Canada
Report: Canada has the tools to lower vehicle emissions
July 27, 2017A pair of researchers from Simon Fraser University recently released a report asserting that the time is now for the country to move vehicles away from producing carbon emissions. The report by master’s student Tiffany Vass and professor Mark Jaccard of the School of Resource and Environmental Management challenges a number of beliefs about the road to decarbonization. It argues that Canada has the technologies and fuels available to begin the process of drastically lowering transportation emissions. “Some people assume we need to wait for the cost of electric batteries to come down or for greater development of blendable biofuels.…
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Increasing demand for solar power stirs up environmental concerns
July 26, 2017As global demand for solar panels and other green technology grows, so will pressure on Canada’s mining sector to produce the minerals and metals required to harness clean energy. This means that the mining sector needs to focus on environmentally-responsible…
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Famous musicians and bands from Canada
July 3, 2017By: Alex Bloom and Edna Batengas Tory Lanez: This Canadian hip-hop artist from Brampton, Ontario is most known for his hit singles “Say It” and “Luv” which landed on the Billboard Hot 100. Fun fact: His birth name is Daystar…
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Vancouver set to celebrate National Aboriginal Day
June 19, 2017Metro Vancouver is preparing to celebrate National Aboriginal Day this week with events set to take place across the region. While the day is acknowledged across Canada, it is not recognized as a statutory holiday within BC, the unceded Coast…
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The Canada 150 and colonial legacies: views from the university
February 10, 2017As Canada prepares to celebrate its sesquicentennial year, it seems that the fervor of national pride has also reached the university. Simon Fraser University has put forth a number of specially curated courses and invited the community to experience Canada…
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The secret life of a sessional instructor
November 21, 2016Sessional instructors, also known as adjunct faculty, are every university’s secret. We know they exist, but we don’t know too much about them, what they do, or why job security in academia is such a large issue. Don’t be surprised…
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What does Remembrance Day mean to millennials?
November 11, 2016Ninety-eight years ago, the “war to end all wars” came to an end. In this global conflict, Canada mobilized 620,000 soldiers. Of these soldiers, 20,000 were under the age of 18 when they volunteered. So many of these brave souls…
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Promises and performance: How the Trudeau government stacks up
October 31, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been a full year since seven million Canadians, charged to action by bright-eyed optimism, voted for real change, social progress, and a really great haircut. On October 19, 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada was elected to not…
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What I wish I knew on my first day at SFU
September 12, 2016[dropcap]I [/dropcap]recently completed my undergraduate degree and people aren’t joking when they say that achieving milestones makes you weirdly sentimental. Since summer semester ended, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my past four years at SFU. When…
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Our 2016 Polaris Music Prize short list
July 4, 2016How does the Polaris Music Prize work? “The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours and rewards artists who produce Canadian music albums of distinction. A select panel of music critics judge and award the Prize without…
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