N-ZAP presentations

2025

  • Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership, online, Canada, July 2025. Webinar on: Community Partnerships for Equitable Local Climate Action. With Eduardo Ordonez-Ponce, Naima Samuel, Emma Kirke, Manuel Riemer, Glen Cheetham, and Kyra Chisholm.

  • Canadian Institute of Planners Conference, Toronto, Canada, July 2025. Workshop on community partnership for equitable local climate action by Laura Tozer, Naima Samuel, Emma Kirke, and Tracelyn Cornelius on behalf of the N-ZAP WG4 team. 

  • 41st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece, July 2025. Presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on: Temporary organizing in cities: Short-term partnerships for catalyzing climate action. In Sub-theme 13: [SWG] Temporary Organizing, Time, and Temporality.

  • 2025 Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference (HFAC), Whistler, Canada, July 2025. Presentation by Jillene Marlowe on behalf of Marlowe & Clarke on: Unpacking Carbon Accounting Within Canadian Municipal Governments and How to Enhance Impact Through Budgeting and Reporting Systems.

  • Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership, online, Canada, June 2025. Webinar on: Climate budgeting for your community / Budgétisation climatique pour votre collectivité. With Jillene Marlowe, Megan Meaney, Robert Stupka, Matt Regier, and Phillip Gee.

  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2025. Presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on:  Temporality and Place in Net-Zero Climate Action: A Canadian Perspective.

  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2025. Presentation by Leah Feor on behalf of Feor, Clarke & Wilson on: The Impact of Size on Climate Performance Measurement Practices.

  • Ontario Network for Sustainable Energy Policy 2025 Annual Workshop, Kingston, Canada, May 2025. Presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on: Transitions Toward Net-Zero Emissions: Institutional Pressures Influencing Adoption of Science-Based Targets and Local Pathways Among Canadian Cities.

  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2025. Presentation by Durgham Darwazeh on behalf of Darwazeh, Choi, Wilson & Clarke on: Trust in Action: Enhancing Pro-Environmental Behavior in Hotel Employees Through Organizational Trust

  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2025. Presentation by Durgham Darwazeh on behalf of Darwazeh, Choi, Wilson & Clarke on: Fostering Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Hospitality: Unlocking Employee Engagement through an Integrative Behavioral Model

  • Vice President Research & International - Senior Leaders Team meeting, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, April 2025. Presentation on the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership.

  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Sustainable Communities Conference, Fredericton, Canada, February 2025. Workshop on local equitable climate action partnerships (collaborative governance) with Corrine Cash, Jennifer McKelvie, Jonathan Main, Shannon Miedema, Sandy Little, Emma Kirke, Tracelyn Cornelius, Samantha Linton, and Carleigh MacKenzie.

  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Sustainable Communities Conference, Fredericton, Canada, February 2025. Training on climate budgeting with Megan Meaney, Jillene Marlowe, Ali Rivers, Alberto Altamirano, Amber Weckworth, Jillian Hudgins, Emma Kirke, Tracelyn Cornelius, Samantha Linton, Kristen Ma, and Carleigh MacKenzie.

  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Sustainable Communities Conference, Fredericton, Canada, February 2025. Poster session on the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership with Samantha Linton, Emma Kirke, Adlar Gross, Kristen Ma, Kiana Simmons, Tracelyn Cornelius, Jillene Marlowe, Carleigh MacKenzie, and Corrine Cash.

2024

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada – CAAF Updates, online, Canada, November 2024. Presentation about the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership – progress to date.
  • The Waterloo Wellington Knowledge Mobilization Community, online, Waterloo, Canada, December 2024. Presentation by Tracelyn Cornelius on behalf of Cornelius & Clarke on: Integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) into Knowledge Mobilization.
  • Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) conference, Toronto, October 2024. Panel presentation on: Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership as part of a session on: Carbon Management Strategies - Innovations in Municipal Emissions Reductions and Strategies.
  • 34th International Congress on Social & Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), St. Andrews, Scotland, August 2024. Presentation by Jillene Marlowe on behalf of Marlowe & Clarke on: Enhancing management decisions through carbon accounting: A qualitative study.
  • University of Waterloo – Community of Practice on Knowledge Mobilization, online, Waterloo, Canada, July 2024. Workshop by Tracelyn Cornelius and Amelia Clarke on: Knowledge Mobilization Within the Municipal Net-Zero Action Partnership.
  • Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP), online, Canada, June 2024. Moderated webinar on: Climate Action in Canadian Municipalities: Research Opportunities with N-ZAP's New Open Access Database.
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2024. Academic presentation by Ying Zhou and Amelia Clarke: Decarbonization in cities: short-term collaborations for catalyzing a net-zero commitment.
  • Waterloo Climate Institute, Waterloo, Canada, May 2024. Workshop moderated by Amelia Clarke on: Climate Change Planning, Projects, and Pathways at the City of Waterloo.
  • Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) International Symposium – Doctoral Consortium, Cape Town, South Africa. April 2024. Panel presentation by Lea Stadtler on behalf of Stadtler et al. on our 2024 Journal of Management article.
  • Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) International Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa. April 2024. Panel presentation by Amelia Clarke on: No one left behind? What role for business schools in enabling inclusive partnerships?
  • Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) International Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa. April 2024. Presentation by Naima Samuel, Amelia Clarke and Hope Isabu on: Exploring cross-sector partnership structures for equitable climate action: A qualitative study utilizing structuration theory.
  • Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) International Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa. April 2024. Presentation by Tracelyn Cornelius and Amelia Clarke on: Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion accountability in knowledge mobilization: Insights from a cross-sector action research partnership.
  • University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, January 2024. Keynote by Amelia Clarke as a mini-workshop hosted by the Sustainable Economy Research Group on: Local Approaches to Sustainability Management: Youth, Partnerships and Urban Sustainability.
  •  University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, January 2024. Presentation by Amelia Clarke on: Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership as part of a meeting on Net-Zero Cities research.

2023

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada – CAAF Updates, online, Ottawa, Canada, November 2023. Presentation by Amelia Clarke about the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership – progress to date.
  • 33rd International Congress on Social & Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), St. Andrews, Scotland, August 2023. Presentation by Jillene Marlowe on behalf of Jillene Marlowe and Amelia Clarke: Carbon accounting: from GHG inventories to climate budgeting and TCFD disclosure.
  • Academy of Management – 2023 Annual Conference, Boston, USA, August 2023. Presentation by Isidora Sidorovska on behalf of Sidorovksa and Clarke on: Closing the Planning-Performance Gap: Planning Process Outcomes and Their Relationship with Process Design.
  • 39th European Group of Organizational Scholars (EGOS) Colloquium, hybrid, Cagliari, Italy, July 2023. Presentation by Lea Stadler and Adriane MacDonald on behalf of Stadler, L., Seitanidi, M.M., Knight, H., Leith, J., Clarke, A., Le Ber, Krasonikolakis, I., Bogie, J., Brunese, P. S., Lioliou, E., MacDonald, A., Pinkse, J. and Sehga, S on: Studying Cross-Sector Partnerships’ Impact on Societal Grand Challenges – A Systematic Review of Scholarly Approaches.
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Toronto, Canada, June 2023. Academic presentation by Leah Feor on behalf of Feor, Clarke & Dougherty on: Social Impact Measurement: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Direction
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference, Toronto, Canada, June 2023. Academic presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on Net-Zero Futures for Cities: Future Orientation and Climate Actions from a Canadian Perspective.
  • 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6), Toronto, Canada, June 2023. Presentation by Ying Zhou and Amelia Clarke on: Transitions Toward Net Zero Emissions: Factors Influencing Municipal Adoption of Science-Based Targets and Local Pathways.
  •  6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6), Toronto, Canada, June 2023. Presentation by Bayo Akomolafe and Amelia Clarke on: Deep Decarbonization Pathways, Strategies, Governance, Actors, And Roadblocks in Cities: Climate Change Mitigation Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Net-Zero Workshop, Waterloo, Canada, April 2023. Presentation and panelist on: Supporting Local Climate Action: The Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership in a session on Net-Zero Communities.
  • Climate Students Conference, Waterloo, Canada, April 2023. Keynote presentation on: Walking the Talk and Amplifying your Impact.
  • Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) + Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) meeting, virtual, Canada, April 2023. Short presentation on the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership.

2022

  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), Halifax, Canada (virtual day), June 2022. Academic Presentation by Naima Samuel on behalf of Samuel & Clarke on: Partnerships and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), Halifax, Canada, June 2022. Academic Presentation by Amelia Clarke on behalf of Eang, Clarke & Ordonez-Ponce on: The Roles of Multinational Enterprises in Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Community Level.
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), Halifax, Canada, June 2022. Academic Presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on: Transitions toward net-zero: Factors influencing local deep decarbonization pathways for climate mitigation.
  • Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) International Symposium, online, Wageningen, The Netherlands, June 2022. Academic presentation by Amelia Clarke and Ying Zhou on: Climate Action in Cities: Short-term partnerships for jump-starting systemic change.
  • WR Community Energy webinar, Waterloo, Canada (online), March 2022. Panel presentation by Amelia Clarke at the Clean Economy Cluster Map Launch.
  • Worldwide Teach-in on Climate Justice, Waterloo, Canada (online), March 2022. Panel presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on: Deep Decarbonization in Canadian Cities.
  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Climate Leadership Training, Canada (online), February and March 2022. Amelia Clarke delivered three training workshops with Ying Zhou and Samantha Linton for municipal elected officials on local climate governance.
  • United Nations - ECOSOC Partnership Forum, global (online),February 2022. Panel presentation by Naima Samuel on behalf of Samuel & Clarke in a side event on: Making Global Multi-Stakeholder SDG Partnerships Work for the SDGs.

2021

  • International Conference on Sustainable Development – by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, online, New York, USA, September 2021. Poster presentation by Samantha Linton & Amelia Clarke on: Deep Decarbonization at the Local Level.
  • Academy of Management – 2021 Annual Conference, online, August 2021. Academic Presentation by Amelia Clarke and Valentina Castillo on behalf of Castillo, Clarke & Ordonez-Ponce on: Place, partnership structure and partner outcomes: large community sustainability partnerships.
  • Administrative Science Association of Canada (ASAC), Montreal, Canada (online), June 2021. Academic Presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on: Deep Decarbonization Governance Structures.
  • COP26 Climate Exp0, online, United Kingdom, May 2021. Academic presentation by Ying Zhou on behalf of Zhou & Clarke on: Deep Decarbonization in Canadian Cities.
  • OS4Future, online, global, March 2021. Panel presentation by Amelia Clarke as part of a session on Leading-for-change on campus climate/sustainability management for creating/reaching carbon neutrality targets

  • Green Room, global (online). March 2021. Keynote presentation (one hour webinar) by Amelia Clarke and Bayo Akomolafe on: Collaboration not Conflict: Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainability. Online video.

  • Dalhousie University – ESS Lecture Series, Halifax, Canada (online). March 2021. Pre-recorded keynote webinar presentation by Amelia Clarke (~35 minutes), followed by an hour live Q & A on: Amplifying the Impact of Youth Change-Makers for Climate Action and Sustainable Development. Online video.

  • SEED PhD Community, Waterloo, Ontario (online), March 2021. One hour interview and Q & A with Amelia Clarke.

  • QUEST - Community Energy Planning & Implementation Network, Ontario (online). February 2021. Keynote presentation (one hour webinar) by Samantha Linton, Amelia Clarke and Ying Zhou on: Deep Decarbonization at the Local Level. Online video.

  • The MUSEUM, Kitchener, Canada (online). January 2021. Pre-recorded panel presentation by Amelia Clarke and live Q & A as part of the ALARM Dialogues. On: Deep decarbonization in the Waterloo region. Online video.

2020

  • UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, global (online). November 2020. Webinar panel presentation by Amelia Clarke on: Institutionalizing the SDGs.
  • UniC – Launch Event, global (online). October 2020. Webinar panel presentation by Amelia Clarke on: Youth & climate action.
  • Cross-Sector Social Interactions (CSSI) International Symposium, Limerick, Ireland (online). June 2020. Academic presentation by Amelia Clarke and Valentina Castillo on behalf of Clarke, Ordonez-Ponce & Castillo on: Place, Partnership Structure and Partner Outcomes.
  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities – T2050 National Meeting, Waterloo, Canada. March 2020. Presentation by Amelia Clarke, Ying Zhou and Samantha Linton on: Deep Decarbonization in Canadian Cities.