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First cohort of McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative Fellows includes Mac Campus "Smart insecticide" team

New award provides support for the next generation of sustainability researchers, promotes interdisciplinary approaches 

Developing a smart insecticide, assessing protective coatings in marine environments and measuring space allocated to active transport are among the projects undertaken by the inaugural cohort of McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) Fellows. 

Classified as: McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI)
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Published on: 4 Sep 2024

Join visiting Artist in Residence Jan van Esch for two talks on sustainability

TUESDAY November 22. GHABH - The poison in the gift, Part I: Giving and receiving - considering commercial determinants of health.

How do the actions of not-for-profit and commercial second-hand clothing recycling determine relations within and between countries? How does the promotional imagery used by these companies and their actions reinstate cliché images of the other and have an impact the (mental) health through the psychological powerplay between the giver and receiver. 

Classified as: Department of Geography, McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI), School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Science
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Published on: 17 Nov 2022
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