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Fisheries scientist Tyler Eddy explains the history of the North Atlantic cod moratorium, and why it was lifted in 2024. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Indigenous and critical race approaches to narratives of the Middle Ages help reveal more accurate histories, and combat the misuses of ‘the medieval’ for hate.
The lessons from Tasmania are clear. Asserting Indigenous rights in Canada can be mutually beneficial for all.
As communities across the globe struggle with mounting social, ecological and economic crises, creating conditions for collaboration and connection in and across communities can build resilience.
As oceans warm, Canada’s marine protections system looks woefully inadequate. New monitoring systems and flexible governance can help Canada protect the areas most likely to have the greatest impact.
Having a flexible and adaptable management system is necessary to sustainably manage fisheries, especially in times of a rapidly changing climate.
Two-eared listening is based on the idea of learning and understanding, a willingness to be suspend judgement and the desire to communicate respectfully.
Between zero and 2,000 icebergs reach Newfoundland each spring, but the warming climate could see an end to Iceberg Alley.
When people fled the new United States in the 18th century, they were taken in by the British Empire but became disillusioned by unfulfilled British promises.
As the scale of the pandemic revealed itself in March, one small town in Newfoundland created a community-led meals-on-wheels to support its seniors.
Seabird colonies are thought to be in rapid decline. But knowing just how severe the loss is can be a challenge, so some scientists are turning to bird poop for the answer.
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions among people from different places, but there were limits on globalization then that no longer exist,
Social enterprises like the one in Fogo Island, N.L., offer hope in a world turned upside down by the current pandemic.
Shovelling snow is excellent exercise that works the upper and lower body. However, it’s important to remember that digging out from a storm pushes many people to their maximal fitness capacity.
A recent study reveals that immigrant-serving organizations in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador do not demonstrate an awareness of racially diverse LGBTQ immigrants.
Immigrants in Atlantic Canada have higher employment levels, higher wages and face less discrimination than other Canadian immigrants, yet the region has the lowest retention rates in the country.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s economic development plan includes attracting more immigrants. But the province needs to acknowledge the difficulties of systemic racism if it wants the plan to succeed.
Why those who want to lean on imperial relations should think again.
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Assistant Professor, Social Work | Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Ecology and Climate-Impact Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Professor of Sustainability and Strategy, University of Victoria
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Research Scientist, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Professor, Restorative Justice Education, Social Studies, Curriculum Teaching and Learning, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Tampa
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Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate in English Literature, Dalhousie University
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Newfoundland District Chief for the Mi’kmaq Grand Council | Research Partner, Indigenous Knowledge
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Associate Professor, School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor in Environment and Sustainability, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Professor, National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice, Federation University Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan