robitaille, « Les droits environnementaux dans la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec : pistes de réflexion » (2011) 57 Revue de droit de McGill 211 (Prix du concours d’essai juridique de l’Association Canadienne des Professeurs de Droit (2012)).
Climate Justice in Canada
Nathalie J. Chalifour, Peter Oliver & Taylor Wormington, “Clarifying the Matter: Modernizing Peace, Order, and Good Government in the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Appeals” (2020) 40:2 NJCL (forthcoming).
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Jurisdictional Wrangling over Climate Policy in the Canadian Federation: Key Issues in the Provincial Constitutional Challenges to Parliament’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act” (2019) 50:2 Ottawa Law Review.
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Drawing Lines in the Sand: Parliament’s Jurisdiction to Consider Upstream and Downstream Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in Interprovincial Pipeline Project Reviews” (2018) 23:1 Review of Constitutional Studies/Revue d’études constitutionnelles 129-174.
Nathalie J. Chalifour & Jessica Earle, "Feeling the Heat: Climate Litigation under the Charter’s Right to Life, Liberty and Security of the Person" (2018) 42:4 Vermont Law Review 689-770.
Nathalie J. Chalifour & Laurel Besco, “Taking Flight: Federal Action to Mitigate Canada’s GHG Emissions from Aviation” (2018) 48:2 Ottawa Law Review 577.
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Canadian Climate Federalism: Parliament’s Ample Constitutional Authority to Legislate GHG Emissions through Regulations, a National Cap and Trade Program, or a National Carbon Tax” (2016) 36:2 NJCL 331.
Sophie Thériault, “Canadian Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: the Potential for Arctic Land Claims Agreements to Address Changing Environmental Conditions”, in Randall Abate & Elizabeth Kronk, eds, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and the Search for Legal Remedies (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) 243 (20 pages).
Karen Bubna-Litic & Nathalie J. Chalifour, “Are Climate Change Policies Fair to Vulnerable Communities? The Impact of British Columbia’s Carbon Tax and Australia’s Carbon Pricing Proposal on Indigenous Communities” (2012) 35:2 Dalhousie LJ 127.
Sophie Thériault, “Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Policies: a Comparative Assessment of Indigenous Governance Models in Canada”, in Benjamin J. Richardson, ed, Local Climate Change Law: Environmental Regulation in Cities and Other Localities (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) 243 (26 pages).
Nathalie J. Chalifour, “A Feminist Perspective on Carbon Taxes” (2010) 21:2 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 171.
Food Security and Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Justice in Canada
Angela Lee & Adam R. Houston, “Diets, Diseases, and Discourse: Lessons from COVID-19 for Trade in Wildlife, Public Health, and Food Systems Reform” (2020) 5 Food Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-020-00075-4.
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Angela Lee & Nathalie Chalifour, eds, Food Law and Policy in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 2019).
Angela Lee, “The Milkmaid’s Tale: Veganism, Feminism, and Dystopian Food Futures” (2019) 40 WRLSI 27-66.
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, “Does the Rule of Ecological Law Demand Veganism?: Ecological Law, Interspecies Justice, and the Global Food System” (2019) 43:3 Vermont Law Review 455.
Angela Lee, “The Stakes in Steak: Examining Barriers to and Opportunities for Alternatives to Animal Products in Canada” (2018) 41:1 Dalhousie Law Journal 219-252.
Angela Lee, “Meat-ing Demand: Is In Vitro Meat a Pragmatic, Problematic, or Paradoxical Solution?” (2018) 30:1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 1-41.
Angela Lee, “An Ecofeminist Perspective on New Food Technologies” (2018) 5:1 Canadian Food Studies 63-89.
Nathalie J. Chalifour & Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, “The Carrots and Sticks of Sustainable Farming in Canada” (2015) 17:3 Vermont Envtl LJ.
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, “Commoditizing Animals and their Consumers: Industrial Livestock Production, Animal Welfare and Ecological Justice” (2012) 32:1 Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Special Issue: Selective Commoditization Pressures and the Evolution of Science, Technology and Society, Jack Manno, ed. 71-85.
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, “Vegetarianism and Food Governance : Sustainability and Ecological Justice” (Ch. 4 of Globalization and Ecological Integrity in Science and International Law, Laura Westra, Klaus Bosselman & Colin Soskolne, eds (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011)).
