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The northern resident orca is one of the species threatened by major infrastructure development in Canada. (Unsplash/Thomas Lipke)

Canada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment

Julia K. Baum, University of Victoria; Marc Johnson, University of Toronto, and Sarah Otto, University of British Columbia

Impact assessments prevent harm before it occurs. Circumventing the process before we understand the risks is misguided and a gamble with our collective future.
La technicienne médicale Amira Doudou prépare des échantillons à l’Institut hospitalo-universitaire des maladies infectieuses de Marseille, en France, le 13 janvier 2021, pour étudier le variant hautement contagieux de la Covid-19. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Voici pourquoi les nouveaux variants de la Covid‑19 se répandent dans le monde entier

Sarah Otto, University of British Columbia

De multiples variantes de la Covid-19 circulent dans le monde entier et deviennent de plus en plus courantes. Ces mutations peuvent altérer la capacité du virus à s’implanter dans nos cellules.
Medical technician Amira Doudou prepares samples at the University Hospital Institute for Infectious Diseases in Marseille, France, Jan. 13, 2021, to study the highly contagious COVID-19 variant. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Why new COVID‑19 variants are on the rise and spreading around the world

Sarah Otto, University of British Columbia

Multiple COVID-19 variants are circulating around the world and becoming more common. These mutations can alter the ability of the virus to take hold and replicate within our cells.

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