Canada's Environmental Voice
This past Friday, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition National Director and activist Cam Fenton appeared at the ‘Just Education?’ conference hosted by the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) at the University of Waterloo to discuss the history, roots and tactics of fossil fuel divestment campaigns.
If oil and gas pipeline proponents can talk about indirect economic benefits stemming from new pipeline infrastructure, opponents should be able to consider the environmental impacts of those indirect actions when arguing against them, according to the Pembina Institute’s federal policy director.
Kim Ondaatje’s current exhibition at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, ON surveys a career spanning over fifty years, and in doing so, serves to entrench the artist within the canon of the Canadian landscape tradition.
Imagine going to your favourite bar year after year and ordering beer on tap. Then, one day, the tap runs dry. All that’s left are the drops that have fallen on the bar floor after decades of beer-thirsty customers. The only way to get more beer is to squeeze droplets […]
One year after The Economist declared an “unwelcomed coal renaissance,” Bloomberg News reported in early January that Europe’s lust for lower energy prices was reviving lignite mining for coal-fired generation in a big way.
COLONEL CHRIS HADFIELD spent 21 years with the Canadian Space Agency. During his three trips to space and 144 days commanding the International Space Station in 2012-13, he enjoyed a rare perspective on planet Earth. Six months after his return home and retirement from the agency, just what does one […]
Many sports fans in Canada and the United States are eagerly anticipating the upcoming outdoor NHL games this season. The outdoor games are a huge success for the league and this year’s showcase event, the Winter Classic featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings, will take place on […]
Toronto has a seemingly neverending cycle of film festivals, but only Planet in Focus trains its crosshairs exclusively on environmental concerns. The 14th annual version (from November 21 to 24) featured a slate of strong, complex and curious documentaries, and another handful of very well deserved PiF award winners.
There are SOME things you will find on almost every university campus in Canada. There are the chants of orientation week, quiet corners in libraries, goofy mascots and long lines for coffee in the mornings.
