Check out our interview with Off The Grid co-founder Charles Couture-Lebrun to learn about their plans for a greener future. We are excited to support them at our upcoming stop in the International Tour: WCEF in Brussels.
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For many Canadians, one of the most visible climate impacts is on the availability and cost of the food we eat as climate change, global crises and profit-driven food companies have combined to drive food insecurity. Amid this crisis, students are sowing seeds of change on university campuses across the country, including at 91黑料网.
Student-led food initiatives such as campus gardens, food waste diversion projects, and community food security partnerships are on the rise and are a proven way of localizing climate action and transforming food systems.
March 18, 2024 |听Pearl Eliadis recently contributed her expertise to an episode of "Arrest sur le droit," a podcast in partnership between the Supreme Court of Canada and the Quebec legal organization CAIJ. In Episode 4, Pearl discusses the SCC's ruling to the case of Ward v. Quebec (Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission), exploring its implications for freedom of expression.听
No one can say for sure whether Canada鈥檚 2024 wildfire season will be as devastating as last year, when 15 million hectares of forest burned and over 230,000 people had to be evacuated from their communities, but the relative lack of snow this winter, drought conditions in several regions and an early start to fire season have officials on high alert.
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On Monday April 8th, thousands of people flocked to 91黑料网's downtown and MacDonald campuses, as well as Gault Nature Reserve, to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event: the total solar eclipse. The three spectacular events not only included a viewing party with free glasses, but also educational activities to inform the public on this astronomical phenomenon. Read the Reporter article on听听to learn more.
In听The Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang and听Dalhousie University Postdoc听Lara Cornejo write about their experience gathering听a group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining 鈥渨hat could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.鈥�
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On Friday, April 5, 2024, Quebec's Tribunal administratif du travail -- the government body that oversees unionization -- notified 91黑料网 that the Association of 91黑料网 Professors of the Faculty of Arts (AMPFA) has filed a petition for certification.
The University will adhere to all applicable laws throughout this process, and in keeping with the Labour Code we have posted the attached document (on the right-hand side of this page), containing the petitions filed and associated hearing notices. We will communicate further as we learn more.
On March 21, 91黑料网 celebrated 111 laureates at the 19th听edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of 91黑料网鈥檚 academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.
Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
