Major infrastructure projects can contribute to local economies, but when not managed properly, they can also place undue pressure on local health-care services.
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Mark Carney has restored gender parity in the federal cabinet. But upon closer look, men hold five of the six most powerful positions while only one — foreign affairs — was awarded to a woman, Anita Anand.
À la traine dans les sondages il y a quelques mois à peine, les libéraux de Mark Carney ont remporté les élections, mais avec une marge plus serrée que prévu.
The Liberals helmed by Mark Carney have felled yet another Conservative opponent amid continuing threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to make Canada a 51st American state.
A rainforest might look intact in satellite images – but the reality is often different. Degraded tropical rainforests are now the norm, threatening the species within.
The emerald ash borer is a destructive invasive pest which has killed tens of millions of trees across North America and has now been sighted in Vancouver.
Des facteurs tels que la famille et les amis, des communautés plus sûres, un environnement scolaire positif et des ressources adéquates sont souvent associés à une activité physique accrue.
Factors such as having supportive family and friends, safer communities, positive school environments and adequate resources, are often associated with more physical activity.
The ‘freedom convoy’ provides a way to express the emotional self-interest of Canadians — mostly white men — who feel they are losing their rightful place in Canadian society.
Patient safety incidents were already a leading cause of death in Canada. With that crisis converging with the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care is being pushed to a breaking point.
The key to protecting wolverines around the world is to reduce trapping, minimize predator control pressures, and to protect and connect large blocks of intact habitat they need to survive.
A perception that the benefits and status people believe themselves entitled to have been wrongfully taken away by unforeseen forces motivates ‘freedom convoy’ protesters.
How to manage the stress of polarization and how to function when it surrounds us is now a necessary but underdeveloped skill for many of us.
Policy-makers need the courage to commit to meaningful reductions of greenhouse gas emissions if we want to avoid the widespread loss of mountain glaciers.
El proyecto busca facilitar la investigación y mostrar brechas que deben ser abordadas para promocionar un estilo de vida activo y saludable en niños y jóvenes a nivel global.
Narratives that historicize colonialism are not new. Canadians and our leaders have a long history of denying our settler colonial present.
Villain, victim or hero? It all depends on who’s telling the story. When an audience is aware of how a story is framed, it can focus on the arguments, not the frame.
Oversight over how Ghana’s oil wealth is spent has become more important than ever.
Sir John A. Macdonald fused the jobs of justice minister and attorney general as Canada’s first prime minister. So is he partly to blame for the SNC-Lavalin controversy?
The world has some 500 million square kilometres of ocean. But just 55 million square kilometres remain untouched by intensive human activities such as fishing.
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Adjunct professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Northern British Columbia
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Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change and Hakai Affiliate, University of Northern British Columbia
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Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Northern British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia
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Professor of Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia
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Professor of Global and International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
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Post-doctoral fellow, Environment, Community and Health Observatory, University of Northern British Columbia
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Professor of History, University of Northern British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Department of Global & International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
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Associate Professor and FRBC/West Fraser research chair, Ecosystem Science and Management Progam, University of Northern British Columbia
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, University of Northern British Columbia
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Assistant Professor-Physical Therapy, University of Northern British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, University of Northern British Columbia
