Monica Gattinger
Monica Gattinger is Director of the Institute for Science, Society and Policy, Full Professor at the School of Political Studies and Chair of Positive Energy at the University of Ottawa. Professor Gattinger’s research and engagement focus on the energy and arts/cultural policy sectors, exploring how to strengthen governance, public policy and regulation in the context of fast-paced innovation, technological change and markets, fundamental social and value change, and lower public trust in government, industry, science and expertise. Gattinger is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and serves on the International Advisory Board of the DC-based think tank the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, the Advisory Council of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, the Learning Council for Pollution Probe's Energy Exchange, and the Editorial Boards of the University of Ottawa Press and the journal Canadian Public Administration. She holds a Ph.D. in public policy from Carleton University.
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Opinions On Energy And Environment In Canada Part 3: How To Chart A Positive Path Forward On Energy And Environment
With increasingly stringent public health measures across the country to combat COVID-19, Canadians are understandably less focused on energy and environment than usual. But the precipitous drop in global oil prices and the collapse in Canadian energy stocks underscore the tight link between energy and global circumstances.
March 17, 2020, 10:05 AM MDT
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Opinions On Energy And Environment In Canada Part 2: Divisions Exist, But Canadians And Energy/Environment Leaders Aren’t Necessarily Polarized
Seeing the protests in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline, you might think the country is hopelessly polarized over energy and environment. Canadians’ views on oil and gas development, pipelines, Indigenous rights and climate action seem ever-more divergent. So do those of energy and environmental leaders.
February 18, 2020, 3:54 AM MST
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Introduction To 3-Part Series: Opinions On Energy And Environment In Canada: A Positive Path Forward Is Possible
There is mounting concern in Canada about conflict over energy and environmental issues. It is easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of conflict and see division everywhere — some days it seems like warring politicians, angry protests and social media fights are the only game in town.
February 4, 2020, 4:56 AM MST
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Part 1: Canadians Not As Divided As Many Believe: Emerging Consensus On Oil And Gas, Climate And The National Interest
As Parliament resumes in Ottawa this week, differences between the parties over energy and environmental issues are sure to hit the headlines and erupt on social media. Judging by these debates, Canadians’ views on things like carbon taxes, pipelines and oil and gas development are increasingly divergent.
February 4, 2020, 4:57 AM MST
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New Liberal Government Needs To Move From Division To Unity
Former prime minister Kim Campbell famously said that elections are no time to discuss serious issues. She was roundly critiqued for the statement, but looking at energy and environment in the federal election you can understand what she was getting at.
October 22, 2019, 9:25 AM MDT
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Energy Federalism Will Be Tested As Never Before: Is Canada Up To The Challenge?
The last few years are a vivid reminder that federalism is pivotal to energy and climate change policy. In late 2015, intergovernmental collaboration hit a high with the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Provinces and the federal government were singing from the same song sheet.
August 13, 2019, 7:17 AM MDT
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A Tale Of Two Visions: Canada’s Polarized Energy Debate
What is Canada’s energy future in an age of climate change? This is a fundamental question, but it’s one that Canada has yet to answer definitively. Two different visions are on offer. Unfortunately, they mostly talk past each another.
June 11, 2019, 12 AM MDT
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Kenney Government Takes New Approach On Energy: Will It Work?
The Kenney government has come to power with a new approach to energy. It can be summed up in four words: fight back, dial back.
May 7, 2019, 12 AM MDT
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The SNC-Lavalin Affair: Lessons For Bill C-69
Ottawa watchers remain mesmerized by the debacle surrounding a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC-Lavalin. The ejection of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus is one of the latest developments.
April 15, 2019, 6 AM MDT
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Canada’s Energy Future And The Perils Of Dangerous Optimism
March 11, 2019, 6 AM MDT
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Durable Energy Policy In Canada: Waiting For Godot?
In Samuel Beckett’s iconic play Waiting for Godot, main characters Didi and Gogo wait endlessly for the arrival of Godot, passing their time discussing everything from the mundane to the existential. The play fittingly only has two acts, and needless to say, Godot never arrives. The audience is left wondering about the meaning and purpose of it all.
February 11, 2019, 8:53 AM MST
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Trudeau Government Doubles Down On Energy And Environment But Has It Got A Winning Hand?
The Trudeau government came to power in 2015 with three inter-related objectives on energy and environment: taking meaningful action on climate change, securing market access for Canada’s energy resources and modernizing energy project decision-making.
November 13, 2018, 8:02 AM MST
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Analysis: Canadian Energy — Between An Economic Rock And A Progressive Hard Place
Last week’s Federal Court of Appeal decision struck another blow to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The court quashed Ottawa’s approval, finding that the government had not adequately consulted with Indigenous communities and had not sufficiently considered the marine impacts of increased tanker traffic.
September 6, 2018, 12 AM MDT