1 Engaging with Sustainable Development: Setting the Canadian Experience in Context / James Meadowcroft and Glen Toner -- 2 Why Aren't We There Yet? Twenty Years of Sustainable Development: A Personal View / David Runnalls -- 3 Institutionalizing Sustainable Development: The Role of Government Institutions / Glen Toner and Franȯis Bregha -- 4 Post-Brundtland 2007: Governance for Sustainable Development as if It Mattered / Ann Dale -- 5 Polls, Politics, and Sustainability / Mark S. Winfield -- 6 The Politics of Sustainability in a Complex Federal State / Roger Gibbins -- 7 Education for Sustainable Development: Cure or Placebo? / David V.J. Bell -- 8 Canadian Business and the Sustainability Challenge: Engagement and Performance / David Wheeler and Annika Tamlyn -- 9 A Child of Brundtland: The Institutional Evolution of the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy / Serena Boutros -- 10 The Best of Brundtland: The Story of the International Institute for Sustainable Development / Lillian Hayward -- 11 Advocate or Auditor? The Conflicted Role of the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development / Laura Smallwood -- 12 Building a Sustainable Development Infrastructure in Canada: The Genesis and Rise of Sustainable Development Technology Canada / Anique Montambault
Summary
Analyses a number of dimensions of the Canadian experience in implementing sustainable development. This title discusses both the breakthroughs and disappointments of the Canadian experience, and looks toward the future to discuss what additional steps need to be undertaken domestically if Canada is to once again achieve a position of leadership
