Leah Levac – The Conversation

Liberal Leader Mark Carney departs Edmonton, Alta., after making a campaign stop on in the province on the eve of the election. Carney has pledged to turn Canada into an ‘energy superpower’ and build projects faster. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

May 5, 2025

Mark Carney wants to make Canada an energy superpower — but what will be sacrificed for that goal?

Leah Levac, University of Guelph; Jane Stinson, Carleton University, and Leah M. Fusco, Memorial University of Newfoundland

How can the Liberal Party’s energy ambitions support just and equitable energy transitions?

Aamjiwnaang children celebrate Indigenous peoples’ day on the community baseball field across from Ineos Styrolution. (Laurence Butet-Roch)

May 2, 2024

Meaningful engagement is the key to achieving Bill C‑226’s goal of ending environmental racism in Canada

Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Victoria; Alexandra Bridges, and Leah Levac, University of Guelph

The federal government’s proposed Bill C-226 could be an important first step in addressing environmental racism, but only if communities are involved.

A homeless man folds his blanket from a night’s rest in an area in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

October 30, 2022

New anti‑poverty initiative focuses on lived experiences to help shape policy

Leah Levac, University of Guelph and Jillian Crocker, University of Guelph

‘Unlegislating’ poverty demands a new course of action from governments that focuses on the expertise of people living with poverty who understand acutely how public policies fail.

Women face myriad barriers running for office and it’s time to knock down those obstacles starting at the municipal level. In this November 2017 photo, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland sits between Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women, right, and Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)

March 8, 2018

How to ensure more women run for public office

Leah Levac, University of Guelph

Canadian women are under-represented in politics and are hesitant to run for office for myriad reasons. Here’s what needs to be done, especially at the municipal level, to get more women in office.

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