Kate Ervine

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Kate Ervine is a Canadian political scientist and professor at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Education and career

Ervine received her PhD in political science from York University in Toronto. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, [1] with her research focusing on issues involving environmental governance and climate change policy. [1]

Her book Carbon, published in 2018 by Polity Press, is a study of the environmental, economic, and social ramifications of the fossil fuels industry. [2] She co-created a documentary in 2023 called The Carbon Cage covering similar themes. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 [SMU] (2025). "Kate Ervine". Halifax, N.S.: Saint Mary's University . Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Nash, Susan Smith (2019). "Carbon by Kate Ervine". World Literature Today . Vol. 93, no. 3. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma. doi:10.1353/wlt.2019.0011 . Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  3. Freeman, Caleb (23 April 2023). "Documentary by Saint Mary's University professor reveals the unseen ways we contribute to greenhouse gas emissions—and how we can make a change". PNI Atlantic News . Halifax, N.S.: Postmedia Network . Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  4. [SMU] (23 May 2023). "Documentary by Dr. Kate Ervine reveals the unseen ways we contribute to greenhouse gas emissions". Halifax, N.S.: Saint Mary's University . Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  5. Hadden, Jennifer (1 May 2020). "Why Are Fossil Fuels So Entrenched?". Global Environmental Politics . 20 (2). MIT Press: 157–161. doi:10.1162/glep_a_00550.

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