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ENVS 201Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law

Units
0.50
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Environment

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Introduction to the basic legal framework that regulates the natural environment in Canada. The course provides students with an understanding of the foundational legal institutions in Canada and their respective roles in environmental regulation. The course includes both public and private law approaches to environmental regulation, and covers the principal regulatory tools used to protect the environment.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 2A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0018238311 / 350Th 19:00–21:50
SEM 101873849 / 50W 16:30–17:20
SEM 102873950 / 50M 16:30–17:20
SEM 103874049 / 50Th 17:30–18:20
SEM 104874150 / 50Th 17:30–18:20
SEM 106874327 / 50M 10:30–11:20
SEM 107874435 / 50W 17:30–18:20
SEM 108874551 / 50T 11:30–12:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

73% liked it43% easy92% useful

From 73 ratings and 12 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Honestly not bad for what it's worth. You got what you needed to know from lecture although it'd be probably beneficial to read the readings. In-class quizzes, a few group assignments during seminars, a midterm and a final and that's the course. I wouldn't say it's exclusively environmental law focused because you do need to know basic law to understand environmental law so overall it was interesting. You get single sided one page cheat sheet for the midterm and although the midterm wasn't easy by any means, it was doable. Seminars not mandatory if you can coordinate with your group on how to split up the work. You also barely have any seminars after midterms.

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  • I really liked this course. Maybe I'm biased because law processes have always seemed interesting to me, but as long as you participate and understand group assessments, you will do well in this course. However, if you aren't really interested in stuff like this, you might find the lectures unengaging and slow. Overall, I really enjoyed it!! You also get a 5-page cheat sheet for the exam as well :)

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  • Very dry content that you will not enjoy if you aren't interested in law. Lectures were boring and unengaging, but prof does a decent job explaining course concepts. Lots of free 90+ marks with quizzes and group reports. I struggled to stay engaged in this course.

    Aug 2026 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very useful class - if you pay attention and do the readings, you will do very well in the class. Exam very easy, 10 pages of study notes to bring too!

    Dec 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Loving this course - I enjoy legal thinking, and if you enjoy building courses of action following particular rules you'll enjoy it as well. The cases, though long, are easy enough to parse and build arguments on.
    Anyways yeah big fan <3

    Oct 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

10 posts and comments in 10 threads mention ENVS 201, August 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2023

Fall 2020

Fall 2019

Spring 2019

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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u/Jackhofmann: “… ENVE 277 ENVE 279 ENVE 299 ENVE 400 ENVE 472 ENVE 498 ENVS 105 ENVS 178 ENVS 195 ENVS 200 ENVS 201 ENVS 278 ENVS 395 ENVS 401 ENVS 444 ERS 100 ERS 201 ERS 202 ERS 210 ERS 234 ERS 265 ERS 275 ERS 300 ERS 301 ERS 315 ERS 316 ERS 321 ERS 328 ERS 335 ERS 346 ERS 375 ERS 403A ERS …”

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Elective for ECE3A 0 points, 6 comments

“Yooo, so I'm heading into ECE3A next term, and I need help on choosing an elective. In 2B I took ECON101, and although the content was aight, the final was kinda stupid cuz there was too much …”

u/doctor-starfish: “CHEM 123 was easy if you did well in first year chemistry. SCI 238 is also fun if you like space and astronomy. ENVS 201 is supposedly an easy intensive NSE. Edit: FR 101/102 are ez list D courses. Any language course is ez.”

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Spring 2015

I have no idea what minor I should take. 0 points, 5 comments

“Hey Waterloo Reddit Community!! So i'm entering my 2nd year in Environment and Business this fall and I was just wondering what I should do for my minor. …”

u/SoroSuub1: “… Some suggestions are CS330 (IT), ENVS201 (Business Law), ECON101/102 (I assume you took these), ENVS278 (Stats), ECON371 (Finance), AFM101&102 or 123 (Financial/Managerial accounting). You might be able to enroll in Laurier courses to get your other components (eg. …”

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Spring 2013

Spring 2012

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