Best Practices

Melaina Sheldon speaks at the Glassco Fellowship meeting in 2017/Pat Kane

Keeping Aboriginal Youth out of the Correctional System

Dec 10 2018 | IN First Nations | BY A\J Staff

“There is a need to prevent Indigenous youth from entering the correctional system from the starting point.”

Old White Mountain, Yukon/Photo by Jeff Few

Encouraging closer collaboration between scientists and Yukon First Nations

Dec 06 2018 | IN Scientists | BY A\J Staff

Many northern First Nations are left unaware of the field research being conducted on their traditional territory. How to bring local Indigenous leaders into the permitting process?

OPINION: A Business Case for Keeping Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner

Dec 04 2018 | IN Regulation | BY Ellen Schwartzel

Who will suffer most when Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is silenced? It's not who you might think.

The 2015-2017 Jane Glassco Northern Fellows. Deline, NWT/Photo by Pat Kane

Northern voices driving northern policy

Nov 30 2018 | IN Planning | BY A\J Staff

Using smart public policy to build up the North.

MoCreebec Eeyoud Council in Moose Factory, ON/Joshua Russell

Powering the north

Nov 28 2018 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY Braydon Black

Improving energy efficiencies are changing how northern Ontario’s MoCreebec people are taking control of their power consumption.

Queen's Park in Toronto/Photo by Benson Kua

Scrapping environmental watchdog is like shooting the messenger

Nov 27 2018 | IN Politicians | BY Faisal Moola, Mark Winfield, Sheila R. Colla

The Ontario government's decision to weaken the office of Environmental Commissioner is bad news for the province's environment and the health of its people.

‘Hacking’ the global water crisis

Nov 13 2018 | IN Water | BY Braydon Black

Water scarcity is threatening populations around the world – bold solutions may lie in cross-sector collaboration.

A World Apart – How Global Collaborations Benefit Research

Nov 05 2018 | IN Workplaces | BY Braydon Black

Swedish professor Karin Björkland tells A\J how a partnership with the University of British Columbia helped make her a better researcher.

Busy streets in Bangkok, ThailandPhoto by Dan Freeman on Unsplash

‘Overpopulation’ and the environment: three ideas on how to discuss it in a sensitive way

Aug 21 2018 | IN Population Growth | BY David P. M. Lam, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen

New ways of thinking about "overpopulation" can help make sure you're doing it right.

Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here’s what happened

Aug 14 2018 | IN Consumerism | BY Andrew Spicer, David Graham Hyatt

Walmart embarked on a colossal effort at greening their supply chain. But under closer scrutiny, just how sustainable has the global megastore become?

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