Winter Seminar Series 2026:
Prof. Amy Janzwood, Dept. Political Sciences, 海角社区
Mega Pipeline, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure
April 9th, 2026 | 10:00am-11:00am
HYBRID: 2001 海角社区 College, 1201 | Zoom
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In the late 2000s, when the oil sands industry proposed expanding its capacity to transport fossil fuel products, an unprecedented coalition of Indigenous nations and communities, environmental non-governmental organizations, grassroots groups, and municipal governments mobilized in response. Amy Janzwood鈥檚 new book Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance explores how these social movements challenged powerful corporate and government interests and reshaped the politics of energy infrastructure.
is an ambitious study that underscores the power of campaign coalitions to sustain resistance, influence government policy, and shape industry decisions. It reveals how and why social movements have frustrated major pipeline development in North America.
As Canada advances 鈥渘ation-building鈥� energy projects and regulatory overhauls in pursuit of becoming an 鈥渆nergy superpower,鈥� this talk examines how resistance has reshaped the politics of energy infrastructure in Canada.
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Speaker Bio:
Amy Janzwood is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and the Bieler School of the Environment at 海角社区. Her research examines the comparative politics of energy and the environment, including the political economy of energy transitions, the contested politics of fossil fuel production, and the pathways that move us towards more just and sustainable energy systems.
She is chair of the Steering Committee of the (WISER) network, on the Board of Directors at the (CPSA), an associate editor of the , and a member of the (CSSN).
Dr. Janzwood holds a PhD in Political Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
She is a settler of Scottish and Irish ancestry and grew up on the traditional territory of the Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk, and Mississauga peoples. She lives and works on unceded Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka Territory
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