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Monday, November 23, 2020

Ontario’s Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve are Determined to Keep it Intact.

The heart of eastern North America’s last, great forest corridor is threatened by development, but the people of Ontario’s Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve are determined to keep it intact. Biosphere Reserves are a way to think about nature that includes people as part of the environment. Industry, landowners, residents, and First Nations are... More

Monday, November 16, 2020

Environmental Science Graduate Awarded Chancellor’s Medal

Carleton Medallists Reflect on their University Experience By Jack Moulton Photos by Chris Roussakis Carleton’s Fall Graduation 2020, a university-wide online celebration, launched on Saturday, Nov. 14. Watch the celebration at the Carleton Grads 2020 website now! Carleton University has announced the undergraduate winners of the Governor... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

“Its a human issue”: Controversial Cormorant Hunt Perplexes Local Biologists

Let nature take its course. That’s the message from local biologists who are perplexed with the cormorant hunt that opens next week. The provincial government announced this summer that a fall hunt of cormorants across Ontario will take place Sept. 15 to Dec. 31. The bag limit on these birds will be 15 per person —... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Carleton Researchers, Rachel Buxton and Joseph Bennett, Find Half of Budgets for Species Conservation is Used for Monitoring, Not Protecting

Researchers from Carleton University and Environment and Climate Change Canada studied recovery plans for more than 2,000 endangered species across the United States, New Zealand and New South Wales, Australia. “Threatened species need fast action to avoid extinction and, as a researcher, discovering how few of our precious resources are being... More

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Dr. Cooke and Sons on Quirks and Quarks

A Fisheries biologist copes with the shutdown by drafting his kids as research assistants Their cottage lake was a research site and the three young boys caught fish and collected data CBC Radio · Posted: Sep 11, 2020 4:45 PM ET | Last Updated: September 11 10 year-old Cameron Cooke releasing a tagged bass as part... More

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Steven Cooke talks about Eels on TV Ontario

Director of Environmental Science and Professor, Dr. Steven Cooke talks to TV Ontario about the American Eel.   https://www.tvo.org/video/vilified-beasts-all-about-eels\... More

Friday, July 10, 2020

Carleton Mask Policy

As ordered by the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Ottawa, effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 7, 2020, Carleton University is required to adopt a policy to ensure that no member of the public is permitted to enter or remain in a publicly accessible area of a building on campus unless... More

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Message from the President: Summer. Fall. Winter.

Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. July 6, 2020 Good morning everybody, I hope that you had a wonderful Canada Day and that you enjoyed the long Appreciation Day holiday weekend. We are already in July, our late summer term has started and fall registration for new first-year and returning students is in full swing. I would... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Ottawa Public Health

NEW: City Council makes masks mandatory in indoor public spaces. If you are in distress (e.g., significant trouble breathing, chest pain, fainting, or have a significant worsening of any chronic disease symptoms), do not go to the Assessment Centre or a COVID-19 Care clinic. Go to the nearest Emergency Department or call... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Congratulations to Our 2020 Grads!

The Institute of Environment and Interdisciplinary Science wish to extend sincere congratulations to our Class of 2020! In order to share in celebration, please see the  Faculty of Science Virtual Graduation Celebration. We are disappointed that we are unable to celebrate with you in person this year. Your convocation is not cancelled, only... More

Friday, February 7, 2020

No Small Matter, The Spread (and Scourge) of Microplastics, Jesse Vermaire in Raven Magazine

Geography and Environmental Studies researcher Jesse Vermaire, who studies human impacts on freshwater ecosystems, has been collaborating with the Ottawa Riverkeeper organization, as well as students and citizen scientists, to sample microplastics pollution in the Ottawa River watershed. These tiny pieces of plastic are smaller than five... More

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Ottawa Riverkeepers Youth Leaders visit Vermaire Lab

Our Youth Water Leaders visited @jcvermaire's lab lab at @Carleton_U to learn about his research on microplastic pollution & how Riverwatchers, the world’s largest network of citizen scientists sampling microplastics in freshwater, have been key to this... More

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