Briefing Notes

Briefing notes inform decision-makers about an issue by succinctly describing key pieces of information. Find all MacEachen Briefing Notes listed below, organized by research focus.

Health and Justice 

Taxing the Unvaccinated: Evidence, Ethics and Policy Implications [pdf] (May 2022)

Halifax Tourism and COVID-19: Scenario Planning Exercises for Summer 2021 [pdf] (Sept 2020)

Nova Scotia Power and COVID-19 [pdf] (Sept 2020)

Observations from Toronto's Tourism Recovery Post SARS 2003 [pdf] (June 2020)

Foot and Mouth Disease in the UK in 2001: Obervations for Policy Makers and the Rural Tourism Sector in the Age of COVID-19 [pdf] (May 2020)

Sustainability and the Environment 

Coastal Citizen Science as Climate Infrastructure: Lessons from Atlantic Canada [pdf] (September 2026). Ocean Frontier Institute.

Climate Risk Governance in Light of the COVID-19 Crisis [pdf] (Feb 2021)

Environmental Scan: Emergency Management Policies and Programs for People with Disabilities in Canada [pdf] (May 2020) - Executive Summary

Communicating Marine Risk with Focus on Coastal Flooding and Forecasting [pdf] (Mar 2018)

Democracy and Governance 

*NEW* Divergent Narratives: The 2025 Nova Scotia Wildfires, the Media Ecosystem, and the Court of Public Opinion [pdf] (October, 2026)

An African Nova Scotian Community Calling In: Agency, Accountability, Representation and Self-Determination [pdf] (May, 2022) 

Academia Participation in Social Justice Organizing [pdf] (Jan 2022) 

Dispute Settlement Under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement: Perspectives from North America and Europe [pdf] (Nov 2021)

How Haligonians Use Social Media to Discuss the MacDonald Bridge Re-Decking [pdf] (June 2016)

Economy and Resilience

Halifax Tourism and COVID-19: Scenario Planning Exercises for Summer 2021 [pdf] (Sept 2020)

What are Canadian Cities Doing to Protect and Build Rental Housing? [pdf](Mar 2019)

'Big Lift' Delays Cause Cascade of Impacts in Metro's Traffic Network [pdf](June 2016) 

Adaptive Capacity to Closures of the MacDonald Bridge [pdf] (June 2016)