Montreal Families.ca | October 2014

by: Kamila Hinkson

The SEDE Homework Zone program sees McGill students helping to instill good study habits and a love for learning in younger pupils.

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Classified as: Sustainability, SEDE
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Published on: 11 Oct 2014

McGill Reporter | Oct. 9, 2014

by: Neale McDevitt

On Oct. 2, Marie-Gil Fabris, a 2nd-year Management student, played hooky from school, but instead of sleeping in, going to a movie or just hanging out with friends, Fabris rolled up her sleeves in the kitchen of the Benedict Labre House, a resource centre for homeless people. 

Classified as: Sustainability, Community Engagement Day
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Published on: 11 Oct 2014

The McGill Daily | Oct.6, 2014

by: Jill Bachelder

From September 29 to October 9, workshops and volunteering opportunities were hosted by forty different organizations based throughout the Montreal community, with the majority of events happening on October 2.

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Classified as: Sustainability, Community Engagement Day
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Published on: 11 Oct 2014

PARK(ing) Day turns Montreal parking lots into creative spaces

The McGill Daily | Sept 29, 2014

by: Siobbhan O'Connell

This year’s PARK(ing) Day took place on September 19, kicking over 200 cars out of their regular spots. Taking their place were arcade games, libraries, fruit stands, barbecues, musical acts, drum sets, and a variety of other interactive installations and activities.

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Classified as: Sustainability, McGill Spaces Project, SPF 0133
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Published on: 2 Oct 2014

McGill Newsroom | September 29, 2014

Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world’s most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at McGill University. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.

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Classified as: Sustainability, Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Robin Rogers
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Published on: 30 Sep 2014

Radio Canada International | Oct. 9, 2014

By: Marc Montgomery

A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.

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    Radio Canada | UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2

    Classified as: Sustainability, McGill, Alfonso Mucci, Department of Earth and Planetary Science
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    Published on: 30 Sep 2014

    Voirvert.ca | Sept 2014

    netMTL, a join venture between students at McGill and Concordia Universities is taking on the goal of competing in the all-solar solar decathalon race, Solar Decathalon Europe, in 2016 in Versailles, France.

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    Classified as: Sustainability, solar decathalon
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    Published on: 30 Sep 2014

    CBC News | Sept. 26, 2014

    Plastic microbeads polluting St. Lawrence River, McGill researchers find.

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    Classified as: Sustainability, plastic microbeads
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    Published on: 30 Sep 2014

    Washington Post | Sept. 29, 2014

    by: Rachel Feltman

    Plastic microbeads from face wash are polluting river sediment; Tiny balls of plastic from cosmetic products are showing up in river sediment for the first time, mixing with the rocks and dirt that line the bed of the Saint Lawrence River.

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    Classified as: Sustainability, plastic microbeads
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    Published on: 30 Sep 2014

    Sept. 23, 2014 | NY Times

    by: Michael Becker

    "As a doctoral candidate at McGill University in Montreal, I have spent three years researching how the planet’s changing climate is affecting the polar desert ecology of the high Arctic. It’s precisely this balance of climate and permafrost, ice and ecosystems that I’ve come here to study."

    Classified as: Sustainability, climate change
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    Published on: 28 Sep 2014

    The McGill Reporter | Sept. 24, 2014

    by: Neale McDevitt

    McGill’s fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week came to a lively, colourful close on Friday, Sept. 19, with dancers dressed in traditional costumes performing an inter-tribal dance during the Pow Wow on the lower campus field in front of dozens of smiling spectators. 

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    Classified as: office of sustainability, Indigenous Awareness Week
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    Published on: 28 Sep 2014

    CTV News Montréal | Sept 21, 2014

    Thousands of environmentally-minded demonstrators assembled at Lafontaine Park Sunday to make a passionate appeal prior to Tuesday’s United Nation Climate Summit in New York.

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    Classified as: office of sustainability, Climate March 2014
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    Published on: 25 Sep 2014

    Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014

    A team of researchers from McGill University and the Quebec government have discovered (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments. 

    Classified as: Anthony Ricciardi, office of sustainability, microplastics, st lawrence river
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    Published on: 23 Sep 2014

    The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

    by: Michelle Lalonde

    Dr. Catherine Potvin is a climate scientist in McGill University’s Department of Biology, at the school in Montreal, Thursday, September 18, 2014. On September 21 she will speak at Montreal’s version of the People’s Climate March, a global event billed to be the biggest climate protest in history.

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    Classified as: office of sustainability, catherine potvin
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    Published on: 23 Sep 2014

    The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

    by: Catherine Potvin 

    On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York’s People’s Climate March. 

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    Classified as: office of sustainability, catherine potvin
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    Published on: 22 Sep 2014

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