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Using sunlight to turn two greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals

�鶹AV — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:08:31 +0000

�鶹AV researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. The discovery could help combat climate change and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.

�鶹AV Spinoff FeX Energy receives major grant from Axelys

�鶹AV — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:43:00 +0000

Company technology leverages high energy density of iron to provide carbon-free, stable renewable energy that is environmentally safe and highly dispatchable

AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Planetary and Social Well-being

�鶹AV — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:01:48 +0000

Date: October 10th, 2024 | Time: 6:00 PM | Location: The �鶹AV Faculty Club | Free Event

Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?

�鶹AV — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:50:46 +0000

Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?

By Daphne Chalmers (�鶹AV, Education), Julia Freeman (�鶹AV, Bieler School of Environment), Diane Dechief (�鶹AV, Office of Science Education), Natalya Gomez (�鶹AV, Earth and Planetary Sciences), Blane Harvey (�鶹AV, Education), Amy Janzwood (�鶹AV, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science) and Nik Luka (�鶹AV, Architecture and Urban Planning)

Interdisciplinary collaboration key for sustainability-focused curriculum redesign program

�鶹AV — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 13:18:29 +0000

The team of experts behind �鶹AV’s Sustainability Education Fellows reflects on the challenges and successes of the program’s first year.

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at �鶹AV: Summer 2023

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:20:03 +0000

Improving accessibility, rethinking old habits, and hosting a clothing swap were among the actions taken by new and returning sustainably certified workplaces.

Sustainable Sparks: Stephanie Leite on learning for the future

�鶹AV — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:22:14 +0000

How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at �鶹AV: Winter 2023

�鶹AV — Wed, 17 May 2023 13:47:04 +0000

Five offices across disciplines and campuses embrace sustainability at work and beyond through the Sustainable Workplace Certification program

What motivates sustainable change?

�鶹AV receives government recognition for waste management practices

�鶹AV — Tue, 16 May 2023 14:05:06 +0000

The ICI on recycle + program highlights organizations across Quebec committed to improving their waste sorting and reduction efforts

�鶹AV is one of two Quebec universities to receive recognition from the provincial government for its waste management practices. RECYC-QUÉBEC, the branch responsible for sustainable waste management, recently awarded �鶹AV’s downtown campus the Performance certification level of its ICI on recycle + program.

Sustainability in research: If you want to green your lab, start with the freezer

�鶹AV — Mon, 15 May 2023 15:31:47 +0000

Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers

Sustainability in research: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance lab on finding creative solutions

�鶹AV — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:56:14 +0000

Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling – unless they’re experimental chemists working in �鶹AV’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.

Students launch new hub to advocate for global food security

�鶹AV — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:43:40 +0000

The name of a new global food security hub at �鶹AV might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it.

“We want to be a place where students can get hands-on experience advocating for solutions,” said Efrata Woldeyohanes, the undergraduate student leading the recently launched Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security Student Nexus.

Sustainability in research: The Barrett lab on treading lightly in the field

�鶹AV — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:39:09 +0000

Biological research is crucial to understanding the environmental impacts of the climate crisis, but oftentimes this research involves disrupting the environment it is trying to understand and protect. This is why the Barrett lab decided to focus on how to make their research more sustainable.

�鶹AV students solve sustainability problems through Applied Student Research program

�鶹AV — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:25:04 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | October 24, 2019

By: Samantha Ling

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The Office of Sustainability is hiring a Graphic Design intern!

�鶹AV — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:08:49 +0000

Internship Opportunity with �鶹AV Office of Sustainability

POSITION: Graphic Design Intern (Communications Assistant C)

�鶹AV recognized as International Sustainability Institution of the Year

�鶹AV — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:37:02 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | July 17, 2019

By: Kelsey Litwin

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�鶹AV was named the International Green Gown Award’s Sustainability Institution of the Year for its “ambitious yet realistic’ Vision 2020 Sustainability Strategy.

The recognition was presented at the awards ceremony at the UN High Level Political Forum in New York City on July 10.

�鶹AV is hiring a SDG Campus Coordinator

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:13:06 +0000

�鶹AV, as a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is looking to appoint a SDG Campus Coordinator for the 2019-2020 academic year. The coordinator’s role will be to raise student awareness of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), mobilise students/student clubs around the SDGs and act as a point of contact between �鶹AV student body and the SDSN Youth. This will be primarily achieved through setting up a SDG Hub on campus, which will be managed by the SDG coordinator.

Sustainability Projects Fund Seeking Faculty Member for Working Group

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:04:34 +0000

The Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) is looking for a Faculty representative to sit on its Working Group (WG) starting in Fall 2018 for a two-year mandate. The Faculty representative would be one of eight Working Group members, who ensure that the SPF meets its mandate to build a culture of sustainability on �鶹AV campuses through the development and seed-funding of interdisciplinary projects.

Sustainability Projects Fund Seeking PGSS Members for Working Group

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 May 2018 19:57:33 +0000

The Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) is looking for a PGSS representative to sit on its Working Group starting in September 2018 for a one- to two-year mandate. The PGSS representative would be one of eight Working Group members, who ensure that the SPF meets its mandate to build a culture of sustainability on �鶹AV campuses through the development and seed-funding of interdisciplinary projects.

Apply for the Sustainable Labs Award

�鶹AV — Fri, 04 May 2018 19:24:59 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

As a follow-up to the creation of the �鶹AV Sustainable Labs Guide last year, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Labs Award and we are inviting you to apply.

MOOS is hiring two new interns!

�鶹AV — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:30:59 +0000

Looking for part-time work in which you can gain skills and experience with a passionate team trying to make �鶹AV a better place? The �鶹AV Office of Sustainability (MOOS) is hiring two new interns for the coming year: a Communications Intern and a Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Intern.

1. Communications Intern:

Student Job Opportunity: Project Assistant for the Little Free Library Initiative

�鶹AV — Mon, 08 May 2017 15:15:32 +0000

Position Description:

Funded by �鶹AV’s Sustainability Project Fund (SPF), The Little Free Library Initiative is looking for a project assistant. As a member of the coordinating committee, you will engage and network with fellow graduate students and faculty at �鶹AV and other Canadian universities to help realize the project.

Become a Sustainable Events Ambassador!

�鶹AV — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 19:50:20 +0000

Are you interested in increasing the sustainability of events on campus?

Do you want to be part of a team of motivated students?

The �鶹AV Sustainable Events project is hiring volunteers for the Sustainable Events Ambassador team! Join a group of like-minded students who will liaise with event organizers to ensure that their events are organized more sustainably--including social, economic and environmental considerations.

Apply by March 12th for the opportunity to change the culture of event planning on campus!

A carbon-neutral �鶹AV? Have your say and join the conversation

�鶹AV — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:27:08 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | Feb. 28, 2017

By: Toby Davine

After six months, 11 consultation events, and hundreds of ideas gathered online and in person, the �鶹AV Office of Sustainability (MOOS) is inviting the �鶹AV community to share their thoughts on possible targets for the Vision 2020 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan.

Sustainability Projects Fund Internship

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:54:01 +0000

Looking for part-time work where you can geek out in spreadsheets and flex your organization skills? Consider joining the �鶹AV Office of Sustainability team as a Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Administrative Intern!

�鶹AV creates Advisory Council on Sustainability

�鶹AV — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:54:40 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | October 25, 2016

by: Toby Davine

�鶹AV earns Gold rating in sustainability

�鶹AV — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:51:24 +0000

Four years of innovative projects and collaborative action planning have upgraded �鶹AV’s rating in sustainability to Gold in the newest version of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).

Among other achievements, the increasing integration of sustainability in curriculum, research, dining services, and purchasing helped �鶹AV achieve Gold. The last time �鶹AV reported to STARS, a self-reported assessment tool developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), in 2012, it earned a silver rating.

Aboriginal students, staff at �鶹AV call for more recognition

�鶹AV — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 06:05:16 +0000

CBC News | April 23, 2015

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

Read the full story here.

�鶹AV prof Chris Ragan: We need smart tolls on our bridges

�鶹AV — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 06:06:05 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | 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.

�鶹AV Geography Chair Jeffrey Wells: Cold carbon conservation' is important in fighting climate change

�鶹AV — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:58:34 +0000

Montreal Gazette | 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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Invasive species pose serious threat to health of the Great Lakes

�鶹AV — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:45:02 +0000

The �鶹AV Reporter | Feb. 3, 2015

By: Melody Enguix

New study from scientists at �鶹AV shows the vulnerability of the basin to future invaders – and calls for regulations to mitigate this threat.

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Integrating social equity into urban transportation planning: A critical evaluation of equity objectives and measures in transportation plans in North America

�鶹AV — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:33:22 +0000

Science Direct | January 2015

By: Kevin Manaugh

“Almost all [cities involved] have wide goals about how the infrastructure should be equitably distributed, but then nothing is really measured, because there isn’t a clear target for performance measure for many plans.” - Kevin Manaugh

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Systems crucial to stability of planet compromised

�鶹AV — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:22:35 +0000

�鶹AV Newsroom | January 15, 2015

Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity.

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�鶹AV hosts annual Fair Trade Conference

�鶹AV — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:47:14 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | Jan. 22, 2015

By: Galitt Araf

The three-day event brought together leaders from across the country committed to the advancement of Fair Trade, both on a small scale and globally.

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Reimagining housing for the poor and cities without cars

�鶹AV — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:42:30 +0000

The Vancouver Sun | Jan. 25, 2015

By: Daphne Bramham

�鶹AV architecture professor Vikram Bhatt, winner of the Margolese National Living Design Prize from UBC, thinks people should live where they can grow some of their own food.

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ECOLE sustainable housing project gains Independent Student Group status

�鶹AV — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:38:28 +0000

Jan. 13, 2015 | The �鶹AV Tribune

by: Ashley Kong

Educational Community Living Environment (ECOLE), a sustainability initiative, gained Independent Student Group (ISG) status on Dec. 4 during the Students’ Society of �鶹AV (SSMU) Legislative Council meeting.

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L'habitat des ours polaires en danger [lien français]

�鶹AV — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:32:24 +0000

le 14 janvier 2015 | RadioCanada

Une étude suggère que les menaces aux habitats glacés des ours polaires sont plus importantes que ce qui était prévu jusqu'à maintenant.

Ecoutez l'histoire complet ici.

Sustainability — at �鶹AV, they've made an app for that

�鶹AV — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 02:40:32 +0000

Dec. 22, 2014 | Montreal Gazette

By: Sarah Rogers

Thanks to a �鶹AV law professor with an interest in social responsibility, there’s an app that will monitor your commitment to sustainability.

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270 000 tonnes de plastique dans les océans

�鶹AV — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:02:27 +0000

Le Devoir | le 10 décembre 2014

par: Alexandre Shields

La pollution provoquée par le plastique a pris de telles proportions au cours des dernières décennies que près de 270 000 tonnes de ce matériau flotteraient à la surface des océans, selon une étude internationale publiée mercredi.

lire l'histoire complète ici.

The climate is changing, and so are Arctic berries

�鶹AV — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:54:31 +0000

Nunatsiaq Online | Dec. 10, 2014

By: Sarah Rogers

�鶹AV Researcher Anna Bruce explores how Iqaluit women are adapting to "bad" berry seasons

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Bhatt wins national prize for urban living ideas

�鶹AV — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:28:29 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter| Nov. 28, 2014

by: �鶹AV Reporter Staff

Architecture professor Vikram Bhatt has won the 2014 Margolese National Design for Living Prize, the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture announced this week.

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�鶹AV Prof. Chris Ragan chairs high-profile group on economic and environmental fiscal reform

�鶹AV — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 05:01:00 +0000

Montreal Gazette | Jan 25, 2015

BY: Rene Bruemmer

The Canadian committee of economists headed by �鶹AV economics professor Chris Ragan, are looking at ways Canada can follow the lead of other countries and start taxing pollution instead of jobs and profits, without hurting taxpayers or Canadian firms’ ability to compete internationally.

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The �鶹AV Space Race

�鶹AV — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 04:21:33 +0000

The �鶹AV Tribune | Nov. 26, 2014

By: Remi Lu

Alan Chen didn’t know it at the time, but one afternoon three years ago in Lev Bukhman marked the start of a multi-year project that would reduce the gap between students and administration, and re-envision the entirety of �鶹AV’s downtown campus.

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Opinion: What it means to be an 'Aboriginal student' today

�鶹AV — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:40:44 +0000

Nov. 18, 2014 | The Gazette

by: Stephanie Willsey

First of all, I should introduce myself: I am a First Nations Canadian, of the Chippewa, or Ojibwe, community of Rama, Ont. I was raised off the reserve, but only a short drive away, and I am there often.

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�鶹AV to study shared-space model for cycling

�鶹AV — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 03:16:14 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | October 14, 2014

by: �鶹AV Reporter Staff

�鶹AV will conduct research on the concept of adopting a shared-space model that could pave the way to allow cycling on the downtown campus under certain conditions, after the senior administration accepted the recommendations put forward by a Working Group tasked with addressing the question of cycling on campus.

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�鶹AV renews its approach to sustainability with Vision 2020

�鶹AV — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:00:07 +0000

The �鶹AV Tribune | Oct. 21, 2014
By: Victor Tang

On Oct. 16, �鶹AV launched the Vision 2020 Sustainability Strategy, a blueprint for increasing social, economic, and environmental sustainability in the �鶹AV community. Over a hundred and fifty students attended the launch event at the Y-intersection last Thursday afternoon.

Imagining a sustainable future for Canada

�鶹AV — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:48:46 +0000

LaNouvelle.net | October 17, 2014

by: Jean-Olivier Goyette

This initiative for sustainable development is in collaboration with researchers and citizens who wish to express an idealistic vision for a sustainable future in Canada.

Read the full story here. (French only)

University students help youngsters learn to enjoy homework

�鶹AV — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:04:18 +0000

Montreal Families.ca | October 2014

by: Kamila Hinkson

The SEDE Homework Zone program sees �鶹AV students helping to instill good study habits and a love for learning in younger pupils.

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550 volunteers pitch in for Community Engagement Day

�鶹AV — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:46:14 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | Oct. 9, 2014

by: Neale McDevitt

On Oct. 2, Marie-Gil Fabris, a 2nd-year Management student, played hooky from school, but instead of sleeping in, going to a movie or just hanging out with friends, Fabris rolled up her sleeves in the kitchen of the Benedict Labre House, a resource centre for homeless people.

Community Engagement Day looks to foster lasting relationships

�鶹AV — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:25:47 +0000

The �鶹AV Daily | Oct.6, 2014

by: Jill Bachelder

From September 29 to October 9, workshops and volunteering opportunities were hosted by forty different organizations based throughout the Montreal community, with the majority of events happening on October 2.

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�鶹AV Spaces Project: Kicking out the cars

�鶹AV — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:24:49 +0000

PARK(ing) Day turns Montreal parking lots into creative spaces

The �鶹AV Daily | Sept 29, 2014

by: Siobbhan O'Connell

This year’s PARK(ing) Day took place on September 19, kicking over 200 cars out of their regular spots. Taking their place were arcade games, libraries, fruit stands, barbecues, musical acts, drum sets, and a variety of other interactive installations and activities.

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World-renowned green chemist joining �鶹AV

�鶹AV — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:40:00 +0000

�鶹AV Newsroom | September 29, 2014

Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world’s most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at �鶹AV. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.

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UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2

�鶹AV — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:59:29 +0000

Radio Canada International | Oct. 9, 2014

By: Marc Montgomery

A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.

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Radio Canada | UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2

netMTL to compete in the Solar Decathalon in 2016

�鶹AV — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:37:20 +0000

Voirvert.ca | Sept 2014

netMTL, a join venture between students at �鶹AV and Concordia Universities is taking on the goal of competing in the all-solar solar decathalon race, Solar Decathalon Europe, in 2016 in Versailles, France.

Read the full story here. (French only)

�鶹AV Professor Anthony Ricciardi on Plastic Microbeads in the St Lawrence River

�鶹AV — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:29:11 +0000

CBC News | Sept. 26, 2014

Plastic microbeads polluting St. Lawrence River, �鶹AV researchers find.

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�鶹AV Grad Student Suncica Avlijas on Plastic microbeads in the St Lawrence River

�鶹AV — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:24:05 +0000

Washington Post | Sept. 29, 2014

by: Rachel Feltman

Plastic microbeads from face wash are polluting river sediment; Tiny balls of plastic from cosmetic products are showing up in river sediment for the first time, mixing with the rocks and dirt that line the bed of the Saint Lawrence River.

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Warming Temperatures Threaten Fragile Balance in Canadian Arctic

�鶹AV — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:47:11 +0000

Sept. 23, 2014 | NY Times

by: Michael Becker

"As a doctoral candidate at �鶹AV in Montreal, I have spent three years researching how the planet’s changing climate is affecting the polar desert ecology of the high Arctic. It’s precisely this balance of climate and permafrost, ice and ecosystems that I’ve come here to study."

Pow Wow marks colourful end to successful Indigenous Awareness Week

�鶹AV — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:43:57 +0000

The �鶹AV Reporter | Sept. 24, 2014

by: Neale McDevitt

�鶹AV’s fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week came to a lively, colourful close on Friday, Sept. 19, with dancers dressed in traditional costumes performing an inter-tribal dance during the Pow Wow on the lower campus field in front of dozens of smiling spectators.

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Thousands meet at Lafontaine Park to push leaders on environment

�鶹AV — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:28:14 +0000

CTV News Montréal | Sept 21, 2014

Thousands of environmentally-minded demonstrators assembled at Lafontaine Park Sunday to make a passionate appeal prior to Tuesday’s United Nation Climate Summit in New York.

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Microplastic pollution discovered in St. Lawrence River sediments

�鶹AV — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:05:47 +0000

Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014

A team of researchers from �鶹AV and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.

Protests aim to bring attention to need to act on climate change

�鶹AV — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:01:36 +0000

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Michelle Lalonde

Dr. Catherine Potvin is a climate scientist in �鶹AV’s Department of Biology, at the school in Montreal, Thursday, September 18, 2014. On September 21 she will speak at Montreal’s version of the People’s Climate March, a global event billed to be the biggest climate protest in history.

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The time to face up to climate change is now

�鶹AV — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:14:58 +0000

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Catherine Potvin

On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York’s People’s Climate March.

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Four Burning Questions for Audra Simpson, professor of Anthropology at Columbia University

�鶹AV — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 05:56:52 +0000

The �鶹AV Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014

By: The Reporter Staff

Audra Simpson, �鶹AV alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.

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Feeding a University

�鶹AV — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 05:13:50 +0000

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Lesley Chesterman

Gone are the days when thousands of �鶹AV students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus.

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Which Mode of Travel Provides the Happiest Commute?

�鶹AV — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:12:22 +0000

The Atlantic: CityLab.com | Aug 20, 2014

Written by: Eric Jaffe

For most people, a satisfying commute is not necessarily a happy one—a not-so-unhappy one will do. Yes, it's true that the ideal commute not absolutely zero commute; many of us can use the time to decompress or get some thinking done. But it's also true that beyond a certain point—roughly 15 minutes one-way, on average—we just want our lives and sanity back.

What’s in �鶹AV’s giant brownie?

�鶹AV — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:36:54 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | Aug 21, 2014

By: Neale McDevitt

The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual �鶹AV à la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert.

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Future Earth coming to Montreal

�鶹AV — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:42:44 +0000

�鶹AV Reporter | Aug 11, 2014

By: Chris Chipello

Montreal will soon become one of five global hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year international research program stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.

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Global Warming: Planet Hits Natural Pause Button

�鶹AV — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:23:54 +0000

International Business Times | July 22, 2014

By: Jayalakshmi K

Global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 indicate a slowdown in global warming, but this was due to natural cooling fluctuation and not due to any decrease in greenhouse gas emissions - this has been proved by statistical analysis of the temperatures, conducted by �鶹AV physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.

Hungry for something healthy and new? Why not make dinner with crickets tonight!

�鶹AV — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:10:50 +0000

�鶹AV Student Jakub Dzamba desigs cricket incubator to feed growing interest in insect farming

Published on July 23, 2014 | Journal Metro

by: Mathais Marchal

Can Urban Agriculture Feed the World's Growing Cities?

�鶹AV — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:45:42 +0000

Living in a city puts everything at your fingertips: From fashion and movies to social movements and political experiments, residents of urban areas experience most everything before it trickles through the suburbs and into rural communities.

Published on July 29, 2014 | Yahoo! News

by: Willy Blackmore

City-grown vegetables could feed urban dwellers

�鶹AV — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 06:16:08 +0000

In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plots

Published on July 30, 2014 | Environmental Research Web

For example, in York, UK, an "edible map" reveals that there is garlic mustard and horseradish growing in abundance alongside the river, and plums will be available on a tree in a street in Osbaldwick by August.

�鶹AV Student Uses Pulse Energy API to Create the �鶹AV Energy Map

�鶹AV — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:02:47 +0000

To encourage more active commuting among �鶹AV staff

Published on July 14, 2014 | Pulse Energy News

by: Meena Mohan

Flexibility and configurability are two of our guiding principles when it comes to developing great, user friendly software.

Showers available for bike commuters

�鶹AV — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:12:56 +0000

To encourage more active commuting among �鶹AV staff

Published on June 15, 2014 | �鶹AV Reporter

by: �鶹AV Reporter

�鶹AV Fossil Fuel Decisions Shift

�鶹AV — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 02:46:00 +0000

The �鶹AV board of governors has included “grave environmental degradation” as allowable criteria for divestment.

Published on June 10, 2014 | The Gazette

by: Karen Seidman

Many students at �鶹AV are celebrating a fundamental shift in how the university will decide whether to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.

�鶹AV Students Fiona Yuan and Christopher Tegho win at 2014 Scotiabank EcoLiving Student Leadership Award

�鶹AV — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 06:46:43 +0000

Yuan and Tegho are in their last year of electrical engineering at �鶹AV and are keen about sustainability and energy conservation. Together they designed an “energy management and power disaggregation” system that helps homeowners and businesses better monitor, control and manage the energy use of individual appliances.

Podcast: Environment or Economy: At the Muskoka Summit

�鶹AV — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 06:40:09 +0000

Published on June 4, 2014 | CBC

Ideas with Paul Kennedy

Following on the heels of Green Growth: Can Profits Save the Planet?, IDEAS presents the Muskoka Summit, a biennial conclave with some of the world's most respected ecologists debating one of the crucial questions of our time -- is it possible for economists to understand and appreciate the 'real' value of the environment?

Given our frigid climes, think indoor greenery

�鶹AV — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:32:31 +0000

Montreal — Green spaces can help obliterate blue spaces in our minds: It’s a no-brainer.

Published on May 30, 2014 | The Gazette

by: Bill Brownstein

Harvesting water out of thin air

�鶹AV — Thu, 22 May 2014 04:00:39 +0000

Harnessing humidity to quench thirst in the world’s most arid regions

Published on May 13, 2014 | �鶹AV Reporter

by: Neale McDevitt and Chris Chipello

�鶹AV honours champions of equity and diversity

�鶹AV — Thu, 15 May 2014 01:47:23 +0000

The 2nd annual �鶹AV Awards for Equity and Community Building were handed out on April 24.

Published on May 8, 2014 | �鶹AV Reporter

by: �鶹AV Reporter Staff

�鶹AV Spaces Project: Upgrading Spaces

�鶹AV — Fri, 09 May 2014 03:28:56 +0000

Published on May 8, 2014 | �鶹AV Reporter

by: �鶹AV Reporter Staff

A drab hallway, an empty lawn, an awkward nook – every university has them. But what if these were re-imagined as a colourful study space with bench seating, a pop-up outdoor classroom, and a busking area for student musicians?

Climate change is bad for Inuit health, research group says

�鶹AV — Fri, 02 May 2014 02:45:43 +0000

�鶹AV group says the Arctic needs better adaptation policies

Published on April 28, 2014 | Nunatsiaq Online
by David Murphy

Inuit are vulnerable to climate change, and it’s time for new policy to adapt, a group of researchers says in a new report

That’s the message from the Climate Change Adaptation Research Group, led by James Ford of �鶹AV, who released a paper April 24 about the need for better adaption strategies, especially in health, for Inuit.

Creating buzz with bee hive atop T.M.R. town-hall

�鶹AV — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:49:27 +0000

Students learn about nature and politics in unique project to place a bee colony atop town hall

Published on April 22, 2014 | Montreal Gazette
Written by: Catherine Solyom

For the bees, too, it’s been a long, hard winter.

Two �鶹AV researchers receive $500,000 grants to find innovative uses for carbon

�鶹AV — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:54:28 +0000

The Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) announced on April 15, that two �鶹AV researchers are among the 24 winners of $500,000 grants to transform carbon dioxide into useful products.

Published on April 16, 2014 | �鶹AV Publications
Written by: Meaghan Thurston

Is global warming just a giant natural fluctuation?

�鶹AV — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 05:20:34 +0000

Statistical analysis rules out natural-warming hypothesis with more than 99% certainty

Published on April 11, 2014 | �鶹AV Research

An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth’s climate, according to a new study by �鶹AV physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.

Making “waste not” a way of life

�鶹AV — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 06:34:26 +0000

“Hate” may be a strong word, but it is the word used by mild-mannered Bernice Ting to describe how she feels about waste.

Published on April 9, 2014 | �鶹AV News
by Jennifer Nault

Global shift to greener economies happening because of economic benefits, panelists say

�鶹AV — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:56:11 +0000

The global transition to clean energy is underway and Canada is lagging, experts speaking at the Broadbent Institute's Progress Summit said Saturday.

Published on March 29, 2014 | The Hill Times
by Laura Ryckewaert

Climate Change: Extinction of Ice-Free Antarctic Polynyas Due to Trapped Ocean Heat (Eric Galbraith)

�鶹AV — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:54:11 +0000

Researchers from the �鶹AV and University of Pennsylvania have found evidence to show climate change is the main reason for the disappearance of ice-free regions, known as polynyas.

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Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy and Design: Drafting a green blueprint for the future

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 04:17:00 +0000

The first annual Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy and Design will be held March 17-18 at le Centre Mont-Royal from 5:30-7:30 p.m..

Published on March 12, 2014 | �鶹AV Reporter
by �鶹AV Reporter Staff

�鶹AV's Electric Snowmobile Wins during the Clean Snowmobile Challenge

�鶹AV — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:03:13 +0000

�鶹AV of Montreal, Canada won the Zero Emissions, or electric, category of the challenge last weekend at Michigan Technological University's Keweenaw Research Center.

Published on March 13, 2014 | SF Gate
by Dan Roblee

Pathogens could be freed from thawing permafrost, scientists warn

�鶹AV — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 04:54:46 +0000

French researchers are cautioning that the mining and drilling of northern regions could potentially free dormant pathogens out of the frozen soil.

Published on March 4, 2014 | The Globe and Mail
by Tu Thanh Ha

French researchers who have revived a 30,000-year-old giant virus from a sample of Siberian permafrost are cautioning that the mining and drilling of northern regions could potentially free dormant pathogens out of the frozen soil.

Leith Sharp: Embracing “disruptive sustainability”

�鶹AV — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 04:32:41 +0000

Leith Sharp comes to �鶹AV February 27th, 2014, here she answers some pertinent questions:

Published on Feb 20, 2014 | �鶹AV Reporter
by the �鶹AV Reporter Staff

Is biodiverse agriculture an anachronism?

�鶹AV — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 04:20:55 +0000

Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large-scale, single-crop farming around the world may seem inexorable.

Published on Feb 21, 2014 | Teatro Naturale International
Written by S.C.

It isn’t easy being green, but why not try?

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:35:59 +0000

Composting on campus: a big project in the works. After finishing the last bite of an apple, it’s almost second nature to toss it into the trash can before heading off to class. But what happens then?

Published on Feb 7, 2014 | �鶹AV Tribune
Written by Jenny Shen and Marlee Vinegar

Why �鶹AV needs ECOLE

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:30:33 +0000

�鶹AV School Or Architecture teams up with volunteers to foster growth of Montreal's bee population.

Published on Feb 18, 2014 | �鶹AV Tribune
Written by Ilana Khin

�鶹AV student-run initiative Educational Community Living Environment (ECOLE) project funded

�鶹AV — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:24:35 +0000

Educational Community Living Environment looks forward to new house

Published on Feb 17, 2014 | The Daily
Written by Sarina Gupta

b-Shack

�鶹AV — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:03:11 +0000

b-Shack: Bourdonnement d’initiatives sur le campus MacDonald.

publié 11 fév 2014 | Le Délit
Rédigé par Alexandra Nadeau

FARMM's b-Shack is an Urban Hive and Bee Study Center for �鶹AV Students

�鶹AV — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 03:09:10 +0000

�鶹AV School Or Architecture teams up with volunteers to foster growth of Montreal's bee population.

Published on Feb 7, 2014 | Inhabitat
Written by Lori Zimmer