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Does a 鈥渄isruptive weather event鈥� imply extreme weather? Not necessarily, say two 91黑料网 researchers. Instead of focusing on social impacts, weather research tends to focus on meteorology.
滨苍听Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The fourth article is "A Plea for Greening Canada鈥檚 Housing Policy" about the housing and climate change crises wreaking havoc on the Canadian economy by Nimmi Hamid.
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The first article is "A Country Covered by Water, but not by Insurance" by Caroline Merner.聽Caroline Merner is a Master鈥檚 student at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 91黑料网 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability and International Development from Dalhousie University. Caroline co-founded Youth4Nature (formerly Climate Guides), a non-profit organization mobilizing youth for nature and climate action.
A hot, "unstable and sticky" summer awaits Quebecers, according to The Weather Network, which predicts periods of abundant heat, often followed by severe thunderstorms. This will be the "fifth consecutive summer where temperatures will be above seasonal normals, which has never happened since we started compiling data" in 1942, according to Andr茅 Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. ()
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A new study from 91黑料网 finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires. The study, which tracks over two million Canadians over a period of 20 years, is the first to examine how proximity to forest fires may influence cancer risk.
April 7, 2022 |聽As Canadians wait to hear Ottawa's spending plans in today's budget, there are conflicting views worldwide over whether countries should be producing more oil and gas to help Europe 鈥� or saving the world from climate change and leaving fossil fuels in the ground. Director Chris Ragan comments in this article from CBC News that聽believes governments have to be risk-takers by helping to stimulate investment in new climate friendly technology.
April 5, 2022 | In this 91黑料网 Tribune article, Max Bell School director Chris Ragan comments on the relationship between war and climate change and expresses his belief that Putin's incursion into Ukraine will cause the West to seriously聽rethink its reliance on Russian oil and gas.
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Veterinarian and Ph.D. candidate (NRS) weighs in on silvopastoralism, an alternative agricultural system that could address the environmental impacts of livestock, and provide farmers with social and economic benefits that include creating new jobs, developing new skills, reducing costs and improving their incomes.
February 4, 2022 |聽This paper presents an in-depth analysis of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal by looking at women鈥檚 experience of evacuation, relief, and recovery. In particular, it examines how gender intersects with socio-economic factors such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income, debt, and location to shape women鈥檚 disaster experience.
In the summer of 2021, Max Bell School Master of Public Policy candidates Danielle Appavoo, Mariel Aramburu, Ricardo Chejfec, and Anil Wasif responded to a call to the academic community from Qu茅bec鈥檚 Minister of Finance, M. Eric Girard. The Minister was interested in proposals from universities and research groups, namely on (i) fiscal policy in Qu茅bec, (ii) the province鈥檚 economic potential and (iii) the fight against climate change.
November 24, 2021聽| RN-WPS Youth Advisory Board member Muzna Dureid explains聽why Canada should modernize its immigration policy to respond to people displaced by climate change.
January 10, 2022 | "Nearly 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions can be traced to health care activities in developed countries," writes MPP alumna Henna Hundal. Read her full argument for the crucial聽importance of including the healthcare sector in decarbonization efforts.聽
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November 3, 2021聽|聽As the 26th聽UN Climate Change Conference takes place in Glasgow,聽Maryruth Belsey Priebe聽and聽Tevvi Bullock聽ask is there adequate attention to gender in urban-climate-conflict discussions, pledges, and policies?聽Their blog is evidence聽of聽why the gender-climate-security nexus is critical for countries to be better prepared to deal with climate change.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including 91黑料网's Scott Weichenthal, an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health,聽has聽been awarded t聽from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
