Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced more ambitious climate targets during an April 2021 climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. While the much-anticipated federal budget

You may wonder after the year we have just experienced why I would pick that title? The pandemic has given the world a pause, and ideally, a pause in which we have learned what is truly important to

COVID-19 cases and deaths have been concentrated in nursing homes, homeless shelters and other overcrowded housing situations. Just as we crowd and encroach on wildlife habitats, a major cause of the

Dr. Rob Newell and I will be presenting at a conference in the United Kingdom, November 30 to December 3, 2020. Rob is a former graduate of MEM, my former post-doc and Banting Fellow and is now the

Public dialogue and civic literacy are more important today than ever, yet our space for discussion is shrinking due to decreasing civility and violence over differing perspectives. I am reminded of

To increase awareness for World Mental Health Day, United for Global Mental Health curated The Museum of Lost and Found Potential. On display in London, UK, their goal was to create empathy, action

When I first won my Canada Research Chair (CRC) in 2004, I began to explore how the notions of place, scale, limits and diversity influenced sustainable community development. This article on the

A new University of Victoria study on the consumption of microplastics revealed that humans consume between 70,000 and 121,000 particles per year. Microplastics are just under 5 millimetres in

Despite building 400,000 new homes over the past 20 years, Toronto and Vancouver continue to top international rankings of unaffordable cities. As housing becomes increasingly “hyper-commodified”

In response to the #MeToo campaign, Gilette tackled toxic masculinity, bullying, and harassment in their ad released back in January. The video is a call to men to hold each other to a higher standard