Canada's Environmental Voice
After an extensive development period, the British Columbia provincial government introduced Bill 18—Water Sustainability Act (WSA) into legislature this spring and it received Royal Assent in May. While it is now officially law, the WSA will not come into force until next year, after certain details have been finalized and […]
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Wayne Salewski. Photo courtesy Earth Day Canada. For Wayne Salewski, it all started with rainbow trout, or a lack thereof. “I would watch my son stand on the banks of the Nechako River and cast a rod for hours and catch only trash fish. There were no rainbow trout because […]
Southern Ontario’s 7,200 square kilometre Greenbelt and the prime farmland and headwaters it contains remain at significant risk from expanding urban development despite protective legislation in place for a decade. Ontario’s Greenbelt at Risk, a study from the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance and Environmental Defence, believes the Ontario government must do […]
On a media tour this week of the proposed park on Toronto’s eastern boundary, federal NDP environment critic Megan Leslie (Halifax) told reporters she will advise her caucus to oppose government Bill C-40 despite the personal difficulty she feels in opposing the park. “I’m in a parallel universe where I […]
This is part three of our Skills for the New Economy series.
Last year A\J produced its first at-a-glance guide to Canadian campus communities with environmental degree programs. We were motivated by the idea that it can be frustrating to try and compare the living experiences at different postsecondary institutions using only their websites. Every single school seems to organize its information differently and […]
This past June, while attending a food-related conference in Burlington, Vermont, I inevitably found myself looking for somewhere decent to eat near campus. After asking around a bit, I was surprised to hear how many people recommended the hospital. Hospital food generally evokes the same reaction as airplane food. It’s […]
We think sustainability is evolving – what do you think? It’s time for the next generation of critical thinkers to design, develop, and create positive change. We want YOU to show us what sustainability can be.
Predicting the best career options for the next four years, or the next 20, seems next to impossible these days. Today’s postsecondary students are overwhelmed with choice, anxiety and the worst job prospects in three generations. The current youth unemployment rate for Canadians ages 15 to 24 was 13.2 per […]
