University of British Columbia | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm
While a number of recent publications have explored potential directions for energy development in Canada, this exercise has been largely conceptual; few have attempted to design new energy futures. Similarly, efforts to reveal the relationship between landscape architecture and the production of energy landscapes often fail to link contemporary design research with topics of social and environmental justice, or to broader questions of political economy and geopolitics.
Debating Canadian Energy Futures fills this gap by establishing a dialogue between design theory and the difficult, often controversial social, cultural, and political debates surrounding potential pathways to decarbonization.
Grant of $7825 and recipient of the Northern Research Bursary
Product: Introductory chapter for PhD thesis; Debating Canadian Energy Futures website; an undergraduate seminar; a peer reviewed journal article; and a conference presentation.