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Interview with Melissa Lem on making nature more …
WebShe’s a passionate advocate for the health benefits of time spent in nature, and in 2020 B.C.-based family physician and environmental advocate Melissa Lem turned her beliefs into action when she founded PaRx.
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Epidemiologist’s book on pandemics takes an …
WebIn 2007, University of Guelph professor emeritus and epidemiologist David Waltner-Toews wrote The Chickens Fight Back: Pandemic Panics and Deadly Diseases That Jump from Animals to Humans.With its increasing relevance today, an updated and renamed version of the book has just been released.
Exploring the human microbiome, our ‘forgotten organ’
WebExploring the human microbiome, our ‘forgotten organ’. Me & My Microbes: The Zoo Inside You, a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, examines the connections between our microbiome and our health. Dec 19, 2019. 791 words. 4 minutes. By Alexandra Pope.
Space medicine Canadian Geographic
WebDespite astronauts’ intensive training, regulated eating and monitored habits, anybody can get sick. Raffi Kuyumjian, the Canadian Space Agency’s new flight surgeon and former chief medical officer, discusses some of the health effects that astronauts deal with in space and on the ground.
Oceans can be restored in the next 30 years, scientists say
WebIn 30 years, oceans could flourish with biodiversity, healthy ecosystems, and an abundance of wildlife. This is not just a scientist’s pipe dream, but rather a future scenario that is extremely plausible if significant measures are taken to stop the degradation of the oceans, according to a new international study.
Five Canadian women trailblazers in science
WebIn the 1940s, Farrell, a chemist with years of study under her belt, joined Jonas Salk's polio research team, where she developed a way to stimulate the growth of microorganisms in a lab. Her technique was later used to mass-produce Salk's life-saving vaccine.Frances WagnerIn 1950, at the young age of 23, Wagner, a paleontologist, …
Canadian Geographic looks back at the Spanish flu …
WebCanadian Geographic looks back at the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. New multimedia project will examine the social and political impact of the flu on Canada, and how experts are preparing for the next pandemic. Aug 09, 2018. 325 words. 2 minutes. By Alexandra Pope. Advertisement. Coming soon: Canadian Geographic revisits the …
The world’s population is probably going to decline. Here’s what …
WebOn the causes of population decline JI: I thought population decline was happening because society was urbanizing. On a farm, children are an asset, another pair of hands to help out, but in a city, where space is at a premium and the cost of living is higher, children are a liability, so it makes sense that urbanization would lead to people having …
Dr. Ingrid Waldron on environmental racism Canadian Geographic
WebDr. Ingrid Waldron on environmental racism. Waldron spoke with Canadian Geographic about representation for women and racialized communities. Mar 27, 2021. 1,319 words. 6 minutes. By John Grant. Advertisement.
It’s time to listen to the Inuit on climate change
Webclimate change Inuit arctic the north indigenous. 1693 words. 7 minutes. 4353 words. 18 minutes. Because temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, we must look to the experiences of Inuit as a harbinger of what is to come — and seek their guidance on how to live sustainably.
50 years of multiculturalism: It’s as Canadian as maple syrup
WebOn Oct 8, 1971, then-Prime Minister Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy. On the 50th anniversary of the announcement, Canadian Geographic is publishing five essays that explore the theme. The series forms part of Commemorate Canada, a Canadian Heritage program to highlight significant Canadian anniversaries.
The cultural spectacle of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
WebFootball is a religion in Brazil, but Carnival comes a close second. Cities and towns throughout the country host a week-long celebration each February, a final opportunity to bust loose before the onset of Lent, a 40 …
Lifeblood: Fort Chipewyan ’s relationship to water
WebSep 22, 2023. 1,178 words. 5 minutes. Interviews and photography Sara Hylton. Fort Chipewyan is a community born of the water. On the northwest shore of Lake Athabasca in Alberta’s far north, people have long subsisted off the lake and its tributaries by fishing, hunting, trapping and gathering medicine. But for decades, the tiny community
Opinion: Environmental racism and Canada’s wildfires
WebHow wildfires are impacting Indigenous communities In the case of Canada’s wildfires, Indigenous communities are among the hardest hit.These communities, already grappling with historic and current injustices from colonialism, face additional burdens as the flames threaten their lands, homes, and cultural heritage. “I always think of these larger …
Why understanding animal behaviour is key for biodiversity …
Webanimal behaviour. is key for. biodiversity conservation. An eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) eating arthropods on a wood log. Since 2005, eastern chipmunks located in Mansonville, Que. have been monitored as part of a long-term research project to understand their behaviour. The project found that chipmunks have a personality, and …
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