Canada's Environmental Voice
Natasha Arsenijevich (B.E.S, M.E.S) is a sustainability leader and business strategist with expertise in sustainable built environments, business and strategy development, agriculture and food studies, women’s studies, and professional writing. She has developed an award-winning sustainability program and has worked on a number of innovative market leading projects. Natasha is […]
The Summer of the Flying Fish is a Chilean-French coproduction directed by Marcela Said. It premiered at Cannes Film Festival (2013) and won awards at the Cinema en Construction in Toulouse, La Habana Film Festival, and the RiverRun International Film Festival. The story unfolds as Manena, a young teenage girl, […]
Victoria Jara is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature with a specialization in Environment and Sustainability at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She is researching the representations of environmental injustices in Latin American contemporary women novelists and filmmakers, particularly how these artists represent oppressed groups such as girls, indigenous […]
Carelle Mang-Benza is a PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Western Ontario. Her research connects energy transition and Indigenous political ecology, looking at the particular case of an Indigenous community who owns and operates a wind energy project in Ontario. Carelle holds a Bachelor and Master in Chemical […]
Water is necessary for humans, but where does that water come from? The world’s rivers have been degraded by humans so drastically that the water security of approximately 5 billion people and the survival of thousands of aquatic species are at risk. Rivers are home to ~0.5% of our freshwater […]
Meghan graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Western University with an Honors Specialization in Environmental Science where her undergraduate thesis looked at the relationship between nutrient concentrations and OM decomposition in streams. She has now moved on to a Master’s in fluvial geomorphology in the department of Geography and […]
Ellen graduated from the University of Guelph with her Bachelor of Environmental Engineering with Honours in 2019. She has previously worked in consulting, specializing in air quality monitoring for contaminated sites. Ellen is currently working towards her Master’s degree at Western University which is focuses on the applications of wind […]
Shayla completed her undergraduate degree at Western University completing a Bachelor of Science with an Honours Specialization in Environmental Science and a Major in Biology. She is now beginning her Master’s in Biology with Collaborative Specialization in Environment and Sustainability in Nusha Keyghobadi’s lab working on a collaborative project to […]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to A\J’s new website! We are so glad you are here, whether it is your first time discovering our magazine or whether you’ve been a vital part of our long journey somewhere along the way. Alternatives Journal (A\J) has been independently publishing intelligent, informed, and inspiring environmental […]
On March 4th, 2021, Canada lost one of its most influential environmental scientists, David Schindler. Schindler was a champion of freshwater science, and a leading environmental advocate and conservationist. His research focused on freshwater ecosystems and water contaminants from industry development. Schindler achieved many accomplishments in his 50+ year career. […]
