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| April 23, 2015

Kakwiranoron Cook, 鶹AV's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.

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Published on: 25 Apr 2015

| April 20, 2015

by: Doug Sweet

Montreal, like other cities, needs to consider “congestion pricing” – putting a price on traffic congestion the way provinces should be putting a price on carbon, says Economics Professor Christopher Ragan, Chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a 鶹AV-based think-tank developing practical policies to improve economic performance and the environment.

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Published on: 24 Apr 2015

| April 22, 2015

by: Jeffrey Wells

We were heartened last week to see leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments meet in Quebec City to seek real solutions to the runaway problem of carbon pollution.

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Published on: 24 Apr 2015

The 鶹AV Reporter | Apr 16, 2015

by: 鶹AV Reporter Staff

The Divest 鶹AV group, which is conducting a campaign to persuade the University to divest from companies associated with the production of fossil fuels, was one of the winners of the Catalyst Awards handed out on April 13, at the fifth annual Office of Sustainability event held at the Faculty Club.

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Published on: 16 Apr 2015

The 鶹AV Reporter | April 15, 2015

By: Julie Fortier

Au cours des prochaines semaines, 鶹AV entreprendra un important projet de modernisation de son système de distribution d’énergie au campus Macdonald, à Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.

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Published on: 16 Apr 2015

The Globe and Mail | April 7, 2015

By: Chirstopher Ragan

On Tuesday, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission (which I chair) released a new report, The Way Forward, with specific recommendations for how Canadians can make real progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

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Published on: 9 Apr 2015

| April 2, 2015

by: Neale McDevitt

Established in 2007, the Edible Campus garden – which does the impossible every year by making the concrete plaza surrounding Burnside Hall bloom with fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers – is an oasis for many 鶹AVians who gather there to read, relax and recharge amidst nature’s beauty.

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Published on: 9 Apr 2015

The Social Economy Initiative in partnership with the 鶹AV Quartier de l’Innovation (QI) team invites 鶹AV student (graduate and undergraduate) applications to a part-time 6-month internship developing a case study on 鶹AV’s partnership and involvement with the Salon 1861 (Gestion immobilière Quo Vadis).

The project will be co-supervised by Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Ruthanne Huising with support from Ms. Isabelle Péan of the 鶹AV QI team.

Classified as: Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management, MDIIM, SEI, Social Economy Initiative
Published on: 2 Apr 2015

CTV News | March 20, 2015

Cutting up forests into ever-smaller bits starts a die-off of species that lasts decades -- an "extinction debt" incurred today and paid by future generations, says a study on forest fragmentation.

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Published on: 23 Mar 2015

The Ottawa Citizen | Mar 12, 2015

by: Avi Freidman

Are asphalt roads and sidewalks in neighbourhoods really needed?

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Published on: 22 Mar 2015

Science News | March 18, 2015

by:Lesley Evans Ogden

A group of prominent Canadian academics is trying to change the dynamic by releasing its own set of climate policy recommendations for the nation.

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Published on: 22 Mar 2015

The Globe and Mail | March 18, 2015

by:Ivan Semeniuk & Shawn McCarthy

Canada could shift entirely to renewable sources of electricity by 2035 and eliminate 80 per cent of its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, says a group of Canadian academics that is aiming to spur government action on climate change.

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Published on: 22 Mar 2015

On January 16-17, 2015, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), CREATE in Green Chemistry, and the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), jointly hosted a workshop and case competition on Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry.

Classified as: Green Chemistry, Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management, MDIIM, Sustainability, Sustainability Initiative
Published on: 16 Mar 2015

The 鶹AV Tribune | Feb. 24, 2015

by: Philippe Dumais

The 鶹AV Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) opened its 20th annual two-day conference on Feb. 19, focusing on the challenges cities across Canada face.

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Published on: 6 Mar 2015

The 鶹AV Tribune | Feb. 24, 2015

by: Laura Hanrahan

The workshop was hosted by the 鶹AV Spaces Project (MSP), a student-led initiative seeking to reimagine spaces across 鶹AV’s campus, the Brown Building Redesign Advisory Group (BRAG), a 鶹AV Student Services committee, and the 鶹AV Architecture Community Design Workshop class (ARCH 514), led by Professor Nik Luca.

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Published on: 6 Mar 2015

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