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Amy Janzwood

@amyjanzwood.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at McGill, Political Science & Bieler School of Environment amyjanzwood.wordpress.com www.linkedin.com/in/amyjanzwood

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
New article! Capping oil emissions and the mass politics of Canadian sectoral climate policy by Sam Rowan & @amyjanzwood.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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Decarbonization requires transformational change in the oil and gas industry and a steep decline in production. This creates a broad cleavage in climate policy between groups tied to the fossil fuel industry and those that are vulnerable to climate impacts. We argue that as climate policy advances, it can fracture these groups to create divisions within them. We theorize this process using a cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian oil and gas industry. In a pre-registered survey, we find that the group that supported expanded oil production fractures when a sectoral emissions cap affects producers differently based on their carbon-intensity of production. Specifically, high carbon-intensity producers who previously supported expanded oil production begin to oppose new oil production when lower carbon-intensity oil curtails their own. Our findings have implications for understanding how climate policy affects public attitudes, distributional politics, and regionalism in the energy transition.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
@amyjanzwood.bsky.social spot on, providing context: "In understanding this deal, we should recall the last time the federal government struck a so-called grand bargain with Alberta."
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I awoke to the headline this morning that Ottawa and Alberta are reportedly “close” to a deal that includes a new heavy oil pipeline to the northwest coast of BC… It feels timely to share that my book is out now with UBC Press, available open access www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
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Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance - Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure; Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance reveals how and why social movements have frustrated major pip...
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Has there ever been a better-timed academic book? The incredible @amyjanzwood.bsky.social's book on the politics of pipelines in Canada is published today. And there's even a free e-book! www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
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Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance - Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure; Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance reveals how and why social movements have frustrated major pip...
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
New article 📢 with @profkharrison.bsky.social & @angelavcarter.bsky.social We explore the disconnect between climate ambition & aspirations for fossil fuel production in Canadian provinces, one that leaves Canada economically vulnerable in the global energy transition doi.org/10.1016/j.ex...
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McGill PoliSci @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Assistant Professor @amyjanzwood.bsky.social is among the experts featured on this CBC "Ideas with Nahlah Ayed" episode on building pipelines and fighting climate change, and public opinion that seems to want both. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Latest deep dive is up and this one is on pipelines! Feat. Prof. @amyjanzwood.bsky.social and @kainagata.bsky.social from @dogwoodbc.bsky.social Should Canada Build More Pipelines? | The Goose youtu.be/XNXqnRWgSZM
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Should Canada Build More Pipelines? | The Goose
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Thank you @the-goose-media.bsky.social for the deep dive -- smart, clear, and dare I say, even a little fun
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McGill PoliSci @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Join @anikaganness.bsky.social next Wednesday, May 14th as she wraps up her postdoctoral fellowship with a talk on “The Past, Present, and Future of Child Welfare in Canada.” This event will be hosted in person at the @IRPP.org! Learn more and register for the event here: irpp.org/irpp-event/c...
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The Past, Present and Future of Child Welfare in Canada - IRPP
Join us in Montreal on Wednesday, May 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a talk with IRPP postdoctoral fellow Anika Ganness.  Why are children from racialized and immigrant backgrounds more likely to end up...
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"This election is about climate change, whether voters are aware or not" -- great piece by @profkharrison.bsky.social and @simondonner.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/21/o...
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🇨🇦 CPSA ACSP 🇨🇦 @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
@jonathanmalloy.bsky.social F. MacDonald @mireillepaquet.bsky.social G. Starblanket encourage u to participate in the 2025 CPSA Elections ! 👉🏼Info/vote conta.cc/3Ez8lIg @meggaucher.bsky.social @amyjanzwood.bsky.social @joannaeveritt.bsky.social @danielbeland.bsky.social @pgraefe.bsky.social
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Julie MacArthur 🍁 @jlmacarthur.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Energy systems are deeply inequitable. Diversitywash & backlash undermines effective climate action. We need meaningful EDI & systemic change now more than ever. New @theconversationca.bsky.social piece with @amyjanzwood.bsky.social R. Das & S. Sharma. #energysky theconversation.com/we-need-mean...
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We need meaningful, not less, EDI and climate action in turbulent times
EDI is rooted in historical social movements that fought against exclusion. We cannot address environmental challenges without confronting class, gender and racial inequities.
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Gratifying to receive an email from a former pipeline exec saying they agreed with my piece in Globe & Mail French version below, no paywall A reminder that strange times can make for unlikely allies www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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Le Canada n’a pas besoin d’un autre pipeline
Nous devons mettre fin à notre dépendance aux exportations de pétrole plutôt que de s’accrocher à une illusion.
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Ethan Lou @ethanlou.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Let’s not get too excited about pipelines. Canadians can’t afford another The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Amy Janzwood:
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Opinion: Let’s not get too excited about pipelines. Canadians can’t afford another
Amid Donald Trump’s trade war, many have argued for more pipelines to reduce our reliance on the U.S. market – even federal Liberal cabinet ministers
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Julie MacArthur 🍁 @jlmacarthur.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Somewhat topical article out today: 'Equity, diversity and inclusion promises, exclusive practices? How to move towards effective and just energy transition' w/ S. Sharma, R. Das, @njoshi.bsky.social @amyjanzwood.bsky.social & @georgiasav.bsky.social #energysky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Equity, diversity and inclusion promises, exclusive practices? How to move towards effective and just energy transitions
Equitable, diverse and inclusive action in a climate emergency is not optional – it is an imperative. Despite the growing rhetoric for inclusive energ…
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
You can't build pipelines on rhetoric. Politicians pushing to resurrect failed projects like Northern Gateway are ignoring economic realities. For Alberta, economic diversification isn't just a choice -- it's a matter of survival globalnews.ca/news/1097512...
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Politics or economics? Revived Canada pipeline talks is ‘wishful thinking’: expert | Globalnews.ca
To build or not to build: the question facing Canadian politicians, oil and gas experts and industry leaders when it comes to domestic pipelines in light of Trump's tariff threat.
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Bernard Soubry @bernardsoubry.com · 15/01/2025
New writing! With @adamscott.bsky.social and the folks at SHIFT, I helped explain how Canada's pension funds have bought into the hydrogen hype and are holding on to high-risk gas assets that'll harm people's retirements as the world transitions to green energy. www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/1/...
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The high-risk gas assets owned by Canadian pension funds – and why hydrogen won’t save them — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Shift’s new report, Gaslighting the Energy Transition, reveals how Canada’s largest pension funds have billions invested in private gas utility companies around the world, putting the climate and our ...
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Thank you, Britt Wray, for this powerful new resource hub -- Unthinkable -- on the climate crisis and mental health, I'll be sharing it with my students 🌱https://www.unthinkable.earth/resources
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Unthinkable | Fostering climate-mental health
Unthinkable is a nonprofit founded by climate mental health researcher and author, Dr. Britt Wray. We aim to advance the public conversation around climate change and mental health for the widespread ...
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Enormously proud of my students in Global Environmental Politics! This year, they rose to the challenge of negotiating a fossil fuel phase-out treaty in response to a (real) letter from world leaders & Nobel laureates calling for the UN Summit of the Future to address fossil fuel production (1/3) 🌍🔥
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Fossil energy giant TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) has essentially direct policymaking access with the incoming Trump administration👇
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Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Well, isn't this nice 🍿. Late to the party... not saying it took a near-total social (media) breakdown, but here we are
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