While many might view Trump’s renamings as comical or unserious, for Indigenous communities, they are reminiscent of centuries of settler-colonial erasure.
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A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.
In Canada, tens of millions of birds are killed annually by crashing into glass on buildings.
A newly proposed pipeline to B.C.’s coast promises tens of thousands of jobs and billions in GDP growth. But falling Asian oil demand and a track record of cost overruns complicate the picture.
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.
A high-speed rail line could operate without producing significant emissions. But this doesn’t mean it would substantially help Canada’s mitigation efforts.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has proposed building a nuclear waste repository at a site in northern Ontario. But nearby First Nations say they weren’t consulted.
Some salamanders begin their spring migration in the deep cold. New field research shows how they stay active without freezing.
The recent retraction of peer-reviewed research claiming glyphosate is safe confirms what Indigenous communities have said for years.
Such repositories raise complex ethical questions around public safety, particularly given the millennia-long timescales of nuclear waste.
Home care is essential to Ontario’s health- care system, but its failures are offloaded onto underpaid personal support workers — mostly racialized immigrant women —who often work in unsafe conditions.
Ontario’s Bill 5 eliminates key environmental protections and grants the provincial government sweeping powers to fast-track development with little to no oversight.
Schools should provide students with the know-how to challenge our throw-away culture and empower them to become conscious consumers.
Canadian officials have pledged more than $43 billion in subsidies to create new low-carbon supply chains. A new study identifies some problems.
A recent study indicates that forest management in Northern Ontario is placing timber harvesting above safeguarding natural environments and compromising animal habitat.
States take the lead on regulation of planning, site selection, leasing and other elements of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes, though the federal government has a role as well.
Bill 5 and C-5 threaten to bypass environmental safeguards and the duty to consult with Indigenous communities for the sake of short-term profits.
Parents and teachers in a southern Ontario survey conducted in the city of Hamilton and Peel Region spoke about their desires for an equitable and inclusive school food program.
Ensuring food security for the future means supporting food producers and building the infrastructure and policies that make local food accessible, affordable and sustainable for all.
The Ontario government’s new policy directive to allow bids from natural gas and nuclear energy may hinder the province’s ability to transition to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future.
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