Directory of Scholars

NATHALIE CHALIFOUR

J.S.D., J.S.M., LL.B. CALL TO THE ONTARIO BAR (1996)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

email nathalie.chalifour@uottawa.ca

Primary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • International environmental law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Trade law & the environment

Secondary Research Interests

  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Energy law
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Financial & investment issues

Selected Publications

  • “Encouraging the Use of Renewable Energy in the Canadian Residential Sector Using Economic Instruments” (with Amy Taylor), in Jacqueline Cottrell et al., eds, Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation. International and Comparative Perspectives, Volume VI, Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Making Federalism Work for Climate Change – Canada’s Division of Powers over Carbon Taxes, (2008) 22 2 N.J.C.L. 119.
  • Encouraging the Transition to Sustainable Forestry in Canada with Ecological Fiscal Reform – Potential and Pitfalls, (2004) 14 J.E.L.P. 253.
  • The Canadian Brownfields Manual (with Ahab Abdel-Aziz), LexisNexis – Butterworths, October 2004, (looseleaf service updated annually).
  • Environmental Taxes and the WTO – An Analysis of the WTO Implications of Using Fiscal Incentives to Promote Sustainable Forestry in Canada, 2003 CYIL 153.