Hybrid Event – Environmental Crime at the Planetary Crises Crossroads

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Environmental Crime at the Planetary Crises Crossroads

Canadian Environmental Crime Research Network’s 2nd Annual Conference

Centennial College, Toronto & Online, 12-13 November 2026

Environmental Crime at the Planetary Crises Crossroads
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Time & Location

12 Nov 2026, 08:00 GMT-5 – 13 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT-5

Centennial College, 941 Progress Ave, Scarborough, ON M1G 3T8, Canada

About the Event

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME RESEARCH NETWORK’s 2nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE

12 – 13 November 2026, Toronto, Ontario

Environmental Crime at the Planetary Crises Crossroads

Environmental crime contributes enormously to the triple planetary crisis identified by the United Nations – climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Though multilateral agreements and national policy goals in these areas are pursued, they will be severely undermined by illicit activities designed to profit from the over-exploitation of the natural environment. Preventing and addressing the impacts of environmental crime has never been as important as it is right now.

CECRN’s 2nd annual conference, will be held at Centennial College (Progress Ave. campus), Toronto, on Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13, 2026. 

We encourage on-site participation and in-person ideas sharing and are not charging conference registration fees. Lunch will be provided on Thursday, November 12 and refreshments will be available. The conference will also be broadcast online.

Participants will need to cover their own transportation and accommodation costs. There are several hotels near Centennial College’s Progress Ave. campus, along with bus lines that connect to subway and GO Train stations.

Presenters

We are proudly hosting a wide variety of speakers from across Canada and around the world . Keep checking our website for new information as more presenters are confirmed.

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Léanne Vincendon, Université de Montréal, (Montréal, Québec)
A conceptual framework for the illegal trade of Canadian black bear.

Malaïka Jacques-Bérubé, Université Laval (Québec, Québec)
A Portrait of Environmental Crimes: An Empirical Analysis of Environmental Convictions in the Province of Quebec

Tamara Bosch, Ernest Cooper, Gail Anderson, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia)
Bearly Legal: A case law analysis of the prosecution of wildlife crimes in Canada

Tracey MacKenzie, York University, (Toronto, Ontario)
Case studies of illegal sand mining

Véronique Chadillon-Farinacci, Université de Moncton (Moncton, New Brunswick)
Fishing by the Rules: Community Norms and Enforcement Legitimacy in Atlantic Canada’s Lobster Fishery

Ria Das and Sia Das, India
Following the (dirty) Green Money – Reimagining Anti Money Laundering as a Preventive Tool Against Corruption Enabled Environmental Crimes

Michelle Anagnostou, Oxford University (Oxford, UK)
Gender Dimensions of Illegal Wildlife Trade: Women’s Roles Across Supply Chains

Adam Rodrigues, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna)
Launching the Fourth Edition of the World Wildlife Crime Report

Willis Okumu, Kenya
Lungalunga: A Critical Node for Ivory Transit to Somalia and the Arabian Gulf

Amy Fitzgerald and Wesley Tourangeau, University of Windsor (Windsor, Ontario)
Reconciling divergences and divisions in green criminology

Andrew Rhyne, Roger Williams University (Rhode Island, USA)
Michael Tlusty, University of Massachusetts (Boston, USA)
Targeting Illegal wildlife trade in Canada – the Nature Intelligence System

Katja Neves, Concordia University (Montréal, Québec)
The Blue Washing of Extraction: Cetourism, Purpose-Driven Branding, and the Limits of Civic Environmental Knowledge

Peter Stoett, Zenia Kish and Joseph Young, Ontario Tech University (Oshawa, Ontario)
War Crimes and Ecocide

Elif Birbiri, York University, (Toronto, Ontario)
When does plastic become pollution?

For more information: canadaenvicrime@gmail.com

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Canadian Environmental Crime Research Network

The CECRN is an interdisciplinary initiative focused on fostering collaboration to improve understanding the causes, consequences, and mitigation of environmental crime. We define environmental crime broadly, to encompass various forms of illegal activities harming the environment. The network brings together researchers, practitioners, and institutions to collaborate, share knowledge, and produce impactful research outputs that contribute to the science-policy interface on environmental law and justice. CECRN empowers these stakeholders to create a civic space where community-based responses to policy, funding and institutional reform can be heard, reaffirming the need for national and international cooperation against environmental crime.

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