The coronavirus pandemic has served to highlight things in life deemed most essential – food among them. Pierre Petelle, president and CEO of CropLife Canada, hopes this heightened attention will bolster public understanding of Canada’s food system and generate support needed to advance Canada’s position among the world’s leading food producers.
Read MorePlanting trees helps to capture carbon, create natural forest restoration, provide oxygen and enhance wildlife habitat for generations to come. For TELUS, tree-planting initiatives in Oak River, Manitoba, and the Yunesit’in First Nation territory, B.C., achieved all this and more – they offset the amount of paper the telecommunications company used in 2018 and 2019.
Read MoreWhen educators sign up for the Facilitating Online Learning course offered by Lethbridge College, they receive a welcome message from Jess Nicol with an invitation to post a brief introduction and a picture of their pet if they have one.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Regina explore diverse ways of addressing global warming and its side-effects.
Read MoreBuoyed by rising commodity prices and strong M&A activity in 2019, Canada’s mining sector is poised for gains in 2020, providing new opportunities for growth domestically and globally.
Read MoreWhen the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its calls to action in 2015, it made education a central part of the reconciliation process.
Read MoreSocial enterprises across central Ontario have an opportunity to grow and build their capacity through a program supported by Georgian College that offers funds to eligible organizations that work to do good in the community.
Read MoreA unique program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic is the combined brainchild of the institution and industry representatives.
Read MoreThe future of art, for Stan Douglas, lies in stretching and crossing the boundaries of different mediums – to create distinct experiences for the viewer.
Read MoreFrom race tracks around the world to bus routes and highways, a new generation of electric vehicles is accelerating sustainable mobility and driving new solutions to address environmental problems and halt climate change.
Read MoreWater – both in terms of quantity and quality – is one of the most pressing issues facing the world. It is critical to human, animal and environmental health, and with freshwater resources under more pressure than ever before, the consequences are more serious than ever before.
Read MoreCanada’s aerospace industry is hoping all parties in the new parliament will work together to implement a bold plan to reinvigorate a sector at risk of losing its share of global aerospace growth to industries in countries with high levels of government support, planning and investment.
Read MoreMentors pave the pathway to success.
Read MoreTwo key factors are shaping the outlook for skilled trade professions: an aging workforce and rapidly changing technologies, both of which enhance the prospects for Canadians in related careers, says Alan McClelland, dean of the School of Transportation at Centennial College.
Read MoreCanada’s labour market is changing, with jobs being disrupted by technology and new opportunities emerging across the country. Colleges and institutes are responding with new programs, developed in close consultation with industry and communities.
Read MoreAccording to UN refugee agency UNHCR, there are currently 68.5 million people from around the world who have been forced from home, nearly 25.4 million refugees among them. To make matters worse, only one per cent of refugees worldwide have access to higher education.
Read MoreArdra Shephard doesn’t hold much back when she posts on her blog, Tripping on Air: My trip through life with MS. She writes candidly and often comically about her good and bad “MS days,” her hopes and frustrations, and her views on societal stereotypes about people with disabilities, including multiple sclerosis.
Read MoreCanada’s most valuable assets include our society’s values, respect for others, equality and diversity – and those are also big issues in artificial intelligence (AI) says Simon Fraser University (SFU) computer scientist and AI4ALL director Angelica Lim, who is leveraging the power of data in AI to ensure a diversity of perspectives.
Read MoreWhile Canadians have a healthy respect for forests, few might imagine the breadth of new and surprising applications of wood and its components, such as material for making clothes and lightweight plastic equivalents, material that is transparent or bullet-proof, or material for filtering and desalinating water.
Read MoreDemonstrating its commitment to community and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) education, the University of Lethbridge (U of L) is giving innovation a new place to grow in Canada.
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