The Smart Prosperity Institute's annual Economics and Environmental Policy Research Network (EEPRN) Symposium brings together environment-economy researchers, graduate students and policy leaders from across Canada and around the world. Experts share findings on the latest green economy research, while building bridges between academia, government and the private sector, and informing future research efforts.

• The 2026 EEPRN Symposium took place on February 27, 2026, at the University of Ottawa.                                                 

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• The 2025 EEPRN capacity-building session: Environmental policy research for and with First Nations: Best practices for non-Indigenous researchers took place on March 13, 2025.

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• The 2020 #NewThinking Symposium on green growth took place on February 27-28, 2020.

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• The 2018 #NewThinking Symposium on natural capital and circular economy took place on October 29-30, 2018.

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• The 2018 #NewThinking Symposium on clean innovation took place on March 1-2, 2018.

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