The notion that wildfire smoke is ‘natural,’ and therefore less harmful than other types of air pollution, is not supported by the evidence. Wildfire smoke has been linked to adverse health effects.
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Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina was still making headlines when Yellowknife issued an evacuation order.
As the mass evacuation of Yellowknife unfolds, the needs of minority populations will emerge. Past experiences indicate emergency officials may not be ready to meet the needs of a diverse population.
Zombie fires smoulder through the winter and reignite in the early spring. How these fires behave is not well understood, but they can contribute to an earlier and longer fire season.
In formal consensus decision-making, no proposal is adopted until every concern is heard, understood and addressed. Here’s how it can work.
To address the climate and biodiversity crises, we must stop criminalizing Indigenous Peoples for exercising their treaty rights and start upholding them instead.
In today’s episode, we hear from two women who talk about how diamond mines in the Northwest Territories have negatively impacted women and girls and perpetuated gender violence.
While marketing has made diamond rings a symbol of heteronormative happy endings, women from the Northwest Territories tell a different story about their experiences with the diamond mines.
The Arctic and sub-Arctic regions are no longer exempt of industrial contamination. Researchers have found high blood levels of potentially harmful chemicals in people living in the North.
Seventy-five years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the people of Délı̨nę remain affected by Canada’s role in the attack. A documentary presents their stories.
As climate change warms northern rivers and changes precipitation patterns, some types of cold-loving fish are failing.
Despite chronic housing need and persistent health and infrastructural inequities, northern communities are turning to the land and each other to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Although marginalized from policy decisions, northern Indigenous communities have maintained and developed strong social networks to help them cope with climate change.
A holistic approach to conservation finds people have a place in the natural world and a responsibility to maintain it.
Indigenous conservation practices are more holistic and inclusive of humans and their knowledge.
Historical gold mining at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T. released toxic arsenic into the environment. Snowshoe hares are showing signs of poisoning.
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Assistant Professor/ Professeure adjointe, Université de Montréal
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Assistant Professor, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Earth and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Postdoctoral fellow, Cooke Lab, Carleton University
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Professor and York University Research Chair in Global Change Biology; Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Global Water Academy, York University, Canada
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Associate professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of war heritage, memory and culture, Royal Roads University
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Professor and Department Chair, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
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Conservation Planning Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, Sociology/Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Formerly the Victim Services Coordinator for the Native Women's Association of the Northwest Territories
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Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
