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Professor Mark Jaccard’s lecture on climate emergency emphasizes the importance of sincerity and citizen action

News February 24, 2020

Written by: Madeleine Chan Mark Jaccard, SFU Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management, gave a talk about climate action at SFU’s Harbour Centre last week. He is also one of the four SFU experts recently recruited to the newly established Canadian Institute for Climate Choices. The lecture was based on his new book The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress, which details actions against climate change in relation to citizen efforts.  Jaccard began the talk to a lecture hall almost filled to capacity with an invitation and reminder to the…

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SFU clinic waitlisting app wins third place in BC tech start-up contest

Peak Web October 16, 2018

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer   SFU VentureLabs start-up Medimap has been awarded third place in 2018 Innovate BC-New Ventures Competition, with a prize of $35,000. The annual competition, run by non-for-profit organization New Ventures BC, is open to…

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