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Airplane at sunset
Flying Under the Radar Pt. II
Ryan Katz-Rosene | Dec 18, 2018 | in Think Global
Are loopholes in emissions reporting allowing countries to ignore aviation's contributions to global warming?
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Dr. Derek Muir conducting field research in the Arctic/photo provided by author
Muir wins $100,000 Weston prize for a lifetime of Arctic research
Andrew Reeves | Dec 13, 2018 | in Current Events
Arctic researcher Derek Muir has won the Weston Foundation lifetime achievement prize for his work on chemical movements through northern environments.
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Donald Trump Pop Art/image by tiburi
OPINION: Alternative Facts in an Age of Climate Change
Hai Lin Wang | Dec 12, 2018 | in Think Global
How did the culture surrounding Donald Trump fuel climate denial?
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An airplane takes off from a runway/photo by bilaleldaou
Flying Under the Radar
Ryan Katz-Rosene | Dec 11, 2018 | in Think Global
Is the aviation industry washing its hands of climate change?
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Melaina Sheldon speaks at the Glassco Fellowship meeting in 2017/Pat Kane
Keeping Aboriginal Youth out of the Correctional System
A\J Staff | Dec 10, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
“There is a need to prevent Indigenous youth from entering the correctional system from the starting point.”
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Old White Mountain, Yukon/Photo by Jeff Few
Encouraging closer collaboration between scientists and Yukon First Nations
A\J Staff | Dec 6, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
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?
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Photo by David Wilson (CC BY 2.0)
OPINION: A Business Case for Keeping Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner
Ellen Schwartzel | Dec 4, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Who will suffer most when Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is silenced? It's not who you might think.
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Thomsen D'Hont addresses a Glassco Fellowship meeting in Yellowknife/Pat Kane
Recruiting Indigenous Physicians in the Northwest Territories
A\J Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
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.
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The 2015-2017 Jane Glassco Northern Fellows. Deline, NWT/Photo by Pat Kane
Northern voices driving northern policy
A\J Staff | Nov 30, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Using smart public policy to build up the North.
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MoCreebec Eeyoud Council in Moose Factory, ON/Joshua Russell
Powering the north
Braydon Black | Nov 28, 2018 | in Green Living
Improving energy efficiencies are changing how northern Ontario’s MoCreebec people are taking control of their power consumption.
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Queen's Park in Toronto/Photo by Benson Kua
Scrapping environmental watchdog is like shooting the messenger
Faisal Moola
Mark Winfield
Sheila R. Colla
| Nov 27, 2018 | in Made in Canada
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.
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Land meets sea at Uruma City, Japan/Ryo Yoshitake ©
Living the best of both worlds
Hai Lin Wang | Nov 21, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Can conservation and human prosperity really co-exist?
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Segura (third from left) at the Canadian Ice Core Archive in Edmonton, AB.
Collaborative Vision - An A\J Q & A with French Ocean Ambassador Serge Segura
A\J Staff | Nov 20, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
French ocean ambassador Serge Segura on why humanity needs a more 'collaborative vision' of the oceans.
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Cloud forest of Cusuco National Park/Julia Galbenu
Selling the forest to save it
Julia Galbenu | Nov 15, 2018 | in Shades of Green
Is carbon trading the future of our forests?
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Environmental watchdog warns Ontario to wake up to source water pollution
Andrew Reeves | Nov 14, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
"If we pollute our water," asks ECO Dianne Saxe, "what are we going to drink?"
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Ceremony for AquaHacking 2018
‘Hacking’ the global water crisis
Braydon Black | Nov 13, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Water scarcity is threatening populations around the world – bold solutions may lie in cross-sector collaboration.
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UniverCity atop Burnaby Mountain
Incremental Livable - An A\J Q & A with Gordon Harris
A\J Staff | Nov 12, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
There's an urban revolution happening atop Burnaby Mountain showing sustainability and profitability do mix.
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Photo by Rémi Jacquaint on Unsplash
Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. Where do we go from here?
Braydon Black | Nov 8, 2018 | in The Wild Side
WWF reports that, on average, animal populations have dropped by more than half since 1970.
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A World Apart – How Global Collaborations Benefit Research
Braydon Black | Nov 5, 2018 | in Think Global
Swedish professor Karin Björkland tells A\J how a partnership with the University of British Columbia helped make her a better researcher.
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Cracked earth/Photo by Victor Benard on Unsplash
Can your portfolio weather climate risk?
Lauryn Drainie | Oct 29, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
What comes to mind when you think about the impacts of climate change? Forest fires? Floods? How about your finances?
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