Renewable Regina: Putting Equity into Action
by Simon Enoch and Emily Eaton | September 17, 2020
The result of a truly collaborative research effort, Renewable Regina: Putting Equity into Action, makes the case that the City of Regina’s efforts to achieve 100 percent renewability must be equitable if they hope to succeed. Through interviews with 25 community-based organizations, this report demonstrates how City leaders and planners must understand how access to …
Crude Lessons: Fossil Fuel Industry Influence on Environmental Education in Saskatchewan
by Simon Enoch and Emily Eaton | December 5, 2019
With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the question of how and what students learn about these issues in our public schools has become an increasingly contentious issue. This is especially the case in Western Canada, where recent comments by conservative politicians and pundits like Alberta Education minister Adriana LaGrange and …
A Prairie Patchwork: Reliance on oil industry philanthropy in Saskatchewan boom towns
by Simon Enoch and Emily Eaton | May 28, 2018
When we think of a “boom town,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities in oil-producing regions in Saskatchewan, the costs of servicing the oil boom can outweigh the benefits. Instead, as Simon Enoch and Emily Eaton …
Why would a boom town need charity? Report examines inequities in Saskatchewan’s oil boom
by Simon Enoch and Emily Eaton | May 28, 2018
REGINA — When we think of a “boom town,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities in oil-producing regions in Saskatchewan, the costs of servicing the oil boom can outweigh the benefits. A Prairie Patchwork: Reliance on …