Buying more planes will not help Canada tackle wildfires if there is not a thought-out plan for their use well ahead of a fire.
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A speedy response to wildfires is essential when a fire is moving fast, but speed becomes a hollow metric when First Nations aren’t involved in managing the emergency.
Ontario’s Bill 5 eliminates key environmental protections and grants the provincial government sweeping powers to fast-track development with little to no oversight.
Ontario’s Ring of Fire could make Canada a minerals superpower, but Indigenous consultation is essential to ensure doing so does not harm reconciliation or Canada’s global reputation.
Ontario’s changed university funding formula, which forces institutions to rely on high student tuition for niche programs, is putting some northern institutions in precarious financial situations.
The Ring of Fire Regional Assessment is Canada’s first opportunity to apply new legislative tools to co-operating with Indigenous jurisdictions. But the government is messing up.
Noront Resources share prices are climbing, but so too is Indigenous opposition to its proposing mining projects in the Ring of Fire. Now the mine’s viability is being called into question.
Sudbury was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities. But it transformed itself with the help of the mining industry.
The federal government’s focus on eliminating long-term drinking-water advisories diverts attention from other water-related issues.
Infrastructure for the mining industry has been prioritized over community-infrastructure for essential human needs.
Children in an Oji-Cree northern First Nation are learning traditional teachings about ‘Namebin’ (suckers) and working on literacy skills at the same time through a community literacy project.
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Political Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Adjunct professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Canada Research Chair in Life Course Transitions in Northern and Rural Communities; Professor of Sociology, Nipissing University
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Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Interim CEO/President of MIRARCO, Laurentian University
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PhD Candidate, Communications, Simon Fraser University
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Researcher, Faculty of Arts and Science, Nipissing University
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Professor of Elementary Literacy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto
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Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
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Teacher and Northern Oral Language and Writing Through Play community research partner
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Associate Professor, Political Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario