RARE PHOTOS: 5 - The Real Truth

How to move without legs or wings: Helping trees migrate to new regions

While it is true that individual trees are immobile, as a species they can actually move and migrate as well as birds do! However, this takes place over a much different time frame.

The Conversation · May 3, 2023

Local food is not enough — we need a sustainable transition in the food system

Having highlighted the failures and fragility of a globalized food system, the COVID-19 pandemic created a sudden infatuation with local consumption, which was widely encouraged by the Québec government as a measure to mitigate the effects of the pandemic.

The Conversation · Apr 24, 2023

The potential future of agriculture

Unique partnering of data centers and greenhouses signal a potential shift in the future of farming

Salon · Apr 12, 2023

Global warming is changing Canada's boreal forest and tundra

Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens will depend on the climate, vegetation and the frequency and intensity of wildfires. Changes in the north include increases or decreases in leaf growth, called Arctic greening and browning, more extensive growth of shrubs and treeline movement. It is the…

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

CSIS targeting of Canadian Muslims reveals the importance of addressing institutional Islamophobia

There has been an uproar recently among politicians who have called for the resignation of Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia.

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2023

North America’s first zero-emission train to launch in Québec this summer

The Train de Charlevoix will release only water vapour

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Student and teacher involvement in reforming schooling matters — how Montréal schools are tackling this

If you could redesign high school, what might you change? How could the schedule be more flexible? What if teachers worked together as teams? What if groups of students were combined based on interest and given the opportunity to connect learning to their everyday lives?

The Conversation · Jan 2, 2023

Three Pines: Alfred Molina’s new Prime Video thriller is basically Midsomer Murders set in Québec

It doesn’t have a great start, but stick with Prime Video’s new Québecois thriller and you may just be rewarded

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2022

There's no official French version of the 1867 Constitution Act. So is taking the oath to the King in French valid?

Since the election of the first Parti Québécois legislators in 1970, controversy over Québec MNAs swearing an oath to the sovereign before taking their seats in the National Assembly has stirred emotion and sparked heated debate.

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2022

Québecers denounce 'colonial-inspired' Supreme Court indyref judgment

THE leader of a Canadian independence-supporting organisation has denounced the decision by the UK Supreme Court which ruled that Scotland cannot…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 28, 2022