Events

As part of the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative we are excited to deliver three webinars to increase public and industry awareness, knowledge and confidence in battery-powered micro-mobility (BPMM) solutions. Join us for the first webinar in our ZEVAI project series, as we welcome champions from the Yukon Home Care Program and Hillside […]

A new economic paradigm is no longer a mere option but an urgent necessity. The circular economy, a model that mimics nature's cyclical patterns, offers a concrete path toward a sustainable and equitable future, ushering in an era of resource stewardship and prosperity. Circularity concepts challenge the fundamental assumptions of our "take-make-dispose linear economic system. […]

Course Dates January 23 & 30 and February 6 & 13, 2024  (Zoom) Tuesdays at 9:00am–12:00pm PT | 12:00–3:00pm ET | 1:00–4:00pm AT To register for this course, please complete the statement of interest form. We are accepting statements on a rolling basis through December 2023 for our waitlist as the enrolment capacity has been […]

When and Where Wednesday, January 24, 2024 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Speaker Dr. Amy Rand Description About the Seminar Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse group of anthropogenic chemicals used in commercial products and industrial processes. Previous studies have demonstrated their presence in cosmetic and personal care products as ingredients, impurities in […]

We’re now in the dangerous, uncharted territory climate scientists have been warning about for decades. Meanwhile, biologists and toxicologists are sounding the alarm about surpassing the “planetary boundary” for chemical pollution, beyond which both ecosystems and our health are endangered. We know climate change and chemical pollution are related in ways that can accelerate both […]

Tuscarora historian, artist, and educator, Rick Hill currently serves as the Indigenous Innovation Specialist for Mohawk College in the development of a new school on Climate Action. "By rebuilding our personal relationship to the Mother Earth, we will embrace the values necessary to ensure future generations will be born into a sustainable world. This presentation […]

We will be joined by Dr. Dawn Lavell Harvard and Anjeni Lovelady from Trent University to introduce the Just Get Over It (JGOI) exercise that the First Peoples House of Learning developed. The JGOI is an experiential learning opportunity that allows participants to learn and understand the timeline of colonialism in Canada and its effects […]

When and Where Wednesday, January 31, 2024 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Speakers Scott Frickel Description About the Seminar This talk introduces my new research project that will reconstruct a history of soil contamination science and policy and its relationship to broader socio-ecological processes of environmental inequality and urbanization. Set mainly in Providence, Rhode Island […]