State of Canada’s Environment
State of Canada’s Environment
About the Webinar
Canadians care about the state of their environment. So how does Canada measure up? Canada's environmental performance has been compared to its OECD peers on a wide range of environmental indicators including air quality, water quality, and greenhouse gases. Join Dr. Elmira Aliakbari as she address this topic based on a recent study that allows us to measure and compare environmental performance among high-income OECD countries.
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About the Speaker
Elmira Aliakbari
Elmira Aliakbari is Director of the Centre for Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute. She received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Guelph, and M.A. and B.S. degrees in Economics, both from the University of Tehran in Iran. She has studied public policy involving energy and the environment for nearly eight years. Prior to joining the Fraser Institute, Ms. Aliakbari was Director of Research, Energy, Ecology and Prosperity with the Frontier Center for Public Policy. She has presented her work at many academic conferences and has been published in the prestigious academic journal Energy Economics. Ms. Aliakbari’s research has been discussed in prominent media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, and her commentaries have appeared in major Canadian and American newspapers such as the Globe and Mail, Washington Times, National Post, and Financial Post.