Canada's Environmental Voice
Hugo Lucitante dips his hand into the pond. It comes out covered in hot, black crude. He is a stone’s throw away from the Aquarico River that his people, the Cofán, rely on for everything. The Cofán lived in the Amazon rainforest long before companies like Texaco came to drill. […]
Festivals with clear skies are a rare sight to behold, but a festival with clear grounds — now that’s truly a sight to see. When you step onto the Guelph Lake Conservation Area, where Hillside Festival is based, festivalgoers are accosted by unique music, rather than the crunch of garbage […]
Representatives from the Haisla, Haida, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Heiltsuk, Nadleh Whut’en, Nak’azdli, Gitga’at and Gitxaala Nations travelled hundreds of kilometers to attend proceedings in front of the Federal Court of Appeal from October 1st – October 8th. These eight First Nations are challenging the federal government’s approval of the Enbridge pipeline and […]
The daunting reality of climate change may be a reason why federal candidates and many other Canadians are avoiding environmental discussions. With the upcoming election, Canada is on the cusp of change and the topic of climate change can no longer be ignored. Man the Ship, a local Waterloo band, […]
I don’t mean to shock you, but First Nations people in Canada were only granted the right to vote in 1960. That’s still within living memory, and a constant reminder of how far this country has gone to silence the voice of this country’s founding peoples.
Over the last two years, the government of British Columbia, along with Ottawa, has become an aggressive promoter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Asia. The get-rich scheme would require puncturing much of the province’s northern forests and farmlands with thousands of unconventional wells.
In 2005, the Ontario government created the Greenbelt Plan to protect farmland and green space from development pressure. Then in 2006, the Ontario government created the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH), which predicts population growth and directs it to urban areas, restricting development on farmland and forests.
There is no master plan for how your post-secondary education should look. Go to university, go to college, go to college before university, do both. Get a master’s and a PhD. Take six years to finish your undergrad. In 2015 there are so many ways to map your education. It’s […]
Every year, thousands of Canadians decide that when they go to work, their job should somehow help the planet. For many, starting environmental careers means enrolling at colleges or universities to learn how to make their occupations more sustainable. There are hundreds of environmental programs at nearly every Canadian college […]
