Publications

Sara Desmarais, Returning The Rice to the Wild: Revitalizing Wild Rice in the Great Lakes Region Through Indigenous Knowledge Governance and Establishing a Geographical Indication, 2019 3-1 Lakehead Law Journal 36, 2019 

Crawford Nickel Project, Impact Assessment

• LAND Response to Crawford Nickel Canada's Project's Impact Statement (Ref No. 83857)

Marathon Palladium Project, Environmental Assessment (under CEAA 2012)

• Responsibility, Accountability, and Transparency are Vital to Safeguard the Well-Being of Community Members and the Natural Environment 

• Mapping the Cumulative Effects of Industrial Projects on Lake Superior's North Shore: A Map Reflecting the Cumulative Effects of Generation PGM's Marathon Palladium Project 

Regulatory Oversight Reports

• Submission to the CNSC regarding the Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Sites for 2023 (January 10, 2025)

• Submission by the Canadian Environmental Law Association to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regarding the Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories: 2023 (October 7, 2024)

• Comments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories: 2021 (October 4, 2022)

• Comments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on a Regulatory Oversight Report on Use of Nuclear Substances in Canada: 2021 (September 30, 2022)

• Comments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on Regulatory Oversight Report for Nuclear Power Generating Sites: 2021 (September 15, 2022)

Uranium Mining

• Sara Libman & Dr. Tanya Markvart, Cameco Corporation Application to Renew Uranium Mill Licence of Key Lake and McArthur River Operations (May 1, 2023)

• Sara Libman & Dr. Tanya Maarkvart, Cameco Corporation Application to Renew Uranium Mine and Mill Licences for its Rabbit Lake Operations (May 1, 2023)

• Sara Libman, Luc Lance & Dr. Robert Patrick, Comments on Draft EIS for New Uranium Mine in Saskatchewan (NexGen's Rook I Project) (October 12, 2022)

Nuclear Power Generating Sites

• Sara Libman & Dr. Ian Fairlie, Reviewing the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.'s Application for the Renewal of the Nuclear Research and Test Establishment Decommissioning Licence for the Whiteshell Laboratories (Ref. 2024-H-07) (September 16, 2024)

• Sara Libman & Dr. M.V. Ramana, Comments on Ontario Power Generation’s Application for the Authorization to Operate Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Units 5 to 8 until 2026 (April 26, 2024)

• Sara Libman & Dr. M.V. Ramana, Review of OPG's Updated Plant Parameter Envelope and Environmental Impact Statement Review reports for the Darlington New Nuclear Project (March 20, 2023)

Canadian Environmental Law Association Blog 

• Sara Desmarais & Rashin Alizadeh, Preliminary Observations – Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, 2019 Schedule 17 of Bill 100, 1st Session, 42nd Legislature (April 26, 2019)

• Jacqueline Wilson, Kerrie Blaise & Sara Desmarais, Submission to Global Affairs Canada: Initial Environmental Assessment of Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (January 30, 2019)

• Jacqueline Wilson & Sara Desmarais, CELA Submission regarding Industrial Emission Performance Standards, ERO #013-4551 (March 29, 2019)