Canada's Environmental Voice
It’s not every day that a building plan seeks input from an associate professor in community psychology. But then again, this is not an everyday building. For one thing, it has ambitious goals to hit top benchmarks for net-positive commercial construction. The building, with about 115 square feet on three […]
As the Chief Executive Officer of the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network, I spend most of my time working with health-care leaders and front-line health professionals to improve the health care local residents receive. I also spend a significant amount of time with community leaders and residents discussing the […]
As I approached Matt Foster’s house in a Cambridge suburb, I realized that it didn’t look like the house of a political revolutionary.
Like a lot of people, I cried when I saw the photos of three-year-old Alan Kurdi who drowned in the Mediterranean during his family’s attempt to find safe harbour from the horrors of the Syrian civil war. My sorrow, my grief was real, and I was moved to tears … and […]
Humankind is an inherently social species. Not only do positive relationships reduce stress and feelings of loneliness, but they also result in long-term happiness and good health. A sense of belonging plays an important part in this social phenomenon.
Is it easier for us to embrace “belonging” if we know who doesn’t belong? Can we respect someone – let them belong – even if we don’t particularly like them?
The words on the back of the business card say so much: Belong & Thrive. For staff at House of Friendship, a social service charity based in Waterloo Region, Ont., these words are much more than an inspirational motto. They are a reminder that helping people in need by providing food, […]
What do small-scale farmers and market gardeners do in the winter? This is a perennial question for growers in temperate climates where the growing season for sustainable, local agriculture is traditionally just half of the year.
UPDATE (February 1, 2017): Michael Engelhard is interviewed on Alaska Public Media’s Polar Bear Science show: Polar bear science and culture ***
(This is a sneak preview of an article featured in our upcoming LIFELONG LEARNING issue) Mymoon Bhuiyan is an award-winning journalist and environmental activist, and hasn’t finished high school yet. Last year, he took first place in his age category in the Young Reporters for the Environment contest. “When I am […]
