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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.

Toronto's waterfront/Photo by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash

Building housing on flood plains another sign of growing inequality

Deborah de Lange | Aug 22, 2018 | in Current Events

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

Earliest Earth Overshoot Day in History

Niara van Gaalen | Aug 1, 2018 | in Current Events

We’ve already used up a year’s worth of Earth’s resources. And there are five months still to go.

Professor Molly Shoichet in the lab. (Roberta Baker/University of Toronto)

Who needs science advice anyway? Governments, for one

Jim Woodgett | Jul 20, 2018 | in Current Events

Humans demand progress that can only be achieved through complex, technological means. Shouldn't our elected officials be guided by science?

Smokestacks near Edmonton, AB. (Photo by Bill Burris. 2013.) CC A-SA

Taxpayers will back a carbon tax if they get a cheque in the mail

Sumeet Gulati

Werner Antweiler

| Jul 16, 2018 | in Current Events

Ontario may have signalled an end to its cap-and-trade program, but the idea can still win popular support nationally...if Ottawa cuts every Canadian a cheque.

Plastic waste on a beach in Malaysia. (epSos.de. 2011) CC BY2

How to clean up our universal plastic tragedy

Tony Robert Walker | Jul 5, 2018 | in Current Events

The planet is drowning in single-use plastic. Here's how Canada is fighting back.

Riverfront Ave during Calgary flood. 2013 (Ryan L.C. Quan) CC BY-SA 3.0

Building Canada's capacity for climate change resiliency

Andrew Reeves | Jun 29, 2018 | in Current Events

Latest report on Canada's climate resiliency shows need to focus on protecting human health and learning from northern Indigenous methods of adaptation.

Doug Ford addresses supporters in Sudbury. May 2018. (Doug Ford.) CC A-SA

Ford sets sights on Liberal environmental legacy

Andrew Reeves | Jun 20, 2018 | in Current Events

Premier-designate Doug Ford has moved quickly and, in some cases, quietly, to begin undoing small-scale programs to help Ontarians save money and reduce GHGs.

Must ‘Seas’ from the Sustainable Oceans Summit 2017

Jamie Allan

Sarah Tasker

| Feb 5, 2018 | in Current Events

Impacts beyond land: Shipping and the marine environment

Sarah Tasker | Feb 5, 2018 | in Current Events

Spotlight on the UN Amendment to UNCLOS – Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Jamie Allan | Feb 5, 2018 | in Current Events

'Celebrate Our Waters - a fundraiser in support of the Paris Pit appeal

David McConnachie | Nov 14, 2017 | in Current Events

Toxicologist returns for book launch and fundraiser in support of the Paris Pit appeal

Job Opportunity: Board Member with Energy Efficiency Alberta

Katie Kish | Oct 24, 2017 | in Current Events

Some [Un]Usual Business

Katie Kish | Oct 4, 2017 | in Current Events

World’s leading independent scientists studying systemic pesticides to release assessment of ecological impacts of neonics

Katie Kish | Sep 18, 2017 | in Current Events

Do I buy a bitcoin?

Katie Kish | Sep 15, 2017 | in Current Events

Business [Un]Usual: Profit from Purpose Conference

Katie Kish | Sep 14, 2017 | in Current Events

The Unlimited Story

Ed Jernigan | Aug 14, 2017 | in Current Events

Waterloo Unlimited, an innovative program to empower secondary school students, educates the change-makers of tomorrow.

Can We Gentrify Equitably?

Mimi Shaftoe | Aug 8, 2017 | in Current Events

A University of Waterloo study uses a citizen photography exercise to investigate urban change and its impacts in Downtown Kitchener.

Hillside Music and Food

Marcia Ruby | Jul 4, 2017 | in Current Events

A\J’s long-time staffer Marcia Ruby visits Jeff Stager’s CKMS Agriculture show – 102.7 on your FM band

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