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Sept. 23, 2014 |

by: Michael Becker

"As a doctoral candidate at ۲ݮƵ University in Montreal, I have spent three years researching how the planet’s ۲ݮƵ climate is affecting the polar desert ecology of the high Arctic. It’s precisely this balance of climate and permafrost, ice and ecosystems that I’ve come here to study."

Classified as: Sustainability, climate change
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Published on: 28 Sep 2014

The ۲ݮƵ Reporter | Sept. 24, 2014

by: Neale McDevitt

۲ݮƵ’s fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week came to a lively, colourful close on Friday, Sept. 19, with dancers dressed in traditional costumes performing an inter-tribal dance during the Pow Wow on the lower campus field in front of dozens of smiling spectators.

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Classified as: office of sustainability, Indigenous Awareness Week
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Published on: 28 Sep 2014

CTV News Montréal | Sept 21, 2014

Thousands of environmentally-minded demonstrators assembled at Lafontaine Park Sunday to make a passionate appeal prior to Tuesday’s United Nation Climate Summit in New York.

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Classified as: office of sustainability, Climate March 2014
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014

Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014

A team of researchers from ۲ݮƵ University and the Quebec government have discovered (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.

Classified as: Anthony Ricciardi, office of sustainability, microplastics, st lawrence river
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Published on: 23 Sep 2014

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Michelle Lalonde

Dr. Catherine Potvin is a climate scientist in ۲ݮƵ University’s Department of Biology, at the school in Montreal, Thursday, September 18, 2014. On September 21 she will speak at Montreal’s version of the People’s Climate March, a global event billed to be the biggest climate protest in history.

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Published on: 23 Sep 2014

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by:Catherine Potvin

On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York’s People’s Climate March.

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Published on: 22 Sep 2014

The ۲ݮƵ Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014

By: The Reporter Staff

Audra Simpson, ۲ݮƵ alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.

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Classified as: aboriginal, Sustainability
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Published on: 14 Sep 2014

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Lesley Chesterman

Gone are the days when thousands of ۲ݮƵ students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus.

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Classified as: Sustainability, food, mcgill food service
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Published on: 14 Sep 2014

The Atlantic: CityLab.com | Aug 20, 2014

Written by: Eric Jaffe

For most people, a satisfying commute is not necessarily a happy one—a not-so-unhappy one will do. Yes, it's true that the ideal commute; many of us can use the time to decompress or get some thinking done. But it's also true that beyond a certain point—roughly 15 minutes one-way, on average—we just want our lives and sanity back.

Classified as: transportation, Sustainability, mcgill research
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Published on: 12 Sep 2014

۲ݮƵ Reporter | Aug 21, 2014

By:Neale McDevitt

The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual ۲ݮƵ à la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert.

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Classified as: Sustainability, food, De Volpi, fair trade, frosh
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Published on: 1 Sep 2014

۲ݮƵ Reporter | Aug 11, 2014

By: Chris Chipello

Montreal will soon become one of five global hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year international research program stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.

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Classified as: Sustainability, future earth
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Published on: 19 Aug 2014

CBC News - August 11, 2014

۲ݮƵ's Farm to School Project (SP0100) Summer Camp Click on the link above to watch the full story!

Classified as: farming, SPF0100: Farm to School
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Published on: 19 Aug 2014

International Business Times | July 22, 2014

By:Jayalakshmi K

Global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 indicate a slowdown in global warming, but this was due to fluctuation and not due to any decrease in greenhouse gas emissions - this has been proved by statistical analysis of the temperatures, conducted by ۲ݮƵ University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.

Classified as: Sustainability, climate change, Shaun Lovejoy
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plots

Published on July 30, 2014 |

For example, in York, UK, an reveals that there is garlic mustard and horseradish growing in abundance alongside the river, and plums will be available on a tree in a street in Osbaldwick by August.

Classified as: Sustainability, food, urban agriculture, farming
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

۲ݮƵ Student Jakub Dzamba desigs cricket incubator to feed growing interest in insect farming

Published on July 23, 2014 |

by: Mathais Marchal

Classified as: Sustainability, food, farming, Insects
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

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