Background Papers, Discussion Papers, and Round Table Documents

2013

• Investing in Soils for a Sustainable Future. The Environmental Commissioner's Soil Carbon Rountable Report

2012

• Roundtable on Extended Producer Responsibility

2011

• Roundtable on Land Use Planning

2010

• Brief Review: Using Air Monitoring as a Tool to Assess and Address Local Airsheds and Micro-Environments in Ontario (Kim Perotta)
• Soil, Groundwater and Sediment Quality Criteria in Ontario: A History of their Development from the 1970s to December 2009 (Bev Edwards)

2009

• Cumulative effects of air quality (Environ EC Canada)
• Street Level Air Quality Project
• Respirable Particulate and Ground-Level Ozone Sampling Study in the City of Greater Sudbury (Farrow Associates Research & Project Management And Potvin Air Management Consulting)

2008

• Predicting Air Quality at Street Level (RWDI Consulting Engineers and Scientists)
• The Application of Natural Heritage Policies and Legislation by the Ontario Municipal Board, January 2004-January 2008 (Elke Meyfarth O'Hara, School of Planning, University of Waterloo)
• Population Growth, Land Use Trends And Urban Sprawl In Southern Ontario (Jack Donnan)

2007

• A Public Dialogue on the Future of the Great Lakes (Proceedings from the ECO-Pollution Probe Great Lakes Roundtables and Public Forums)

2006

• Aggregate Round Table - Towards a Long-Term Aggregate Strategy for Ontario (Proceedings from a Round Table Meeting)
• Public Participation Rights, Environmental Policy Struggles and E-Democracy: Lessons Learned During the First 11 Years of Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights

2004

• 10 Year Review of the EBR

2001

• Ontario's Permit to Take Water Program and the Protection of Ontario's Water Resources - Brief to the Walkerton Inquiry

2000

• EBR Litigation Rights Workshop

1999

• 5 Year Review of the EBR
  • The Nuts, the Bolts and the Rest of the Machinery: A Guide to Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights (.pdf format)
  • Independence, Accountability and Transparency: The Role of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (.pdf format)
  • The Role of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario in Public Education: Accomplishments and Challenges (.pdf format)

1996

• The Ontario Regulation And Policy-Making Process In A Comparative Context: Exploring The Possibilities For Reform
• Round Table on Self Regulation, Voluntary Compliance and Environmental Protection: Discussion Paper