Best Practices

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Robert Paehlke

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The 'environment' has surged ahead of the 'economy' as the identified most-important-issue for Canadian voters with a fall election in the offing.

Introducing the 2019 Winners of the YRE Canada Eco-Journalism Competition!

Dec 1969 | IN | BY A\J Staff

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Thanks to Environmental Defence, youth from across the country investigated solutions to environmental challenges in their communities (and around the world), and shared their findings through video, photography, and writing.

This is your brain on shrubs

Apr 22 2019 | IN Students | BY Lori-Ann Livingston

How being outside and among trees improves children’s mental health

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a key proponent of a New Green Deal

The Green New Deal: Our Best Chance on Climate

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Robert Paehlke

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The 'Green New Deal' addresses today’s two most urgent problems simultaneously: climate change and rising inequality.

Being the Change

Apr 01 2019 | IN Pollution | REVIEWED BY Michael Polanyi

Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution

Elder Manitok Thompson and Nunavut Sivuniksavut college students, who study, Inu

Breaking Down Colonial Barriers Through Education

Mar 04 2019 | IN Welfare | BY A\J Staff

How culturally relevant education can empower Inuit youth

Sylvia Grinnell Park outside of Iqaluit, NU

Transforming Nunavut’s Criminal Justice System

Feb 25 2019 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY A\J Staff

How policy reflecting Inuit values can help address over-incarceration in Nunavut.

The flags of Canada, Nunavut and Cambridge Bay / photo by / Don Halffield

The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Arctic Governance

Feb 11 2019 | IN Research | BY A\J Staff

New report calls for more youth and elder representation on territory boards

Yellowknife Dump / credit: Dawn Tremblay

Waste Management And the Circular Economy of the North

Feb 04 2019 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY A\J Staff

How Yellowknife, NWT, manages electronics, tires and organic waste

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.”

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