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Removing trees killed by fires can have long-term consequences for wildlife.
DUDES Club, with a little help from Movember, has shown how a grassroots health and mental health initiative could be mobilized to work by, for and with Indigenous men.
More oil and gas wells risk becoming orphaned given the long-term downward trend in the industry.
The discovery of mated queen giant hornets in Washington state and B.C. means that new colonies are probably established, but decades of research may help halt the introduction in its tracks.
At current rates, the rattlesnake population in British Columbia could be severely depleted by 2060.
Unstable funding, social distancing and the likelihood that other countries won’t be able to help — these all raise the potential of a nightmarish scenario.
Fracking in northeastern British Columbia has left behind tens of thousands of wells. Some of these are leaking — and could threaten the environment and the public’s health.
The RCMP have long been responsible for violence against Indigenous people.
A public inquiry into money laundering underway in British Columbia holds out hope for reform, but the problems run deep.
The mainstream news media has been biased in its reporting and portrayal of Indigenous Peoples on stories about renewable energy projects. What and how can they do better?
Ancestral Indigenous songs often encode territorial responsibilities and rights, such as in relationship with ‘lokiwey’ (coastal clam gardens) on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
A study shows that when compared to lesbian, gay and bisexual youth, heterosexual youth report improved family relations over the same time period.
As new vaping-related lung diseases continue to be identified, jurisdictions around the world might want to take a look at new vaping regulations in British Columbia, Canada.
British Columbia recently introduced groundbreaking legislation to implement the rights of Indigenous Peoples. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of this historic achievement.
To make meaningful progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, all provinces and territories should promptly follow B.C. and ban discriminatory ‘birth alerts.’
Growing demand for large salt-water clams is leaving parts of the B.C. coast littered with plastic debris.
Are our brains wired to favour growth over environmentally rational decisions?
Researchers who looked at over 110,000 students found that learning an instrument in elementary school, and continuing music study into high school, significantly improves school achievement.
If the climate is in peril, why has the federal government approved a pipeline that will ship close to 600,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta to British Columbia?
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; Senior Scientist, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral fellow, School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, Concordia University
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
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Fellow, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Contributor to the special issue on Ethnobiology Through Song/CEO Ninogaad Knowledge Keepers Foundation/Board of Directors APTN
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Professor in Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Chair in Insurance and Professor, Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor of Indigenous Health, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, History and Director, Past Wrongs, Future Choices, University of Victoria
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Adjunct professor, School of Communications, Simon Fraser University
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Canada Research Chair in Arctic Ecology, McGill University
