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Thomsen D'Hont addresses a Glassco Fellowship meeting in Yellowknife/Pat Kane

Recruiting Indigenous Physicians in the Northwest Territories

Dec 03 2018 | IN Health | BY A\J Staff

What will it take to get more Indigenous doctors practicing medicine in the North? Thomsen D'Hont, a Metis medical student from Yellowknife, has a few ideas.

Land meets sea at Uruma City, Japan/Ryo Yoshitake ©

Living the best of both worlds

Nov 21 2018 | IN Resilience | BY Hai Lin Wang

Can conservation and human prosperity really co-exist?

Incremental Livable - An A\J Q & A with Gordon Harris

Nov 12 2018 | IN Planning | BY A\J Staff

There's an urban revolution happening atop Burnaby Mountain showing sustainability and profitability do mix.

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.

The missing link

Oct 14 2018 | IN Wildlife | BY Julie Andersen

Our oceans' super-predators are disappearing - here's why

Sustainable Fashion is Growing Next Door

Sep 26 2018 | IN Culture | BY Hai Lin Wang

Toronto's waterfront/Photo by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash

Building housing on flood plains another sign of growing inequality

Aug 22 2018 | IN Water | BY Deborah de Lange

Major urban centres around the world are having honest conversations about the risks of building in flood plains. But not in Toronto.

Forest fires rage in northern Alberta in 2009/Cameron Strandberg CC BY-2.0

Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding

Aug 09 2018 | IN Forestry | BY Edward Struzik

Uncontrolled fires are burning across North America. To get ahead of them, fire fighters and need modern tools. And government cash.

Paint the town, Chippewar

Aug 01 2018 | IN Hillside | BY Jill Barclay

Guelph’s 2018 Hillside fest served as a canvass for artist Jay Soule to speak up about Indigenous visibility in art and community

Tourists take a selfie in Marin County, California/F. Delventhal

How social media can help sustainable nature tourism

Aug 01 2018 | IN Travel | BY Francesca Mancini

Can mining social media data help conservationists discover regions where wildlife may face added stress from tourists? Apparently.

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