| April 23, 2015
Kakwiranoron Cook, McGill's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2015
| April 20, 2015
by: Doug Sweet
Montreal, like other cities, needs to consider 鈥渃ongestion pricing鈥� 鈥� putting a price on traffic congestion the way provinces should be putting a price on carbon, says Economics Professor Christopher Ragan, Chair of Canada鈥檚 Ecofiscal Commission, a McGill-based think-tank developing practical policies to improve economic performance and the environment.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2015
| April 22, 2015
by: Jeffrey Wells
We were heartened last week to see leaders of Canada鈥檚 provincial and territorial governments meet in Quebec City to seek real solutions to the runaway problem of carbon pollution.听
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Published on: 24 Apr 2015
The McGill Reporter | Apr 16, 2015
by: McGill Reporter Staff
The Divest McGill group, which is conducting a campaign to persuade the University to divest from companies associated with the production of fossil fuels, was one of the winners of the Catalyst Awards handed out on April 13, at the fifth annual Office of Sustainability event held at the Faculty Club.
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Published on: 16 Apr 2015
The McGill Reporter | April 15, 2015
By: Julie Fortier
Au cours des prochaines semaines, McGill entreprendra un important projet de modernisation de son syst猫me de distribution d鈥櫭﹏ergie au campus Macdonald, 脿 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
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Published on: 16 Apr 2015
The Globe and Mail | April 7, 2015
By: Chirstopher Ragan
On Tuesday, Canada鈥檚 Ecofiscal Commission (which I chair) released a new report, The Way Forward, with specific recommendations for how Canadians can make real progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).听
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Published on: 9 Apr 2015
| April 2, 2015
by: Neale McDevitt
Established in 2007, the Edible Campus garden 鈥� which does the impossible every year by making the concrete plaza surrounding Burnside Hall bloom with fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers 鈥� is an oasis for many McGillians who gather there to read, relax and recharge amidst nature鈥檚 beauty.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2015
The Social Economy Initiative in partnership with the McGill Quartier de l鈥橧nnovation (QI) team invites McGill student (graduate and undergraduate) applications to a part-time 6-month internship developing a case study on McGill鈥檚 partnership and involvement with the Salon 1861 (Gestion immobili猫re Quo Vadis).听
The project will be co-supervised by Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Ruthanne Huising with support from Ms. Isabelle P茅an of the McGill QI team.
Published on: 2 Apr 2015
CTV News | March 20, 2015
Cutting up forests into ever-smaller bits starts a die-off of species that lasts decades -- an "extinction debt" incurred today and paid by future generations, says a study on forest fragmentation.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2015
The Ottawa Citizen | Mar 12, 2015
by: Avi Freidman
Are asphalt roads and sidewalks in neighbourhoods really needed?
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Published on: 22 Mar 2015
Science News | March 18, 2015
by:听Lesley Evans Ogden
A group of prominent Canadian academics is trying to change the dynamic by releasing its own set of climate policy recommendations for the nation.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2015
The Globe and Mail | March 18, 2015
by:听Ivan Semeniuk & Shawn McCarthy
Canada could shift entirely to renewable sources of electricity by 2035 and eliminate 80 per cent of its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, says a group of Canadian academics that is aiming to spur government action on climate change.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2015
Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry Case Competition Promotes Cross-Faculty Collaboration
On January 16-17, 2015, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), CREATE in Green Chemistry, and the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), jointly hosted a workshop and case competition on Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry.
Published on: 16 Mar 2015
The McGill Tribune | Feb. 24, 2015
by: Philippe Dumais
The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) opened its 20th annual two-day conference on Feb. 19, focusing on the challenges cities across Canada face. 听
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Published on: 6 Mar 2015
The McGill Tribune | Feb. 24, 2015
by: Laura Hanrahan
The workshop was hosted by the McGill Spaces Project (MSP), a student-led initiative seeking to reimagine spaces across McGill鈥檚 campus, the Brown Building Redesign Advisory Group (BRAG), a McGill Student Services committee, and the McGill Architecture Community Design Workshop class (ARCH 514), led by Professor Nik Luca.
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Published on: 6 Mar 2015
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