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Ingrid Leman Stefanovic is an author and consultant in environmental and institutional change management. A former dean of the faculty of environment at Simon Fraser University, she is professor emerita, department of philosophy, and affiliated faculty member in the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching focus on how values affect public policy, planning, and environmental decision-making. Recent books include The Wonder of Water and Ethical Water Stewardship.

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Did we lose our kindness to COVID?

We are “group animals” and our progress demands we focus on ways to understand and mediate, rather than condemn one another.
Opinion | February 23rd 2022

How about less patronizing, more positive reinforcement in COVID-19 messaging in 2021?

"I wonder if there is not a risk that people are tiring of the standard COVID-19 messaging. How do we encourage positive behaviour, even as the situation becomes more dire?" author and consultant Ingrid Stefanovic asks.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion, Politics | December 31st 2020

Keeping our moral compass through the COVID-19 pandemic

In the case of public health, private rights simply do not trump the common good. And people's lives and well-being should never be reduced exclusively to the parameters of a cost-benefit analysis.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 16th 2020

Why Canada should care about the UN Water Decade

Canadians see waterways as integral to our national identity. Do we take the abundance of water for granted?
Race to a Safer World
Opinion | April 3rd 2018
Mark Jaccard - SFU climate economist - Directly Affected film - Mychaylo Prystupa

Bridging the divide: why universities and governments need stronger partnerships

The problem remains: how do we ensure that high-integrity scientific truths genuinely inform public policy?
Opinion, Energy, Politics | March 19th 2017

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