Sunday, October 5, 2025
Former environment minister releases powerful, unfiltered memoir
Run Like A Girl, a powerful new memoir by Catherine McKenna, Canada’s former Minister of Environment and Climate Change, was published on September 23, 2025.…
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Strength in Every Story: Connecting women working in the environment sector
As we approach International Women’s Day, people around the world are coming together to recognize and celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. The…
Strengthening the economy with climate action at GLOBExCHANGE
“Each year, we spend about $1 billion combatting wildfires, and this is only rising,” warned federal Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault at the GLOBExCHANGE conference…
Women’s Work: Influential female leadership impacting the environment industry
As an enthusiastic student, I became involved in the school council’s Women’s Issues Network, working with amazing young women who were collectively advocating for women’s…
Getting down to the business of net zero at GLOBE
There’s no doubt that the path to net zero will require innovation, hard work, and integrated collaboration across sectors. With that in mind, from February…
UN initiative to address climate confusion and misinformation
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was quite candid in his address: “We are flirting with climate disaster. …
Walking the walk with WSP at COP27’s Canadian pavilion
More than 33,000 delegates from over 200 countries around the world have come together to discuss climate action at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference,…
UN appoints Catherine McKenna chair of net-zero expert group
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world has seen an increasing number of net-zero commitments, in particular from the private and financial…
U.S. launches $1B program for climate mitigation
As part of their efforts to be proactive about weather and climate disasters, our neighbours to the south are funding efforts to improve response efforts…
Inaugural green and inclusive building funds awarded
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna has announced the first recipients of the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program, which supports green and…
Feds launch zero emission public transit fund
The federal Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities has launched a $2.75 billion Zero Emission Transit Fund — a five year national program that will help…
Targeting Net Zero: CEO of CUTRIC Calls for Transformational Public Transportation Plan
Canadians Need to Feel the Everyday Benefits of Net-Zero Investments to Meet Ambitious Targets By Dr. Josipa Petrunic “Our new climate target for 2030 is…
New Investments for Green Infrastructure Projects in Ontario
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced joint funding for 19 green infrastructure projects across Ontario for upgrades to drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater facilities…
Government of Canada Launches New Natural Infrastructure Fund
On June 25, Catherine McKenna, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities was joined by John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, to announce a new, $200 million…
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna Makes Big Moves for a Green Recovery
How Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna is supporting a cleaner, greener, more inclusive Canada. By Connie Vitello Catherine McKenna presented a confident keynote…
CIB and Private Sector Partners to Invest in Lake Erie Connector
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and ITC Investment Holdings (ITC) have signed an agreement in principle to invest $1.7 billion in the Lake Erie Connector…
Energy-Efficiency Upgrades for Clyde River Community in Nunavut
Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Jeannie Ehaloak, Minister responsible for Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC) and Minister of Community and Government Services, announced…
Cowichan Valley to Address Impacts of Climate Change
The Cowichan Valley in Duncan, British Columbia is receiving federal support to safeguard against the impacts of climate change, including flooding. Catherine McKenna, Minister of…
CIB Announces Funds for Green Initiatives
Today the federal government announced substantial investments for clean power projects, zero-emission buses, and building retrofits. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Minister of Infrastructure and…
New Initiative to Help Canadians Cut Energy Bills and Emissions
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) launched the next phase in their shared mission to support local programs that help…
Canada Infrastructure Bank Advances Wind Energy Project in Nova Scotia
Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Port Hawkesbury Paper and IFE Project Management Canada (IFE) recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize…
Improved Green Public Transit Strategy in Canadian Communities
On January 16, 2020, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna, Member of Parliament for Guelph Lloyd Longfield and Mayor of the City of Guelph…
Agguttinni Territorial Park Receives Support from Canada and Nunavut
The Agguttinni Territorial Park is being established north of Clyde River in Nunavut with support from the Government of Canada and Government of Nunavut. The…
Point Pelee National Park Receives $9.9 Million Investment
Catherine McKenna, minister of environment and climate change and minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced a federal infrastructure investment of $9.9 million for Point Pelee…