Canada's Environmental Voice
Anna Suarez is an advocate for environmental and public health whose work is focused on building a larger dialogue about asbestos use and the preventable illnesses associated with it. She hopes that this will one day lead to the end of asbestos use around the world.
Fahad has always had an interest in finding simple, elegant solutions to complex, global problems. He developed the idea to turn animal and human waste into energy while pursuing his MBA at the Ivey Business School at Western University. Fahad considers himself a global citizen having grown up in four […]
Day 5 of the 2018 Turtle Island Solidarity Journey was spent back at the Pointe-Aux-Chien Tribal Building. We had connected with the community and shared a meal with its members a few days earlier, but this time we returned to nurture the relationship we all share – our relationship with […]
Robert ‘Pipes’ St. Pierre is a veteran of three trips to New Orleans, having participated in Turtle Island Solidarity Journey 2016 and one other wetland restoration adventure where he subdued and half-devoured an alligator. Rob was specifically recruited for his capacity to drive long distances, his unique planting style, and […]
Emma Rain Smith is an Anishinaabe artist from Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) First Nations. She studies Fine Arts with a Studio Major in the Honors Arts and Business at the University of Waterloo. She was the president of the Aboriginal Students Association at UW for two years. As an artist she […]
Katelyn Brown is an Environment, Resources and Sustainability student at the University of Waterloo. She loves discovering and learning about all the natural wonders of the world, and aims to help conserve and restore them.
Shahan Engineer is a second-year Environment & Business student (not an engineering student; he doesn’t understand sciences) at the University of Waterloo. Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, one of the most polluted cities on the planet, Shahan was inspired to take-up an environmental program at university to understand how humans can […]
Imagine catching a GO train to see, taste, and pick the best the world grows and prepares all in one place. Imagine picking your own berries and then drinking squeezed juice while watching some frisky goats. Then imagine sitting down to enjoy what can be done with the cheese they […]
Twelve kilometres east of Parliament Hill, the Just Food Farm grows a dazzling mix of organic fruits and vegetables including carrots, brussel sprouts and watermelon. Executive director Moe Garahan tells me the 150-acre agricultural operation forms part of the National Capital Commission’s Greenbelt yet it’s squarely within Ottawa city limits. […]
Yasmeen Abu-Obaid is a student at the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo.
