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Recentring the research and teaching mission of universities: The horror of tracking my work hours

Caroline Tucker & Marc Cadotte Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences
For years, I keep telling people that I need to work a lot in order to stay on top of things. Gone are the days of the professor sitting in their office thinking, or only showing up to teach after spending hours in a smoky coffee shop reading and writing. No, the 21st century professor...

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Eric Pelkey on BC’s Fishy Herring “Fishery” – “SHUT IT DOWN!”

Mark Leiren-Young Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Policy and Politics
Let the Herring Live! Eric Pelkey is done pretending BC fishers should still be capturing herring. The Community Engagement Coordinator for the W̱SÁNEĆ leadership council talks about a proposed boycott, over-fishing, under-enforcement and the disappearance of a keystone species with significance to the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation and the entire eco-system of the Salish Sea. “Without the...

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A win for nature: A community’s determination for conservation in the Upper Qu’Appelle Valley

Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences
The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) newly acquired property in the Upper Qu’Appelle Valley — designated as Last Mountain Lake 1 — is relatively small compared to the other eight properties it manages in the area, but it is significant for several reasons.

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