This seminar course surveys Canada’s responses to eleven Global Environmental Wicked Problems that have emerged into the public consciousness and discourses over the last ten to fifteen years. We discuss how (1) evidence-based policy, and (2) science research that might have informed politics and politicians, either prevailed or failed in Canada. The 11 wicked problems:

1. Democratic government
2. Settler-colonialism and Truth, Reconciliation and Decolonization
3. Global pandemics eg Covid-19
4. Climate Change (political spaces): Canada at the UNFCCC
5. Biodiversity Loss (political spaces): Canada at the UNCBD
6. Climate Change (research & science spaces): Canada at the IPCCC
7. Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (research & science spaces): Canada at the IPBES
8. Human Security including Environmental Security
9. Mining & Extractive Industries including Fossil Fuels
10. Tourism& Ecotourism
11. Student choice of topic

MARKING SCHEME Pecha Kucha talk 20% - select a reading Each student will be assigned a different topic from the course to help them to zero in on an article that describes how another country or international organization has approached the issues. DUE DATE: end of March so that Dawn can review and suggest improvements to the Pecha Kucha script and images used in slides (please see rubric at the end)

Open Access 20% - Wikipedia editing – because we ALL use Wikipedia. You will all train through the Wikipedia Education Foundation modules, and learn about how to identify and use open access licensed content. You get 1% for each reference you add to a course-relevant Wikipedia page of your choice. DUE DATE: end of term, but you can get this done fast

Film/TV Festival 20% - Nominate a film/TV programme and write a maximum 500 word review explaining why all members of the Yale University community should watch it. The class will read all the reviews and vote for the top three that each of us would like to watch. 10% for writing the reviews of your selected programme. 10% for reading the reviews by other class members and voting for your favourite three DUE DATE: four weeks into term, followed by voting

Major project 40% Eight page proposal that you write as the moderator, for a two hour long, three-person conference panel at a fictional international four-day conference in Ottawa, Canada on the theme of the One Planet, One Health Framework for Addressing Wicked Problems. Template with sections and grading rubric to be provided. DUE DATE: mid May (note that we will be workshopping your proposals throughout the term)