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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> env-faculty-bounces@lists.uwaterloo.ca <env-faculty-bounces@lists.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Sheree Solomon <ssolomon@uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 8, 2017 1:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ENV-Faculty@lists.uwaterloo.ca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [env-faculty] School of Planning Research Talk - Planning for Sustainability: Wind energy development in Canada - Friday, June 9 - 10:00 - 11:00 EV3 3408</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The School’s Advisory Committee on Appointments thanks you for your participation thus far, and invite you to attend the presentation for our third
candidate for the Environmental Planning, Policy and Design position. </span></font></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><u><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight:bold">Planning for Sustainability:</span></font></u></b><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight:bold">
</span></font></u></b><b><u><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight:bold">Wind energy development in Canada</span></font></u></b><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight:bold">
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<p class="Default"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight:bold">Chad Walker, Department of Geography, Western University</span></font></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-weight:bold">Friday, June 9, 2017 EV3 3408 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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<p class="Default"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The planet is warming and responses to date have done very little to quell socio-environmental concerns. In Canada, governments
have attempted to lower emissions from the electricity sector through wind energy development. Despite some success in terms of increasing capacity, associated resistance movements have highlighted injustices which simultaneously threaten the long-term future
of the industry. </span></font></p>
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<p class="Default"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Through the lens of local acceptance and environmental justice, this presentation outlines recent mixed method, comparative
research that has examined wind energy policy and development in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada. In contrast to the technocratic, developer-led approach of Ontario, Nova Scotia has purposefully built wind energy through a community-based program. It has been
argued that encouraging more participatory planning and introducing financial benefits can powerfully shape local responses- yet there is little in the Canadian context to help substantiate this claim.
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<p class="Default"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The first fieldwork study looked at the idea of distributive justice and highlights stark differences between Ontario
and Nova Scotia in terms of the perception of local benefits. Interview and survey findings point to the strength of traditional benefits but also to more novel forms of benefit sharing structures. A companion paper explored local residents’ experiences of
siting processes and found much stronger levels of procedural justice elements in Nova Scotia. It also suggested that local opposition to wind turbines across both provinces is intertwined with specific aspects of procedural injustice including low levels
of ‘the ability to affect change’. </span></font></p>
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<p class="Default"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The presentation also showcases a ‘desktop’, methodological study which was inspired by a new question in the social scientific,
mixed method literature. Using the wind energy development literature, a systematic and critical review was undertaken to examine the relationship between research design and method dominance- two variables historically thought of as independent. The findings
suggest the marginalization of qualitative methods in particular may be influenced by certain research designs employed by academics utilizing mixed methods.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The presentation closes with ‘next steps’ in terms of future research within the broad realm of sustainable futures. Continuing to
study the evolution of Canadian wind energy policy and local development will remain a priority. Meanwhile, methodological and theoretical strengths will aid in a transition into the urban sphere and will include research investigating low-carbon transportation
policy and planning.</span></font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sheree Solomon<br>
Academic Services Manager<br>
School of Planning, Faculty of Environment<br>
EV3 3304<br>
University of Waterloo<br>
200 University Avenue West,<br>
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1<br>
P 519-888-4567, ext. 33619<br>
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