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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Opportunity: Call for Research Assistant

Seeking one undergraduate and two graduate student RAs to work on a podcast on climate change, the commons, and education. The position will be 5-8 hours a week from 6 March to 1 June with the possibility of renewal. Podcast, audio, and climate change experience is preferable but not required. Please send an application... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Call to Action: Ecology Ottawa- Help Shape Ottawa’s Idling Control By-law

The City of Ottawa is reviewing its Idling Control By-law to improve our air quality and limit greenhouse gas emissions. Ecology Ottawa has analyzed the bylaw and proposed a series of recommendations for amendments to the bylaw. Please consider incorporating these recommendations into your feedback in the City's survey. Fill out the survey at... More

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Event: CPAWS Talks Forest Fires: An evening with author John Vaillant (Nov 2)

Join CPAWS on November 2 at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa starting at 7PM for an evening with acclaimed author of national best sellers The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, John Vaillant for an incisive discussion of his new book, Fire Weather: the making of a beast and the unprecedented forest fire season witnessed in... More

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Petition: Horizon Ottawa’s Transit Demands Petition

Climate action, affordability, and accessibility means investing in good public transit. Right now, transit is in decline, so few people use it. Horizon Ottawa is asking City Council to step up and make our transit system something people actually want to use. Horizon Ottawa is asking for: "AFFORDABILITY Make the Community and Equi Passes... More

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Climate Commons Stands in Solidarity with Dr. Rose Abramoff

In December last year, Earth Scientist Dr. Rose Abramoff,  was fired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Climate Change Science Institute in the USA for unfurling a banner with Dr. Peter Kalmus (a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab) that read “Out of the lab and into the streets” before a plenary talk in the meeting of... More

Monday, January 16, 2023

Repost: The burning case for climate crisis post-secondary education in Canada by Vladimir Díaz-Cuéllar & Kirsten Francescone

Vladimir Díaz-Cuéllar, Climate Commons member and PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University, has recently published an article in the National Observer with Kirsten Francescone (Trent University). Díaz-Cuéllar and Francescone discuss their approaches to teaching climate change to frame their... More

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

WHO Guidance on Measuring Climate Resilience of Health Systems

The World Health Organization has recently released a new document, Measuring the Climate Resilience of Health Systems. The document provides a framework and candidate indicators for measuring progress towards protecting individuals and health systems from climate change impacts.  Many health authorities within and outside of Canada have... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Just Transitions: Heritage Education for Climate Adaptation (Website Launch)

The following is reposted from the newly launched JTHECA website. Visit their website for more resources and information on upcoming events including the programme and registration for the ICOMOS University Forum on June 3-4 on Knowledge Areas for Climate Adaptation. Just Transitions: Heritage Education for Climate Adaptation (JTHECA) How can... More

Friday, May 13, 2022

L’Université de Montréal Divestment Success

The following is posted from the May 2022 Divest Canada Coalition Newsletter: UdeM Divests Following Week-long Occupation! L’Université de Montréal has committed to full divestment by 2025 following a 5 day student occupation led by l’Ecothèque! This win demonstrates the power of student-led direct action. Huge congrats to the hundreds of... More

Friday, April 22, 2022

Re-Imagine Ottawa: Saving the Farm & Queen Juliana Park

The following update was provided by Re-Imagine Ottawa. See their website for more information. Saving the Farm & Queen Juliana Park Trees down at Queen Juliana Park The destruction took place behind a tall fence festooned with pleas to halt the project. A Red-tailed hawk looked on, perhaps wondering where her last year’s nest... More

Friday, April 16, 2021

New WHO report: Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change

The World Health Organization recently released their new report “Checklists to Assess Vulnerabilities in Health Care Facilities in the Context of Climate Change” to assist health authorities in understanding whether this key component of health systems is prepared for climate change impacts. This is to support the general guidance developed... More

Monday, April 12, 2021

Upcoming “Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action” Report

Health Canada is leading the development of the Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action report, with a planned release date in Fall 2021. The report will provide an assessment of the risks of climate change to the health of Canadians and to the health care system. It will support... More

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